it is clear that different perspectives illuminate different aspects of power conflict, and that each is flawed. Pluralist theories are particularly strong in the analysis of the active phase of the conflict, and there is evidence to support the idea of widespread participation, responsiveness and the role of actors. The neo-elitist critique is to an extent complementary…But structuralism takes the analysis further with its emphasis on the class nature of interests, the stress on underlying economic forces and its denial of the importance of individual action to the outcomes of the conflict. (Blowers, 1984 pp. 250-1)