Question
The pluralist interest group theorists argued that
© political power is distributed among a wide array of competing interest groups
O political power is narrowly concentrated in a few political elites
O in order to have more varied political representation, citizens should act individually rather
than in groups
• interest groups need to carve out niches in the political environment
Answer
Pluralist interest group theorists argued that political power is distributed among a wide array of competing interest groups, and that in order to have more varied political representation, citizens should act in groups rather than individually, and that interest groups need to carve out niches in the political environment.