A Case for the Case Study

by Joe R. Feagin (Editor), Anthony M. Orum (Editor), Gideon Sjoberg (Editor)

Overview

Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case For Case Study provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative research; the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781469621401
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)
File size:	574 KB

About the Author

Joe R. Feagin is professor of sociology at the University of Florida.
Antony M. Orum is professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gidon Sjoberg is professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A feisty manifesto for the extended, qualitative, sociologically informed study of interesting cases, the sort of 'book sociology' that has been elbowed aside in our time by 'article sociology.' The authors are ready to tell us not just what to do but how to do it, and they speak with the considerable authority of their own accomplishments in the genre. How their attempt to reclaim this neglected and devalued heritage is received will itself be an interesting case, for the sociology of sociology.—John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



A Case for the Case Study brings together the thoughts of some of the most able practitioners of the case study. They not only cover the necessary ground, but do so with insight, humor and magisterial judgment.—Gerald D. Suttles, University of Chicago

Editorial Reviews

Essays on the nature and application of this methodology describe how primary research technique is employed to understand: white-collar crime, family structure, changes in gender roles, city life, homelessness, and other social experience. The authors advocate more use of the case study by social scientists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"A Case for the Case Study" brings together the thoughts of some of the most able practitioners of the case study.

Gerald D. Suttles, University of Chicago

A feisty manifesto.

John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

""A Case for the Case Study" brings together the thoughts of some of the most able practitioners of the case study.

Gerald D. Suttles, University of Chicago"

"A feisty manifesto.

John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

From the Publisher