TY - BOOK AU - Burawoy,Michael TI - The extended case method: four countries, four decades, four great transformations, and one theoretical tradition SN - 9780520943384 AV - HB90 .E984 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Comparative economics KW - Capitalism KW - Marxism KW - Working class KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - In this collection of essays, Burawoy develops the extended case method by connecting his own experiences among workers of the world to the great transformations of the 20th century including the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites, and the reconstruction of US capitalism UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547359&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -