Meaning of Behaviouralism: 

Behaviouralism is a special method of organizing and analyzing political facts which was developed by American political thinkers after the Second World War. This approach concentrates fully on political behaviours in context of Political Science and propounds the fact that scientific study of political activities can be done only on the basis of political behaviour of men.

Purpose of Behaviouralism: 

Purpose of Behaviouralism is to explain the experiential side of political life through such methods, concepts, techniques and criteria that fulfil requisites of experiential science. This approach wants to make Political Science a pure science like natural sciences. For this purpose, Behaviouralism tries to generalize by analyzing political behaviours of man through scientific methods.

Limitations of Behaviouralism: 

Limitations of Behaviouralism are following –

1. Behaviouralists failed to present the science of human behaviour. 

2. Political behaviour of man cannot be presented in mathematical techniques. 

3. It is wrong to lay more stress only on scientific techniques. 

4. Behaviouralists consider themselves to be value – free, but they cannot remain aloof from values while choosing topics for research. 

5. Behavioiuralists have used very difficult terminology which seems to be jargon. 

6. This is a very expensive method.

7. Behaviouralism has posed a threat to independent existence of Political Science. 

8. Fixed principles cannot be made in Political Science. 

9. It is wrong that Behaviouralism does not accept the importance of other study methods. 

10.Value free study is neither possible nor desirable in Political Science. 

11.It is a difficult task to apply results of study at small level to the larger scale.