A Case for the Case Study

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Nature of the Case Study -- 1 The Case Study Approach in Social Research: Basic Methodological Issues -- 2 Middletown As an Urban Case Study -- 3 A Tale of Two Cases -- 4 Researching the Homeless: The Characteristic Features and Virtues of the Case Study -- 5 Oenology: The Making of New Wine -- 6 The Case Study Method in Sociological Criminology -- 7 Case Studies and the Sociology of Gender -- 8 Case Study in Family Research -- Conclusion: The Present Crisis in U.S. Sociology -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.