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Narrating Cases: a Storytelling Approach to Case Study Analysis in the Field of Lifelong Learning Policies
The paper aims to discuss the narrative approach to case study analysis,
drawing on the research carried out within the H2020 European Project YOUNG_
ADULLLT. It aimed to analyse Lifelong Learning (LLL) policies targeted to young
adults in Europe, particularly those in situations of social exclusion, focusing
on the different ways in which the policies are socially embedded in specific
local contexts across Europe. By a multimethod and multilevel perspective, the
research sought to explore the interplay between structural, institutional and
individual levels to understand the relationship and complementarity between
the LLL policies and the young people\u2019s social conditions, needs and expectations.
The paper focuses on the narrative approach, namely the \u201cstorytelling strategy\u201d,
adopted to examine the Lifelong Learning policies chosen as case studies in
their social, political and economic realities. Different examples of storytelling
and their contribution to analyse LLL policies are explored. Lastly, we critically
discuss whether the narrative approach allowed to build a dense portrait able
to yield the complexity and the specificity of the cases, reconstructing the story
of the meaning of Lifelong Learning in different constellations. Epistemological
and methodological considerations on the use of narrative approach in social
science are provided, highlighting its opportunities and limits