The pluralist model is rooted in a functionalist perspective which assumes that the government serves important functions no other institution can fulfill. Although __________ acknowledge that the government serves a number of important purposes in society, they assert that government exists for the benefit of wealthy or politically powerful elites who use the government to impose their will on the masses.
A. postmodern theorists
B. symbolic interactionists
C. conflict theorists
D. totalitarians
Answer: C. conflict theorists
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