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Knowledge and knowing in case study research: towards a relational epistemology

In: Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences

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  • Peter Rule
  • Bedrettin Yazan

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This chapter focuses on knowledge and knowing in case study research in the social sciences. It argues that how researchers understand knowledge and its creation is central to what they do as case study researchers. It identifies and discusses various kinds of knowledge that case study can generate regarding the particular case, the researcher/s of the case, the context of the case, other cases, and the wider class to which the case belongs, as well as knowledge that case study may contribute to theory, method, practice and policy. The chapter then examines three orientations to case study knowledge: knowledge as theory-testing and explanation (exemplified by Yin); knowledge as understanding and insight (Merriam and Stake); exemplary knowledge and phronesis (Flyvbjerg and Thomas). The chapter then proposes relational epistemology as a possible orientation to knowledge in case study research, discussing its origins, characteristics and implications.

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  • Peter Rule & Bedrettin Yazan, 2024. "Knowledge and knowing in case study research: towards a relational epistemology," Chapters, in: Peter Rule & Vaughn M. John (ed.), Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, chapter 3, pages 31-50, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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