<Li> Step 4, when a new policy interacts with its environment, outcomes may generate new demands or supports and groups in support or against the policy ("feedback") or a new policy on some related matter . </Li> <Li> Step 5, feedback, leads back to Step 1, forming a never - ending cycle . </Li> <P> If the system functions as described, then we have a "stable political system". If the system breaks down, then we have a "dysfunctional political system". </P> <P> Easton aspired to make politics a science, that is, working with highly abstract models that described the regularities of patterns and processes in political life in general . In his view, the highest level of abstraction could make scientific generalizations about politics possible . In sum, politics should be seen as a whole, not as a collection of different problems to be solved . </P>

Which of the following is not a key component of easton’s political system framework