Evaluating Public Programmes: Contexts and Issues
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2018
106 pages
978-1-351-73029-7 (ISBN)
Description
This title was first published in 2000: A detailed study of a number of key issues arising in evaluation research, in particular the impact of context upon evaluation findings and the implication context has for methodology. Providing case study illustrations, the work includes discussion of definitions and uses, experimental logic, methods and difficulties in experimental evaluations and the importance of incorporating both process and context in evaluation research design.
Reviews / Votes
'...a welcome addition to the literature on a subject around which assumptions of simpliciy abound.' Social Work Education 'The book is highly useful for efforts to understand the challenges of evaluation research...The polemical style of the book fits its content well. The book is not at all boring...highly relevant for a different societal and political context.' European Journal of Social WorkMore details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-351-73029-7 (9781351730297)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
€85.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Ian Shaw, University of Nottingham
Content
Contents: Introduction; The logic and development of evaluation; Issues in evaluating public services; Defining the goals of public services; Issues arising from the commissioning of research: case studies; The politics of evaluation; Bibliography.
