Cultivating the Under-Mined: Cross-Case Analysis as Knowledge Mobilization

Obwohl die Bedeutung von Fallstudien fur die Sozialwissenschaften vielfach unterstrichen wird, sind sie – so unsere Erfahrung – vergleichsweise selten genutzte Wissenszugange. Durch fallvergleichende Analyseverfahren kann das Wissen aus Einzelfallstudien produktiv genutzt werden, indem Forschende uber Einzelfalluntersuchungen zu relevanten Befunden kommen und hiervon ausgehend Falle so vergleichen und kontrastieren, dass sie zu zusatzlichen Erkenntnissen gelangen. In diesem Beitrag stellen wir zunachst Theorien daruber vor, wie Wissen aus Einzelfallstudien generiert werden kann. Zusatzlich diskutieren wir existierende Techniken des Fallvergleichs. Daran anschliesend folgen Vorschlage dazu, wie Forschende fallvergleichende Analyseverfahren einsetzen konnen. Am Ende stellen wir dann eine neues Online-Angebot vor: die Foresee (4C) database. Ziel der 4C database ist es, das Generieren von Wissen aus Einzelfallen zu befordern, indem Forschende bei fallvergleichenden Analysen unterstutzt werden, und zugleich eine Online-Community fur den wissenschaftlichen Austausch uber Fallstudien zu bilden. In das Design der 4C database sind Erfahrungen daruber eingegangen, wie ausgehend von Einzelfallen und mittels fallvergleichender Techniken Wissen generiert werden kann. Anhand von Beispielen zeigen wir, in welcher Weise die Nutzung der 4C database dazu beitragen kann, bis dahin schlummerndes Wissen aus Einzelfallstudien produktiv weiterzuverwenden. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0801348

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