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A systems analysis of political life

Title
A systems analysis of political life / David Easton.
Author
Easton, David, 1917-2014.
Publication
  • New York : John Wiley & Sons, [1965]
  • ©1965

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Description
xvi, 507 pages : diagrams; 24 cm
Subject
  • Political psychology
  • Political science > Research
  • Politics, Practical > Research
  • Politics, Practical > Research
  • Political psychology
  • Political science > Research
  • Systeemanalyse
  • Politieke wetenschappen
  • Political science > Philosophy
  • System theory
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Part 1. The mode of analysis -- 1. The form of theoretical analysis -- 2. Some fundamental categories of analysis -- Part 2. The input of demands -- 3. Demands as inputs of a system -- 4. Demands as source of stress -- 5. Conversion of wants to demands -- 6. Regulation of want conversion: structural mechanisms -- 7. Regulation of want conversion: cultural mechanisms -- 8. Regulation of the flow of demands: the communication channels -- 9. Regulation of the flow of demands: reduction processes -- Part 3. The input of support -- 10. Support as an input of systems -- 11. Objects of support: the political community -- 12. Objects of support: the regime -- 13. Objects of support: the authorities -- 14. Stress through the erosion of support -- 15. Cleavage as a source of stress -- Part 4. Responses to stress on support -- 16. Structural regulation of support -- 17. The generation of diffuse support -- 18. Diffuse support for authorities and regime: the belief in legitimacy -- 19. Sources of legitimacy -- 20. Diffuse support for authorities and regime: the belief in a common interest -- 21. Diffuse support for the political community -- Part 5. Outputs as regulators of specific support -- 22. The nature of outputs -- 23. The feedback loop -- 24. The feedback stimuli -- 25. The feedback response -- 26. The communication of feedback response -- 27. Output reaction, I -- 28. Output reaction, II -- Part 6. Conclusion -- 29. The goals of systems analysis.
ISBN
  • 0471229407
  • 9780471229407
LCCN
65012714
OCLC
  • ocm00193763
  • 193763
  • SCSB-2129345
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library