Explain how the pluralist model, the power-elite model, and the Marxist political-economy model each provide a distinctive view of power in the United States. Provide one criticism of each model. Which model comes closest to your own view? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
- Pluralist model: an analysis of the political system that sees power widely distributed among various groups and organizations in a society
- Power-elite model:?an analysis of the political system that sees power as concentrated among members of a small elite
- Marxist political-economy model: an analysis that sees the concentration of wealth and power in society as resulting from capitalism
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