Suchergebnisse

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface: "Thirty Years Late" -- Introduction -- Part I: Community Care For Different Communities -- 1. Dilemmas of the Street and of the Home -- 2. Sorting Out the Down and Out -- 3. Remaking Relatives, Remaking Relations -- Part II: Unequal Treatments, Unequal Recoveries -- 4. Social Prognosis -- 5. A Life off the "Institutional Circuit" -- 6. A Viable Identity -- Part III: The Paradox Of Client Choice -- 7. Of Love and Liability -- 8. Tolerant Containment -- 9. Concerted Constraint -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Research Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Beyond the Case is an edited volume that features internationally known scholars describing how and why they use comparative ethnographic methods in their research. For those new to ethnography, this will aid in selecting and applying an approach that maps on to their research goals. For those already committed to an existing approach or tradition, engagement with alternatives may provide insights into the strengths, weaknesses, and potential avenues for improving their own work.