A case study is one of the most commonly used methodologies of social research. This article attempts to look into the various dimensions of a case study research strategy, the different epistemological strands which determine the particular case study type and approach adopted in the field, discusses the factors which can enhance the effectiveness of a case study research, and the debate surrounding the role of a case study in generating theoretical propositions with broader applicability. The prime focus of this article is to engage the reader with the intention of stimulating them to contribute their own bit, in order to add greater novelty and freshness to the methodology of case study.
AbercrombieN., HillS., & TurnerB. S. (2006). Dictionary of sociology (5th ed.). Penguin Books.
2.
AllisonG., & ZelikowP. (1971). Essence of decision: Explaining the Cuban missile crisis (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley.
3.
BaronovD. (2012). Conceptual foundations of social research methods (2nd ed.). Paradigm Publishers.
4.
BergerP. & LuckmannT. (1966). The social construction of reality: A treatise on the sociology of knowledge. Basic Books.
5.
BhaskarR. (1975). A realist theory of science. Leeds Books.
6.
BlaikieN. (2002). Designing social research. Polity Press.
7.
BrintonC. (1938). The anatomy of revolution. Prentice-Hall.
8.
BrymanA. (2008). Social research methods (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
9.
CarganL. (2008). Doing social research. Rawat.
10.
CharmazK. (2014). Constructing grounded theory (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
11.
CreswellJ. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
12.
De VausD. (2001). Research design in social research. SAGE Publications.
13.
DerthickM. (1972). New towns-in-towns: The limits of centralization. The Urban Institute.
14.
FlyvbergB. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219–245.
15.
GeertzC. (1973). The interpretation of cultures: Selected essays. Basic Books.
16.
GiddensA., & SuttonP. (2014). Essential concepts in sociology. Polity Press.
17.
GubaE. G., & LincolnY. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In DenzinN. K. & LincolnY. S. (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research. SAGE Publications.
18.
HaralambosM., & HeadR. M. (1980). Sociology: Themes and perspectives. Oxford University Press.
19.
HuntingtonS. P. (1997). The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order. Penguin Books.
20.
LincolnY. S., LynhamS. A., & GubaE. G. (2011). Paradigmatic controversies, contradictions, and emerging confluences revisited. In DenzinN. K. & LincolnY. S. (eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4th ed., pp. 97–128). SAGE Publications.
21.
LipsetS. M, ColemanJ, S., & TrowM. A. (1956). Union democracy: The internal politics of the international typographical union. Free Press.
22.
LyndR. S., & LyndH. M. (1957). Middletown: A study of modern American culture (originally published in 1929). Harcourt Brace.
23.
MertonR. (1967). On theoretical sociology. Free Press.
24.
MilesM. B., & HubermanA. M. (1994) Qualitative data analysis (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
25.
MillsC. W. (1959). The sociological imagination. Oxford University Press.
26.
MitchellJ. S. (1983). Case and situational analysis. Sociological Review, 31(2), 187–211.
27.
PopperK. (1959). The logic of scientific discovery. Hutchinson.
28.
PorterS. (1993). Critical realist ethnography. The case of racism and professionalism in a medical setting. Sociology, 27, 591–609.
29.
PunchK. F. (2005). Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
30.
RaginC. C. (1994). Constructing social research. SAGE Publications.
31.
SchutzA. (1971). Collected papers 1: The problems of social reality. Martinus Nijhoff.
32.
ScottJ. (2014). A dictionary of sociology (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
33.
SharrockW. W., CuffE. C., & FrancisD. W. (1990). Perspectives in sociology (3rd ed.). Unwin Hyman.
34.
StoreyJ. (2015). Cultural theory and popular culture: An introduction. Routledge.
35.
SwartzD. (1997). Culture and power. The sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. Chicago University Press.
36.
WarnerL. W., & LuntP. S. (1941). Yankee city: The social life of a modern community. Yale University Press.
37.
WeberM. (1949). The methodology of social sciences. Free Press.
38.
WhyteW. F. (1999). Street corner society: The social structure of an Italian slum (4th ed.). University of Chicago Press.
39.
WilliamsM. (2016). Key concepts in the philosophy of social research. SAGE Publications.
40.
YinR. (2004). The case study anthology. SAGE Publications.
41.
YinR. (2009). Case study research: Design and methods (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
42.
YinR. (2014). Case study research and applications: Design and methods (6th ed.). SAGE Publications.
