This book presents a disciplined, qualitative exploration of case study methods by drawing from naturalistic, holistic, ethnographic, phenomenological and biographic research methods. Robert E. Stake uses and annotates an actual case study to answer such questions as: How is the…
Case study methods
by Hamel, Jacques, Dufour, Stéphane, Fortin, Dominic
fromQualitative research methods
Case study methods
by Hamel, Jacques, Dufour, Stéphane, Fortin, Dominic
fromQualitative research methods
Case study methods
by Hamel, Jacques, Dufour, Stéphane, Fortin, Dominic
fromQualitative research methods
In this introduction to understanding, researching and doing case studies in the social sciences, Hamel outlines several differing traditions of case study research including the Chicago School of Sociology, the anthropological case studies of Malinowski, and the French La Play …
Case study methods
by Hamel, Jacques, Dufour, Stéphane, Fortin, Dominic
fromQualitative research methods
The Right to Know is a timely and compelling consideration of a vital question: What information should governments and other powerful organizations disclose? Excessive secrecy corrodes democracy, facilitates corruption, and undermines good public policymaking, but keeping a lid…
Highly readable and non-technical, this handbook is designed to help students and non-profit managers gain a working knowledge of the principles and practices of conducting qualitative case study research in public organizations. This book is a motherload of practical and compre…
18 Case Research in Public Infrastructure -- A Long-Standing Problem -- A Big Problem Getting Bigger -- The Importance of Infrastructure to the Economy -- A Call for Greater Federal Support -- Infrastructure Funding -- Funding at the Local Level -- Funding at the State Level -- …
Provides a process for studying multiple cases - such as sets of teachers, staff development sessions, or clinics operating in different locations - within one program. The process can also be used to investigate broadly occurring phenomena without programmatic links, such as le…
"This engaging text shows readers how to design, analyze, and report studies that balance common issues across the group of cases with the unique features and context of each case. Three actual case reports from a transnational early childhood program illustrate the author's ap…
"This engaging text shows readers how to design, analyze, and report studies that balance common issues across the group of cases with the unique features and context of each case. Three actual case reports from a transnational early childhood program illustrate the author's ap…
Case study method: key issues, key texts
by Foster, Peter, Hammersley, Martyn, Gomm, Roger
Case study method: key issues, key texts
by Foster, Peter, Hammersley, Martyn, Gomm, Roger
Case study is an increasingly popular approach in social research. This book is a comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods.
Case study method: key issues, key texts
by Foster, Peter, Hammersley, Martyn, Gomm, Roger
Case study is an increasingly popular approach in social research. This book is a comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods.
