Case Study Methods

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 practiced 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.

Author: Jacques Hamel, Stephane Dufour, Dominic Fortin
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 09/15/1993
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.46w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9780803954168

About the Author
Hamel, Jacques: - Jacques Hamel is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Montreal. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Observatory on Youth and Society under the aegis of the National Institution for Scientific Research (Urbanization, Culture and Society). Youth Specialist, he conducted investigations and research on young people over the past fifteen years. Her research currently affecting the study of values and student social and professional integration of the digital generation.

He has also written extensively on epistemology and qualitative methodology in sociology.