3 SEM - FEATURES OF POST BEHAVIOURALISM

 
The general features of post –behaviouralism are given below:-


1. Opposition to value free social science : The post-behaviouralists are deadly opposed to the attempts of the behaviouralists in making political science as a value-free science. Post-behaviouralists give due consideration for values unlike the behaviouralists who think of a value- free science. Values should not be sacrificed for scientism.

 2. A Movement of Protest : The post-behaviouralists asserted that political must be relevant to society as justice , liberty, equality, democracy etc. Easton asserted that the role of the intellectuals has been must be to protect human values of civilization.


3. Future Oriented Study : Post-behaviouralists wanted that research should be future oriented . A researcher and investigator of social and political proplems with the help of his research should be in a position to fore-see the coming events and make prediction as well so that the society is fore-warned of coming events.


4. Purpose oriented research : According to post-behaviouralists the research should be relevant and purposeful for the society. It should be relevant to the problems with which society is faced, and also come out with practicable solutions which can be implemented by administrators. As far as possible the solutions should be applicable to all societies and not to a particular society.


5. Action Oriented : Post-behaviouralists put a lot of emphasis on action rather than an contemplative science. According to them, knowledge for the sake of knowledge has no relevance but knowledge must put to work. When knowledge can be used to work that it can help in reshaping society and better for the society. So, Post- Behaviouralists laid stress on action.

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