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Names: Widner, Jennifer A., editor.
Title: The case for case studies : methods and applications in international development / edited by Jennifer Widner, Michael Woolcock, Daniel Ortega Nieto.
Description: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. | Series: Strategies for social inquiry | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021049586 (print) | LCCN 2021049587 (ebook) | ISBN 9781108427272 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108688253 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social sciences – Methodology. | Social sciences – Case studies.
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