Learning from Second-Hand Experience: Methodology for Extrapolation-Oriented Case Research

Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
Title
Learning from Second-Hand Experience: Methodology for Extrapolation-Oriented Case Research
Abstract
Critics of public management reform complain that governments copy legitimated foreign practices. Recent work by Eugene Bardach helps to explain why: neither government analysts nor academic researchers possess an adequate methodology to examine practices in source sites, with a view toward adaptation in target sites. Rather than complain, Bardach takes steps to develop such a methodology, drawing analogies with reverse engineering. This article offers specific guidance about how researchers can effectively investigate practices in source sites to prepare the ground for disciplined and ingenious extrapolation of practices from source to target sites. The resulting translation is illustrated by an extrapolation-oriented case study.
Publication
Governance
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
521-543
Date
2007
Language
en
ISSN
1468-0491
Short Title
Learning from Second-Hand Experience
Accessed
28/12/2023, 18:49
Library Catalogue
Wiley Online Library
Citation
Barzelay, M. (2007). Learning from Second-Hand Experience: Methodology for Extrapolation-Oriented Case Research. Governance, 20(3), 521–543. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00369.x