1st Edition
Mind the Gap Perspectives on Policy Evaluation and the Social Sciences
254 Pages
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Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the past twenty to thirty years, evaluation has become increasingly important to the field of public policy. The number of people involved and specializing in evaluation has also increased markedly. Evidence of this trend can be found in the International Atlas of Evaluation , the establishment of new journals and evaluation societies, and the increase in systems of evaluation.... Read more
Foreword -Ray C. Rist Preface -Jos Vaessen and Frans L. Leeuw Introduction: Mind the Gap -Frans L. Leeuw and Jos Vaessen Part I: The Evolving Relationship between Evaluation and the Disciplines 1. US Sociology and Evaluation: Issues in the Relationship between Methodology and Theory -Nicoletta Stame 2. Evaluation and the Disciplines in Development -Robert Picciotto 3. Economics and Evaluation -Sandra Speer Part II: Evaluation and Its Disciplinary Basis 4. The Intellectual Underpinnings of a Comprehensive Body of Evaluative Knowledge: The Case of INTEVAL -Lisa Birch and Steve Jacob 5. Public Management Theory, Evaluation, and Evidence-Based Policy -Robert Schwartz Part III: Bridging the Gap between Evaluation and the Disciplines 6. Interventions as Theories: Closing the Gap between Evaluation and the Disciplines? -Jos Vaessen and Frans L. Leeuw 7. Middle Range Theory and Program Theory Evaluation: From Provenance to Practice -Ray Pawson 8. Realistic Evaluation and Disciplinary Knowledge: Applications from the Field of Criminology -Nick Tilley Contributors Index
Biography
Jos Vaessen
