The developmental approach claims to know about a set of important variables among other properties of a political system, and also their limits or potentials. All systems at different levels of differentiation and secularisation or subsystem independence encounter different sets of limitations, pressures and potentialities. Developmental approach not only describes, compares, and explains, but also […]
Almond’s and Powell’s Contribution towards the Theory of Political Development
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Evaluation of Structural and Functional Approach by Almond and Coleman
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Structural-functional approach, after its exposition by Almond and Coleman, became very popular in the field of political analysis and comparative studies. The approach raised high hopes to develop an empirical political theory. Morton A. Kaplan applied it in the field of international relations. Karl Deutsch, Holt and others spoke of its fruitfulness, in a large […]
Political Investment Strategies: (Programme and Criticism)
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The generalisations or theoretical statements are not specific, and the presence of a particular leadership can make a vast difference in the volume, speed, time and direction of the development of a political system. For this purpose, various alternative courses of leadership strategies – planned or unplanned – should be independently studied and conclusions arrived […]