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Horgan, Mervyn. "Generalizing from Case Studies; The Status of the Example in Ethnographic Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103664_index.html>

Horgan, M. P. , 2006-08-10 "Generalizing from Case Studies; The Status of the Example in Ethnographic Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103664_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The case study has gained widespread acceptance beyond its original use as an ethnographic tool, and is now considered a staple of sociological analysis in general. The use of case studies to generate sociological knowledge deserves and requires close scrutiny as it gathers a number of key and recurrent issues in theory and method, issues with which ethnography, and the discipline more generally, struggles, and must incorporate at every level. The prevalence of the case study and the variety of uses to which it has been put by sociologists raises a number of questions. Can a case be more than mere anecdote? Is the use of a case the attempt to render the world from the proverbial grain of sand? Is the use of a case an account of the social world? A theoretical shorthand? An assertion of the veracity of local knowledge? This paper will tackle these questions by examining the methodological grounds that underpin the case study, and will investigate the epistemological consequences of the use of the case study as an example.

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