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Compare and Contrast pluralist and ruling elites accounts of political power. Pluralist and Ruling Elite accounts of power can be looked at from both a different and similar perspective. Each approach has its own take on power with elitist believing a small group rule while pluralists believe a diverse range exercise power. The basic assumption of the Ruling elites is that in every society there is and must be a minority which rules over the rest of society. An elite is described as being " those individuals who have the highest indices of excellence in any particular power." Dunleavy and O'leary (1987). In short the power elite theory "claims that a single elite, not a multiplicity of competing groups, decides the life-and-death issues for the nation as a whole" (http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/APGOV_Power_Elite.htm) Paerto described government from the ruling elite view point as "a governing elite compromising individuals who directly or indirectly play some considerable part...

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