Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Who among the following is regarded as the 'Father of Comparative Politics'?
APlato
BAristotle ✓ Correct
CLucian Pye
DG.A. Almond
Correct answer: (B) Aristotle — Aristotle is regarded as the Father of Comparative Politics, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Aristotle is regarded as the Father of Comparative Politics, so he is the answer.
★He compared 158 constitutions of Greek city-states to classify and analyse governments.
★From this comparison he derived his typology of rule by one, few and many, in pure and perverted forms.
★He was the first to separate the study of politics from ethics by using an empirical, observational method.
★Plato is the teacher of idealist political philosophy, not of the comparative method.
★Lucian Pye and G.A. Almond are modern figures of political development and political culture, far later than Aristotle.
★Aristotle's empirical classification makes him the classical founder of comparative inquiry.
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