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Option 2 : Only (i) and (iv)
Gabriel Almond's political system evolved in three stages.
- Almond argues that the "system is an inclusive concept which covers all of the patterned actions relevant to the making decisions."
- For him, System meant wholeness, interactions among units inside the totality, and stability in these interactions, which he called changing equilibrium.
- He established the concept of political culture which is embedded in a specific pattern of political action orientations.
- The state and its legal apparatus were replaced by the concept of a political system.
- The structure replaced institutions, and power was replaced by roles.
- According to Almond, all political systems have four characteristics:
- All political systems have structures.
- The same political functions are performed in all political systems.
- All political structures are multifunctional.
- AlI political systems are mixed in the cultural sense.
Thus, Statement I and Statement IV are correct with regard to Almond's characterisation of the political system.
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