What features characterize the political ideology called pluralism? (4 Questions)

A: Pluralism is the belief that both private and public groups play important roles in a nation’ political activities. Each group (consisting of people with different ethnic, racial, class and lifestyle backgrounds) serves to balance power that can be gained by others. Pluralistic political systems include democracies, constitutional monarchies, and some aristocracies.

A: A communist government has sweeping political and economic powers. In this type of system, private business is virtually or totally non-existent.

A: Representative democracies strive to provide some or all of the following: (1) freedom of expression, (2) periodic elections, (3) full civil and property rights, (4) minority rights, and (5) nonpolitical bureaucracies.