Open research questions in Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
144 gap statements mined from Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 2,204 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
Choosing where to publish on Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory? See the ranked Social Science journals.
What the literature leaves open
Future research can explore the concept of civil society in different contexts. The authors suggest that further research can analyze the impact of changing settings on civil society organizations.
Future research could explore the empirical implications of the study's findings. It could also examine the relation between individualism and other social phenomena, such as globalization and technological change.
La genealogía racionalizada del individualismo: de la moral colectiva a la patología emocional · 2026 · DOIIt highlights the need for a rationalized genealogy of individualism.
La genealogía racionalizada del individualismo: de la moral colectiva a la patología emocional · 2026 · DOIThe lack of historical case studies on the legitimacy dynamics of communal institutions. The need for a longitudinal analysis of institutional legitimacy.
Legitimacy of Communal Institutions in the Early Modern Times: The Ashkenazi Meat Hall of Amsterdam · 2026 · DOIIt highlights the need for a perspective that explicitly integrates natural teleology in the practice of governance.
This problem should be examined from the standpoint of the transformation of all workers in socialist society into genuine masters of the means of production, the creation of a new socialist motivation mechanism, the fullest possible realization of the potential of the new social order, and the acceleration of the realization of the tasks of socioeconomic development on this basis.
The challenge of balancing the need for professionalization with the need for competition and innovation. The challenge of ensuring that professions have an arm's length relationship with the state. The challenge of maintaining trust in the market while avoiding the pitfalls of occupational monopolies.
“A respectable profession”? Sociological and economic perspectives on the regulation of professional services · 1987 · DOIThe lack of consideration of the critical role of professionalization in maintaining trust in the market. The need for a new perspective on the regulation of professional services that takes into account the sociological and economic perspectives.
“A respectable profession”? Sociological and economic perspectives on the regulation of professional services · 1987 · DOIThe death of the social is a hypothesis that sociology cannot deal with. There is a gap in sociology regarding the incapacity to deal with the death of the social.
sociology in the absence of the social: the significance of baudrillard for contemporary thought · 1987 · DOIIt highlights the need to consider the relationship between self-help and law.
Future research could explore the implications of the study's findings for the development of policies and interventions aimed at supporting rural communities. Future research could investigate the factors leading to the break-up of communal life in other contexts.
There is a lack of understanding of the role of card playing in Gende social life. The social and economic implications of card playing among the Gende people are not well understood. The Gende exchange system and its relationship to card playing need to be analyzed.
CARD PLAYING AMONG THE GENDE: A SYSTEM FOR KEEPING MONEY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ALIVE · 1986 · DOIThe welfare state is a fragile system due to its lack of intrinsic solidarity. The welfare state is vulnerable to technological and economic developments.
The paper identifies the need for a diagnostic model that can analyze the ability of a system to diagnose particular faults in the presence of known faults.
There is a lack of comprehensive attempts to characterize the concept of the reasonable man. The connection between the reasonable man as a formal concept and the reasonable man as a legal concept requires much broader argument than that provided in the paper.
The authors note that the topic of civil society is often studied in a narrow perspective.
Limited municipal support for the Jewish community. Persistent meat smuggling and complaints about price and quality.
Legitimacy of Communal Institutions in the Early Modern Times: The Ashkenazi Meat Hall of Amsterdam · 2026 · DOIThe paper suggests that Sacks's legacies are being stifled by the emergence of hagiographic tendencies and standard lines on Sacks.
Wilson, to formulate a sweeping vision of social planning that would not only inform his little known and rather coyly named Division of Subsistence Homesteads, but also his efforts at the National Resources Board (NRB)—the nation’s first ever agency for comprehensive national planning.
RICHARD T. ELY, THE GERMAN HISTORICAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, AND THE “SOCIO-TELEOLOGICAL” ASPIRATION OF THE NEW DEAL PLANNERS · 2021 · DOIAlthough this literature remains scarcely present in the anthropological debate in Italy, the latest crisis following Brexit invites us to consider more carefully those connections that began to expand from the finance sector not only across different economic sectors, but also to broader social and cultural realities.
The study argues that the life-course concept is not suitable for analyzing French peasant families.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Eastern European countries, assuming the political model of liberal democracy in the transition from a closed totalitarian type of society to an open one, are going through a difficult period of restructuring of the public sphere, accompanied by numerous challenges and problems: the moral values of the communist past are subject to criticism, whereas new values have not been fully…
Public Communication and Moral Values in the Contemporary Society · 2014Further study of the Gende exchange system and its relationship to card playing. Analysis of the impact of card playing on social relationships and income distribution. Comparison of card playing in different Gende villages and communities.
CARD PLAYING AMONG THE GENDE: A SYSTEM FOR KEEPING MONEY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ALIVE · 1986 · DOIFurther research could explore the implications of the Church's opposition to liberalism for modern social and economic systems, - Further research could examine the relationship between religion and politics in different historical and cultural…
The paper identifies a gap in understanding the historical background of the conflict between the Church and liberalism, - The paper highlights the need to consider the sociological motives behind the Church's reaction…
Most-cited papers in Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
- A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare · Journal of Political Economy · 1950 · 1,237 citations
- Social Skill and the Theory of Fields · Sociological Theory · 2001 · 1,025 citations
- The Property Right Paradigm · The Journal of Economic History · 1973 · 893 citations
- The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents: A Case Study in Game Theory · Journal of Political Economy · 1984 · 811 citations
- The age of responsibilization: on market-embedded morality · Economy and Society · 2008 · 774 citations
- The Sociological Analysis of Professionalism · International Sociology · 2003 · 748 citations
- Egalitarian Societies · Man · 1982 · 688 citations
- The concept of social care and the analysis of contemporary welfare states · British Journal of Sociology · 2000 · 621 citations
- Moral Views of Market Society · Annual Review of Sociology · 2007 · 577 citations
- The Social Meaning of Money: "Special Monies" · American Journal of Sociology · 1989 · 536 citations
Most recent work
- Civilisations · Civilisations · 2026
- Medicine, Money, and Meaning · 2026
- Book Review Georg Simmel and the Foundations of Social Science: The Philosophy of Georg Simmel FrederickC. Beiser. (2026). The Philosophy of Georg Simmel. London: Routledge. v + 272 pp. ISBN 978-1-04-111209-9.EfraimPodoksik. (2021). Georg Simmel and German Culture: Unity, Variety and Modern Discontents. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. iii + 336 pp. ISBN 978-1-108-96497-5. · Journal of Classical Sociology · 2026
- Autonomous Freedom in Modern Liberalism’s Anthropological Project: A Theological Critique in the Light of the Incarnation · Philippine Association for the Sociology of Religion Journal · 2026
- A General Typology of Communalism · Communal Societies · 2026
- Communal Bonds: Contact Between the Amana Society and Other Communal Groups, 1843-1932 · Communal Societies · 2026
- Index to Communal Societies, Volumes 1-15 (1981-1995) · Communal Societies · 2026
- Communal Societies as Cyclical Phenomena · Communal Societies · 2026
- The economics of care: Economic repertoires for analysing dilemmas in care · Anthropological Theory · 2026
- Is sociology a moral science? · Journal of Classical Sociology · 2026
Find a gap in your own Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory sub-topic
This page shows what the Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory literature already flags as unresolved. To narrow it to your specific question, search the Research Gap Finder: the search is free with a free account and lists the papers closest to your topic first. Unlocking that topic (50 credits, charged once) fills the comparison table from our 4.5M-paper local library and writes the gaps from its rows.
Open the Research Gap Finder →