Ideal Type
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stewart Clegg (0000-0001-6083-4283, corresponding author), Stewart R Clegg |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosi001 |
| OpenAlex | W4252249405 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The notion of an ideal type is best known to sociologists through the work of Max Weber, although it was a term in common usage in nineteenth‐century German historical social sciences. It was designed to solve the problem of comparison. A historical event cannot be described without reference to the persons involved and to the place and date of its occurrence. Thus, all historical events were unique and one could only tell specific local stories. Forcing these into some overall framework would usually prove, at worst, ideological and, at best, would do violence to the integrity of local detail
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |