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Handbook of evaluation : policies, programs and practices

Author: Ian Shaw; Jennifer C Greene; Melvin M Mark
Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Handbook succeeds in capturing and presenting evaluation's extensive knowledge base within a global context. In so doing it provides a useful, coherent, and definitive benchmark on the field's diverse and dynamic purposes, practices, theories, approaches, issues, and challenges for the 21st century. The Handbook is an essential reference and map for any serious evaluation practitioner, scholar, and student  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ian Shaw; Jennifer C Greene; Melvin M Mark
ISBN: 0761973052 9780761973058
OCLC Number: 65468804
Description: xxi, 608 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: The evaluation of policies, programs, and practices / Melvin M. Mark, Jennifer C. Greene, Ian F. Shaw --
The purposes of evaluation in a democratic society / Eleanor Chelimsky --
Roles for theory in contemporary evaluation practice : developing practical knowledge / Stewart I. Donaldson, Mark W. Lipsey --
Evaluation for practice improvement and organizational learning / Patricia J. Rogers, Bob Williams --
Evaluation and the study of lived experience / Thomas A. Schwandt, Holli Burgon --
Evaluation, democracy and social change / Jennifer C. Greene --
Evaluation after disenchantment? : five issues shaping the role of evaluation in society / Peter Dahler-Larsen --
Government as structural context for evaluation / Phil Davies, Kathryn Newcomer, Haluk Soydan --
The social relations of evaluation / Tineke A. Abma --
Intellectual contexts / John Stevenson, David Thomas --
The relationship between evaluation and politics / Ove Karlsson Vestman, Ross F. Conner --
Ethics in evaluation / Helen Simons --
A comparative analysis of evaluation utilization and its cognate fields of inquiry : current issues and trends / J. Bradley Cousins, Lyn M. Shulha --
Contextual challenges for evaluation practice / Elliot Stern --
Methods for policy-making and knowledge development evaluations / Melvin M. Mark, Gary T. Henry --
Embedding improvements, lived experience, and social justice in evaluation practice / Elizabeth Whitmore ... [et al.] --
Managing evaluations / Robert Walker, Michael Wiseman --
Communicating evaluation / Marvin C. Alkin, Christina A. Christie, Mike Rose --
On discerning quality in evaluation / Robert E. Stake, Thomas A. Schwandt --
The practice of evaluation : challenges and new directions / Lois-ellin Datta --
Evaluation in education / David Nevo --
Evaluation of health services : reflections on practice / Andrew Long --
Social work and the human services / Ian Shaw, Carol T. Mowbray, Hazel Qureshi --
Evaluation in criminal justice / Nick Tilley, Alan Clarke --
Evaluation of development interventions and humanitarian action / Osvaldo Feinstein, Tony Beck --
Evidence-based evaluation in different professional domains : similarities, differences and challenges / Alan Clarke.
Other Titles: Sage handbook of evaluation
Responsibility: edited by Ian F. Shaw, Jennifer C. Greene, Melvin M. Mark.
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Examines the complexities of contemporary evaluation. This book addresses the dialogue that arises in professional efforts to evaluate people-related programs, policies and practices. It contains  Read more...

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'The Handbook succeeds in capturing and presenting evaluation's extensive knowledge base within a global context. In so doing it provides a useful, coherent and definitive benchmark on the field's


'Readers of this volume will find a set of texts that provide an evocative overview of contemporary thinking in the world of evaluation. This is not a book of simple tips. It does justice to the complex realities of evaluation practice by bringing together some of the best practitioners in the world to reflect on its current state. It is theoretically sophisticated yet eminently readable, anchored in evaluation as it is undertaken in a variety of domains. It is the kind of book that startles a little and makes you think. I highly recommend it' - Murray Saunders, University of Lancaster
The Handbook is very successful in presenting an accurate, well-informed and authentic picture of evaluation in the early 21st century and its likely future directions. Readers in the evaluation community should find many of the essays stimulating and rewarding. Evaluation Journal of Australasia Read more...

 
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