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Typological Theory

Typological theory is a configurational approach to theory building in which the researcher specifies types — distinct combinations of the values of explanatory variables — and develops contingent generalizations about the outcomes associated with each combination. Codified by Alexander George and Andrew Bennett and refined by Colin Elman's explanatory typologies, it organizes cases into the cells of a property space defined by the interaction of variables, using case studies to populate and refine the types. It embraces causal complexity by treating combinations, not isolated variables, as the units of explanation.

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  1. George, A. L., & Bennett, A. (2005). Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN: 9780262572224
  2. Elman, C. (2005). Explanatory Typologies in Qualitative Studies of International Politics. International Organization, 59(2), 293–326. DOI: 10.1017/S0020818305050101

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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Typological Theory and Typological Theorizing. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/no/political-science/typological-theory

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ScholarGateTypological Theory (Typological Theory and Typological Theorizing). Hentet 2026-06-24 fra https://scholargate.app/no/political-science/typological-theory · Datasett: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20539026