
Case Study Method
Key Issues, Key Texts
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7619-6414-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
`This is a worthwhile book which will be useful to readers. It collectstogether key sources on a topic which is a "hardy perennial", guaranteeing
its relevance for academics, researchers, and students on higher level
methods programmes. The editorial contributions are by well-known
authorities in the field, are carefully-constructed, and take a clear
position. I would certainly want this book on my shelf' - Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey ". . .the book enlightens researchers concerning the contributions of case studies to research and could serve as an informative reader for doctoral students considering case study methods for their dissertations." -- Jody Fitzpatrick
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First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-6414-8 (9780761964148)
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Persons
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). 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/
Content
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
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