Ideal Models
Riggs developed ideal models to analyse the administrative systems of developing countries. Models are useful in the development of public administration as a subject from the normative to empirical study. Riggs first used his much-published models in 1956, by classifying the societies into Agraria and Industria, i.e, agricultural and industrial societies. These models were developed keeping in view the societies of Imperial China and the United States of America. To him all societies transform from Agraria to Industria at a given point. Riggs identified the structural features of Agraria and.