| Titre | Le système politique et son environnement | |
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| Auteur | Georges Lavau | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | Numéro spécial 1971 Analyse de systèmes en sciences sociales (II) | |
| Page | 169-181 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Georges Lavau : The political system and its environment.
This article aims at examining one of the most controversal aspects of system analysis, when applied to political processes, for example by D. Easton : the relationship between the societal social system and the political system. The author criticizes the double hypothesis according to which, on one hand the social system could be analytically differentiated from the political system and considered as one of the environmental elements of the latter. On the other hand, input mecanisms (such as interest groups, political parties, and mass media) set at the border of the political system, would be the needed instruments for an interaction between the two systems. The author analyses three ideal-type situations characterized either by a relative mutual autonomy of the prevailing social actors, or by a subordination of the latter to the former, or else by a domination of political actors upon social actors; he brings out two main conclusions : 1) some of the most significant elements of the political system are part of the social system; 2) ideologies and values systems, common to both, illustrate best the variations of their interactions. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1971_hos_12_1_1938 |
