Section outline

  • Introduction to the fundamentals of case study design, typology, paradigmatic approaches, interactions and overlaps with other qualitative methods.

    Compulsory Reading (59pp):

    -   Gray, David E. 2004. Doing Research in the Real World. Los Angeles: Sage, 123-151 (Chapter 6 Designing Case Studies).

    -   George, Alexander L., and Andrew Bennett. 2005. Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 355-356, 388-389, 405-406, 415-422 (Appendix with Case Study applications).

    -   Yazan, Bedrettine. 2015. “Three Approaches to Case Study Methods in Education: Yin, Merriam, and Stake”. The Qualitative Report 20(2), 134-152.

    Recommended Reading (19pp):

    Gerring, John. 2005. Case Study Research: Principles and Practices. CUP, 17-36 (Chapter 2)