what is entropy in politics science
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It is the relative balance of both adaptability and level of political support that determine the entropy of a political system as a whole. When the level of political support is low, the entropy of the political system increases. The entropy is higher if the system cannot cope with environmental stresses. Although these ideas remain fairly abstract, we can indirectly measure the relative state of the entropy in a given system. First, adaptability determines the outer entropy change of the system, which refers to the capability of the system to survive in the face of environmental fluctuations. This depends on such qualities of the system as proper use of knowledge and information, flexibility of the system, and timely boundary control. Second, the level of spontaneous political support is the critical factor affecting the inner entropy change of the system. It can typically be assessed by examining the specific indicators or items in terms of threefold levels of a political system
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The random and indeterminate nature of the current unipolar world suggests a condition of increasing entropy. There are two reasons for this claim. First, relative capability advantages under unipolarity do not translate as easily as they once did into power and influence over others. Second, systemic constraint is a property that limits actors' freedom of action by imposing costs and benefits on certain kinds of actions. Unlike past multipolar and bipolar systems, the current unipolar system exerts only weak, if any, systemic constraints on the unipolar power and all other actors as well. Thus, polarity has become a largely meaningless concept. Today, system process rather than structure best explains international politics, and this process is one of entropy. Finally, I suggest two pathways from unipolarity to a more balanced system: one is fairly consistent with standard balance-of-power realism but adds an ideational component; the other restores equilibrium by means of entropy.
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