Robert Dahl developed ________ to argue that corporations, political parties, professional organizations, and ethnic and religious groups provide checks and balances for each other so that no one group has too much power.

A) special interest groups
B) democracy
C) the pluralist model
D) the power elite

Pluralist Model

A system of political power in which a wide variety of individuals and groups have equal access to resources and the mechanisms of power.

Political Parties

Organized groups of people with similar political aims and opinions, seeking to influence public policy by gaining power through elections.

Corporations

Legal entities that are separate and distinct from their owners, created to conduct business, own assets, and incur liabilities.