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1. DAVID EASTON’S AND
GABRIEL ALMOND’S
POLITICAL SYSTEM
THEORY

2. DAVID EASTEN’S POLITICAL
SYSTEM THEORY
THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM
DEMANDS
INPUTS
DECISION
AND ACTIONS
SUPPORT
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
FEEDBACK
OUTPUT

3. INPUTS
Easton has identified four kind of inputs
1. Demand for allocation of goods and services.
2. Public safety acts, rules pertaining to marriage , health
and sanitation
3. Demand for participation in the political system.
4. Demand for communication and information.

4. SUPPORT
1. Material support ,for eg. Payment of taxes, military
services etc.
2.Obedience of Law, Rule and Regulation.
3.Participatory support such as voting and political
discussion.
4. Paying attention to government communication, or
display of differences, or respect to public authority ,
symbols and ceremonials.

5. OUTPUTS
Four kind of output has been identified
by David Easton
1. Extractions that may be in the form of
taxes and personal services etc.
2.Regulation of behaviour.
3.Allocation of goods , opportunities and
honour.
4.Display of national flag and communi-
cation of policy intent.

6. GABRIEL A. ALMOND’S
POLITICAL SYSTEM
THEORY

7. POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ITS
ENVIRONMENTS
POLITCAL
SYSTEM
DOMESTIC
ECONOMY
CULTURE AND
SOCIETY

8. POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ITS
STRUCTURE

9. POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ITS
FUNCTION

10. FUNCTIONS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
1. Interest Articulation
2. Interest Aggregation
3. Policy making
4. Policy implementation
5. Policy Adjudication
5. Political Socialisation
6. Political Recruitment
7. Political Communication
8. Extraction
9. Regulation
10. Distribution

11. Source of information
1. Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bhingam Russell J. Dalton and Kaare Storm,
Comparative Politics Today (A world view),updated ninth edition , Pearson
,pg. no. 30-34.
2. Biswal, Tapan, Comparative Politics, (Institutions and Processes),
Macmillan,2013,pg. no. 19-23.