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1. Davies and Lewis have paid a glowing tribute to Karl Deutsch for his communication theory. Let us quote them: "If it should prove possible, as David Easton has suggested, to devise a theory of the behaviour of political phenomena that can provide a complete explanation of the basic processes of those phenomena— whether they be found within the state [...]

Definitions and Nature: The term communications is generally used in business management which is hierarchically arranged, and also in science. The credit of applying the concept in social science should go to Karl Deutsch. Before analysing Deutsch's ideas in detail we shall define it. According to C.O.D. (10th edition) communication denotes the means of sending or receiving information. It is [...]