SYSTEMS APPROACH TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
In: The Indian journal of politics, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 177-185
ISSN: 0303-9951
SYSTEMS THEORY WAS BORROWED BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS FROM BIOLOGY WHERE ITS MEANING IS COMPLEX AND TECHNICAL. AS APPLIED TO SOCIAL SCIENCE, A SYSTEM IS A SET OF INTERRELATED ELEMENTS AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SET. GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY IS CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING A SYSTEMATIC, THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DESCRIBING GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE EMPIRICAL WORLD.