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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 school tradition. He shows how each developed, changed and has been practised over time. Suggestions for the practice of case studies are made for the novice reader and an additional feature is the extensive bibliography on case study methods in social science to allow for further exploration of the topic.
The Current Debate on the Case Study
The Current Debate on the Case Study
This revival of the case study and of qualitative methods in sociology provides an excellent occasion to discuss the questions and issues such methods pose in sociological research. In other words, what does this discipline attempt to explain? We shall consider at least some of these questions and issues in light ...