TY  - GEN
AU  - Blatter, Joachim
AU  - Haverland, Markus
TI  - Designing case studies: explanatory approaches in small-n research
SN  - 9780230249691
U1  - 320.0723 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political science - Research - Methodology
KW  - Social sciences - Research - Methodology
KW  - Case method
N2  - Designing Case Studies explores three different ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies: co-variational analysis, causal-process tracing, and congruence analysis. It is an inclusive account of case study methodology which covers all the major explanatory approaches, and is also the first book to present congruence analysis in detail as a distinct case study approach.
Differentiating the three approaches to case study research allows the authors to present each as a coherent and consistent way of drawing causal inferences by studying one or a few cases in-depth. The authors highlight the core features of each approach and provide helpful advice for each step of the research process, including: formulating research questions and goals, selecting theories and cases, data generation, and data analysis. They also show how to draw conclusions beyond the cases under investigation and show how case studies can fruitfully be combined with statistical analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis.
(http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/designing-case-studies-joachim-blatter/?isb=9780230249691)
ER  -