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Studying a case in context

In: Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences

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  • Vaughn M. John

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A case under study is commonly viewed as a bounded entity or system. Understanding the nature of boundedness is therefore important in case study research. Conceptualizations of a situated case or a case-in-context require enquiry about how the bounded unit or system relates to its context or multidimensional settings. This chapter thus pays particular attention to the case in context, exploring ways in which context has been conceptualized and operationalized in case study research, and the implications of this for knowledge making. This exploration begins with a discussion of different models of case in context, exploring unidimensional and multidimensional models. Illustrative examples of case in context studies reveal the choices made by researchers producing contextualized cases. A final section discusses the concept of timescapes and how notions of time and temporal contexts may become hegemonic. Other forms of scapes that link policy, discourse and emotions to places are also considered.

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  • Vaughn M. John, 2024. "Studying a case in context," Chapters, in: Peter Rule & Vaughn M. John (ed.), Handbook of Case Study Research in the Social Sciences, chapter 4, pages 51-66, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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