Gerring_ APER _ 2004 _ 个案分析及其适用.pdfVIP

American Political Science Review Vol. 98, No. 2 May 2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University his paper aims to clarify the meaning, and explain the utility, of the case study method, a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study,” I argue, is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the T