The Case Study Anthology

This anthology is very useful. It speaks directly to students. The writing is extraordinarily strong throughout the samplesclear and concise, interesting and insightful, authoritative and accessible. This is a book I will order with enthusiasm as required reading in my course on research design.

Every case in the Anthology is worth reading.

Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm.  Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.

Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Childrens National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese).  Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.

Part One: Theoretical Perspectives And Case Selection / Richard E Neustadt and Harvey Fineberg The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy-Making and the Swine Flu Scare / Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis / Robert S Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture / W Lloyd Warner and Paul S Lunt The Social Life of a Modern Community / Jeffrey L Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland / Part Two: The Strength Of Multiple Cases / Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin The Silent War: Inside the Global Business Battles Shaping America's Future / Gregory Hooks The Rise of the Pentagon and US State Building: The Defense Program as Industrial Policy / Martha Derthick The Limits of Centralization / Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin A Trow and James S Coleman Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union / Neal Gross et al Implementing Organizational Innovations: A Sociological Analysis of Planned Educational Change / Anthony S Bryk et al Charting Chicago School Reform: Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change / Part Three: More Illustrations Of Case Study Evidence / Everett M Rogers and Judith K Larsen Winning at the Game: Intel / Ronald N Jacobs Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse and the Rodney King Beating / Everett M Rogers and Judith K Larsen Silicon Valley Fever: Growth of High-Technology Culture / Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment / Part Four: Analyses And Conclusions / Dorothy Nelkin Methadone Maintenance: A Technological Fix / George L Kelling and Catherine M Coles Transformation in the New York City Police Department / Ted K Bradshaw Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic / Donald R McAdams Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools... and Winning!: Lessons from Houston