Pluralism is both a technical term in political science, and an evaluative word for a form of government, often used as a defence of what might otherwise be called liberal democracy or representative democracy. Technically a pluralist political system...

A philosophical theory that reality consists of more than one basic substance or principle. It can refer to the alternative explanations of reality that exist or, in political theory, to the possibility of there being more than one seat of power in...

Pluralism is used, often in different ways, across a wide range of...

I would like to discuss the claim that the resources of plural reference and plural quantification are sufficient for the purpose of paraphrasing all ordinary statements apparently concerned with composite material objects into plural statements concerned exclusively with simples. (1) One reason...

In a sense, globalization can be understood as the process of making uniform or homogenizing many aspects of life for all peoples around the globe. Its power seems so strong that all efforts to criticize it seem to bear no result. It seems...

Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans say that Robert Gates should be confirmed as Secretary of Defense by the United States Senate. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 1,000 adults found that 16% disagree while 40% are not sure at this time. An earlier survey found...

Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American voters believe Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of 800 Likely Voters found that 31% disagree and say he should not resign while 30% are not sure. Fifty-three percent (53%) of Democrats believe he...

Pluralism in Canadian politics offers homosexuals the right to marry. However, the rights of the religious must also be considered to be truly pluralistic. This essay examines the imbalances and makes recommendations to restore a pluralistic balance.