The politics of evaluation : Participation and policy implementation /

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Evaluation has become a central tool in the development of contemporary social policy. Its widespread popularity is based on the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political activity, as much about forms of governance...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Balloch, Susan (Editor ), Taylor, David, 1948 January 4- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, University of Bristol, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Evaluation
Policy sciences.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > School Safety.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the politics of evaluation : an overview / David Taylor, Susan Balloch
  • Below decks on the youth justice flagship : the politics of evaluation / Peter Squires, Lynda Measor
  • Urban regeneration : who defines the indicators? / Peter Ambrose
  • Reaching for the stars : the performance assessment framework for social services / Stella Law, Karin Janzon
  • Service-user involvement in evaluation and research : issues, dilemmas and destinations / Peter Beresford
  • Best value but not best interests : can service users instruct mental health advocates? / Hazel Platzer
  • New deal for communities as a participatory public policy : the challenges for evaluation / Kay Graham, Amanda Harris
  • Discovery through dialogue and appreciative inquiry : a participative evaluation framework for project development / Glynis Cousin, Judith Cousin, Frances Deepwell
  • Evaluating projects aimed at supporting the parents of young people : "I didn't learn anything new, but ..." / Debi Roker
  • Evaluating interagency working in health and social care : politics, policies and outcomes for service users / Audrey Leothard
  • Reflections on an evaluation of partnerships to cope with winter pressures / Susan Balloch, Alison Penn, Helen Charnley
  • Evaluating a partnership approach to supporting people into employment / Hilary Arksey
  • Evaluation and the new deal for communities : learning what for whom? / Ian Smith, Lucy Grimshaw
  • Community-led regeneration : learning loops or reinvented wheels? / Mike Rowe, Marilyn Taylor.

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