ABSTRACT
Troubles are private or personal problems regarding the individual’s biography, whereas issues are public matters going beyond the limited environment of the individual. Dividing society into the public and private spheres of life places the state and thus politics into the public sphere, distinct from other major social institutions like the family, religion, education, economics, and the media. The term political economy has been coined to refer to the relationship between politics and economy. Perhaps the relationship between the state and the economy is the most influential in people’s lives and involves the most significant displays of power in our society. In the pluralist interpretation of society and politics, the key focus is on the relationship between the political system and democracy. Pluralists recognize that some the maldistribution or inequality of economic resources exists, but the inequities can be corrected.
