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group theory  

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  • Group theory constitutes the intellectual precursor to pluralism and was originated by Arthur F. Bentley in his The Process of Government (1908). The theory was built upon and refined further by David Truman in his The Governmental Process (1951). [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Group Theory]

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