TY  - GEN
AU  - Swanborn, Peter
TI  - Case study research : what, why and how?
SN  - 9788132110293
U1  - 001.42 
PY  - 2012///
PB  - Sage South Asia Reprint
N1  - CONTENTS 
Preface           viii
1       What is a case study?	1
1.1    Introduction        1
1.2    Phenomena and cases	         5
1.3    Historical background	         10
1.4    Methodological point of departure             12
1.5    Definition	             12
1.6    Additional remarks about the definition	      14
1.7    An holistic approach?	8
1.8    Conclusions	21
Exercises'         22
Keyterms	23
2      When to conduct a case study?           24
2.1    Introduction	:        24
2.2    Research questions	       25
2.3    Specific conditions	33
2.4    Further considerations	      35:
2.5    Conclusions	41
Exercises	43
Keyterms	44
3      How to select cases? 45
3.1    Introduction	 45
3.2    Demarcation of the domain	47
3.3    No selection at all	50
3.4    Random selection	51
3.5    Pragmatic grounds	52
3.6    Substantive criteria	52
3.7   The problem of generalisation	66
3.8    Conclusions	70
Exercises	72
Key terms	72
4         What data to collect?        73
4.1      Introduction 73
4.2      Data and theories .76
4.3      An application of theory 77
4.4      Causality 88
4.5      Conclusions 95
Exercises 96
Key terms 96
5         How to enrich your case study data? 97
5.1      Introduction: degrees of freedom ,;      97
5.2      Increasing the number of measurement points in time ,         99
5.3      Introducing sub-units ...           101
5.4      Increasing the number of cases 104
5.5      Increasing the number of predictions ,         106
5.6      Using several gradations of the independent variables 108
5.7      Diversifying methods of collecting data           108
5.8      Diversifying researchers ,     109
5.9      Presenting results to participants and using their opinions
as extra data 110
5.10    Conclusions               .,. 112
Exercises          112
Key terms 112
6        How to analyse ydttr data?         113
6.1      Introduction  113
6.2      Five traditions           114
6.3     Analysis     124
6.4     Limits of tabulations on qualitative data- 130
6.5      Conclusions             134
Exercises             135 
Key terms          135
7         Assets and opportunities          136
7.1      Styles of reporting         136
7.2      Combining intensive and extensive approaches      139
7.3      Generalising from the user's perspective     146
7.4      Meta-analysis       148
7.5      The efficiency of case studies       150
7.6      Epilogue                  151
Key terms 152
Appendix 1 Selected literature on case studies   153
Appendix 2 The political science debate on case studies 157
Appendix 3 A note on triangulation  160
Appendix 4 A note on contamination  162
Bibliography   163
Author Index   174
Subject Index   177

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