Compare and contrast plurlistand ruling elite accounts of political power

Compare and contrast pluralist and ruling elite accounts of political power.
A lot of ideologies about how state should be ruled can be found. A lot of ideologies emerged, vanished or developed. Probably pluralism and elitism are one of the most contrasting. Patrick Dunleavy and Brendan O’Leary in “Theories of state” explained, that pluralism began as a philosophy, which argued, that reality can not be explained by one substance or principle, it developed with the rise of absolutist monarchies, arguing for human rights and free society. Elitism, on the other hand, stated that there is class that rules and class that is ruled, because ruling class is more skilful and capable1. To what extent are they different? Which political power has more advantages than disadvantages? What features of each would form an ideal political theory? I will analyse those questions by describing and comparing key elements of both theories by views of various authors and internet encyclopedia wikipedia. Firstly, I am going to contrast benefits of pluralism and drawbacks of elitism, then advantages of ruling elite theory and disadvantages of pluralism and lastly write about a combination of both theories: elite pluralism.
Pluralism has a lot of advantages. First of all, it guarantees a peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions and lifestyles2. In addition to this, pluralism acknowledges all this diversity of interests and also considers it legitimate for members of society to work for their realization, to represent them and to articulate them in a process of conflict and dialogue3. Can we see so much tolerance in elitism? No, preferably they will exalt their abilities, give themselves extra privileges, comparing to other people4. In other words, ruling class might discriminate class, which is ruled. I completely agree with Robert A. Dahl, that all citizens must have unimpaired opportunities to formulate their...

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