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Pluralistic Theory and monisitic theory of sovereignty
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Classical pluralism is the view that politics and decision making are located mostly in the framework of government, but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to exert influence. ..

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Pluralistic Theory and monistic theory of sovereignty

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First, we have to understand what, "Theory of sovereignty" means.

THEORIES OF SOVEREIGNTY

From time to time, various thinkers have been trying to define the concept in terms of its nature leading towards the emergence of a number of theories. Mainly we will discuss two following theories of sovereignty.

• Monistic Theory of Sovereignty / Austin’s Theory of Sovereignty.
• Pluralistic Theory of Sovereignty.

MONISTIC /JURISTIC/LEGAL/ AUSTIN’S THEORY OF SOVEREIGNTY

• In every independent political community, there are some persons or a body of persons who exercise sovereign power.
• The sovereign is a determinate body or a body of persons. This determinate authority is the source of the supreme and he exercises it.
• The will of the determinate human is supreme and is not subject to any kind of control.
• Therefore, he does not obey any other authority.
• The sovereign must receive habitual obedience from the bulk of the community. The obedience must be a matter of habit and not mere occasional.
• The command of the determinate human superior is the essence of the law.
• Sovereign power is indivisible. The division of sovereignty is its destruction

PLURALISTIC THEORY OF SOVEREIGNTY

• Pluralists abhor the over-concentration of power in the hands of the state. It is harmful.
• They want a state in which power is distributed among different groups and associations.
• Absolute sovereignty undermines autonomous associations.
• State is an amalgam of agencies and persons with different objectives and means of decision.
• It is tyrannical to treat the state as the only source & upholder of power.

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