Dealing with individual and collective “cases” is one of the daily tasks in social work and social pedagogy. In order to cope with requirements of their work successfully, social workers and other professionals need competencies of a social scientific case analysis and reflection which are grounded in different approaches of interpretive social research. This book (“Understanding Cases – Case Studies”) is very useful for teaching and researching social work as well as for reflecting on one’s own professional practice as social workers, teachers, health professionals etc. It contains basic theoretical reflections on case analysis in the professions, illustrates methodical understanding and professional action in different fields of practice and provides examples of how students and practitioners can acquire research skills in case analysis.