Gordon Tullock, in his book "bureaucratic politics", illustrates the concept of "political people" to us, and assumes that in a bureaucracy within individual will appears in the face of "political people", are as a "political man" is engaged in the activities. As a result, Mr Tullock then raises the key assumptions of the book - "political man" hypothesis. Combined with Tullock's elaboration, this paper first defines the concept of the hypothesis of "political man", then analyzes the characteristics and roles of individuals under this hypothesis based on the connotation of the hypothesis of "political man", and finally expounds some thoughts on the hypothesis of "political man" based on the Chinese context.

Junhua He. An Analysis of Tullock's "Political Man" Hypothesis —Based on Reflections on the Politics of Bureaucracy. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 5: 82-86. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050513.

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