Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Why was behaviouralism shortlived?
AInability to evolve consensus ✓ Correct
BToo much dogmatism
CIt was a localized event
DColoured by cold war prejudices
Correct answer: (A) Inability to evolve consensus — Behaviouralism was short lived chiefly because it could not build consensus among scholars.
Explanation
★Behaviouralism was short lived chiefly because it could not build consensus among scholars.
★Despite aiming at objective, quantified analysis, it could not fully apply scientific method to complex political behaviour and neglected normative concerns.
★The other reasons listed were not the main cause of its decline.
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