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THE EXTENDED CASE METHOD

THE EXTENDED CASE METHOD. Michael Burawoy Federal University of the Urals Ekaterinburg, December 18, 2012. Introduction. Two Traditions of Qualitative Research Macro: Comparative history Micro: Ethnography--Chicago School--Grounded Theory ECM: Micro  Macro

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THE EXTENDED CASE METHOD

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  1. THE EXTENDED CASE METHOD Michael Burawoy Federal University of the Urals Ekaterinburg, December 18, 2012

  2. Introduction • Two Traditions of Qualitative Research • Macro: Comparative history • Micro: Ethnography--Chicago School--Grounded Theory • ECM: Micro  Macro • Two Traditions of Social Studies • Positivist – Induction (nomothetic) • Hermeneutic – Interpretation (ideographic) • ECM: Theory Reconstruction

  3. EXTENDED CASE METHOD • Extending Observer to Participant • Extending Observations over Time and Space ______________________________ • Extending from Micro to Macro • Extending Theory

  4. Zambia in Africa

  5. Zambia and its Coppper Industry • British Colony Until 1964 • Population 4 million • Two Multinational Copper Companies owning 6 mines • 50,000 Employees, 15% Whites • Copper provides 90% of foreign exchange and 50-70% of government revenue • At Independence 1,200 Secondary School Certificates, 100 Graduates

  6. From African Advancement to Zambianization COLOR BAR

  7. Zambianization after Independence

  8. Behind the Numbers

  9. I.EXTENDING OBSERVER TO PARTICIPANT • How to study Zambianization? • Gaining Entry

  10. II.EXTENDING OBSERVATIONS OVER TIME AND SPACE

  11. BEFORE Underground Manager Mine Captain Shift Boss Section Boss Workers AFTER Underground Manager Assist. Udg Manager Mine Captain Shift Boss Section Boss Workers a.Zambianizing the Mine Captain

  12. BEFORE AFTER b.Zambianizing the Personnel Department Personnel Manager Officers Staff Development Advisor Personnel Manager Personnel Officers Clerks Work Force Work Force

  13. Zambianization as Process • Reproduction of the Color Bar • Organization Becomes to heavy • Tensions within Organization intensify

  14. III.EXTENDING OUT Zambian State Mine Management Mining Companies African Trade Unions Zambian Successor Zambian Workers

  15. Class, Race and State • Class Interests Reproduce Racial Domination • Post-Colonial State Relatively Autonomous from MNCs.

  16. IV.EXTENDING THEORY • Gouldner – Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy • Fanon – The Wretched of the Earth

  17. Summary • Extending Observer to Participant • Extending Observations over Time and Space • Extending from Micro to Macro • Extending Theory

  18. Revisit as Auto-Critique • STATE: Publication as Social Process • MNCs: Power and knowledge • SCALE: History and Space

  19. Changing Price of Copper and Mine Ownership

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