The central idea of Pluralism has been summed up by Gettell. He says, ''The Pluralists deny that the State is a unique organisation; they hold that other associations are equally important and natural they argue that such associations for their purpose are as sovereign as the State is for its purpose. They emphasize the inability of the State to enforce its in practice against the opposition of certain groups within it. They deny that the possession of force by the State gives it any superior right. They insist on the equal rights ol all groups that command the allegiance of their members and that perform valuable functions in society. Hence sovereignty is possessed by many as sociations. It is not an indivisible unit; the State is not supreme or unlimited. All this may be reduced to the following bare analysis