Evaluation in the Extreme : Research, Impact and Politics in Violently Divided Societies.

Explores the challenges of identifying and evaluating the positive and negative impacts of research (broadly defined) in a broad range of conflict-affected societies driven by armed conflict, political depredation and social violence.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bush, Kenneth
Other Authors: Duggan, Colleen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2015.
Subjects:
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Social conflict.
Violence.
War.
Violence
Armed Conflicts
Guerre.
violence.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; I: INTRODUCTION; Research, Impact and Politics in Violently Divided Societies: An Evaluative Lens for Small Scale Maps
  • Kenneth Bush and Colleen Duggan; Fundamental Issues in Evaluation and Research in Violently Divided Societies: An Analysis of the Literature
  • Philip McDermott, Zahbia Yousuf, Jacqueline Strecker and Ethel Méndez; II: ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS AND REFLEXIVITY; Introduction to Part II; The Role of Accountability and Evaluation of Research on/in Violently Divided Societies
  • Brendan S. Whitty; The Ethics of Evaluating Research: Views from the Field
  • Janaka Jayawickrama and Jacqueline Strecker; III: EVALUATION, EVIDENCE AND POLICY; Introduction to Part III; Research within Evaluation: The Case of Northern Ireland
  • Colin Knox; Evaluation of the Influence of Research on Policy and Practice in a Post-conflict Society: HIV/AIDS Research in South Africa
  • Kevin Kelly; IV: ROLES AND PERSPECTIVES; Introduction to Part IV; Evaluation and Vulnerable Groups: Forgotten Spaces
  • Sonal Zaveri; Interpreting and Evaluating a Non-profit Organisation in a Divided Society: A Funder's Perspective
  • John A Healy and John R Healy; V: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Introduction to Part V; Building the field of Evaluation in Violently Divided Societies
  • Katherine Hay; Lessons for Researchers and Evaluators Working 'in the Extreme'
  • Colleen Duggan and Kenneth Bush; Bibliography; Index;

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