Topic: Political Theory
Discuss the significance of a normative approach to political theory.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 asks “what ought to be”, not “what is” → Plato/Aristotle as founders.Route 2 facts alone cannot give politics its point —…
Comment on Post-Behavioural approach. (150 words)
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 late 1960s → Easton’s turn to relevance and values — a reform, not a reaction.Route 2 pure science exhausted → “ivory…
Comment on decline of political theory. (150 words)
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 mid-20th-century death verdict — ironic against Sabine’s “perennial concern”.Route 2 the positivist–behavioural turn dismisses normative philosophy.Body flowLaslett/Dahl pronounce it dead →…
Elucidate the meanings inherent in the term ‘political’ with appropriate illustrations.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 ‘political’ an essentially contested concept → Greek polis → Aristotle’s “political animal”.Route 2 binding collective decisions under disagreement → the “Art…
Eurocentrism is both the target and the motive force of the post-colonial political theory. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Eurocentrism as Western universality → post-colonial theory grows against it → dual relation.Route 2 European thought “indispensable and inadequate” — target…
‘Credo of Relevance’ in post-behaviouralism advocates the importance of action science. Analyze.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 1969 APSA address → behaviouralism perfected technique, lost relevance (“ivory towers”).Route 2 1960s crises unanswered → knowledge committed to use =…
Provide a comparative analysis of behavioural and institutional approach to the study of political theory.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 two stages — institutional (formal structures) vs behavioural (actual conduct).Route 2 structure vs behaviour — each one face, neither complete.Body flowInstitutional:…
Comment on resurgence of political theory. (150 words)
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 death declared → premature — what fell was positivist science, not theory.Route 2 behaviouralism sidelined values → normative theory revives.Body flowGermino:…
Discuss David Easton’s model of system analysis.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 politics as one living whole → Easton builds on Bertalanffy + Parsons → biological analogy.Route 2 the aim — how a…
Examine the importance of behavioural approach in political theory. What led to its decline?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 chief legacy of positivism → revolt against formalism → politics as empirical science.Route 2 its scientific ambition = both its rise…
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