Pluralism
Democratic pluralism
- Anglo-American pluralism: homogeneous political culture based on competition within a framework of national interests.
- Liberal pluralism: absence, prohibition of any recognition of racial, religious, linguistic or national origin groups as corporate entities.
Ethnic pluralism
- Segmented sociological groups which can establish effective cultural and political cohesion and make cultural, economic and political claims on the total society on the basis of ethnic group identity.
Structural pluralism
- Extent to which groups are culturally differentiated and institutions supporting such differentiation operate functionally in society.