Model cases : on canonical research objects and sites / Monika Krause.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Monika, 1978- author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Research.

Case method.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Summary:

'Model Cases' argues that the social sciences and humanities have a canon of privileged research sites and objects in addition to a canon of texts. Based on a comparison to the use of model systems among biologists, it notes that when scholars discuss general categories of phenomena in the social sciences and humanities, they draw on some cases more than others and they privilege some sites with regard to the assumed capacity for generating relevant insights.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1. Material Research Objects and Privileged Material Research Objects

2. How Material Research Objects Are Selected

3. Model Cases and the Dream of Collective Methods

4. How Subfield Categories Shape Knowledge

5. The Schemas of Social Theory

6. The Model Cases of Global Knowledge

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 4, 2022).

ISBN:

9780226780979

022678097X

OCLC:

1259590384