Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Who has commented that politics is about diversity and conflict and the essential ingredient of its existence is scarcity?
ALeftwich
BLasswell ✓ Correct
CCrick
DMillett
Correct answer: (B) Lasswell — Harold Lasswell linked politics to diversity, conflict and above all scarcity, in his book Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How? (1936).
Explanation
★Harold Lasswell linked politics to diversity, conflict and above all scarcity, in his book Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How? (1936).
★Because resources are limited while human wants are not, politics becomes a contest over scarce resources, with power as the main tool in that contest.
★Leftwich, Crick and Millett are not the source of this particular comment.
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