Political System (David Easton)

Aristocracy and Oligarchy

(Aristotle's classification of government) Normal and Perverted form of FEW ruler.

Polity and Democracy

(Aristotle's classification of government) Normal and Perverted form of MANY ruler.

Monarchy and Tyranny

(Aristotle's classification of government) Normal and Perverted form of ONE ruler.

Internal and External

2 types of sovereignty

State

A political entity that consists of four elements: territory, government, people, and sovereignty.

David Easton

According to him, "politics is the authoritative allocation of scarce values."

Max Weber

According to him, "politics is the exercise of power within a state."

Alfred Boyer

According to him, "politics is the interaction between the civil society and the government in the activity of governance."

Political System

Acts like a black box through which every form of demand is sifted and decided upon.

Power

As defined by Robert Dahl, it is "the ability of person A to make person B do what person B would not otherwise do."

Environment

Consists of the historical, social and economic conditions of the society that affects the types of policies accepted and declined by the electorate

Output

Decision of the government toward an input which includes policies, rules, laws, regulations, and projects.

Support

Mechanisms within the system that would allow for such demands to be facilitated

People

Most crucial element of the state.

Demands

Perceived needs of the population that could better their lives

Input

Refers to the forms of political events or products that are needed by society from its government

Nation

Synonymous to people, it is a concept that is related to ethnicity, as people within are bound by cultural and historical ties.

Sovereignty

The capacity of a political system to make independent decisions within its territory.

Politics

The central concept of political science

Territory

The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (includes the terrestrial, aerial, fluvial domains, subsoil, seabed, etc.)

Government

The set of personnel who manages the affairs of the state in its act of allocating scarce values.

Territory Government People Sovereignty

What are the 4 elements of a state?

Feedback

Whichever the government decides on, opinions and responses would be made by the affected sectors.