Ideal type

About: Ideal type is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 400 publications have been published within this topic receiving 8012 citations.

Huizinga’s Legacy for Sports Studies

Abstract: Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Civilization has been recognized as a classic study of play. However, its implications for the study of sport have not been developed to their fullest extent. This paper reconsiders Huizinga’s model as an ideal type. It is argued that such a model unifies some work currently being done on sport and otherwise provides the basis for a far-reaching research agenda. In this spirit, a number of empirical questions stemming from Huizinga’s work are considered. This is followed by two tables that extend and systematize the model discussed above.

Neopatrimonialismus? Von Sinn und Unsinn eines Diskurses

Abstract: Schlagworter: Patrimonialismus, Neopatrimonialismus, Idealtypen, Hybriditat, Entwicklung, Eurozentrismus, Klientelismus, schwache Staaten, patrimonialer Kapitalismus, Moderne und Tradition, Modernisierungstheorie ----- Neopatrimonialism? Sense and nonsense of a discourse. Abstract References to „patrimonialism“ and „neopatrimonialism“ are rife in analyses of the causes of perceived state failure, mainly in the Global South. Although such interventions have in common that they invoke Max Weber, their reading of Weber´s ideal type of the rational state rests on a deep methodological misunderstanding. Whereas the ideal type of the rational state is taken for actual practice, the patrimonial one is misconstrued based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the logic of ideal types. Taken together, these misunderstandings lead to deeply flawed empirical assumptions. A critical reading of relevant literature links this finding to the pervasive Eurocentrism within (neo-)patrimonialism and state failure discourse. While this discussion is mainly aimed at literature concerned with Africa, a comparative Latin American perspective shows both divergent trajectories of state buildings and some commonalities in methodological misunderstandings, albeit using different terminology. Against this backdrop, some more critical approaches using patrimonialism terminology are explored, including the notion of „patrimonial capitalism“. The article closes with three theses on the unsuitability of „(neo-)patrimonialism“ as an overarching analytical paradigm. Keywords: patrimonialism, neopatrimonialism, ideal types, hybridity, development, eurocentrism, clientelism, weak states, patrimonial capitalism, modernity and tradition, modernisation theory

Weber, Max (1864–1920)

Abstract: Max Weber (1864–1920) taught in Heidelberg, Vienna, and Munich (1896–1920). Although suffering from a psychological disease, which prevented him from teaching for a long period, he had an astonishing intellectual output: among his major works, we mention Economy and society, the unfinished masterwork, Sociology of religion, science as vocation and Politics as vocation and several methodological essays, contributing to found sociology as the science of the regularities of social behavior. Always at the center of intellectual gatherings, he also had a strong political influence both during the war and at the very beginning of the Weimar Republic.

IBM Incorporated : an exploration of an Egyptian work ethic as constructed by South African expatriates working in Cairo

Abstract: Sociologists concern themselves with exploring, describing and explaining that which is different, unknown or misunderstood. I will endeavour to focus on the latter. International migration and the emergence of a global village have compelled one to embrace the “other” with insight and vigour. This thesis explores the experiences of South African expatriates living in Cairo, Egypt. The primary objective of this study is to explore and describe the constructed experiences of South African expatriates working in Cairo. The purpose of my study, however, is not to delineate an Egyptian work ethic as a typology or an ideal type, but rather to reflect on the experiences of tension and divergencies as constructed by South African. The methodological framework underlying this thesis is that of interpretivism. A qualitative study, which included semi-structured interviews and observations, provided the researcher with rich and nuanced data. Theoretical approaches of Max Weber, particularly The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Weber’s incomplete works on Islam, are used. In agreement with Weber’s works, the main argument of this thesis is that an Egyptian work ethic is not solely fashioned through Islamic tenets per se, but that social, political and economic factors in Egypt are significant contributors. Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za

Inter-bureau power relations; a sociological analysis of an ideal type organizational model

Abstract: This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. For more information, please contact pdxscholar@pdx.edu. Recommended Citation Potterf, Gerald Wayne, "Inter-bureau power relations; a sociological analysis of an ideal type organizational model" (1971). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1475.