POLITICAL SCIENCE Chapter Notes - Chapter CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL SYSTEM: Gabriel Almond, David Easton, Talcott Parsons

• School: University of Calicut
• Department: Humanities
• Course: POLITICAL SCIENCE

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The concept of system came to political science from biology through anthropology and sociology. Talcott parsons and robert k. merton exercised great influences on the use of the concept of system in political analysis. They influenced political scientists like gabriel almond, david easton, karl deutsch and. Political system, reflects a new way of looking at political phenomena. In the past, the focus of study of political science was on formal institutions like state and government. Extra political factors or conditions which affect political events and institutions were completely ignored. Later, political scientists became aware of the fact that in all societies the formal governmental institutions are shaped and limited by informal groups, their attitude and behavior. Political system is only one such system and can be identified by any persistent pattern of human relationships that involves to a significant extent control, influence, power or authority. a model of political system was first developed by.