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date: 11 December 2019

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This article studies the various perspectives on political behaviour in time and space. It presents an argument that political behaviour does not exist among isolated individuals; rather, it occurs within a three-dimensional space. It determines the right time to conduct a time-series analysis, and the importance of including various locations and contexts in order to gain a more scientific basis for generalization. The last section shows the various elements that can be studied in political behaviour, such as values, inputs, and outputs.

Keywords: perspectives on political behaviour, time and space, political behaviour, time-series analysis, elements of political behaviour

Richard Rose

Richard Rose is Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Aberdeen.

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