Ideal type in sociological research
Ideal type in sociological research

Summary/Abstract: This opinion paper aims to offer a contribution on the use of the ideal type as a research strategy, with the purpose of adding to the discussion of the advantages, but also the limitations, difficulties, and challenges to the implementation of this methodological tool. In conclusion, there is the need to select some specific dimensions of the object, with relevance and rigorous justification, being careful to neither over-simplify reality, nor bring complexity to it, to the point that this concept becomes unintelligible and without heuristic ability.

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