Whats wrong with ethnography ? : methodological explorations

What's wrong with ethnography?: the myth of theoretical description ; Some questions about theory in ethnography & history ; Ethnography & realism ; By what criteria should ethnographic research be judged? ; The generalisability of ethnography ; Critical theory as a model for ethnography ; Parts that even ethnography cannot reach : some reflections on the relationship between research & policy ; On practitioner ethnography ; Deconstructing the qualitative-quantitative divide ; The logic of theory-testing in case study research ; So, what are case studies?

Looks at the rationale for & distinctiveness of ethnographic research in sociology, education & related fields & re-examines some of the basic methodological assumptions.