What is a case? : exploring the foundations of social inquiry / edited by Charles C. Ragin and Howard S. Becker.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction : cases of "what is a case? " / Charles C. Ragin -- Cases of cases ... of cases / Jennifer Platt -- What do cases do? : some notes on activity in sociological analysis / Andrew Abbott -- Cases are for identity, for explanation, or for control / Harrison C. White -- Small N's and big conclusions : an examination of the reasoning in comparative studies based on a small number of cases / Stanley Lieberson -- Making the theoretical case / John Walton -- Small N's and community case studies / Douglas Harper -- Case studies : history or sociology? / Michel Wieviorka -- Theory elaboration : the heuristics of case analysis / Diane Vaughan -- Cases, causes, conjunctures, stories, and imagery / Howard S. Becker -- "Casing" and the process of social inquiry / Charles C. Ragin.

Includes bibliographical references and index