Tackling Wicked Problems in Complex Ecologies
The Role of Evaluation
Published on 1. May 2018
296 pages
978-1-5036-0556-5 (ISBN)
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Description
Tackling Wicked Problems in Complex Ecologies is a call to action, focusing on the role that evaluators can play in addressing social and economic problems. Evaluation extends beyond theories and methods, encompassing a range of proven approaches for addressing ecological complexities that drive inequities around the globe.
Bringing together leading thinkers and problem-solvers, this collection traverses the range of contexts at the frontiers of the field-from inadequate food supply and housing to unemployment and poverty. Editors Rodney Hopson and Fiona Cram demonstrate the effects of an engaged approach to evaluation, in which three considerations take center stage: its relevance, the relationships it engenders, and the responsibilities it requires. This is a handbook for tackling the social and economic problems of the twenty-first century which, though wicked, are amenable to the tools of the trade.
Bringing together leading thinkers and problem-solvers, this collection traverses the range of contexts at the frontiers of the field-from inadequate food supply and housing to unemployment and poverty. Editors Rodney Hopson and Fiona Cram demonstrate the effects of an engaged approach to evaluation, in which three considerations take center stage: its relevance, the relationships it engenders, and the responsibilities it requires. This is a handbook for tackling the social and economic problems of the twenty-first century which, though wicked, are amenable to the tools of the trade.
Reviews / Votes
"The editors have assembled a group of internationally renowned contributors with unique, wide-ranging perspectives to demonstrate how a complex ecology lens can benefit evaluative thinking and practice. A serious challenge to the traditionalist approaches we know."-J. Bradley Cousins, University of Ottowa "Wise and experienced evaluators will find many takeaways to guide their practice. At the same time, the examples are sufficiently illustrative to offer guidance by analogy, even to novices."
-Sharon F. Rallis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Editor of American Journal of Evaluation
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Publishing group
Stanford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen
6 figures, 5 tables
ISBN-13
978-1-5036-0556-5 (9781503605565)
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Book
05/2018
Stanford Business Books,US
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Persons
Rodney Hopson is Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University.Fiona Cram is Director of Katoa Ltd, a research and evaluation company in New Zealand, and Editor-in-Chief of Evaluation Matters.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: FOUNDATIONS
- 1. Tackling Wicked Problems in Complex Evaluation Ecologies
- 2. Ecological Thinking as a Route to Sustainability in Evaluation
- 3. Indigenous Insight on Valuing Complexity, Sustaining Relationships, Being Accountable
- PART II: VULNERABILITIES IN DIVERSE EVALUATION ECOLOGIES
- 4. Evaluating HIV Practices and Evidence-Supported Programs in AIDS Community-Based Organizations
- 5. Complex Ecology in International Development Evaluation, Focusing on Women and People with Disabilities
- 6. Creating Collaborative Community Practices through Restorative Justice Principles in Evaluation
- PART III: SYSTEM AND POLICY RESPONSIVENESS TO COMPLEX EVALUATION ECOLOGIES
- 7. Creating a Sustainable and Equitable Food System
- 8. Developing Relevant and Responsible Recommendations in Health Policy
- PART IV: TOWARD SOLUTIONS
- 9. Considering the Paris Declaration Principles on Aid Effectiveness as a Means to Drive Reform
- 10. Digging Deeper to Engage Wicked Problems through Evaluation
- Contributors
- Index
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