What is a Case Study and what are its potentialities?

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v23i.55631

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estudo de caso, metodologia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the understanding of case study research design, in order to evidence its advantages and application challenges in Political Science. It starts with a conceptual discussion about the different definitions and conceptions about case studies found in the literature and then distinguish research
strategies from number of cases and number of observations. We approach the role of case studies in treating multi-causality and the causal complexity of social phenomena, discussing in terms of internal and external validity and causal analysis strategies. In this sense, argumentation in favor of a different perspective is more common in case studies: instead of restricting designs that are structured in one or few observations treated in a qualitative approach, it is also possible to understand it as research strategies
that adopt models of empirical analysis using quantitative techniques from the variation within the case. Finally, it is argued that different logics of causation and a dense characteristic of case studies give
the methodological rigor and a relevant place in creating and testing theories in Political Science.

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Natália Guimarães Duarte Sátyro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Professora Associada do Departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. É doutora em Ciência Política pelo IUPERJ e fez um pós-doutorado em política social no Latin American Centre da Universidade de Oxford. 

Raquel Wanderley D'Albuquerque, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutoranda e Mestra em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e graduada em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Colaboradora do Grupo Interdisciplinar de Metodologias em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas (GIMAPP) e do grupo de pesquisa em Metodologia em Ciências Sociais - UFMG. Docente e consultora na área de estatística aplicada e ciência de dados. 

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Published

2020-05-18

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GUIMARÃES DUARTE SÁTYRO, N. .; D’ALBUQUERQUE, R. W. What is a Case Study and what are its potentialities?. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 23, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v23i.55631. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/55631. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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Vol. 23 (2020)

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