TY - BOOK ID - 77901009 TI - What is a case? AU - Ragin, Charles C AU - Becker, Howard S PY - 1992 SN - 1316098397 131609992X 1316100820 1316103749 9781316103746 9781316099926 0521420504 9780521420501 0521421888 9780521421881 PB - Cambridge [England] New York, NY, USA DB - UniCat KW - Sociology KW - Research KW - Methodology. KW - #SBIB:303H12 KW - #SBIB:303H30 KW - #SBIB:303H34 KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Research&delete& KW - Methodology KW - Methoden en technieken: sociale wetenschappen KW - Kwalitatieve methoden: algemeen KW - Kwalitatieve methoden: grondige gevallenstudie, casework, social work KW - Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek. KW - Sociologie KW - Recherche KW - Méthodologie KW - Methods in social research (general) KW - Sciences sociales KW - Méthode des cas. KW - Case method KW - Histoires de vie. KW - Méthodologie. KW - Biographical methods. KW - Sociology - Research - Methodology. KW - Sociology - Research - Methodology KW - Méthode des cas. KW - Méthodologie. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901009 AB - The concept of the case is a basic feature of social science research and yet many questions about how a case should be defined, selected, and judged are far from settled. The contributors to this volume probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and the results of research. The contributions demonstrate that the work of any given researcher is often characterised by some hybrid of these basic approaches, and it is important to understand that most research involves multiple definitions and uses of cases, as both specific empirical phenomena and as general theoretical categories. ER -