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- David Easton FRSC (June 24, 1917 – July 19, 2014) was a Canadian-born American political scientist. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
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July 19, 2014. (2014-07-19) (aged 97) Nationality. American. Known for. Political systems theory. David Easton FRSC (June 24, 1917 – July 19, 2014) was a Canadian-born American political scientist. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
In political science: Systems analysis. …groundbreaking work employing the approach, David Easton’s The Political System (1953), conceived the political system as integrating all activities through which social policy is formulated and executed—that is, the political system is the policy-making process.
David Easton was the first political scientist to deliberately construct a framework for the study of political systems based on the systems approach. He has chosen the political system as the fundamental unit of study. However, as primary fields of research, he focused on the intersystem behaviour of diverse systems.
David Easton has been one of the most prominent and influential political scientists in the post – World War II (1939 – 1945) period. He was one of the leading scholars at the heart of the behavioral revolution that sought to develop a unified empirical theory of political science to replace the traditional study of politics.
Nov 24, 2014 · David Easton has left us at the age of 97. With David, the profession has lost a master of political thought. The absorbing preoccupation throughout his life was the attempt to conceive the universe of political facts in such a manner as to make possible testable propositions and general explanation.
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Oct 2, 2014 · David Easton was one of the most influential political scientists in the second half of the last century. His systems analysis approach was an effort to provide a coherent theory of political...
This article deals with David Easton's contribution to political science. Since 1953, when The Political System appeared, Easton has published several well-known books. It is argued that one needs to consider all his works in relation to one another in order to understand his contribution properly.
