Political Science · Public Administration
Which famous sociologist influenced the development of the structural-functional approach in public administration?
AEmile Durkheim
BAuguste Comte
CRobert K. Merton
DTalcott Parsons ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Talcott Parsons — Talcott Parsons most influenced the structural-functional approach in public administration.
Explanation
★Talcott Parsons most influenced the structural-functional approach in public administration.
★Parsons was the leading sociologist of structural functionalism.
★He saw society as a system of structures, each performing functions for the whole.
★Fred Riggs drew on Parsons to build his structural-functional and ecological model.
★Merton refined functionalism but Parsons gave its grand theoretical frame.
★Durkheim and Comte are earlier founders of sociology, not of this specific approach.
★So the structural-functional approach in public administration owes most to Parsons.
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