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Riggsian Model and their Critique

Chapter: Comparative Public Administration

Administrative Theory

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Riggsian Model and their Critique

The Agraria and the Industria.Fused-Prismatic - Refracted (Later Diffracted).Prismatic Society:- Formalism. Heterogeneity.

The Bazar-Canteen Model. The Intelligentsia and Counter-elites. Clects.

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Contd..

Overlapping.

The "Sala" Prismate Administration.

Criticism of Riggsian Model.

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The Agraria and the Industria

The Agraria and the Industria

Riggs constructed two models of societies one predominantly industrial called the Industria, and the other predominantly agricultural called the Agraria. These are the two polar types representing contemporary America, and Imperial China respectively. The third category representing the middle of the above two societies was named by him as transitia. The main features of the two types were:

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Fused-Prismatic-Refracted (later Diffracted)

These models were later abandoned by Riggs in favour of a new scheme of models. As said earlier, Riggs uses structural-functional analysis to explain his constructs of fused, prismatic and refracted societies. These three categories can be broadly identified with traditional or under-developed, developing and developed or industrial societies. He admits that no society completely possesses all the characteristics of his model, and may posses some features of the other category. For example, the Untied States of America is a refracted society, yet it may possess some features of the prismatic type. The extreme fused and refracted positions are probably not possible and would doubtless also be undesirable."

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Prismatic Society

The focus of Riggs analysis of the study of certain key elements of the social structures in a prismatic society, and their interaction with the administrative sub-system of that society described by him as Sala. A prismatic society is characterized by selectivism (intermediate category between universalism and particularism), attainment (intermediate category between achievement and ascription), and poly-functionalism (intermediate category between functional specificity and functional diffuseness). The basic characteristic of prismatic society are:

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Previous Year Questions

Q.1 'Rigg's classification of societies into fused, prismatic, and diffracted is built around the concept of differentiation.' Analyze. (15 marks 2012)

Q.2 "The Prismatic model of Riggs is equally applicable to developing as well as developed society." Comment. (20 marks 2010)

Q.3 Which of the model(s) in development administration is/are characterised by 'Selectivism', 'Attainment' and 'Poly- functionalism'? Describe the corresponding theoretical roots and attributes. (30 marks 2009)

Q.4 "Not to be comparative is to be naively parochial" (Riggs). Comment. (20 marks 2007)

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