Methoden vergleichen

	Kritische Einzelfallstudie	Interpretive Single Case Study
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1984 (Yin's foundational text); critical framing developed through 1990s–2000s	1978–1995 (Stake 1978, 1995; Yin 1984)
Urheber	Robert K. Yin (case study design); Bent Flyvbjerg (critical case logic); critical theory influence from Max Horkheimer and Frankfurt School	Robert E. Stake (intrinsic/interpretive framing); Robert K. Yin (design typology)
Typ	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research design
Wegweisende Quelle	Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219–245.	Stake, R. E. (1995). The Art of Case Study Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957671
Aliasnamen	critical case study, critical-theory case study, single critical case, CSCS	single-site case study, intrinsic case study, interpretive case research, bounded single-case inquiry
Verwandt	4	5
Zusammenfassung	A critical single case study is a qualitative research design that investigates one bounded, strategically selected case through a critical-theory lens, aiming not only to understand the case in depth but also to expose underlying power relations, structural inequalities, or ideological conditions that shape the phenomenon. It combines the analytic depth of single-case inquiry with the emancipatory agenda of critical social science.	An interpretive single case study is a qualitative research design that examines one bounded instance — a person, organisation, event, programme, or community — in depth, with the explicit goal of understanding what that case means to the people within it. Drawing on Stake's notion of the intrinsic case and an interpretivist epistemological stance, the approach treats meaning as socially constructed and context-dependent, making rich, contextual understanding its primary output.