The extended case method : four countries, four decades, four great transformations, and one theoretical tradition

Publication Data

• Title The extended case method : four countries, four decades, four great transformations, and one theoretical tradition
• Author Michael Burawoy
• Publisher University of California Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Berkeley, Calif.
• Language English

Contents

Prologue : bringing theory to the field
Introduction : from Manchester to Berkeley by way of Chicago
The extended case method : race and class in postcolonial Africa
The ethnographic revisit : capitalism in transition and other histories
Two methods in search of revolution : Trotsky versus Skocpol
Multicase ethnography : tracking the demise of state socialism
Conclusion : the ethnography of great transformations
Epilogue : on public ethnography.

Topics

• Comparative economics
• Capitalism
• Marxism
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The extended case method : four countries, four decades, four great transformations, and one theoretical tradition by Michael Burawoy. ISBN 9780520259010. Published by University of California Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.