List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Ethnography, Theory and Reality 1. What’s Wrong with Ethnography? The Myth of Theoretical Description 2. Some Questions About Theory in Ethnography and History 3. Ethnography and Realism 4. By What Criteria Should Ethnographic Research Be Judged Part II: Ethnography, Relevance and Practice 5. The Generalisability of Ethnography 6. Critical Theory as a Model for Ethnography 7. Parts That Even Ethnography Cannot Reach: Some Reflections on the Relationship Between Research and Policy 8. On Practitioner Ethnography Part III: Qualitative Versus Quantitative Method 9. Deconstructing the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide 10. The Logic of Theory Testing in Case Study Research 11. So, What are Case Studies Postscript Bibliography Name Index Subject Index