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    • Political Theory Meaning
      • Elucidate the meanings inherent in the term 'political' with appropriate illustrations.
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      • Comment in 150 words: Decline of Political Theory
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      • Comment: “Political Theory is, quite simply, man’s attempts to consciously understand and solve the problems of his group life and organization....... It is the disciplined investigation of political problems..... not only to show what a political practice is, but also to show what it means. In showing what a practice means, or what it ought to mean, political theory can alter what it is.” (Sabine)
      • Explain the changing analytical perspectives in the development of political theory.
      • Political Science is a master-science, “architerctonic” in its character, from which all other practical sciences take their cue’. (Ernest Barker). Discuss.
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    • Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism in Political Theory | Behavioural and Behavioural Approach
      • Behavioural approach to Political Science.
      • Examine the importance of behavioural approach in political theory. What led to its decline?
      • Examine the significance of the behavioural revolution in politics.
      • What is meant by “behavioural approach” to politics? Is it a fool-proof approach? How far is it correct to say that the behavioural approach to political analysis appeared in order to counteract the Marxist approach?
      • Examine the limitations of Behaviouralism as an approach to the study of politics.
      • Discuss the Normative and Behavioural Approaches to the study of political science and examine the limitations of Behavioural Approach.
      • 'Credo of Relevance' in post-behaviouralism advocates the importance of action science. Analyze.
      • Comment: The Post-Behavioural Approach.
      • “Post-behaviouralism is not a negation of the behavioural revolution but only its corrective.” How does it seek to raise the status of the discipline of Political Science?
      • Critically evaluate and bring out the weakest aspects of behavioural and post-behavioural approaches to the analysis of political system. What measurable and quantifiable criteria are available in political science to evaluate political behavior?
      • Discuss the basic assumptions of behaviouralism. In what way post-behaviouralism differs from behavioural theory?
      • Examine the fact-value dichotomy in political science. To what extent has post-behaviouralism resolved the conflict in the dichotomy?
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Examine the importance of behavioural approach in political theory. What led to its decline? (UPSC 2021, 15 Marks, )

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  2. Posted on:21 July 2025
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