{"product_id":"a-case-for-the-case-study-9780807843215","title":"A Case for the Case Study","description":"Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. \u003ci\u003eA Case for the Case Study\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative research: the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first section of the book contains an overview of the central methodological issues involved in the use of the case study method. Then, well-known scholars describe how they undertook case study research in order to understand changes in church involvement, city life, gender roles, white-collar crimes, family structure, homelessness, and other types of social experience. Each contributor confronts several key questions: What does the case study tell us that other approaches cannot? To what extent can one generalize from the study of a single case or of a highly limited set of cases? Does case study work provide the basis for postulating broad principles of social structure and behavior? The answers vary, but the consensus is that the opportunity to examine certain kinds of social phenomena in depth enables social scientists to advance greatly our empirical understanding of social life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors are Leon Anderson, Howard M. Bahr, Theodore Caplow, Joe R. Feagin, Gilbert Geis, Gerald Handel, Anthonly M. Orum, Andree F. Sjoberg, Gideon Sjoberg, David A. Snow, Ted R. Vaughan, R. Stephen Warner, Christine L. Williams, and Norma Williams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe R. Feagin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.94w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807843215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSjoberg, Gideon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gidon Sjoberg is professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeagin, Joe R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joe R. Feagin is professor of sociology at the University of Florida.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrum, Anthony M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Antony M. Orum is professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161626423411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b52baf99-8e14-4b8f-8bf7-aeb3b817e909.jpg?v=1654955426","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-case-for-the-case-study-9780807843215","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}