The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development (Strategies for Social Inquiry) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108447988 ISBN 13: 9781108447980

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

This volume demonstrates how to conduct case study research that is both methodologically rigourous and useful to development policy.

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About the Authors

Jennifer Widner is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Director of Innovations for Successful Societies. Her research focuses on government performance, democratization, and constitutional design. Much of her work uses qualitative process-tracing case studies focused on institutional change, implementation, and service delivery.

Michael Woolcock is Lead Social Scientist with the World Bank's Development Research Group, and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is the coauthor of Contesting Development: Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia (2011) and Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action (2017).

Daniel Ortega Nieto is a Senior Public Sector Specialist at The World Bank. He assisted the Global Delivery Initiative and led a team developing DeCODE, an evidence-based system that helps anticipate delivery challenges. He was an advisor to the Mexican Government and holds degrees from the LSE and Georgetown University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108447988
• ISBN 13: 9781108447980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Widner Jennifer