Part one of term paper
There are several different theories as to the question of how America is governed. There are those who still espouse the civics book theory, in which the individual is represented by his vote; those who advocate various elitist theories, claiming that we as individuals have no voice, and are merely pawns in some larger game, and there are t ...

Part two of term paper
... of America as we know it. There are several examples on which to draw in order to support this theory. In the April 8th issue of Time Magazine1, there appears an article titled "The New Party Bosses" and subtitled "Who really controls politics? Meet the power brokers who will help decide this year's contest". This is a textbook example of pluralism being a descriptive theory, and I could write this paper based entirely on it, but as the assignment calls for references to the Wilcox book, that's ...