
| Aims to provide a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. It breaks down traditional boundaries between qualitative and quantitative, experimental and nonexperimental, positivist and interpretivist. |
| John Gerring is currently associate professor of political science at Boston University, where he teaches courses on methodology and comparative politics. His books include Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996 (1998), Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework (2001), Global Justice: A Prioritarian Manifesto (under review), and Centripetalism: A Theory of Democratic Governance (under review). |
| Acknowledgments 1.The Conundrum of the Case Study PART Ⅰ: THINKING ABOUT CASE STUDIES 2.What Is a Case Study? The Problem of Definition 3.What Is a Case Study Good For? Case Study versus Large-N Cross-Case Analysis PART Ⅱ: DOING CASE STUDIES 4.Preliminaries 5.Techniques for Choosing Cases with Jason Seawright 6.Internal Validity: An Experimental Template with Rose McDermott 7.Internal Validity: Process Tracing with Craig Thomas Epilogue: Single-Outcome Studies Glossary References Name Index Subject Index |
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