Paradigm Derived from the Greek ‘paradeigma’ an example a model, or pattern, that helps organize through and give direction to research. “Paradigm” may have reference to the design of a particular piece of research, or some aspect of it; to a frmnework for research in some broad area of a discipline, such as a paradigm for political integration; or, more broadly, to the assumptions and modes of thought characteristic of an entire discipline or major segment of it. At the more specific level, a Paradigm may set forth appropriate problems and research methods, identify important variables, and propound a set of research questions. It may also include a theoretical element, that is, a statement of hypothesized relationship among key variable. Some usages of the tern, suggest that is, a statement of hypothesized relationship among key variable. Some usages of the tern, suggest that a Paradigm, while more than a vague perspective, stops short of setting forth the deductively related on of propositions that would constitute a theory. In political science literature the label “Paradigm” may be attached to almost any model having some of the above elements, including a graph, a diagram, or a verbal outline. Two of the most common paradigm in modern political science fall under the rubics or structural-functionalism and systems analysis. Within these rubics on might refer to particular formulations, such as the Almond ( structural-functional) paradigm or the Eastonian (systems) paradigm. Paradigm is sometimes used in the sense of an example a class of things rather than a model.