Pluralists argue that an important feature of a western activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane is the way in which the interests of the activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane are channelled through pressure groups and then on to politicians. Through the activity of pressure groups pluralists argue that all the significant groups in society are activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane. Power is therefore activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane through society with no single group dominating.

Pluralists Dunleavy and O’Leary identify three main pluralist views of the State
1. The Weathervane model
2. The activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane state model
3. The broker state model

The activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane model sees the state as a weather vane of public opinion - (wherever public opinion blows it it points). The activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane the state takes therefore always reflect the concerns of the citizens of the country.

The Neutral State model sees the state as more than a simple weather vane or activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane to public opinion. Instead it is seen as a neutral (activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane) referee. The state provides the activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane for pressure groups to express their opinions takes on board everyone’s views then makes a decision in the public interest. The state does not favour any particular group but activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane makes decisions rather than just being blown in a certain direction like the weathervane model.

The Broker State Model identifies groups within the state as having their own activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane and concerns. A broker is someone who activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane and facilitates deals between competing groups. State policies are therefore often activelyagendasarenacompromisesdecisionsdemocracydispersedmirrornegotiatesneutralpopulationrepresentedunbiasedWeathervane brokered between different groups within the state e.g. political parties and government departments