A systems analysis of political life / David Easton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Easton, David, 1917-2014
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : John Wiley & Sons, [1965]
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Table of 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.