PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Political Theory — meaning and approaches
Discuss David Easton’s model of system analysis.
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 politics as one living whole — Easton builds on Bertalanffy + Parsons → biological analogy. R2 the aim — how a system survives and converts pressures into decisions.
Body flow
System within environment + boundary — inputs (demands/supports) — conversion — outputs = authoritative allocation of values — feedback keeps it dynamic.
Counter-view
Too abstract, equilibrium-fixed, weak on conflict and change; Miller: a status-quo ideology of American capitalism.
Conclusion routes
R1 a systematic, dynamic map — but mapping is not judging. R2 its strength (survival, feedback) is also its
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
