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Regime and Sociology: A Comparative History of Sociology in Postwar Europe with Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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Social Science History
Publication Volume
46
Publication Issue
1
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Keywords
History of sociology
Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Comparative history of the social sciences
Postwar Europe
Democracies and non-democracies
Institutionalization
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13860
Abstract
Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, this article presents a systematic comparison of differences in the institutional success of sociology in 25 European countries during the academic expansion from 1945 until the late 1960s. Combining context-sensitive national histories of sociology, concept formation, and formal analyses of necessary and sufficient conditions, the article searches for historical explanations for both successful and inhibited processes of the institutionalization of sociology. Concretely, it assesses the interplay of political regime types, the continuous presence of sociological prewar traditions, political Catholicism, and the effects of sociological communities in neighboring countries and how their various combinations are related to more or less well-established sociologies. The results can help explain adversary effects under democratic conditions as well as supportive factors under nondemocratic conditions.
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Journal article
Date
2022
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10.1017/ssh.2021.37
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