Question

Explain the importance of politics as a specific human behavior.​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Economic historians have made substantial contributions to the study of economic development in recent years, work that deserves attention from political scientists because of its implications for the study of political development. The core dispute pits institutions against human capital. In the quest for an explanation of differential growth rates and levels of prosperity in the present time compared to some postulated common past of relative equality of condition, is it institutions which explain outcome [an influential argument at least since North (1981) if not Gerschenkron (1962)]. Or is the outcome the result of differences in human capital (Easterlin 1981), as expressed through education, technology, research, culture, and social capital (Solow 1956, 1957; Griliches 1957; Griliches & Jorgenson 1966; Landes 1969, 1998; Mokyr 1990, 2002; Mitch 1993; Kuznets 1966; Galor & Moav 2002)? Both arguments have strong currency among political scientists—institutions in the McNollgast (1999) tradition, culture as explored by Almond & Verba (1965), Pye & Pye (1986), and most famously in recent years Putnam's (2000) discussion of “social capital.”

Economic historians have made substantial contributions to the study of economic development in recent years, work that deserves attention from political scientists because of its implications for the study of political development. The core dispute pits institutions against human capital. In the quest for an explanation of differential growth rates and levels of prosperity in the present time compared to some postulated common past of relative equality of condition, is it institutions which explain outcome [an influential argument at least since North (1981) if not Gerschenkron (1962)]. Or is the outcome the result of differences in human capital (Easterlin 1981), as expressed through education, technology, research, culture, and social capital (Solow 1956, 1957; Griliches 1957; Griliches & Jorgenson 1966; Landes 1969, 1998; Mokyr 1990, 2002; Mitch 1993; Kuznets 1966; Galor & Moav 2002)? Both arguments have strong currency among political scientists—institutions in the McNollgast (1999) tradition, culture as explored by Almond & Verba (1965), Pye & Pye (1986), and most famously in recent years Putnam's (2000) discussion of “social capital.”These rival arguments dominate debates over policy as well as research.

Answer 2

Answer:

Theories of political behavior, as an aspect of political science, attempt to quantify and explain the influences that define a person's political views, ideology, and levels of political participation. Political behavior is the subset of human behavior that involves politics and power.[1] Theorists who have had an influence on this field include Karl Deutsch and Theodor Adorno.