AGIL paradigm

E590252

The AGIL paradigm is a sociological framework developed by Talcott Parsons that explains how social systems maintain stability and function through four core requirements: adaptation, goal attainment, integration, and latency.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
AGIL model 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sociological framework
structural functionalist theory
alsoKnownAs AGIL model NERFINISHED
AGIL scheme
appliesTo groups
organizations
social systems
society
associatedWithTheory structural functionalism
conceptualDomain macrosociology
systems theory in sociology
coreClaim every social system must fulfill four functional imperatives
criticizedFor insufficient attention to social conflict and change
overemphasis on social order and stability
developer Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
discipline sociology
functionalImperative adaptation
goal attainment
integration
latency
hasAbbreviation AGIL NERFINISHED
hasAcronymFor Adaptation
Goal attainment
Integration
Latency
hasComponent adaptation
goal attainment
integration
latency
hasLanguageOrigin English acronym
influencedBy Max Weber NERFINISHED
Vilfredo Pareto NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
introducedInWorkOf Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
mapsFunctionToSubsystem cultural system for latency
economy for adaptation
legal system for integration
polity for goal attainment
relatedConcept pattern maintenance
social system
system equilibrium
value system
theoreticalPurpose explain functional prerequisites of social systems
explain how social systems maintain stability
timePeriodOfDevelopment mid-20th century
usedFor classification of system functions
functional analysis of social systems

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Talcott Parsons theory AGIL paradigm
structural functionalism usesConceptualScheme AGIL paradigm
this entity surface form: AGIL model