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Case study as meaning making

In: Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences

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  • Malcolm Tight

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This chapter considers case study as meaning making. Case study is a popular research approach, the purpose of which is to make meaning out of the case or cases – or the particular aspect(s) of it or them – being studied. Meaning making is the process we go through when trying to make sense of something. The difference when doing a case study is that this process is explicitly research-based; that is systematic, evidence-based and/or theoretically informed. The chapter begins with brief discussions of the nature of case study and meaning making. The conceptualisation of case study as meaning making, and how we judge the meaning that is being made, is then examined in more detail. Several examples of recently published case studies are introduced, described and interrogated to illustrate their diversity and how meaning is made. The practical issues involved in making meaning through case study are outlined.

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  • Malcolm Tight, 2024. "Case study as meaning making," Chapters, in: Peter Rule & Vaughn M. John (ed.), Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, chapter 2, pages 16-30, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21422_2
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