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Case study and ethnography

In: Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences

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  • Joan M. Verd
  • Germán Quaranta

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This chapter addresses the similarities and differences between case study research and ethnographic research as research approaches. Despite the similarities between the approaches, we contend that the methodological differences are greater than sometimes recognised. Ethnographic research and case study research have clearly different roots in different fields of social research and both have a particular, long history of inquiry behind them. Nevertheless, both approaches have many points of contact and overlap in present-day social research, especially when taking into account the whole range of research designs currently applied. The reasons for this overlapping are addressed in this article. Moreover, the article argues that the integration between ethnographic research and case study research is a fruitful methodological decision which offers interesting research outcomes. Two examples of this type of integration are offered, which should be taken as possible options among many other possibilities.

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  • Joan M. Verd & Germán Quaranta, 2024. "Case study and ethnography," Chapters, in: Peter Rule & Vaughn M. John (ed.), Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, chapter 10, pages 172-192, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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