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RECORD NUMBER: 17 OF 17| Main Title | What is a case? : exploring the foundations of social inquiry / | |||||||||||
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1992 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 25164761 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0521420504; 9780521420501; 0521421888; 9780521421881 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Sociology--Research--Methodology ; Research Design ; Methodologie ; Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek ; Casestudies ; Sociale wetenschappen ; Onderzoeksmethoden ; Empirische Sozialforschung--(DE-588)4014606-6 ; Fallstudie--(DE-588)4124897-1 ; Methode--(DE-588)4038971-6 ; Sozialwissenschaften--(DE-588)4055916-6 ; Soziologie--(DE-588)4077624-4 ; Sociologia (pesquisa e metodologia) ; Aufsatzsammlung | |||||||||||
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| Collation | viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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. |