The Case Study Anthology

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Section I: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Selection The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy-Making and the Swine Flu Scare - Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey Fineberg Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis - Allison, Graham, and Philip Zelikow Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture - Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd Yankee City: The Social Life of a Modern Community - W. Lloyd Warner and Paul S. Lunt Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland - Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases Section II: The Strength of Multiple Cases Korea: Winning with Microwaves - Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building - Gregory Hooks New Towns-in-Town: The Limits of Centralization - Martha Derthick Section III: Quantitative Evidence and Embedded Units of Analysis Implementing an Education Innovation - Neal Gross, Joseph B. Giacquinta, and Maryilyn Bernstein Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union - Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin A. Trow, and James S. Coleman Testing the Basic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act - Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Bebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, and John Q. Easton Section IV: More Illustrations of Case Study Evidence Winning at the Game: Intel and Silicon Valley Fever - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating - Ronald N. Jacobs Working: Growth of High-Technology Culture - Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment - Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow Section V: Analyses and Conclusions The Organization of a Methadone Program - Dorothy Nelkin Transformation in the New York City Police Department - George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic - Ted K. Bradshaw Lessons From Houston: Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools - Donald R. McAdams Index About the Author