A Re-Examination of the Ideal Type Concept

The following contention is examined: Ideal type concepts function in social theory only as preliminary devices which must eventually give way to operational formulations. For Max Weber, while ideal type concepts may instigate operational explanations, they have an abiding role in social theory beca...

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Autor principal: Pepper, George B. (Autor)
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Publicado: 1963
En: The American catholic sociological review
Año: 1963, Volumen: 24, Número: 3, Páginas: 185-201
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