Comparer des méthodes

	Étude de cas unique critique	Étude de cas critique
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1984 (Yin's foundational text); critical framing developed through 1990s–2000s	1980s–2006 (formalized)
Auteur d'origine	Robert K. Yin (case study design); Bent Flyvbjerg (critical case logic); critical theory influence from Max Horkheimer and Frankfurt School	Bent Flyvbjerg (formalized); Robert K. Yin (case study typology)
Type	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research design
Source fondatrice	Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219–245.	Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219–245.
Alias	critical case study, critical-theory case study, single critical case, CSCS	critical case, strategic case study, critical-instance case study, paradigmatic case study
Apparentées	4	6
Résumé	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.	A critical case study is a case study design in which the researcher deliberately selects a case that is strategically important for testing, confirming, challenging, or extending an existing proposition, theory, or policy claim. Rather than choosing a typical or representative case, the researcher argues that if the finding holds here — in this most-likely, least-likely, or paradigmatic instance — it can reasonably be expected to hold more broadly. This purposive logic transforms a single case into a powerful analytical tool.