Definition Of Politics By Harold Lasswell

  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Politics: Who Gets What, When, How Harold D. Lasswell, 2018-12-05 Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, which was first published in 1936, is the classic analysis of power and manipulation by ruling elites and counter-elites. The themes that occur throughout this essay have become the guideposts for most modern research in techniques of propaganda and political organization. “It is unquestionably one of the most influential treatments of politics published in this century.”—David B. Truman, Prof.of Public Law and Government, Columbia University “This book is a landmark of modern political science.”—Daniel Lerner, Professor of Sociology, M.I.T. “For over three decades the students of politics have had their intellectual horizons constantly broadened by Harold Lasswell. There is probably no man in American political science who has brought to bear as many new approaches to the analysis of political behaviour as he has. There is perhaps no better way to get the essence of Lasswell’s thought than in his book, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How.”—Seymour Martin Lipset, Department of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Power and Personality Harold Dwight Lasswell, 2009-05-01 This book concerns the wanting, getting, and giving ofpower. Recent advances in medicine, sociology, and psychologyhave deepened our understanding of the motives,skills, and experience that operate between leaders andthose who are led. Since power is about decision-making,it figures not only in offi cial institutions but in otherorganizations, including political parties, pressure groups,trade associations, business enterprises, trade unions, andmany other types of organizations. A general theory of the political personality is set forthhere. Lasswell describes the process by which power becomesa value of fi rst importance and the way appropriateskills in exercising power are acquired. He shows thatspecial political types such as agitators or administratorsare related to basic types of character that contribute tohow they lead. Finally, his analysis off ers original perspectivesto understand democratic leadership. Lasswell offers definite suggestions for perfectingself-observatories in national and world affairs and forforming democratic personalities, selecting and trainingdemocratic leaders, and reducing destructive conflicts inhuman relationships. Power and Personality followed theauthor's 1930 work Psychopathology and Politics, whichwas widely hailed for its pioneering approach. Power andPersonality reevaluated the entire issue of the relationshipbetween psychology and politics in the light of subsequentexperience and scientifi c developments since publicationof that earlier work. Lasswell's ideas continue to carrygreat weight and persuasiveness. Harold D. Lasswell served as FordFoundation Professor of the Social Sciencesat Yale University, DistinguishedProfessor of Policy Sciences at John JayCollege of the City University of NewYork, and as professor of political scienceat the University of Chicago. He was apast president of the American PoliticalScience Association and author of manybooks covering the full range of political and policy research. Peter deLeon is director of the doctorate program and professorat the School of Public Aff airs, University of Colorado, Denver.In 2000 he received the distinguished Harold D. Lasswell Awardfrom the Policy Studies Organization. He is the author ofThinking about Political Corruption, Democracy and the PolicySciences, and Advice and Consent.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Revitalizing Political Psychology William Ascher, Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher, 2004-11-16 The goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by explaining and extending the contributions of Harold D. Lasswell, the dominant figure in political psychology in the mid-twentieth-century. Although Lasswell was best known for applying psychodynamic theories to politics, this book also demonstrates how his framework accommodated for cognitive processes and social interactions ranging from communications to policy-making. The authors use Lasswell's contributions and the debates over his ideas as a springboard for examining current policy, political, and leadership issues. Revitalizing Political Psychology presents and extends four aspects of Lasswell's contributions to the field: the psychodynamic mechanisms drawn from psychoanalytic theory, the use of symbol associations to understand political propaganda, the analysis of democratic character for both the public and the elites, and the structure of belief systems. In so doing, the authors link personality and political communication theory to democratic practice. The authors also critique leadership studies using Lasswell's concerns over the risks to democratic accountability and the current preoccupation with strengthening the roles of charismatic and transformational leaders. Intended for researchers, practitioners, and students in the areas of political and historical psychology, political strategy, and political communication, the book's emphasis on psychodynamics also appeals to psychoanalysts and the material on leadership appeals to professionals in management and industrial/organizational psychology.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Decision Process Harold Dwight Lasswell, 1956
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: From What Is to What If Rob Hopkins, 2019-10-15 “Big ideas that just might save the world”—The Guardian The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. In these times of deep division and deeper despair, if there is a consensus about anything in the world, it is that the future is going to be awful. There is an epidemic of loneliness, an epidemic of anxiety, a mental health crisis of vast proportions, especially among young people. There’s a rise in extremist movements and governments. Catastrophic climate change. Biodiversity loss. Food insecurity. The fracturing of ecosystems and communities beyond, it seems, repair. The future—to say nothing of the present—looks grim. But as Transition movement cofounder Rob Hopkins tells us, there is plenty of evidence that things can change, and cultures can change, rapidly, dramatically, and unexpectedly—for the better. He has seen it happen around the world and in his own town of Totnes, England, where the community is becoming its own housing developer, energy company, enterprise incubator, and local food network—with cascading benefits to the community that extend far beyond the projects themselves. We do have the capability to effect dramatic change, Hopkins argues, but we’re failing because we’ve largely allowed our most critical tool to languish: human imagination. As defined by social reformer John Dewey, imagination is the ability to look at things as if they could be otherwise. The ability, that is, to ask What if? And if there was ever a time when we needed that ability, it is now. Imagination is central to empathy, to creating better lives, to envisioning and then enacting a positive future. Yet imagination is also demonstrably in decline at precisely the moment when we need it most. In this passionate exploration, Hopkins asks why imagination is in decline, and what we must do to revive and reclaim it. Once we do, there is no end to what we might accomplish. From What Is to What If is a call to action to reclaim and unleash our collective imagination, told through the stories of individuals and communities around the world who are doing it now, as we speak, and witnessing often rapid and dramatic change for the better.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication Kate Kenski, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, 2017-06-23 Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters' opinions, and media exposure to better understand how any one aspect can affect the others. In The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson bring together leading scholars, including founders of the field of political communication Elihu Katz, Jay Blumler, Doris Graber, Max McCombs, and Thomas Paterson,to review the major findings about subjects ranging from the effects of political advertising and debates and understandings and misunderstandings of agenda setting, framing, and cultivation to the changing contours of social media use in politics and the functions of the press in a democratic system. The essays in this volume reveal that political communication is a hybrid field with complex ancestry, permeable boundaries, and interests that overlap with those of related fields such as political sociology, public opinion, rhetoric, neuroscience, and the new hybrid on the quad, media psychology. This comprehensive review of the political communication literature is an indispensible reference for scholars and students interested in the study of how, why, when, and with what effect humans make sense of symbolic exchanges about sharing and shared power. The sixty-two chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication contain an overview of past scholarship while providing critical reflection of its relevance in a changing media landscape and offering agendas for future research and innovation.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Varieties of Political Theory David Easton, 1966
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Communication of Ideas Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Institute for Religious and Social Studies, 1964
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Power and International Relations David A. Baldwin, 2016-03-22 Contrary to conventional wisdom, the concept of power has not always been central to international relations theory. During the 1920s and 30s, power was often ignored or vilified by international relations scholars—especially in America. Power and International Relations explores how this changed in later decades by tracing how power emerged as an important social science concept in American scholarship after World War I. Combining intellectual history and conceptual analysis, David Baldwin examines power's increased presence in the study of international relations and looks at how the three dominant approaches of realism, neoliberalism, and constructivism treat power. The clarity and precision of thinking about power increased greatly during the last half of the twentieth century, due to efforts by political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, philosophers, mathematicians, and geographers who contributed to social power literature. Baldwin brings the insights of this literature to bear on the three principal theoretical traditions in international relations theory. He discusses controversial issues in power analysis, and shows the relevance of older works frequently underappreciated today. Focusing on the social power perspective in international relations, this book sheds light on how power has been considered during the last half century and how it should be approached in future research.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Adaptive Governance and Climate Change Ronald Brunner, Amanda Lynch, 2013-01-06 As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, however, in adaptive governance—an approach that has succeeded in some local communities and can be undertaken by others around the globe. This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy; shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities; and makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach in the climate change regime.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Essence of Politics Cees van der Eijk, 2019-01-16 What is politics about? At its core, politics is about resolving matters that are contested in a society or group. It exists not only within and between states, but also within religious institutions, sports organisations, commercial enterprises, schools and social organisations. Politics is driven by conflict, but also by cooperation. To understand politics, we must ask specific ('key') questions about the nature of political conflict, about persons, groups and institutions that are involved, about their resources, and about the wider context that both constrains and provides opportunities for all. It also requires an understanding of concepts such as power, influence and political community, and, of course, of the terms politics, conflict and cooperation. This book is about the 'essence' of politics, which is introduced by way of key questions and concepts that are indispensable for understanding politics in many different settings.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Successful Societies Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont, 2009-08-17 Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based not only on economic inequalities, but on the structure of social relations. It develops sophisticated perspectives on social relations, which emphasize the ways in which cultural frameworks as well as institutions condition people's health. It reports on research into health inequalities in the developed and developing worlds, covering a wide range of national case studies, and into the ways in which social relations condition the effectiveness of public policies aimed at improving health.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: American Government and Politics in the Information Age , 2011 Our text is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. Governments decide who gets what, when, how (See Harold D. Lasswell, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936]); they make policies and pass laws that are binding on all a society?s members; they decide about taxation and spending, benefits and costs, even life and death. Governments possess power?the ability to gain compliance and to get people under their jurisdiction to obey them?and they may exercise their power by using the police and military to enforce their decisions. However, power need not involve the exercise of force or compulsion; people often obey because they think it is in their interest to do so, they have no reason to disobey or they fear punishment. Above all, people obey their government because it has authority; its power is seen by people as rightfully held, as legitimate. People can grant their government legitimacy because they have been socialized to do so; because there are processes, such as elections, that enable them to choose and change their rulers; and because they believe that their governing institutions operate justly. Politics is the process by which leaders are selected and policy decisions are made and executed. It involves people and groups, both inside and outside of government, engaged in deliberation and debate, disagreement and conflict, cooperation and consensus and power struggles. In covering American government and politics, our text introduces the intricacies of the Constitution, the complexities of federalism, the meanings of civil liberties and the conflicts over civil rights; explains how people are socialized to politics, acquire and express opinions and participate in political life; describes interest groups, political parties and elections?the intermediaries that link people to government and politics; details the branches of government and how they operate; and shows how policies are made and affect people?s lives. This textbook has been used in classes at: Metropolitan College of New York, University of Central Oklahoma, Bucks County Community College, University of South Carolina? Beaufort, Delaware County Community College, Collin College? Spring Creek, Austin Community College? Northridge, Randolph College, Columbia Gorge Community College, Central Christian College, Thomas More College, Orange Coast College, San Bernardina Valley College, Southwestern College? Chula Vista, De Anza College, Shasta College, Jacksonville University, Northeastern University, University of Baltimore, Southern New Hampshire University, Seattle Central Community College, Edmonds Community College, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Brazosport College, Sul Ross State University, Odessa College, California State University? Monterey Bay, University of Texas? Arlington, Chabot College, Portland Community College? Cascade, Athens High School, Dalat International School, Paradise Education Center, St. Teresa's Academy, South Broward High School, Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Henrico County Public Schools, Blue Ridge High School, Newell High School, Southern New Hampshire University, American University in Bulgaria, Miami Springs Senior High School, Seattle Central Community College, Milaca High School, Rock Canyan High School, Media Arts Collaborative Charter School, Susan E. Wagner High School, St. Monica's University, Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Distribution of Power and Rewards James Chieh Hsiung, 1991 This volume records the proceedings of a 1988 conference on democracy and social justice as they have evolved in the United States and, comparatively, in Taiwan and on the Chinese mainland. Further themes include lessons of Sun Yat-senism in action in Taiwan, socialist democratic reforms on the Chinese mainland, and the search for paradigms of endogenous democratization. The fundamental question of whether democracy and social justice can thrive within the historical and contemporary Sinic cultural systems that abound across the face of Asia is frequently addressed here. Co-published with the Contemporary U.S.-Asia Research Institute.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Predicting Party Sizes Rein Taagepera, 2007-08-23 Predicting Party Sizes connects party systems and government duration to electoral systems. This book provides an overview of electoral systems, worldwide, and supplies evidence for models that tie simple electoral systems to the number and sizes of parties and government duration.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Future of Political Science Harold D. Lasswell, 2017-09-04 Harold D. Lasswell is arguably the quintessential face of political science to the larger public of the past century. However, there is a side to Lasswell less well known, but of special importance in this day and age: the place of the profession of politics as an academic activity. This book, written at the start of the culture wars thirty years ago, outlines the basic core position of political science practitioners. It helps to explain why the field kept its collective cool, when other social science professionals veered to more extreme activist positions.The Future of Political Science grew out of the phenomenally rapid expansion of the study of government in the United States and elsewhere. The study of professionalism among physical scientists, lawyers, engineers, etc. was not matched by such internal examination within the social sciences until much later. Lasswell's overview centered on developments in the United States. There unfettered study of government reached unprecedented heights in the final stage of the twentieth century. The key concept of this volume, one that continues to inform discourse, is the relationship of political science as a mechanism for the study and teaching of the political system to the field as a tool of the Establishment. This concern grew in the wake of a variety of scandals and secret support sponsored by both government and non-government organizations alike.The Future of Political Science covers areas ranging from membership size and disparities, intervention scenarios in world events, the nature of creativity in political research collaboration in projects with the other social sciences, and the location of scientific centers of gravity in the study of politics. Because of Lasswell's works we have a field of the political science of knowledge as well as the sociology of knowledge.Harold D. Lasswell served as Ford Foundation Professor of the Social Sciences at Yale University, Distinguished Professor of Policy Sciences at Joh
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Power and Society Harold Dwight Lasswell, 1976
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: International Encyclopedia of Political Science Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Leonardo Morlino, 2011-09-07 With entries from leading international scholars from around the world, this eight-volume encyclopedia offers the widest possible coverage of key areas both regionally and globally. The International Encyclopedia of Political Science provides a definitive, comprehensive picture of all aspects of political life, recognizing the theoretical and cultural pluralism of our approaches and including findings from the far corners of the world. The eight volumes cover every field of politics, from political theory and methodology to political sociology, comparative politics, public policies, and international relations. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order, and a list of entries by subject area appears in the front of each volume for ease of use. The encyclopedia contains a detailed index as well as extensive bibliographical references. Filling the need for an exhaustive overview of the empirical findings and reflections on politics, this reference resource is suited for undergraduate or graduate students who wish to be informed effectively and quickly on their field of study, for scholars seeking information on relevant research findings in their area of specialization or in related fields, and for lay readers who may lack a formal background in political science but have an interest in the field nonetheless. The International Encyclopedia of Political Science provides an essential, authoritative guide to the state of political science at the start of the 21st century and for decades to come, making it an invaluable resource for a global readership, including researchers, students, citizens, and policy makers. The encyclopedia was developed in partnership with the International Political Science Association. Key Themes: Case and Area Studies Comparative Politics, Theory, and Methods Democracy and Democratization Economics Epistemological Foundations Equality and Inequality Gender and Race/Ethnicity International Relations Local Government Peace, War, and Conflict Resolution People and Organizations Political Economy Political Parties Political Sociology Public Policy and Administration Qualitative Methods Quantitative Methods Religion
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Thinking Like a Political Scientist Christopher Howard, 2017-03-06 There are a plethora of books that aim to teach the research methods needed for political science. Thinking Like a Political Scientist stands out from them in its conviction that students are better served by learning a handful of core lessons well rather than trying to memorize hundreds of often statistical definitions. Short and concise, the book has two main parts, Asking Good Questions and Generating Good Answers. In the first section, one chapter each is devoted to the three fundamental questions in political science: who cares?, what happened?, and why?. These take up, among many other topics, crafting a literature review, creating hypotheses, measuring concepts, and the difference between correlation and causation. The second section of the book has chapters about choosing a research design, choosing cases, working with written documents, and working with numbers. All of these are essential skills for undergraduates to have when reading published work and conducting their own research. Every chapter ends with several exercises where students can read examples from published work and develop their own skills as researchers. Finally, unlike most research methods books, Christopher Howard s sprinkles humor and surprising analogies throughout.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Propaganda Technique In World War I Harold D. Lasswell, 1971-04-15 A classic book on propaganda technique proposes a general theory of the strategy and tactics of propaganda. This classic book on propaganda technique focuses on American, British, French, and German experience in World War I. The book sets forth a simple classification of various psychological materials used to produce certain specific results and proposes a general theory of strategy and tactics for the manipulation of these materials. In an introduction (coauthored by Jackson A. Giddens) written for this edition, Harold Lasswell notes that this study was partially an exercise in the discovery of appropriate theory. It raised the crucial questions of how to classify the content of propaganda—for instance, a distinction is made between value demands (war aims, war guilt, and casting the enemy as evil personified) and expectations (the illusion of victory)—and how to summarize the procedures employed in organizing and carrying out propaganda operations. Propaganda Technique in World War I deals primarily with problems of internal administration and lateral coordination rather than with the relationship between policymakers and propagandists. However, Jackson Giddens enumerates procedures in the book that illustrate an underlying assumption that decision makers were deeply involved in propaganda and influenced by considerations of public opinion. He takes the study of propaganda further by elaborating on the nature and meaning of the category of war aims and its relation to the propagandist, for this, more than any other category of content, is the catalyst of transnational political action. Giddens's exploration of the development of a comprehensive theory of propaganda adds another dimension to Lasswell's study while confirming its value as outstanding groundwork for continuing research.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Elements of Politics Remi Anifowose, Francis C. Enemuo, 1999
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Politics and Administration Frank J. Goodnow, 1900
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Democratization Laurence Whitehead, 2002 Democratization has swept the globe over the past generation, and analysts and policy makers have been struggling to keep up. Bookshelves have been filled with case studies and assessments of this kaleidoscope of experiences, and a related scholarly community has developed seeking to systematize all this material in accordance with well-defined schemas and causal models. But experience keeps wrong-footing the country analysts, so in this fresh interpretation the author goes back to foundational issues. He argues that democratization is best understood as a complex, long-term, dynamic, and open-ended process extending over generations. Standard models of causal explanation need to be supplemented by more interpretative approaches. Basic questions of citizen security, the nature of public accountability and the role of money as a source of political power need reconsideration. The delicate balance between monetary authority and democratic consent is also examined in the light of the financial crises that have afflicted so many new democracies. This book proposes a range of new perspectives on the complex linkages between democratization and state formation, on the logic of paired comparisons and comparisons between large regions of the world and on the relationship between democratic ideals and 'really existing' democratic outcomes. It aims to equip those caught up in democratization and democracy promotion with a more realistic understanding of the tensions and turbulence involved.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: A Theory of Justice John RAWLS, 2009-06-30 Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Psychopathology and Politics Harold Lasswell, 2020-10-28 Psychopathology and Politics by Harold D. Lasswell is a study of personality types as they relate to politicians, business leaders, and church officials. First published in 1930, the work applies the concepts of clinical psychology to the future prediction and prevention of societal and political conflict. Born in 1902 to a schoolteacher mother and clergyman father, Lasswell was devoted to scholarship and philosophy from a young age. He dedicated his life to studying, teaching, and writing about the intersection of political science, psychology, and sociology. Lasswell received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1926. His dissertation, Propaganda Technique in the World War, analyzed the various government information campaigns of WWI. This expertise in propaganda would later lead to Lasswell's appointment as Chief of the Experimental Division for the Study of War Time Communications at the Library of Congress during WWII. His role was to review and evaluate Nazi propaganda films to understand how their persuasion methods earned the Nazis the support of the German people. Upon completing his Ph.D., Lasswell became an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Shortly after, he began work on Psychopathology and Politics, the first of over 30 books he would write over the next 45 years. The book argues that we must have insight into the hidden motivations and impulses of societal leaders in order to channel the desire to lead into healthy expression. Lasswell uses case studies to explore how early experiences inform the opinions that leaders hold later in life. As an example, we follow the preacher A through his childhood, youth, and adulthood. We learn about A's intense competition with his brother for their father's affection in childhood. And we're told that this is the cause of A's support for socialism. Looking after one's brother is compensation for his own fraternal dislike. Instead of relying on politicians to resolve conflict, Lasswell argues that it should be the purview of political psychologists to prevent it altogether by reducing the strain and maladaptation in society. The politics of prevention, he theorized, would require intense auditing of the effects of politics upon the politicians. For example, When a judge has been on the bench thirty years, what manner of man has he become? When an agitator has been agitating for thirty years, what has happened to him? After WWII, Lasswell became a Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School and served as the President of the American Political Science Association and continued to write dozens of books and hundreds of scholarly articles. In one of these works, he pioneered the five-questions model of communication. Also known as the Lasswell Communication Model, it requires identifying and analyzing each of the following five questions: Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What Channel (with) What Effect This model is still in use in the studies of communication and public relations. Lasswell's works are still studied today. After his death in 1978, political scientist Gabriel Almond said that Lasswell ranked among the half dozen creative innovators in the social sciences in the twentieth century.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: A Pre-view of Policy Sciences Harold Dwight Lasswell, 1971
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Encyclopedia of Political Communication Lynda Lee Kaid, Christina Holtz-Bacha, 2007-12-21 2008 Best Reference, Library Journal Political communication began with the earliest studies of democratic discourse by Aristotle and Plato. However, modern political communication relies on an interdisciplinary base, which draws on concepts from communication, political science, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, rhetoric, and others. This two-volume resource considers political communication from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the many different roles that communication plays in political processes in the United States and around the world. The Encyclopedia of Political Communication discusses the major theoretical approaches to the field, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations. With nearly 600 entries, this resource pays considerable attention to important political messages such as political speeches, televised political advertising, political posters and print advertising, televised political debates, and Internet sites. The audiences for political communications are also central, necessitating concentration on citizen reactions to political messages, how the general public and voters in democratic systems respond to political messages, and the effects of all types of media and message types. Key Features Encompasses several channels of political communication including interpersonal and public communication, radio, television, newspapers, and the World Wide Web Provides news media coverage and journalistic analysis of politics, political issues, political figures, and political institutions Concentrates on the field of political communication since the middle of the 20th century Emphasizes political communication from the point of view of the United States, but there is substantial and important research and scholarship on political communication in international contexts Considers the role of communication in governing, incorporating communication activities that influence the operation of executive, legislative, and judicial bodies, political parties, interest groups, political action committees, and other participants in political processes Key Themes Biographies Books, Films, Journals, Television Democracy, Democratization Education and Nonprofit Organizations Elections Government Operations and Institutions Legal and Regulatory Media Events Media Outlets and Programs Role of Media in Political Systems News Media Coverage of Politics, Political Affairs Theoretical Approaches Types of Political Media Political Attitudes Political Campaigns Political Events Political Groups and Organizations Political Issues Political Journalism Theoretical Concepts Women in Politics The Encyclopedia of Political Communication is designed for libraries, undergraduates, and members of the public with an interest in political affairs. Media and political professionals, as well as government officials, lobbyists, and participants in independent political organizations, will find these volumes useful in developing a better understanding of how the media and communication function in political settings.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Human Nature in Politics Graham Wallas, 1909
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The Politics of Evidence Justin Parkhurst, 2016-10-04 The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how this influences the ways in which evidence will be used (or misused) within political areas. This book provides new insights into the nature of political bias with regards to evidence and critically considers what an ‘improved’ use of evidence would look like from a policymaking perspective. Part I describes the great potential for evidence to help achieve social goals, as well as the challenges raised by the political nature of policymaking. It explores the concern of evidence advocates that political interests drive the misuse or manipulation of evidence, as well as counter-concerns of critical policy scholars about how appeals to ‘evidence-based policy’ can depoliticise political debates. Both concerns reflect forms of bias – the first representing technical bias, whereby evidence use violates principles of scientific best practice, and the second representing issue bias in how appeals to evidence can shift political debates to particular questions or marginalise policy-relevant social concerns. Part II then draws on the fields of policy studies and cognitive psychology to understand the origins and mechanisms of both forms of bias in relation to political interests and values. It illustrates how such biases are not only common, but can be much more predictable once we recognise their origins and manifestations in policy arenas. Finally, Part III discusses ways to move forward for those seeking to improve the use of evidence in public policymaking. It explores what constitutes ‘good evidence for policy’, as well as the ‘good use of evidence’ within policy processes, and considers how to build evidence-advisory institutions that embed key principles of both scientific good practice and democratic representation. Taken as a whole, the approach promoted is termed the ‘good governance of evidence’ – a concept that represents the use of rigorous, systematic and technically valid pieces of evidence within decision-making processes that are representative of, and accountable to, populations served.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Freedom in the World 2003 Freedom House (U.S.), 2003 Freedom in the World contains both comparative ratings and written narratives and is now the standard reference work for measuring the progress and decline in political rights and civil liberties on a global basis.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: World Revolutionary Elites Harold Dwight Lasswell, Daniel Lerner, 1965 With the exception of chapters 1 and 7 and much of chapter 2, the text is reproduced from Hoover Institute studies, 1951-52, and from the American political science review, v. 31.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Global Politics Ben Whitham, Andrew Heywood, 2023-03-31 In turbulent global times, your study of this subject is increasingly necessary and urgent. Featuring a new chapter on critical theories, and revised to take a less Eurocentric approach to concepts and case studies, this new edition allows you to tackle global politics' important concepts, debates and problems: -How can theories help us to understand the politics of a global pandemic? -Do we live in a 'post-truth' world of 'fake news' and disinformation? -Does international aid work? -Does the United States remain a global hegemon? -What is the Anthropocene and how does it shape global politics? -Are global politics constrained by a 'North-South' divide? -What are the possible futures of global politics – and the politics of outer space? Delving into topics as diverse as anarchy, intersectionality, Confucianism, and neoconservatism, boxed features give you confidence in political analysis: -Focus on: learn more about the global colour line or the tragedy of the commons -Key figures: discuss the ideas of Hans Morgenthau, Frantz Fanon or bell hooks -Debating: argue whether the United Nations are obsolete, or whether nuclear weapons promote peace -Global politics in action: apply your learning to the migration crisis in Europe or the Arab Spring -Approaches to: consider human rights or the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of realist, liberal, postcolonial, Marxist, feminist, constructivist and post-structuralist theory -Global actors: understand the significance of Black Lives Matter, Amnesty International or the International Monetary Fund. Spanning the development of global politics, from the early origins of globalization through to the return of multipolarity in the twenty-first century, this is an essential text for undergraduates studying global politics and international relations.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Systems Analysis in Political Science Apurba Kumar Baruah, 1987
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: National Security and Individual Freedom Harold Dwight Lasswell, 2023-07-22 In an age of heightened concerns over national security, this book offers a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between national security and individual freedom. Drawing on insights from political science, philosophy, and law, Lasswell presents a nuanced and compelling argument for balancing these often competing interests. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Going Negative Shanto Iyengar, Stephen Ansolabehere, 2010-05-11 Political advertising has been called the worst cancer in American society. Ads cost millions, and yet the entire campaign season is now filled with nasty and personal attacks. In this landmark six-year study, two of the nation's leading political scientists show exactly how cancerous the ad spot has become. 16 illustrations.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Politics, Personality, and Social Science in the Twentieth Century Harold Dwight Lasswell, 1969-08-15 Harold Lasswell is one of America's most distinguished political scientists, a man whose work has had enormous impact both in the United States and abroad upon not only his own field but also those of sociology, psychology and psychiatry, economics, law, anthropology, and communications. This collection of essays is the first full-scale effort to deal with the voluminous writings of Lasswell and explore his at once charming and baffling personality which is perhaps inseparable from the inventiveness, unconventionality, and unusual scope of his work. The authors of these essays, many of whom are former students or collaborators, view their subject from a variety of perspectives. What emerges is a full assessment of Lasswell's many-faceted contribution to the social scholarship of his time.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: The SAGE Handbook of Political Science Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Bertrand Badie, Leonardo Morlino, 2020-02-11 The SAGE Handbook of Political Science presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the discipline. Comprising three volumes of contributions from expert authors from around the world, the handbook aims to frame, assess and synthesize research in the field, helping to define and identify its current and future developments. It does so from a truly global and cross-area perspective Chapters cover a broad range of aspects, from providing a general introduction to exploring important subfields within the discipline. Each chapter is designed to provide a state-of-the-art and comprehensive overview of the topic by incorporating cross-cutting global, interdisciplinary, and, where this applies, gender perspectives. The Handbook is arranged over seven core thematic sections: Part 1: Political Theory Part 2: Methods Part 3: Political Sociology Part 4: Comparative Politics Part 5: Public Policies and Administration Part 6: International Relations Part 7: Major Challenges for Politics and Political Science in the 21st Century
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: What is Politics? Bernard R. Crick, Tom Crick, 1987-01-01
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Psychopathology and Politics Harold D. Lasswell, 1986-06-15 First published in 1930, this classic study of personality types remains vital for the understanding of contemporary public figures. Lasswell's pioneering application of the concepts of clinical psychology to the understanding of powerbrokers in politics, business, and even the church offers insights into the careers of leaders as diverse as Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.
  definition of politics by harold lasswell: Power and Society Harold D. Lasswell, 2017-07-05 In Power and Society, Harold D. Lasswell collaborates with a brilliant young philosopher, Abraham Kaplan, to formulate basic theoretical concepts and hypotheses of political science, providing a framework for further inquiry into the political process. This is a classic book of political theory written by two of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century.The authors find their subject matter in interpersonal relations, not abstract institutions or organizations, and their analysis of power is related to human values. They argue that revolution is a part of the political process, and ideology has a role in political affairs. The importance of class, both as social fact and social symbol, is reflected in their detailed analysis, and emphasis on merit rather than rank, skill rather than status, as keystones of democratic rule.The authors note that power is only one of the values and instruments manifested in interpersonal relations; it cannot be understood in abstraction from other values. Lasswell and Kaplan call for the replacement of power politics, both in theory and in practice, by a conception in which attention is focused on the human consequences of power as the major concern of both political thought and political action. The basic discussions of core concepts in political science make Power and Society of continuing importance to scholars, government officials, and politicians.
POLITICS by Harold D. Lasswell - JSTOR
I. Introduction. by Harold D. Lasswell. The distinctive frame of reference shared by …

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For many educated Americans, Lasswell provided a common-sense, open-ended …

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Harold Lasswell's concise definition of politics – "who gets what, when, and how" – …

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harold lasswell definition of politics (pdf) Using the Harold Lasswell definition of politics …

POLITICAL IDEAS OF HAROLD D. LASSWELL - JSTOR
Lasswell is led to define political science as an inquire into the nature of social and …

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Definition Of Politics By Harold Lasswell Politics: Who Gets What, When, How Harold D. Lasswell,2018-12-05 Politics Who Gets What When How which was first published in 1936 is the classic analysis of power and manipulation by ruling elites and counter elites The themes that

Values in Political Science: The Concept of Allocation - JSTOR
the selection of Easton's definition of politics for purposes of illustra-tion presents several substantive advantages. Since, for instance, ... or too broad (Harold D. Lasswell's allocationist outlook).8 Evaluation of these ap-proaches suggested to Easton the most promising manner of de-veloping an alternative notion of the political capable ...

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intended effects.”1 Harold Lasswell, in Power and Personality,2 fleshes out the meaning of power in the context of individual personality and governance. Perhaps his most nuanced

1979] EDITORIA COMMENT 65S 5 L HAROLD DWIGH LASSWELT
HAROLD DWIGH LASSWELT (1902-1978L ) The death of Harold Dwight Lasswell, on December 18, 1978, brought to a close a career of tremendous contribution to the American Society of International Law, to international law, and to the common interests of humankind. Lasswell was already recognized as one of the great scholars and great

Revitalizing Political Psychology. The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell…
note, Lasswell's employment of the psychodynamic approach-which goes well beyond the simple Freudianism that many of its critics assume-lacks the posi-tivistic testability so often demanded today. Even where Lasswell's work is noted, moreover, the comment is often superficial. Revitalizing Political Psychology. The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell ...

WHAT IS POLITICS? - History at KLS
The fourth definition of politics is both the broadest and the most radical. Rather than confining politics to a particular sphere - the government, the state or the 'public' realm this sees politics - ... This notion was neatly summed up in the title of Harold Lasswell's book Politics: Who Gets What, When, How? 7. True, politics is about ...

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Power and Society: A Framework for Political Inquiry. By Harold D. Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan. New Haven: Yale University Press, i95o. Pp. xxiv, 295. 84.oo. Of all political scientists, Harold D. Lasswell has turned most vigorously from the shadows of the cave. Working now alone, then again with extraordi-

POLICY CYCLES - École nationale d'administration publique
The concept of policy cycle was developed by Harold Lasswell in the USA in the 1950s. At the time, he provoked a near revolution by describing public policy science as being multidisciplinary, ... debate and controversy in the media and in politics (Garraud, 2004). Agendasetting is a critical -

Harold Lasswell and the idea of the garrison state - Springer
Indeed, Lasswell argued that such a loss had already occurred within the Soviet Union. In general, Lasswell observed a correlation between diminishing democratic values and altered trends in global politics. For example, he noted that movement away from the symbols and practices that characterize

Guide to the Harold Dwight Lasswell Papers - Yale University
CREATOR: Lasswell, Harold D. (Harold Dwight), 1902-1978 TITLE: Harold Dwight Lasswell papers DATES: 1877-1999 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 135.05 linear feet (267 boxes) LANGUAGE: English SUMMARY: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research material, and personal memorabilia which document Harold Dwight Lasswell's boyhood

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perspective on the meaning of politics, as the existence (and use) of power is not limited to the domain of the state and its institutions. The central element in the description of politics by the American political scientists Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan, for example, consists of “ the shaping and sharing of power” (1950: xiv). This ...

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Harold Lasswell definition of politics Tom Dye employs this classic, and still resonant, interpretation as the lens through which he examines the foundations, institutions, behaviors, and policies of the American political system. American Difference Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger 2019-01-31 Examining democracies from a

For Harold Lasswell: Some Reflections on Human Dignity, Entrapment ...
Easton, Harold Lasswell: Policy Scientist For A Democratic Society, 12 J. POL. 450 (1950); Smith, The Mystifying Intellectual History of Harold D. Lasswell, in POLITICS, PERSONALITY, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 90 (A. Rogow ed. 1969). In his acceptance of the Uniform Declaration of Human Rights, Lasswell applies ...

Harold Dwight Lasswell (1902-1978) - JSTOR
HAROLD DWIGHT LASSWELL (1902-1978) The death of Harold Dwight Lasswell, on December 18, 1978, brought ... of law and politics as purposive activities; the content of purpose became a preeminent consideration. With his conception of a manifold and inte-grated reality, Lasswell insisted that goals be specified, not for a single ...

THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: AN INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF …
political science is not the discovery of a general theory of power "as Lasswell has often been misconstrued to mean."7 Easton's own definition of politics, "authoritative allocation of values for a society," sounds more earnest and less vulgar than Lasswell's original "who gets what, when, how"; but they have the same empirical referents.

Distributive Politics Around the World - University of Michigan
If, as Harold Lasswell claimed, politics is all about “who gets what, when, how” (Lasswell 1936), then distributive politics, which involves allocations of government goods and services, lies at the heart of politics. Yet for many years research into the distribution of goods and services by governments was confined almost exclusively to ...

Taking Max Weber at his Word by Using Resources-Exchange …
politics in ordinary discourse, but when used to analyze politics ... The authors cited most widely, apart from Weber, have been Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan, Power and Society (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1950); and ... No definition of power has been more frequently cited than Weber's: Power [Macht] is the probability that one ...

International Lawmaking: A Process of Communication: The Harold …
The Harold D. Lasswell Memorial Lecture* by W Michael Reisman** Who can argue with the proposition that lawyers advising clients, judges re ... babble of international politics. Assuming that an institution like the General Assembly which does not have a formal lawmaking competence may sometimes make law, or, conversely, that the treaty ...

SHE EXISTENCE of a scientific discipline hinges on the …
I Politics, then, means decision-making in situations involving, to use a Lasswellian expression, "the shaping and ... work of Harold D. Lasswell,3 and there it is scattered through numerous books and articles of three decades. 1 David Easton, …

CHAPTER 3 Models of Information Communication - Springer
3.2 LASSWELL’S 5W MODEL In 1948, the American political scientist Harold Dwight Lasswell (1948) published the article “The Structure and Function of Communication in Society,” where he formulized the 5W model for analyzing communicative activities in human society (see Figure 3.2), which describes com-munication using five questions: Who?

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since Harold D. Lasswell (1949, 1951) forecast them, and since the first public policy programs were established in the 1970s (see deLeon, 1988). However, growth in academic public policy programs and ready employment are not complete measures of success or salience. While the discipline has experienced many undeniable triumphs

THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: AN INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF …
political science is not the discovery of a general theory of power "as Lasswell has often been misconstrued to mean."7 Easton's own definition of politics, "authoritative allocation of values for a society," sounds more earnest and less vulgar than Lasswell's original "who gets what, when, how"; but they have the same empirical referents.

The Policy Scientist of Democracy: The Discipline of Harold D. Lasswell
by Harold D. Lasswell. This disciplinary persona emerged in Lasswell’s writings and wartime consultancies during the 1940s, well before he announced in his APSA presidential address,

POLITICAL SCIENCE - दृष्टि आईएएस
The term Politics is derived from the Greek word polis which means city-state. That is why many commentators, as you saw, rightly define Politics in terms of the state or government. However, this definition does not exhaust the meaning of Politics. Politics also deals with power. Harold D. Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan define Political Science

1. The field of urban politics - Elgar Online: The online content ...
Urban politics continues to draw upon the definition of politics outlined by Harold Lasswell’s classic Who Gets What, When, How in 1936 (Lasswell 2018; see also John 2009, 17). This leads to a focus on the role of citizens, groups, institutions, and government in urban policy

Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method - JSTOR
in scope than what Harold D. Lasswell has in mind when he argues that "for anyone with a scientific approach to political phenomena the idea of an independent comparative method seems redundant," because the scientific ap-proach is "unavoidably comparative."5 Like-wise, the definition used here differs from the

THE STUDY OF POLITICS - University of Mumbai
thinkers like Lasswell, Robert Dahl have defined politics in terms of power, influence, and authority. According to these thinkers Power has acquired prominent position in political thought. Harold Lasswell considers, “Politics is the study of shaping and sharing Political powers” Robert A. Dahl defined that, “A Political system is any ...

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and the policy sciences Harold Lasswell (1951) somewhat similarly calls for democratic collective action to use reason (not emotion) and science to solve man’s greatest problems. He, too, understood the importance of careful observation and reason in …

Linking Lasswell’s political psychology and the policy sciences
Lasswell’s conception of the vulnerabilityof the policy process to psychological and character distortions To see how Lasswell’s political psychology is connected to the policy process, we may begin with Lasswell’s conception of a healthy policy process. In the healthy process, people understand their own motivations on the conscious

Review Article: Policy Analysis - JSTOR
Harold Lasswell and Mortimer Kaplan refer simply to a 'projected program of goal values and practices'; policy to Carl Friedrich is a proposed course of goal-oriented action 'within a given environ- ... considers politics to be concerned with the fundamental kind of rationality 'because

Politics Who Gets What When And How Harold D Lasswell
How Harold D Lasswell Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How? - Exploring Harold D. Lasswell's Enduring Legacy Description: This blog post delves into the timeless question of power and its distribution in society, exploring Harold D. Lasswell's influential definition of politics: "Who gets what, when, and how?" We will examine the core ...

Contextual orientation in policy analysis: The contribution of Harold …
Throughout the post-war period, the late Harold D. Lasswell was a chief propo- nent of a policy focus in the social sciences. He proposed the development of policy science - or policy sciences - as an interdisciplinary field to embrace all the social sciences and to produce knowledge applicable to public problems [4]. ...

POLI 111: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Harold Lasswell’s Definition of Politics •According to Harold Lasswell, politics is concerned with “who gets what when and how in society” • Lasswell saw politics as the distribution of the good things of life that people value and desire •In the distribution of the resources of …

Content Analysis: Objective, Systematic, and Quantitative
of politics, on the “scientific understanding of politics,”19 rather than on ad-hoc considerations (as typically found in the literature … still today!). 20 As Harold D. Lasswell wrote (*1942: 3): “Since by means of content analysis we provide data for a science of …