into the trap of Othering is our challenge for today. With this aim of avoiding the trap of Othering in mind, let us read Semadar’s first text on the Lev family. The comments I wrote to Semadar appear in the footnotes. When reading it, we need to ask ourselves: what do we think and feel about the people described in it? Do we feel close to them? Does the text respect them? Does it present their perspective and knowledge? If they were to read it, would they recognise themselves? What would they think and feel? The first version: case study, i written by
Policy & Politics vol 31 no 1 217 © The Policy Press, 2003 • ISSN 0305 5736 Key words: methodology • case study • healthcare • analysis Policy & Politics v 31 n 2 217–26 The potential of the case study method for organisational analysis Sue Dopson English This article explores the case study method with a view to considering its potential contribution for organisational analysis. The promise of this method is seen to lie in allowing complex interdependencies between groups and complex social processes to be explored within a social context. This potential
The stranglehold of the finance–housebuilder complex over housing and planning is not just taking place remotely at a national level; it directly intrudes into local planning decision-making in your city, town and neighbourhood. Almost every major local planning decision about housing and development is influenced by the bigger picture of the business model of the housebuilders and landowners, and by government (and local government) dependency on it. Oxford North This first case study focuses on a single planning application in the city of Oxford, a
41 3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CASE STUDY Introduction Thus far, current challenges in the study of female serial killers have been outlined and intersectionality and institutionalism have been identified – key influences that would shape the approach to the study of Mary Ann’s case. Within this chapter, the specific methodology deployed in the analysis of her case is described. The chapter will begin by explaining the process of arriving at a specific methodology before identifying the sources of data on which the authors drew. Following on from this, the
135 THIRTEEN UK case study Mandy Young Introduction This case study is about Adrenaline Alley, a social enterprise I started and continue to run. The organisation is situated in Corby, a town in the East Midlands of England. It was a deprived town that has in recent years been undergoing considerable regeneration due to it having been categorised as one of the most deprived towns in England. Despite its image, however, it is a place I enjoy living in. The focus of the project is urban sports, which are basically skateboarding, skating, scootering and BMX
177 SEVENTEEN Malaysia case study Shariha Khalid and Christoffer Erichsen In this chapter we present a case study on the use of design thinking to develop ideas and support processes in a Global Impact Fellowship Programme that was developed and delivered for a public sector client in Malaysia during the period November 2014 to May 2015. Background: the challenge The initial brief from the client, the Ministry of Finance Malaysia, was to create a volunteering programme that would bring professional volunteers to Malaysia and build a large pool of talented
183 EIGHT Qualitative comparative analysis case study Introduction This chapter draws on case study research using the qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) methodology to develop understandings of what works in addressing complex policy problems such as health inequalities. The research (conducted by Blackman, Byrne and J. Wistow between 2007 and 201050) sought to investigate why there were significant differences across the 70 Spearhead local authority areas in England in the extent to which they made progress towards their 2010 health inequality
