Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences

Edited by Peter Rule and Vaughn M. John

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Abstract: In this Handbook, Peter Rule and Vaughn M. John bring together international experts to provide a thorough overview of case study research in the social sciences. Analysing both historical and contemporary examples, the Handbook contains a comprehensive grounding for both experienced and novice researchers in case study theory and methodology, drawing out the challenges as well as the prospects for its development.

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
ISBN: 9781803920313
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: case study research in the social sciences , pp 1-14

Peter Rule

Ch 2 Case study as meaning making , pp 16-30

Malcolm Tight

Ch 3 Knowledge and knowing in case study research: towards a relational epistemology , pp 31-50

Peter Rule and Bedrettin Yazan

Ch 4 Studying a case in context , pp 51-66

Vaughn M. John

Ch 5 Theory and theorizing in case study research , pp 67-87

Peter Rule

Ch 6 Building theoretical frameworks from an intrinsic single case and a diverse multi-case study: a comparison , pp 88-110

Vivienne Spooner and Kerrin Myres

Ch 7 Multiple case study design , pp 112-130

Veena Vohra

Ch 8 Navigating participatory methods in childhood research: a qualitatively driven approach to case study design , pp 131-148

Jane Spiteri

Ch 9 Case study and narrative , pp 149-171

Mariette Volschenk

Ch 10 Case study and ethnography , pp 172-192

Joan M. Verd and Germán Quaranta

Ch 11 Case study research in education: considering possible paradoxes and concerns , pp 194-214

Lorna Hamilton

Ch 12 The invention of the case study method in anthropology: first steps to decolonise knowledge in colonial and postcolonial societies , pp 215-230

Karen Sykes

Ch 13 Case study research in social work , pp 231-247

Ian F. Shaw, Mark Hardy and Peter Sommerfeld

Ch 14 Case study research in counselling and psychotherapy , pp 248-271

David Edwards

Ch 15 Case study research in public administration: analytical framework and systematic review , pp 272-293

J.S. (Kobus) Wessels and J.N. Zongozzi

Ch 16 Methodology for case studies in business ethics , pp 302-309

Jacob Dahl Rendtorff

Ch 17 Case study at the nexus of the global and the local , pp 310-329

Adriana Nunez-Picado and Kirsten Martinus

Ch 18 Concluding reflections on case study research and its prospects , pp 330-341

Vaughn M. John

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