Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the elements of Easton's political system model in the order they occur.
- The outputs alter the environment
- The altered environment generates new inputs
- The system converts them
- Authoritative decisions emerge as outputs
- Demands and supports enter as inputs
Hints
- Start with what enters the system.
- The loop closes when outputs change the conditions that generate demands.
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- Demands and supports enter as inputs
- The system converts them
- Authoritative decisions emerge as outputs
- The outputs alter the environment
- The altered environment generates new inputs
Why
The loop is the model's contribution: politics is continuous rather than a series of separate decisions, and today's output is part of tomorrow's input. Its limit is that it describes a flow without explaining why some demands convert and others never do.
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