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pluralism

In political science, the view that decision-making in current liberal democracies is the outcome of competition among several interest groups in a political system characterized by free elections, representative institutions, and open access to the organs of power. This concept is opposed by corporatism and other approaches that view power as centralized in the state and its principal elites (the Establishment).

pluralism

In philosophy, the belief that reality consists of several different elements, not just two – matter and mind – as in dualism.



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