Cited by 5Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeGerman Social Sciences and HistoryQualitative Comparative Analysis Research

Formal Theory

Land, Kenneth C.·1971·Sociological Methodology

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  • There are few factual accounts of the development of theories themselves.

    “Despite different streams of writing about theory development in the social sciences – for example, writing around the construction of grounded theory [21,22,51-54], and about the development of formal sociological theory [23,54,55] – we actually have few factual accounts of the development of theories themselves.”

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Authors
Land, K. C.
Corresponding author
Land, Kenneth C.
Venue
Sociological Methodology
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1971
Volume
3
Pages
175
ISSN
0081-1750 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4205769104
Cited by
5
References
0
FWCI
2.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Sociological Methodology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › German Social Sciences and History
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Keywords
formal theory, formal models, mathematical sociology, social theory

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