Political Science · Political Theory
Who is considered both the Intellectual Godfather of Behaviouralism and of post-behaviouralism?
ADwight Waldo
BCharles E. Merriam
CGabriel Almond
DDavid Easton ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) David Easton — David Easton is the intellectual godfather of both behaviouralism and post-behaviouralism.
Explanation
★David Easton is the intellectual godfather of both behaviouralism and post-behaviouralism.
★He systematised behaviouralism and listed its eight intellectual foundation stones.
★These included regularities, verification, techniques, quantification and value neutrality.
★In his 1969 presidential address he then launched the post-behavioural revolution.
★He gave its seven credo of relevance, the so called credo of relevance.
★Its slogans of action and relevance demanded that political science serve real human needs.
★So Easton uniquely spans both the rise and the self correction of behaviouralism.
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