Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Who among the following remained Chairman of the Comparative Administrative Group in the United States of America for 10 years?
AWoodrow Wilson
BD. Waldo
CFred W. Riggs ✓ Correct
DHerbert Simon
Correct answer: (C) Fred W. Riggs — Fred W. Riggs chaired the Comparative Administrative Group, so the answer is Fred W. Riggs.
Explanation
★Fred W. Riggs chaired the Comparative Administrative Group, so the answer is Fred W. Riggs.
★The Comparative Administrative Group, set up in 1960, studied administration across different countries.
★Riggs led it from its inception until the end of 1970, about a decade.
★He shaped comparative public administration through his ecological approach.
★His prismatic-sala model compared fused, prismatic and diffracted societies and their administration.
★Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Simon belong to other phases of the discipline and did not chair this group.
★Dwight Waldo worked on the administrative state and values, not the chairmanship of this group.
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