Approaches to Research of Political Processes in the Political Science Cover Image

Možnosti skúmania politického procesu v politológii
Approaches to Research of Political Processes in the Political Science

Author(s): Ján Koper
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita Mateja Bela
Keywords: research approches; political processes; research methods; political science

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to possibilities of scientifi c analysis of political process as one of the most important categories of political science. It consists of fi ve parts. Firstly, we are looking for the essence of the political process by three main approaches: - political proces as the basis of the political system; - political process as a chain of the political events in a certain political system; - political process as a system, respectively as a comprehension of the several partial processes. The second aim af our attention is democratic political process in connection with J. A. Schumpeter´s and R. A. Dahl´s points of view. The third sphere of contemporary analysis is the process of democratization and its political, economic, legal, institutional, self-governmental, cultural, foreign political preconditions. The next problem are the bureaucratic and political level of the decision as the political process where is stressed the idea of limited rationality of political decision-making process. Finally the article contains the brief analysis of the game theory as the specifi cum of the political process theoretical research.

  • Issue Year: 09/2006
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 38-67
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Slovak