Concept information
Preferred term
AGIL
Definition
- Talcott Parsons's AGIL schema summarizes the four functional requisites or imperatives of any system of action: adaptation (A), goal attainment (G), integration (I), and latent pattern maintenance (L). Also known as the four-function paradigm, the AGIL schema specifies for structural-functional theory the needs of any living system and how that system maintains order in relation to both its external environment and internal organization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; AGIL]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/AGIL
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