TY - JOUR AU - Maiwald, Kai-Olaf PY - 2008/01/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Case Perspective in Professional Praxis and in its Reflexive Self-Appraisal: Some General Considerations based on an Empirical Example from the Field of Family Mediation JF - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research JA - FQS VL - 9 IS - 1 SE - Thematic Issue DO - 10.17169/fqs-9.1.321 UR - https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/321 SP - AB - In this article it is argued that developing a specific case perspective is of crucial importance for professions. The argument proceeds in two steps: First, the structural elements that are associated with the use of the term "case" are explicated and an explanation is offered why a reference to cases is characteristic for professions. Second, a problematic empirical example from the context of family mediation illustrates that a case perspective structures both the professional praxis of interacting with a client as well as the reflexive self-appraisal of this praxis. It will, furthermore, be argued that the absence of such a case perspective has precarious implications for the praxis of intervention as well as for reflecting about this praxis. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs080138 ER -