"This anthology is very useful. It speaks directly to students. The writing is extraordinarily strong throughout the samples—clear and concise, interesting and insightful, authoritative and accessible. This is a book I will order with enthusiasm as required reading in my course on research design." —Dr. Larissa A. Grunig, Department of Communication, University of Maryland The Case Study Anthology, the latest from bestselling author Robert Yin, introduces readers to the world of case study research. It contains 19 carefully chosen and well-edited works, some of which represent excerpts from all-time classic case studies in sociology, political science, and related disciplines. This anthology will help readers to understand how case study research has been conducted—including the current state of the art—and how they might conduct their own case studies. With this in mind, the cases are arranged according to the process of doing case study research: * Theoretical perspectives and case selection * The strength of multiple cases * Quantitative evidence and "embedded" units of analysis * More illustrations of case study evidence * Analysis and conclusions Authors of the cases include many eminent social scientists, including Graham Allison Anthony S. Bryk James S. Coleman Seymour Martin Lipset Helen Merrell Lynd Robert S. Lynd Ira Magaziner Richard Neustadt Everett M. Rogers Martin Trow W. Lloyd Warner Aaron Wildavsky The Case Study Anthology will be a perfect supplemental text or reference for any research course in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, and political science, as well as related practice fields such as education, planning, health, and management.
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Provides readers with cases drawn from various disciplines that illustrate different case study techniques such as descriptive, explanatory, cross-case and methodological.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Selection
The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy-Making and the Swine Flu Scare - Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey Fineberg
Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis - Allison, Graham, and Philip Zelikow
Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture - Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd
Yankee City: The Social Life of a Modern Community - W. Lloyd Warner and Paul S. Lunt
Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland - Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky
Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases
Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases
Korea: Winning with Microwaves - Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin
The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building - Gregory Hooks
New Towns-in-Town: The Limits of Centralization - Martha Derthick
Section III: Quantitative Evidence and Embedded Units of Analysis
Implementing an Education Innovation - Neal Gross, Joseph B. Giacquinta, and Maryilyn Bernstein
Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union - Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin A. Trow, and James S. Coleman
Testing the Basic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act - Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Bebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, and John Q. Easton
Section IV: More Illustrations of Case Study Evidence
Winning at the Game: Intel and Silicon Valley Fever - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen
Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating - Ronald N. Jacobs
Working: Growth of High-Technology Culture - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen
Head Start: The Inside Story of America′s Most Successful Educational Experiment - Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow
Section V: Analyses and Conclusions
The Organization of a Methadone Program - Dorothy Nelkin
Transformation in the New York City Police Department - George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles
Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic - Ted K. Bradshaw
Lessons From Houston: Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools - Donald R. McAdams
Index
About the Author
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780761929260
Publisert
2004-06-24
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
177 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
296
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