{"id":1398,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/describe-the-changing-nature-of-comparative-politics-briefly-upsc-psir-2018-2703\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:29","slug":"describe-the-changing-nature-of-comparative-politics-briefly-upsc-psir-2018-2703","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/describe-the-changing-nature-of-comparative-politics-briefly-upsc-psir-2018-2703\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe the changing nature of Comparative Politics. Briefly explain the Political Economy approach to the study of Comparative Politics."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> CP defined by method, not subject matter <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the method itself keeps being redefined<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> formal-legal description <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> scientific, process-based analysis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contemporary interdisciplinary phase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>legal-institutional origin (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b>; description over analysis) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> post-war critique of institutionalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> behavioural\/process turn <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Easton<\/b>\u2019s systems theory (empirical, scientific) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>von Beyme<\/b>\u2019s three phases: pre-modern <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> modern <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contemporary\/interdisciplinary <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contemporary phase absorbs political economy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> PE: politics and economy shape each other (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b> \u2014 interdisciplinary) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> roots: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kautilya<\/b>\u2019s <i>Arthashastra<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Smith<\/b>\u2019s <i>Wealth of Nations<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> PE explains state\u2019s macroeconomic policy, development, global economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the two strands inside PE pull opposite ways: liberal laissez-faire markets vs Marxist class exploitation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> PE as one product of CP\u2019s contemporary, interdisciplinary turn<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> PE ties domestic institutions and state policy to the global economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[68],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1398","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-comparative-politics","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4810,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1398\/revisions\/4810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}