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What is a case? : exploring the foundations of social inquiry /

The contributors probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and results of research.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ragin, Charles C., Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928-2023
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.