Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Which is/are correctly matched (idea or work and thinker)?
- 1. Engineering orientation to human behaviour: Communications theory
- 2. The Nerves of Government: Karl Deutsch
- 3. Behavioural approach: Charles Merriam
- 4. Human Nature in Politics: Graham Wallas
A1, 2 and 3
B1, 2 and 4
C2 and 4
D1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 — All four pairs are taken as correctly matched, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★All four pairs are taken as correctly matched, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
★Communications theory uses an engineering-style model of information, signals and feedback in behaviour.
★Karl Deutsch wrote The Nerves of Government, applying communications and cybernetics to politics.
★Charles Merriam was a pioneer of the behavioural approach through the Chicago school.
★Graham Wallas wrote Human Nature in Politics, urging a psychological study of political behaviour.
★Each item is thus joined to its associated idea or author.
★Deutsch's communications model treats the state as a network that steers itself by information.
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