1st Edition
The Handbook of Environmental Policy Evaluation
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Policy evaluation is an important and well-established part of the policy process, facilitating and feeding back to promote the ongoing effectiveness of policies that have been implemented or anticipating policies in the making. Environmental policy is a special case, presenting new complexities uncommon to other areas, which standard evaluation tools are ill-equipped to grapple with. It is also... Read more
Introduction * Policy Evaluation and Environmental Policy * Problems and Limitations of Environmental Policy Evaluation * Approaches to (Environmental) Policy Evaluation * Approaches for Designing Evaluation Research * Index
Biography
Ann Crabb is a researcher at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Antwerp University. She completed her PhD with a thesis on integrated water management in Flanders, Belgium. Pieter Leroy is a Professor of Political Sciences of the Environment, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
'The broadening field of environmental policy is in great need of evaluation and this handbook will be a most welcome, timely and useful tool for this mission.' Evert Vedung, professor emeritus of political science, Uppsala University 'The Handbook of environmental policy evaluation is the first guide to evaluation in this field and provides a comprehensive toolkit for any practitioner involved in environmental policy planning and implementation. With regular illustrations drawn from practical answers throughout the world, this is an excellent guide for success in this tricky area.' The Environmentalist
