Case study as meaning making

Malcolm Tight

Chapter 2 in Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, 2024, pp 16-30 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter considers case study as meaning making. Case study is a popular research approach, the purpose of which is to make meaning out of the case or cases – or the particular aspect(s) of it or them – being studied. Meaning making is the process we go through when trying to make sense of something. The difference when doing a case study is that this process is explicitly research-based; that is systematic, evidence-based and/or theoretically informed. The chapter begins with brief discussions of the nature of case study and meaning making. The conceptualisation of case study as meaning making, and how we judge the meaning that is being made, is then examined in more detail. Several examples of recently published case studies are introduced, described and interrogated to illustrate their diversity and how meaning is made. The practical issues involved in making meaning through case study are outlined.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Education; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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