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What is a case? : exploring the foundations of social inquiry
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The contributors probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and results of research.
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- Creator
- edited by Charles C. Ragin and Howard S. Becker
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992
- Physical Details
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- viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521420504, 9780521420501, 0521421888, 9780521421881
- OCLC
- ocm25164761
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : cases of "what is a case? " / Charles C. Ragin -- Cases of cases ... of cases / Jennifer Platt -- What do cases do? : some notes on activity in sociological analysis / Andrew Abbott -- Cases are for identity, for explanation, or for control / Harrison C. White -- Small N's and big conclusions : an examination of the reasoning in comparative studies based on a small number of cases / Stanley Lieberson -- Making the theoretical case / John Walton -- Small N's and community case studies / Douglas Harper -- Case studies : history or sociology? / Michel Wieviorka -- Theory elaboration : the heuristics of case analysis / Diane Vaughan -- Cases, causes, conjunctures, stories, and imagery / Howard S. Becker -- "Casing" and the process of social inquiry / Charles C. Ragin
Subjects
- Sociology -- Research -- Methodology.
- Sociology.
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- Research Design.
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