Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical Perspectives and Case Selection -- The Epidemic That Never Was: Policy Making and the Swine Flu Scare / Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg -- Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis / Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow -- Middletown: A Study of Modern American Culture / Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd -- The Social Life of a Modern Community / W. Lloyd Warner and Paul S. Lunt -- Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland / Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky -- The Strength of Multiple Cases -- Korea: Winning with Microwaves / Ira Magaziner and Mark Patinkin -- The Rise of the Pentagon and U.S. State Building: The Defense Program as Industrial Policy / Gregory Hooks -- The Limits of Centralization / Martha Derthick -- Quantitative Evidence and "Embedded" Units of Analysis -- Implementing an Education Innovation / Neal Cross, Joseph B, Giacquinta, and Marilyn Bernstein -- Union Democracy: The Internal Politics of the International Typographical Union / Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin A. Trow, and James S. Coleman -- Testing the Basic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act / Anthony S. Bryk, et al.

More Illustrations of Case Study Evidence -- Winning at the Game: Intel and Silicon Valley Fever / Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen -- Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating / Ronald N. Jacobs -- Working: Growth of High-Technology Culture / Everett M. Rogers and Judith K. Larsen -- Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment / Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow -- Analyses and Conclusions -- The Organization of a Methadone Program / Dorothy Nelkin -- Transformation in the New York City Police Department / George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles -- Communities Not Fazed: Why Military Base Closures May Not Be Catastrophic / Ted K. Bradshaw -- Lessons From Houston: Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools / Donald R. McAdams.

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