Case study research in social work

Ian F. Shaw, Mark Hardy and Peter Sommerfeld

Chapter 13 in Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, 2024, pp 231-247 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: We explore reasons why the language of case study language and case work often are intertwined in social work. We consider the case as a social work loan term in sociology, case study language as a means of systematising clinical education and practice, and ways in which ‘case study’ language has been used in social work writing. We explore how the distinction between ‘case’ as the unit of analysis and the unit of observation may not be straightforward, and how the idea of the case as a social work unit of analysis is shaped by the political and value predispositions and commitments that ebb and flow within the social work practice and research community. We endeavour to suggest how each of these considerations provides a frame of reference for case study research in social work.

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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