Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): Institutional approach can help in mapping the landscape of politics.
Reason (R): The goal of institutional approach is to reconcile the competing values of individual freedom and collective equality.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is that both are true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is that both are true with R explaining A.
★The institutional approach studies established structures such as the state, government and organised bodies.
★By mapping these institutions it lays out the visible landscape of political life.
★Its aim is to balance individual freedom against collective equality through rules and offices.
★MacIver described institutions as established forms of procedure that order social life.
★Because reconciling freedom and equality requires institutions, the goal supports the mapping claim.
★Thus institutions both describe and regulate the competing values of politics.
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