... policies are made through bargaining, negotiating and compromising between different interests. Hewitt (1974:61) pointed out that the policy making could not be elitist since no elite or interest group is dominant, and because of the existence of conflicting interests in different issues, there is no group could benefit consistently from decisions. The first part of this essay will analyze the pluralism in the context of policy making process. first, we will examine the incrementalism and then present two major flaws of pluralism:1overestimating the role of pressure groups,2wrong methodology. Furthermore, giving two examples where pluralism absolutely cannot be applied. Finally this essay will conclude that pluralism may be possible in policy-making but only in certain policy areas. In most cases it is hopelessly naïve. Pluralism also has a geographic limitation. As it is a western philosophy, it may not be applicable to eastern countries such as China and Korea whose cultures, ideology ...

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