The pluralistic theory of the state
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The introduction of the word pluralism recentÂly into the terminology of political theory has attracted the attention of many students and inspired several extremely suggestive and illuminating articles in the leading periodicals of political science. Interest in the subject has become more and more manifest, and the discussion has assumed proportions which make it worthy of the careful consideration of every student of political theory. It is with this view in mind that the writer undertakes the present task. The study aims at an analysis and scrutiny of the so called pluralistic theory of the state in its more theoretical aspects, with the hope that some light may be thrown upon its meaning and more interest in its discussion aroused. Fortunately or unfortunately political theory cannot be judged solely by its logical consistency or abstract completeness. The final judgment of pluralism, like any other political conception, must be left to the test of the event. Discussions and criticisms attempted in this study will therefore necessarily be rather of a general and academic nature. The general plan of the whole study consists of a four-part attack on the subject. The first part, ending with the first chapter, will be devoted to the definition and clarifying of the meaning of political pluralism as an alleged rival theory of the state to political monism. The concrete details and the different lines of development of this new conception will be briefly treated in the second part, extending through three chapters. In the third part political pluralism will be discussed in the light of philosophy and ethics in so far as it has any implication in these fields, and the last part will wind up the whole thesis by summarizing the results obtained and conclusions arÂrived at.
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