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Sandra Butt Assessment 3 Analysing Concepts of State and the Individual Pluralism The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the theory of pluralism and to outline the main features. This essay will attempt to explain the role of the state and the role of the individual and it will conclude with an evaluation of the principles of pluralism. Pluralism is one of the most important political concepts in society today, used to describe a form of government it is a meaning for how democracy works with the emphasis on pluralism having several centres of power and authority. In Medieval Europe the idea for a pluralistic government was that the monarchy and the church would be co-equal rulers but allow the aristocracy, (the landowners) power over the proletariat (the working class) as they had control over the economy, this would now be considered very undemocratic although it still happens today. In the 19c pluralism was a recognised...

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