Pluralist democracy

A pluralist democracy describes a political system where there is more than one center of power.^[1] Democracies are by definition pluralist as democracies allow freedom of association. However, pluralism may exist without democracy.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Theory of Pluralistic Democracy". TheFreeDictionary. 3rd Edition: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. (1970-1979). Retrieved 4 June 2012.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. ↑ The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science by F Bealey, 1999

External links

• "The Political Theory of Pluralist Democracy", article by Claude J. Burtenshaw (The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec., 1968), pp. 577-587, University of Utah)
• "A Pluralist Democracy", article by Göran Rosenberg (Eurozine, 27 November 2001)
• "Pluralist Model", article by ThinkQuest Team 26466: Eric Barr, Taylor Rankin, and John Baird (A More Perfect Union project, for students by students)