The Case Study Anthology, the latest from bestselling author Robert Yin, introduces readers to the world of case study research. It contains 19 carefully chosen and well-edited works, some of which represent excerpts from all-time classic case studies in sociology, political science, and related disciplines. This anthology will help readers to understand how case study research has been conducted―including the current state of the art―and how they might conduct their own case studies.

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AltaMira Press

Corwin Press

United States, United States of America

Thousand Oaks, CA, California, 2004

April 7, 2004

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
SECTION I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CASE SELECTION 1
1. The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy-Making and the Swine Flu Scare 3
Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg
2. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis 13
Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow
3. Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture 25
Robert 5. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd
4. Yankee City: The Social Life of a Modern Community 33
W Lloyd Warner and Paul 5. Lunt
5. Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland 47
Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky
SECTION II: THE STRENGTH OF MULTIPLE CASES 55
6. Korea: Winning With Microwaves 57
Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin
7. The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building: The Defense Program as Industrial Policy 69
Gregory Hooks
8. New Towns-in-Town: The Limits of Centralization 85
Martha Derthick
SECTION III: QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE AND "EMBEDDED" UNITS OF ANALYSIS 97
9. Implementing an Education Innovation 99
Neal Cross, joseph B. Ciacquinta, and Marilyn Bernstein
10. Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union 113
Seymour Martin Upset, Martin A. Trow, and James S. Coleman
11. Testing the B.asic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act 125
Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Bebring,
David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, and John Q. Easton
SECTION IV: MORE ILLUSTRATIONS OF CASE STUDY EVIDENCE 139
12. Winning at the Game: Intel and Silicon Valley Fever 141
Everett M. Rogers and judith K. Larsen
13. Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating 155
Ronald N. jacobs
14. Working: Growth of High-Technology Culture 179
Everett M. Rogers and judith K. Larsen
15. Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment 193
Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow
SECTION V: ANALYSES AND CONCLUSIONS 203
16. The Organization of a Methadone Program 205
Dorothy Nelkin
17. Transformation in the New York City Police Department 219
George L Kelling and Catherine M. Coles
18. Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic 233
Ted K. Bradshaw
19. Lessons From Houston: Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools 251
Donald R. McAdams
Index 263
About the Editor 271

<p>Yin is board chair and CEO of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm that has been in operation since 1980. He presents a collection of case studies for academics, practitioners, and researchers, providing a panorama of some of the best case studies ever done, demonstrating how case study research has been practiced by some of the best social scientists&#151;past and present&#151;in the country and how readers might conduct their own case studies. Nineteen case studies are organized into sections addressing theoretical perspectives and case selection, the strength of multiple cases, quantitative evidence and "embedded" units of analysis, additional examples of the different types of case study evidence, and data analyses and conclusions. Annotation &copy;2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p>

Robert Yin introduces the world of case study research through 19 carefully selected & edited works which represent classic case studies from the fields of sociology, political science, & related disciplines

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