{"id":971,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-upsc-psir-2019-0204\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:10","slug":"comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-upsc-psir-2019-0204","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-upsc-psir-2019-0204\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the pluralist theory of the state."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> revolt against monistic sovereignty <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state = one association among many<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> reaction to Hegelian statism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> society a web of associations <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state mediates, does not command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Laski<\/b> (federal society <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> federal authority; \u201ckeystone\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">MacIver<\/b> (associations precede state; service state \u201ccommands because it serves\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dahl<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>polyarchy<\/i>, no centre wholly sovereign<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>group inequality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> wealthy interests get greater access <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Mills\u2019<\/b> elite convergence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> realistic account of democratic politics <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fits federalism, pressure groups, judicial review<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> liberty safer when no single centre can close the political field<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[44],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-971","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-theories-of-the-state","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4565,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/971\/revisions\/4565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}