IREb1008 CaseStudy 01 presentation

Required readings:

Joachim Blatter and Markus Haverland: Designing Case Studies (ECPR Press, 2014). Read the following: pages 23-31, section 2.5.2 (pp. 58-61), section 3.6 (pp. 123-134) and section 4.5.3. (pp. 191-197).

GERRING, John (2004). „What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for?“. American Political Science Review,  98: 2. Read pages 341-344,  which is from the beginning up until the following headline: "Ambiguities-Necessary and Unnecessary". The rest of the article is optional, not required.

Homework

Do the homework before this week's class. Insert your answers in the ROPOT application (the link is below) and also bring your answers to the class.

Answer the questions in the following document.

Recommended readings:

Blatter J., Haverland M. 2012. Designing Case Studies: Explanatory Approaches in Small-N Research. Palgrave Macmillan.

GERRING, John (2004). „What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for?“. American Political Science Review, 98:2. 
 
LEVY, Jack S. (2008). „Case Studies: Types, Designs, and Logics of Inference“. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 25: 1.

Beardsley K, McQuinn B. Rebel Groups as Predatory Organizations: The Political Effects of the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2009;53(4):624-645. doi:10.1177/0022002709336460

- this is an interesting article that uses a case study design. Notice how the selection of cases helps with the identification of causes of political development in the two regions. 

 

Kreft A-K. Responding to sexual violence: Women’s mobilization in war. Journal of Peace Research. 2019;56(2):220-233. doi:10.1177/0022343318800361

- this paper combines a large-N quantitative study with a qualitative analysis. At the same time, it is a nice example of a case study.