Describe the model of democracy that is best represented in the quotation.

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Our politicians have aggressively pursued a policy of globalization—moving our jobs, our wealth, and our factories to Mexico and overseas. Globalization has made . . . politicians very wealthy. But it has left millions of our workers with nothing but poverty and heartache.

—Donald Trump, excerpts from campaign speech in Monessen, Pennsylvania, June 28, 2016.

Three models of representative democracy—participatory, pluralist, and elite—have been used to describe American democracy. After reading the quotation, please respond to parts A, B, and C.

  1. Describe the model of democracy that is best represented in the quotation.
  2. Describe a different model of democracy from the model you described in part A.
  3. Explain one reason why civil society is a cornerstone of the participatory and pluralist ­models of democracy.

 

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