Case Study Research - Principles and Practices

Thoroughly updated, this new edition provides an understanding of the case study research method and the tools required for its implementation.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Case Studies: 1. Surveys; 2. Definitions; Part II. Selecting Cases: 3. Overview of case selection; 4. Descriptive case studies; 5. Causal case studies; 6. Algorithms and samples; Part III. Analyzing Cases: 7. A typology of research designs; 8. Quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis; Part IV. Validity: 9. Internal validity; 10. External validity; Part V. Conclusions: 11. Tradeoffs; Part VI. References; Index.

About the author

John Gerring is Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Party Ideologies in America, 1828–1996 (Cambridge, 1998), A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (Cambridge, 2008), Concepts and Method: Giovanni Sartori and his Legacy (with David Collier, 2009), Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2012), and Applied Social Science Methodology (with Dino Christenson, Cambridge, forthcoming), along with numerous articles.

Summary

Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition of this leading textbook provides an understanding of the case study method and specific tools for its successful implementation. It is an essential resource for a range of postgraduate courses in fields including political science, sociology, business, communications, education, anthropology and medicine.

Product details

• Authors: John Gerring, John (University of Texas Gerring, Gerring John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.2017
• EAN: 9781107181267
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18126-7
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry; Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, REFERENCE / Research, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology