1. Furnivaii, Colonial Policy and Practice, cited in Democracy in Plural Societies, A Comparative Exploration by A. Lijphart (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977) 23.
2. Among the authors who defend this view in the case of American democracy are, Samuel P. Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968) ch.2.; Robert Dahl, Polyarchy (New Haven: Yale University Press, n.d.).
3. Louis Hartz, The Liberal Tradition in America (New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1955).
4. A similar point is made with respect to Polybius’ argument, namely that he misidentified the character of the Roman society. See, Kurt Von Fritz, The Theory of the Mixed Constitutions in Antiquity: a Critical Analysis of Polybius’ Political Ideas (New York: Columbia University Press, 1954).
5. Refer to, Robert M. May, “Patterns in Multispecies Communities” in Theoretical Ecology Principles and Applications, ed. Robert M. May, 2nd ed. (Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, Inc. 1976) 197–227; 220.