Case Study Method

Key Issues, Key Texts
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7619-6414-8
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different interpretations of the purpose and capacity of case study research. The address issues such as: the problem of generalizing from study of a small number of cases; and the role of case study in developing and testing theories.

The editors offer in-depth assessments of the main arguments. An annotated bibliography of the literature dealing with case study research makes this an exhaustive and indispensable guide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gomm, Roger

Hammersley, Martyn

Foster, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART ONE: INTRINSIC CASE STUDY AND GENERALIZABILITY
The Case Study Method in Social Inquiry - Robert E Stake
The Only Generalization Is - Yvonna S Lincoln and Egon G Guba
There Is No Generalization
Generalizability and the Single Case Study - Robert Donmoyer
Increasing the Generalizability of Case Study Research - Janet Ward Schofield
Case Study and Generalization - Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster
PART TWO: CASE STUDY AND THEORY
Case Study and Theory in Political Science - Harry Eckstein
Case Study and Situational Analysis - J Clyde Mitchell
The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction - W S Robinson
The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research - Ralph H Turner
Small N's and Big Conclusions - Stanley Lieberson
An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases
Cases, Causes, Conjunctures, Stories, Imagery - Howard S Becker
Case Study and Theory - Martyn Hammersley, Roger Gomm and Peter Foster

Über Autor(innen)

Gomm, Roger
Roger Gomm, now retired, was lecturer in health and welfare at The Open University, UK. He has long experience of ethnographic research in both the United Kingdom and internationally, and of bespoke evaluation research. He has written several books, including Social Research Methodology (second edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Key Concepts in Social Research Methods (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Hammersley, Martyn
Martyn Hammersley is an emeritus professor of educational and social research at The Open University, UK. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books including (with Paul Atkinson) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (fourth edition, Routledge, 2019), The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (Routledge, 1989), The Politics of Social Research (SAGE, 1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (second edition, Longman, 1997), Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 2000), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice, (London, Paul Chapman/SAGE, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE, 2008), Methodology Who Needs It? (SAGE, 2011), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (SAGE, 2013), The Limits of Social Science (SAGE, 2014), and The Concept of Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Website: http://martynhammersley.wordpress.com/