THE RELEVANCE OF THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK (MT) IN SCIENTIFIC INITIATION. AN APPROACH FROM POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The following article aims to address and present the relevance of the theoretical framework in scientific initiation, its role in the research process and the modes of its construction. Various approaches and tools for the construction of a theoretical framework defined by both the literature and the author's experience are brought together in the text, using as an example the study of historical institutional development in the field of political science. A general conclusion that results from this work is that the theoretical framework, as a conceptual body, establishes the support for the objectives and hypotheses proposed by the research, becoming a kind of epistemological umbrella that defines the author's position on the campus of the debate. In more specific terms, precisely identifying the level of abstraction of the selected theory will shed light on the scope and methodological framework of the social science study.