Summary
Overview
Key Readings
Case study research has a long and varied history within and beyond the social sciences. This collection brings together the key articles on this method from the full range of social science disciplines: sociology, political science, policy and public administration studies, law, social work, anthropology, community and urban studies, business and management studies, economics and psychology. The foundations and debates central to this method are exhaustively covered.
The first volume covers the early influential statements and examples of case study research. The following three volumes explore issues pertaining to the generalizability of this method, the meaning of ‘case’, the appropriate methods for collecting data and how case study research enables ‘understanding’ and ‘explanation’. Together they form the most comprehensive collection of articles available in this important ...
Editor's Introduction
This four volume edited collection aims to provide the reader with access to the most important articles on the subject of case study research in the social sciences originally published in academic journals across a wide spectrum of disciplines and fields, and during almost the full span of the twentieth century. The selection has been based on three criteria. Firstly, that the articles represent the most significant statements in an on-going debate about the meaning, method, scope and value of case study research, and, secondly, that the materials are not readily available in book form. As such this collection does not seek to include selections from a number of classic and contemporary case study monographs, despite the significance of these texts, as they ...
Table of Contents
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Volume I
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Part 1: Classic Articles in the Founding of the Case Study Tradition
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Clifford Shaw
1926
Publications of the American Sociological Association
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2. Statistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research1
Ernest Burgess
1927
Sociology and Social Research
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3. Division on Social Institutions: Case Study of Small Institutions as a Method of Research
Charles Cooley
1927
Publications of the American Sociological Association
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4. Round Table on the Case-Study Method of Sociological Research
Stuart Queen
1927
Publications of the American Sociological Association
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5. The Case Method in Social Research1
Katharine Jocher
1928
Social Forces
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6. The Limitations of Domestic Discord Case Records for Research
Dorothy Kahn
1929
Social Forces
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7. A Study of the Techniques of the Social Case Work Interview
Joanna Colcord
1929
Social Forces
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8. Murder and the Case Study Method
Robert Park
1930
The American Journal of Sociology
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Herbert Blumer
1931
The American Journal of Sociology
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10. Culture Case Study and Ideal-Typical Method: With Special Reference to Max Weber
Howard Becker
1934
Social Forces
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11. A Sociological Theory of Drug Addiction1
A. Lindesmith
1938
American Journal of Sociology
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12. Notes on the Case-Study and the Unique Case
Samuel Stouffer
1941
Sociometry
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13. Case-Studies vs. Statistical Methods – An Issue Based on Misunderstanding
George Lundberg
1941
Sociometry
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14. The Theory of Case Studies
Paul Foreman
1948
Social Forces
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15. The Criminal Violation of Financial Trust
Donald Cressey
1953
American Sociological Review
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Part 2: Cases in Anthropology and the Ethnographic Tradition
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16. The Community-Study Method
Conrad Arensberg
1954
The American Journal of Sociology
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17. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
Horace Miner
1956
American Anthropological Studies
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18. Ethnographic Data in British Social Anthropology*
Max Gluckman
1961
Sociological Review
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19. Ethnographic Data in Social Anthropology in the United States*
Fred Eggan
1961
Sociological Review
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20. The Analysis of Social Situations*
G. Garbett
1970
Garbett Man
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James Clifford
1983
Representations
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Brian Wynne
1991
Science, Technology and Human Values
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23. The Monograph in European Ethnology*
Françoise Zonabend
1992
Current Sociology
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24. Faulty Environments and Risk Reasoning: The Local Understanding of Industrial Hazards
A. Irwin | P. Simmons | G. Walker
1999
Environment and Planning A
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Part 3: The Scope and Limits of Generalization and Causal Explanation in Case Study Research
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25. The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction
W. Robinson
1951
American Sociological Review
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26. Comment on W. S. Robinson's “The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction”
Alfred Lindesmith
1952
American Sociological Review
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27. Comment on W. S. Robinson's “The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction”
S. Weinberg
1952
American Sociological Review
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28. Rejoinder to Comments on “The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction”
W. Robinson
1952
American Sociological Review
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29. The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research*
Ralph Turner
1953
American Sociological Review
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30. Problems of Inference and Proof in Participant Observation
Howard Becker
1958
American Sociological Review
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Volume II
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Part 3: The Scope and Limits of Generalization and Causal Explanation in Case Study Research
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31. Generalizing from Single Case Studies
Mary Kennedy
1979
Evaluation Quarterly
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32. Applying the Logic of Sample Surveys to Qualitative Case Studies: The Case Cluster Method
Charles McClintock | Diane Brannon | Steven Maynard-Moody
1979
Administrative Science Quarterly
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33. Naturalistic Generalizations
Robert Stake | Deborah Trumbull
1982
Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science
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34. Case and Situation Analysis1
J. Mitchell
1983
Sociological Review
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35. On the Status of Singularity in Sociology
Jacques Hamel
1992
Current Sociology
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Part 4: Case Studies in Educational Research
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36. Case-study and the Social Philosophy of Educational Research
Barry MacDonald | Rob Walker
1975
Cambridge Journal of Education
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37. The Case Study Method in Social Inquiry1
Robert Stake
1978
Educational Researcher
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38. The Study of Samples and the Study of Cases
Lawrence Stenhouse
1980
British Educational Research Journal
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39. Portraits of Exemplary Secondary Schools: George Washington Carver Comprehensive High School
Sara Lightfoot
1981
Daedalus
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40. Effective Schools: Knowledge, Dissemination, Inquiry
William Bickel
1983
Educational Researcher
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41. The Principal as Prime Mover
Robert Donmoyer
1983
Daedalus
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42. Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability
Robert Herriott | William Firestone
1983
Educational Researcher
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43. Case Study Generalisation: an Agenda for Action
David Tripp
1985
British Educational Research Journal
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Helen Simons
1996
Cambridge Journal of Education
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Part 5: Case Studies in Medicine and Mental Health
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45. Statistical Inference and the Single Case in Clinical Design
J. Chassan
1960
Psychiatry
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46. The Life Review: An Interpretation of Reminiscence in the Aged
Robert Butler
1963
Psychiatry
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47. Remembering Drink Orders: The Memory Skills of Cocktail Waitresses
Henry Bennett
1983
Human Learning
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Hilary Dickinson
1993
Sociology
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Christopher Adamson
1997
Sociology of Health and Illness
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50. The Missing Voice of the Critically Ill: A Medical Sociologist's First-Person Account
David Rier
2000
Sociology of Health and Illness
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51. Two Journeys
Devika Chawla
2003
Qualitative Inquiry
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Volume III
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Part 6: Case Study Research in Planning and Policy Studies
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Donald Campbell
1969
American Psychologist
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53. The Politics of Revitalization in Gentrifying Neighborhoods: The Case of Boston's South End
Deborah Auger
1979
Journal of the American Planning Association
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54. The Public Policy and Management Program for Case/Course Development
Duane Windsor | George Greanias
1983
Public Administration Review
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55. Process Sampling: A Method for Case Study Research on Administrative Behavior
Charles McClintock
1985
Educational Administration Quarterly
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56. Cautions on the Use of Investigative Case Studies in Meta-Evaluation
Nick Smith
1990
Evaluation and Program Planning
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57. The Comparative Case Study Approach in Public Administration
Robert Agranoff | Beryl Radin
1991
Research in Public Administration
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Part 7: Case Study Research in Political Science
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58. “Degrees of Freedom” and the Case Study
Donald Campbell
1975
Comparative Political Studies
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59. The Comparable-Cases Strategy in Comparative Research
Arend Lijphart
1975
Comparative Political Studies
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60. Rentier State and Shi'a Islam in the Iranian Revolution
Theda Skocpol
1982
Theory and Society
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Nikki Keddie
1982
Theory and Society
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Eqbal Ahmad
1982
Theory and Society
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Walter Goldfrank
1982
Theory and Society
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64. Ideologies and Social Revolutions: Reflections on the French Case
William Sewell
1985
Journal of Modern History
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Theda Skocpol
1985
Journal of Modern History
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66. Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
J. Jenkins
1983
Annual Review of Sociology
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67. Skocpol on Revolution: Comparative Analysis vs. Historical Conjuncture
Elizabeth Nichols
1986
Comparative Social Research
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68. Analyzing Causal Configurations in History: A Rejoinder to Nichols
Theda Skocpol
1986
Comparative Social Research
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Volume IV
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Part 8: Case Study Research in Business, Work and Organisational Studies
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69. The Collective Bargaining Process: A Human Relations Analysis: IV*
Sidney Garfield | William Whyte
1951
Human Organization
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70. Advancing Scientific Knowledge Through Participatory Action Research
William Whyte
1984
Sociological Forum
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Part 8: Case Study Research in Business, Work and Organisational Studies
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Michael Burawoy
1988
Sociological Theory
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72. Research, Action, and Participation: The Merchant Shipping Case
Richard Walton | Michael Gaffney
1989
American Behavioral Scientist
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73. The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building: The Defense Program as Industrial Policy1
Gregory Hooks
1990
American Journal of Sociology
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Part 9: Biography, Life History and Case Study Method
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74. The Life Story
Jeff Titon
1980
Journal of American Folklore
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75. The Human Studies and the Life History: The Social Service Review Lecture
Bertram Cohler
1988
Social Service Review
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76. The Life Course of Gay and Lesbian Youth: An Immodest Proposal for the Study of Lives
Andrew Boxer | Bertram Cohler
1989
Journal of Homosexuality
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77. Reading Lives: How the Personal Might be Social
Mary Evans
1993
Sociology
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78. The Problem of Other Lives: Social Perspectives on Written Biography
Michael Erben
1993
Sociology
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79. Weaving Stories: Personal Auto/Biographies in Feminist Research
Pamela Cotterill | Gayle Letherby
1993
Sociology
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80. Life Stories and Social Careers: Ageing and Social Life in an Ex-Mining Town
Robin Humphrey
1993
Sociology
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Part 10: Re-Evaluations of the Case Study Method
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Jennifer Platt
1988
Studies in Qualitative Methodology
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82. Building Theories from Case Study Research
Kathleen Eisenhardt
1989
Academy of Management Review
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83. Evaluating and Rethinking The Case Study
Randy Stoecker
1991
The Sociological Review
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84. The Case Method in Sociology
Jacques Hamel
1992
Current Sociology
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85. The Romanticism of Agency/Structure Versus the Analysis of Micro/Macro
Randall Collins
1992
Current Sociology
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86. Einstein, Renoir, and Greeley: Some Thoughts About Evidence in Sociology
Stanley Lieberson
1992
American Sociological Review
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