David Easton’s ‘systems theory’, though developed for ‘constructivist’ purposes and is a conceptual framework for analysing politics, yet it is useful for constructing an empirical theory of Political Science as well as using it in understanding actual forces operating in a political system. The political actors and citizens can know ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ of […]
Systems Theory According to David Easton
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Systems Theory (Approach) in Political Science
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Considering the development of an all-inclusive and universal or abstract theory as unattainable by empirical methods, political scientists have adopted the limited perspective of ‘ systems theory’. Several disciplines have contributed to its making and development. It represents interdisciplinary nature of modern Political Science. ‘Systems’ concept makes empirical and comparative study possible even of those […]
4 Major Premises of System Theory according to Easton’s Model Analysis
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The basic unit of Easton’s system analysis is ‘interaction’. Interaction is generated from the behaviour of the members of the system when they play their role as such. When these myriad interactions, in the perception of the scholar, become a ‘set of interrelations’, they are considered as a ‘system’. Easton’s subject matter of analysis is […]