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

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...

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Otros Autores: Ragin, Charles C. (Editor) ; Becker, Howard Saul 1928-2023 (Editor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
En:Año: 1992
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Sociology > Research > Methodology
Social Sciences
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Soziologie > Methodologie
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
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Descripción Física:VIII, 242 S., Ill., 24 cm
ISBN:0521420504
0521421888
9780521420501
9780521421881