Explain E. E. Schattschneider's observation: "The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent."

What will be an ideal response?


Organizational resources are distributed unevenly across political interests.

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capabilities found that: a. the most democratic countries scored better than the most authoritarian countries on physical well-being, informed decision-making, and safety. b. the most democratic countries scored better than the most authoritarian countries on physical well-being, informed decision-making, but not safety. c. there was a clear pattern of capabilities improving at each stage from most authoritarian, to semiauthoritarian, to semidemocracy, to most democratic. d. there was a clear pattern in which both categories of democracies performed better than both categories of authoritarian systems on all three capabilities.

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Who was the only Republican governor in Texas history until the election of Bill Clements in 1978?

a. E. J. Davis b. Clayton Williams c. Ann Richards d. Bill White e. George W. Bush

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Why did the South African government finally begin a dialogue leading to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, among other concessions?

A) The government was running out of the money it needed to fund police and military actions against black South-Africans. B) The escalating violence between armed black South Africans and the government C) The escalating violence among armed black South Africans D) The government was infiltrated by less and less-racist whites.

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Pluralism has been challenged on the basis of the fact that political resources and power are unequally distributed within society

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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