Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET November 2021 Political Science
Who is called the father of 'Comparative Public Administration'?
AChester Barnard
BEdward Weidner
CFerrel Heady
DFred Riggs ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Fred Riggs — Fred Riggs is called the father of comparative public administration, so the answer is Fred Riggs.
Explanation
★Fred Riggs is called the father of comparative public administration, so the answer is Fred Riggs.
★He chaired the Comparative Administrative Group and shaped the whole field.
★He wrote the influential article 'Trends in the Comparative Study of Public Administration' in 1962.
★His prismatic-sala model compared fused, prismatic and diffracted societies and their administration.
★He showed how an administrative system reflects the social, economic and cultural environment around it.
★Chester Barnard worked on cooperation and authority within organisations, not comparison.
★Edward Weidner is tied to development administration and Ferrel Heady to comparative texts, but Riggs is named the father.
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