Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the government and the state?

Pluralists do not draw a distinction between the government and the state. Pluralist theory posits that sovereignty is not held solely by the government but is distributed among various groups and institutions within society. This means that the state, as the ultimate authority, is seen as synonymous with the collective of these groups, rather than as a separate entity with its own independent power. Therefore, under pluralism, there is no clear separation between the government (which exercises power within the state) and the state itself.