David Easton

(1917-2014)

Canadian-born American political scientist.

Proponent of both Behavioralist and post-Behavioralist revolutions

Gave ‘system concept’- political system- input, conversion, output, feedback and environment; political system as ‘black box’.

Defined Politics “ as the authoritative allocation of values for the society”

Books:

1. The Decline of Modern Political Theory - 1951
2. The Political System. An Inquiry into the State of Political Science - 1953
3. A Framework for Political Analysis - 1965