PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Political Theory — meaning and approaches
Comment on Post-Behavioural approach. (150 words)
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 late 1960s ~. Easton's turn to relevance and values — a reform, not a reaction. R2 pure science exhausted — “ivory towers’ — the demand for relevance.
Body flow
Behavioural detachment amid 1960s crises — keeps empirical gains, adds relevance + values + action → pure — applied, method — purpose — the 1969 Credo — twin slogans: relevance + action.
Counter-view
Waldo: a “raving, rumbling structure without any ultimate destiny’.
Conclusion routes
R1 reconnected the discipline with purpose without losing rigour. R2 a reform and synthesis, not a counter-
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
