Open Political Systems
1,295 views · Published 15 August 2017 · 16:39 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: Systems Innovation Network · 2017 · Science & Technology
Take the full course on our site here: https://www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/start-learning-political-complexity The term open political system refers to political systems that have the characteristics of open systems in general; namely that they have a high degree of exchange with their environment and are normalized to respond to changes through feedback and adaptive capacity. Likewise, they are open in the sense of being able to include the distributed perspectives and interests of a wide section of the population into the decision-making process. Open political systems are dynamic in nature in recognizing the need to be responsive to changes within the external environment and to adapt to those changes. The open–closed political spectrum has become in recent years identified as a replacement to the traditional left-right spectrum to define the most important features to political systems in the age of globalization and increased interconnectivity.
