TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Gary TI - How to do Your Case Study: A Guide for Students and Researchers SN - 9780857025623 (hbk.) U1 - 300.723 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles, Calif., London PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-224) and index; PART ONE: GETTING YOUR BEARINGS ; What Is a Case Study? ; Case Study and Research Design ; Models of the Whole ; Ensuring Quality in Your Case Study: What's Important? -- PART TWO: GETTING DOWN TO DOING IT ; Kinds of Case Studies: Finding Your Case ; Your Purpose ; Your Approach ; Your Process -- PART THREE: GETTING ON WITH IT AND FINISHING ; Out in the Field: Some Ways to Collect Data and Evidence ; A Toolkit for Analysing and Thinking ; Writing Your Study ; The Fancy Stuff: Generalization, Induction, Abduction, Phronesis and Theory ER -