The pluralist theory is a protest against the elevation of the state to mystical heights. Hegel viewed it as "God on earth'' and invested it with not only supreme legal, but also supreme moral authority. Pluralism demarcates and limits the functions of the State and defines its authority. It accepts the State at par with other associations and demolishes the edifice of its glorifica- tion which Hegal built. Miss Follett in her book, The New State, sums up the merits of pluralism as folows :