{"id":975,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-0208\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:12","slug":"comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-0208","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-pluralist-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-0208\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the pluralist theory of the state in about 150 words."},"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> state holds no monopoly of power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one association among many, mediator not command centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> society is plural <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority must be dispersed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rejects a single sovereign centre<\/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>Laski\u2019s<\/b> federal authority <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>MacIver\u2019s<\/b> <i>service state<\/i> (commands because it serves) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Dahl\u2019s<\/b> <i>polyarchy<\/i> (power dispersed, none wholly sovereign) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> realistic in age of federalism \/ UN \/ human rights<\/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>groups are unequal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> wealthy and business interests get greater access <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Mills\u2019<\/b> convergence of elites<\/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 liberal-democratic politics<\/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":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[44],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-975","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","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\/975","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4569,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/975\/revisions\/4569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}