Pluralist Model Of Democracy

Democracy is a key term that citizens live by in the United States. Everyone always discusses how in America we live in a democracy and that it is amazing. However, our country is solely based off of the Constitution. So that raises the point of does the Constitution stay consistent with democracy. There are many different ways to look at this considering that there are four models of democracy according to Hudson. A big principle in the Constitution is that it limits the powers of the federal government. In a way that lines up directly with the generic definition of a democracy. If you take a look deeper, however you will see that there is much more to democracy and much more to the Constitution. Throughout this paper, we will take a more

The pluralist model of democracy is almost the exact opposite of the developmental model. Hudson points out how “Moreover, average citizens were far from equal in their ability to influence public officials” (Hudson, 12). That shows exactly what the pluralist model means. The governmental duties should be left in the hands of those who are in power and better. They almost believe that citizens do not want to be involved in politics. Now the constitution does talk about the responsibilities of the government directly. For example, it says how it is the government’s job to establish justice. That is not the responsibility of the people. Although the Constitution discusses the responsibilities of the government it does not directly state how citizens are disinterested in politics and that politics should be left only for those who are in high authority. So it is a little more difficult to directly say whether or not this is consistent. In my opinion overall I believe the constitution is consistent with the pluralist model because it discusses how specific duties should be left to only the

Throughout this entire paper all four models of democracy were broken down and analyzed. I took into account what exactly each model expresses and how the constitution is consistent or not with its points. The protective, pluralist, and participatory model all were consistent with what the Constitution stated. However, the developmental model was not consistent with the Constitution. Since the Constitution only presumes civic duties and does not directly shed light on them, then it is inconsistent with developmental democracy. As stated in my thesis all four models of democracy had to be consistent with the Constitution in order for it to be a democratic document. Since developmental democracy was not consistent with the Constitution, then it is not a democratic