{"product_id":"what-is-a-case-exploring-the-foundations-of-social-inquiry-paperback-9780521421881","title":"What Is a Case?; Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry (Paperback) 9780521421881","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Is a Case?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe contributors probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and results of research.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles C. Ragin (Edited by), Howard Saul Becker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521421881, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 July 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[T]here is something of value in the book for almost anyone....What Is a Case? is a useful book, reflecting a new level of methodological\/theoretical self-awareness and subtlety of the kind that will benefit the discipline.\"   Alan Sica, American Journal of Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe concept of the case is a basic feature of social science research and yet many questions about how a case should be defined, selected, and judged are far from settled. The contributors to this volume probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and the results of research. The contributions demonstrate that the work of any given researcher is often characterised by some hybrid of these basic approaches, and it is important to understand that most research involves multiple definitions and uses of cases, as both specific empirical phenomena and as general theoretical categories.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cases of 'what is a case?' Charles C. Ragin\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Cases Are Found: 2. Small Ns and community case studies Douglas Harper\u003cbr\u003e 3. What do cases do? Some notes on activity in sociological analysis Andrew Abbott\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cases Are Objects: 4. Small Ns and big conclusions: an examination of the reasoning in comparative studies based on a small number of cases Stanley Lieberson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Theory elaboration: the heuristics of case analysis Diane Vaughan\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cases Are Made: 6. Case studies: history or sociology? Michel Wieviorka\u003cbr\u003e 7. Making theoretical cases John Walton\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Cases Are Conventions: 8. Cases on cases … of cases Jennifer Platt\u003cbr\u003e 9. Cases are for identity, for explanation, or for control\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cases, causes, conjunctures, stories and imagery Howard C. White.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002100142360,"sku":"9780521421881","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521421881i_03055868-359f-4af9-be15-d1c181135ae1.jpg?v=1691381467","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-a-case-exploring-the-foundations-of-social-inquiry-paperback-9780521421881","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}