| Description |
viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : cases of "what is a case? " / Charles C. Ragin -- Cases of cases ... of cases / Jennifer Platt -- What do cases do? : some notes on activity in sociological analysis / Andrew Abbott -- Cases are for identity, for explanation, or for control / Harrison C. White -- Small N's and big conclusions : an examination of the reasoning in comparative studies based on a small number of cases / Stanley Lieberson -- Making the theoretical case / John Walton -- Small N's and community case studies / Douglas Harper -- Case studies : history or sociology? / Michel Wieviorka -- Theory elaboration : the heuristics of case analysis / Diane Vaughan -- Cases, causes, conjunctures, stories, and imagery / Howard S. Becker -- "Casing" and the process of social inquiry / Charles C. Ragin |
| Analysis |
Sociology Research |
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Sociology Research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Case method.
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
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Sociology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Research Design.
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Sociology.
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| Author |
Becker, Howard Saul, 1928-
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Ragin, Charles C.
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| LC no. |
91047663 |
| ISBN |
0521420504 (hardback) |
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0521421888 (paperback) |
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