Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET June 2025 Political Science
Fred Riggs developed the ideas of fused, prismatic and diffracted societies. The features of prismatic societies are:
- 1. Universalism
- 2. Ascriptive values
- 3. Selectivism
- 4. Attainment
- 5. Poly-functionalism
A1 & 2 only
B1, 2 & 3 only
C3, 4 & 5 only ✓ Correct
D1, 2, 3 & 4 only
Correct answer: (C) 3, 4 & 5 only — The features of prismatic societies are selectivism, attainment and poly-functionalism, so the answer is 3, 4 and 5 only.
Explanation
★The features of prismatic societies are selectivism, attainment and poly-functionalism, so the answer is 3, 4 and 5 only.
★Fred Riggs placed prismatic societies between the fused and diffracted types in his prismatic-sala model.
★Selectivism means roles and resources are distributed on particular rather than uniform grounds.
★Attainment appears because such societies partly adopt achievement criteria alongside older ones.
★Poly-functionalism means a single structure performs several overlapping functions at once.
★Universalism is excluded because it belongs to modern diffracted societies that apply rules to all alike.
★So the prismatic set is selectivism, attainment and poly-functionalism, that is 3, 4 and 5 only.
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