Keller's Variation on the Pluralist Model Calls on "Strategic Elites

question 14

Multiple Choice

Keller's variation on the pluralist model calls on "strategic elites" to manage modern, complex pluralistic societies. What is the inherent problem of such a solution identified by some scholars?

• A) There is no way to ensure that ideology or personal points of view will take precedence over a "common purpose."
• B) Some individuals lack an expertise and are ineligible to be elites. This perpetuates inequality.
• C) Strategic elites tend to dominate other elites and frustrate such a system.
• D) Elites in an egalitarian (i.e. pluralist) society is a contradiction in terms.

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