Elitism and Pluralism at the Constitutional Convention
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This argument's major strength is the fact that it validly points to a number of examples and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention that clearly prove a significant degree of pluralism was at work in shaping the U.S. Constitution. From the different plans offered by different groups to the four basic principles of the Constitution, the argument makes a sound case for pluralism characterizing the workings of the Constitutional Convention. Despite this strength; however, the argument has one overriding weakness. It fails to consider the group of individuals responsible for the compromises and debates it labels pluralistic. All of the men responsible for the shaping of the U.S. Constitution were white, wealthy and powerful individuals who were primarily interested in protecting their own interests and those of their class, fellow elites. The major strength of this article is that it provides in
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