Max Weber devoted himself to develop the methodological and theoretical problems of the discipline.
Max Weber was of the opinion that sociology is the interpretative understanding of social action. Social action is the main subject matter of the study of sociology. Weber holds that people turning or interacting to one another has some inner meaning, which is a social action. Social action has four elements.
1. Actor
2. Situation
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3. Means
4. Ends
Main contribution of Max Weber includes,
(a) Verstenan
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(b) Value free
(c) Ideal type
(d) Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism
(e) Power and authority
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(f)Bureaucracy George