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behaviouralism

behavioural approach

a theoretical and empirical approach within US POLITICAL SCIENCE which emphasizes the importance of sociological and psychological determinants of political actions and behaviour rather than confining attention, as is traditional in political science, to narrowly political processes, e.g. constitutional arrangements, legislative procedures. See POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR; compare BEHAVIOURISM.

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To the same extent, one should also mention the originality and iconoclastic character, for the early 1960s, of its theoretical syncretism that builds, on the one hand, on an interactionist analysis of bureaucracy, and, on the other hand, on a behaviouralist model of decision-making.

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Despite referring him to animal behaviouralist Roger Mugford, Malcolm is still a little worried his pet will show the darker side of his personality and turn nasty.