A pluralist democracy describes a political system where there is more than one center of power.[1] Modern democracies are by definition pluralist as democracies allow freedom of association. However, pluralism may exist without democracy.[2] In a democratic society, individuals achieve positions of formal political authority by forming successful electoral coalitions. Such coalitions are formed through a process of bargaining among political leaders and subleaders of the various organizations within the community. It is necessary to form electoral coalitions; this gives the organizational leaders the ability to present demands and articulate the viewpoints of their membership. [3] Hamed Kazemzadeh, a new generation pluralist from Canada, believes that Pluralist democracy means a multitude of groups, not the people as a whole, can govern, direct, lead, and manage societies as an ethic of respect for diversity.[4]
References
- ^ "Theory of Pluralistic Democracy". TheFreeDictionary. 3rd Edition: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. (1970-1979). Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science by F Bealey, 1999
- ^ "Hamed Kazemzadeh: Democratic platform in Social Pluralism".
- ^ "Hamed Kazemzadeh: Pluralist Democracy".
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)
- "Pluralist Democracy", The Portofilio of Hamed Kazemzadeh Perso-Canadaian Orientalist and Pluralist.
- "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)