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Case study method : key issues, key texts /

Case study method : key issues, key texts / edited by Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster. - London : SAGE, 2000. - ix, 276p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Case study is an increasingly popular approach in social research. This book is a comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods.

9780761964148 (pbk.) : �15.99 9780761964131 (hbk.) : �49.50 9780761964148


Case method.
Social sciences--Methodology--Case studies
Social sciences--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Society.
Research methods: general
Social research & statistics

H62 / .C37 2000

300.722 GOM

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