{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:11","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 politics as one living whole \u2014 Easton builds on Bertalanffy + Parsons \u2192 biological analogy. R2 the aim \u2014 how a system survives and converts pressures into decisions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">System within environment + boundary \u2014 inputs (demands\/supports) \u2014 conversion \u2014 outputs = authoritative allocation of values \u2014 feedback keeps it dynamic.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Too abstract, equilibrium-fixed, weak on conflict and change; Miller: a status-quo ideology of American capitalism.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 a systematic, dynamic map \u2014 but mapping is not judging. R2 its strength (survival, feedback) is also its<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3277,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/963\/revisions\/3277"}],"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}]}}