Reference, Research, Political Science 

Case Study Research: Principles and Practices aims to provide a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools can be utilized in all fields where the case study method is prominent, including business, anthropology, communications, economics, education, medicine, political science, social work, and sociology. Topics include the definition of a 'case study,' the strengths and weaknesses of this distinctive method, strategies for choosing cases, an experimental template for understanding research design, and the role of singular observations in case study research. It is argued that a diversity of approaches - experimental, observational, qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic - may be successfully integrated into case study research. This book breaks down traditional boundaries between qualitative and quantitative, experimental and nonexperimental, positivist and interpretivist. - from Amazon 

'Intrinsic Case Study and Generalizability -- 1 The Case Study Method in Social Inquiry -- Robert E. Stake -- 2 The Only Generalization is: There is -- No Generalization -- Yvonna S. Lincoln and Egon G. Guba -- 3 Generalizability and the Single-Case Study -- Robert Donmoyer -- 4 Increasing the Generalizability of -- Qualitative Research -- Janet Ward Schofield -- 5 Case Study and Generalization -- Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster -- Case Study and Theory -- 6 Case Study and Theory in Political Science -- Harry Eckstein -- 7 Case and Situation Analysis -- J. Clyde Mitchell -- 8 The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction -- W.S. Robinson -- 9 The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research -- Ralph H. Turner -- 10 Small N's and Big Conclusions: An -- Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative -- Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases -- Stanley Lieberson -- 11 Cases, Causes, Conjunctures, Stories and Imagery -- Howard S. Becker -- 12 Case Study and Theory -- Martyn Hammersley, Roger Gomm and Peter Foster -- An Annotated Bibliography -- Index. 

Includes bibliographical references and index.