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Easton, David (1965). A Systems Analysis of Political Life, New York, S.32. Systems theory in political science is a highly abstract, partly holistic view of politics, influenced by cybernetics. The adaptation of system theory to political science was conceived by David Easton in 1953.
Easton, David (1965). A Systems Analysis of Political Life, New York, S.32. Easton was renowned for his application of systems theory to political science, and for his definition of politics as the "authoritative allocation of value" in A Framework for Political Analysis [12] and A Systems Analysis of Political Life, [13] both published in 1965.
Post-behavioralism challenged the idea that academic research had to be value neutral [2] and argued that values should not be neglected. [3]Post-behavioralism claimed that behavioralism's bias towards observable and measurable phenomena meant that too much emphasis was being placed on easily studied trivial issues at the expense of more important topics.
According to David Easton, "A political system can be designated as the interactions through which values are authoritatively allocated for a society". [6] Political system refers broadly to the process by which laws are made and public resources allocated in a society, and to the relationships among those involved in making these decisions.
David Easton was the first to differentiate behavioralism from behaviorism in the 1950s (behaviorism is the term mostly associated with psychology). [15] In the early 1940s, behaviorism itself was referred to as a behavioral science and later referred to as behaviorism. However, Easton sought to differentiate between the two disciplines: [16]
David Easton (1917–2014) Canadian political scientist, who developed application of systems theory to political science. Frederick Edmund Emery (1925–1997) Australian psychologist, and pioneers in the field of Organizational development. Hugo O. Engelmann (1917–2002) American sociologist, anthropologist and general systems theorist.
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The CGC builds the GC index based on David Easton's system theory as a theoretical framework. [18] Therefore, the GC Index first analyzes competitiveness through each of the four levels- input, throughput (public management capacity), output, and outcome. The index then aggregates results from each level to produce an overall competitiveness score.