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American Politics and Government

Explore the US political system through the lens of Structure Functionalism, analyzing necessary conditions and functions for a healthy system. Learn about input functions like interest aggregation, articulation, socialization, recruitment, and communication, as well as output functions such as rule making, executing, and adjudicating.

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American Politics and Government

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  1. American Politicsand Government Structure Functionalism

  2. Structure Functionalism • Provides a framework with which to examine and describe political systems • Necessary conditions for a healthy political system • Researchers: • Sidney Verba • Gabriel Almond

  3. Overview • Input functions (5) • Things the system takes from the people • Things the people use in the system • Output functions (3) • Things the system gives to the people • Results of the system

  4. Structure Functionalism • Input Functions • Interest Aggregation • Interest Articulation • Political Socialization • Political Recruitment • Political Communication • Output Functions • Rule Making • Rule Application • Rule Adjudicating

  5. Activity • Now, looking at the needs of a healthy political system, think about the US political system, not just the government, but the entire political system • In groups, find something in the US system that addresses each of the five input functions and three output functions

  6. Structure Functionalism (Outputs) • Rule Making • Rule Executing • Rule Adjudicating

  7. Structure Functionalism (Inputs) • Interest Aggregation • Interest Articulation • Political Socialization • Political Recruitment • Political Communication

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