{"id":963,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-david-eastons-model-of-system-analysis-upsc-psir-2015-0106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:08","slug":"discuss-david-eastons-model-of-system-analysis-upsc-psir-2015-0106","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-david-eastons-model-of-system-analysis-upsc-psir-2015-0106\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss David Easton\u2019s model of system analysis."},"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> politics as one living whole <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Easton builds on <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bertalanffy<\/b> + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Parsons<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> biological analogy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the aim \u2014 how a system survives and converts pressures into decisions.<\/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>System within environment + boundary <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> inputs (demands\/supports) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> conversion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> outputs = authoritative allocation of values <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> feedback keeps it dynamic.<\/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>Too abstract, equilibrium-fixed, weak on conflict and change; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Miller<\/b>: a status-quo ideology of American capitalism.<\/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> a systematic, dynamic map \u2014 but mapping is not judging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> its strength (survival, feedback) is also its limit (silence on conflict).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[39],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[32],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-963","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-39","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-political-theory","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/963","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\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4557,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/963\/revisions\/4557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}