Case study research : what, why and how? /
Peter G. Swanborn.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
- ix, 178 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is a case study? -- Introduction -- Phenomena and cases -- Historical background -- Methodological point of departure -- Definition -- Additional remarks about the definition -- An holistic approach? -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- When to conduct a case study? -- Introduction -- Research questions -- Specific conditions -- Further considerations -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- How to select cases? -- Introduction -- Demarcation of the domain -- No selection at all -- Random selection -- Pragmatic grounds -- Substantive criteria -- The problem of generalisation -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- What data to collect? -- Introduction -- Data and theories -- An application of theory -- Causality -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- How to enrich your case study data? -- Introduction: degrees of freedom -- Increasing the number of measurement points in time -- Introducing sub-units -- Increasing the number of cases -- Increasing the number of predictions -- Using several gradations of the independent variables -- Diversifying methods of collecting data -- Diversifying researchers -- Presenting results to participants and using their opinions as extra data -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- How to analyse your data? -- Introduction -- Five traditions -- Analysis -- Limits of tabulations on qualitative data -- Conclusions -- Exercises -- Key terms -- Assets and opportunities -- Styles of reporting -- Combining intensive and extensive approaches -- Generalising from the user's perspective -- Meta-analysis -- The efficiency of case studies -- Epilogue -- Key terms -- Selected literature on case studies -- The political science debate on case studies -- A note on triangulation -- A note on contamination. 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 5.8. 5.9. 5.10. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 6.5. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 7.6. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. Appendix 4.