Description
This unique Research Agenda addresses salient current issues in evaluation research, offering a broad perspective on the role of evaluation in society.
International expert contributors explore how evaluation research is not only academic research engaged in practical problem-solving, but is also research that takes a critical look at this engagement, providing inspiration for reflexivity among evaluators. Drawing on a range of perspectives, including sociology, organization theory, psychoanalytic theory, and feminism, chapters analyse examples of how evaluation works in a number of arenas, such as education, research, and voluntary work.
Taking a critical look at evaluation as a social phenomenon, this Research Agenda will be a useful resource for scholars and students of evaluation, public administration and management, and public policy. It will also be beneficial in helping practitioners and researchers to understand the major emerging issues within the field of evaluation.
About the Author
Edited by Peter Dahler-Larsen, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Reviews
'Editor Peter Dahler-Larsen has assembled a worthy multi-faceted volume, A Research Agenda for Evaluation, conveyed through the varied lenses of an exceptional international group of evaluation scholars. These lenses feature philosophical, socio-political, and cultural facets of evaluation. Among the key concepts and values included are the importance of cultural wisdom, overcoming the ''bureaucratic capture of evaluation'' and the persistent practice of ''governing by numbers,'' the contributions of ''collaborative'' and ''feminist'' evaluation traditions, and replacing evaluative ''tools of control'' with ''tools of emancipation.''' -- Jennifer C. Greene, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois, US
Book Information
ISBN 9781839101076
Author Peter Dahler-Larsen
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
