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SAGE PUBLISHING The Sage Handbook Of Case-Based Methods 2009 Edition by Byrne
Case-based methods have a long history in the social sciences. They are extensively used and raise many practical and theoretical questions. This book provides a comprehensive, critical examination of case-oriented research. It offers concrete proposals about the best research methods and provides an unparalleled guide to the emergence and complexity of the field. The Handbook:- Situates the reader in the essential theoretical and practical issues;- Demonstrates the unity and diversity of case-oriented research through an examination of case-based methods;- Distinguishes between case-based and case study research;- Elucidates the philosophical issues around case based methods;- Examines case-based work in the context of both social theory and theories of research methods. INTRODUCTION: Case-Based Methods: Why We Need Them; What They Are; How to Do Them - David ByrnePART ONE: THE METHODOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF CASE-BASED METHODSComplexity and Case - David L Harvey The Contextualist Approach to Social Science Methodology - Lars Mjoset Reflexivity, Realism and the Process of Casing - Bob Carter and Alison Sealey Single-Case Probabilities - Malcolm Williams and Wendy DyerComplex Realist and Configurational Approaches to Cases: A Radical Synthesis - David Byrne PART TWO: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF CASE-BASED RESEARCHTypologies - Ways of Sorting Things OutExplanatory Typologies in Qualitative Analysis - Colin ElmanIntroducing Cluster Analysis: What Can It Teach Us about the Case? - Emma UprichardVisualizing Types: The Potential of Correspondence Analysis - Dianne Phillips and John PhillipsHow Classification Works, Or Doesn't: The Case of Chronic Pain - Emma Whelan Quantitative Approaches to Case Based MethodsCase-Centred Methods and Quantitative Analysis - Ray KentThe Logic and Assumptions of MDSO - MSDO Designs - Gisele De Meur and Alain Gottcheiner The Case for Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Adding Leverage for Thick Cross-Case Comparison - Benoit Rihoux and Bojana Lobe On the Duality of Cases and Variables: Correspondence Analysis (CA) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) - Ronald L BreigerUsing Cluster Analysis, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and NVivo in Relation to the Establishment of Causal Configurations with Pre-existing Large N Datasets: Machining Hermeneutics - David ByrneQualitative Approaches to Case-Based ResearchComputer-Based Qualitative Methods in Case-Study Research - Nigel Fielding and Richard Warnes Extending the Ethnographic Case Study - Sean O RiainScope in Case-Study Research - Gary Goertz and James MahoneySmall-N Access Cases to Refine Theories of Social Exclusion and Access to Socially Excluded Individuals and Groups - Nick Emmel and Kahryn Hughes Using Comparative Data: A Systems Approach to a Multiple Case Study - Fred Carden PART THREE: CASE-BASED METHODS IN DISCIPLINES AND FIELDSMaking the Most of an Historical Case Study: Configuration, Sequence, Casing, and the US Old-Age Pension Movement - Edwin Amenta Poetry and History: The Case for Literary Evidence - John Walton Social Interactions and the Demand for Sport: Cluster Analysis in Economics - Paul Downward and Joseph Riordan The Proper Relationship of Comparative-Historical Analysis to Statistical Analysis: Subordination, Integration or Separation? - James Mahoney and P Larkin Terrie Case Studies and the Configurational Analysis of Organizational Phenomena - Peer C Fiss The Case in Medicine - Frances Griffiths Team-Based Aggregation of Qualitative Case Study Data in Health Care Contexts: Challenges and Learning - Sue Dopson, Ewan Ferlie, Louise Fitzgerald and Louise LocockWorking with Cases in Development Contexts: Some Insights from an Outlier - Pip Bevan Non-Nested and Nested Cases in a Socioeconomic Village Study - Wendy Olsen Causality and Interpretation in Qualitative Policy-Related Research - David Byrne, Wendy Olsen and Sandra DugganReflections on Casing and Case-Oriented Research - Charles C Ragin