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1、P1:JZP052185928XpreCUNY472B/Gerring052185928XPrinter:cupusbwOctober5,20068:26ThispageintentionallyleftblankiiP1:JZP052185928XpreCUNY472B/Gerring052185928XPrinter:cupusbwOctober5,20068:26CaseStudyResearchPrinciplesandPracticesCaseStudyResearch:PrinciplesandPracticesaimstoprovideagen-eralunderst
2、andingofthecasestudymethodaswellasspecifictoolsforitssuccessfulimplementation.Thesetoolscanbeutilizedinallfieldswherethecasestudymethodisprominent,includinganthropology,business,communications,economics,education,medicine,politicalscience,socialwork,andsociology.Topicscoveredincludethedefini-tion
3、ofacasestudy,thestrengthsandweaknessesofthisdistinctivemethod,strategiesforchoosingcases,anexperimentaltemplateforunderstandingresearchdesign,andtheroleofsingularobservationsincasestudyresearch.Itisarguedthatadiversityofapproaches–experi-mental,observational,qualitative,quantitative,ethnograph
4、ic–maybesuccessfullyintegratedintocasestudyresearch.Thisbookbreaksdowntraditionalboundariesbetweenqualitativeandquantitative,experi-mentalandnonexperimental,positivistandinterpretivist.JohnGerringiscurrentlyassociateprofessorofpoliticalscienceatBostonUniversity.HisbooksincludePartyIdeologiesin
5、America,1828–1996(1998)andSocialScienceMethodology:ACriterialFrame-work(2001).iP1:JZP052185928XpreCUNY472B/Gerring052185928XPrinter:cupusbwOctober5,20068:26iiP1:JZP052185928XpreCUNY472B/Gerring052185928XPrinter:cupusbwOctober5,20068:26CaseStudyResearchPrinciplesandPracticesJOHNGERRINGBostonUni
6、versityiiiCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/97805218
7、59288©JohnGerring2007Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishe
