Evaluation has become a central tool in the development of
contemporary social policy. Its widespread popularity is based on
the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and
programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political
activity, as much about forms of governance as scientific practice.
Using a wide range of examples from neighbourhood renewal, health
and social care and other aspects of social policy, it relates
practical issues in evaluation design to their political contexts.
book considers key issues in the politics of evaluation including:
governance and evaluation; participatory evaluation; partnerships
and evaluation; and learning from evaluation. It makes a
significant and original contribution by: emphasising the political
context of evaluation; presenting an original framework for
analysing evaluation and suggestions for reflective and critical
practice; discussing the relationship between evaluation and
evidence; demonstrating the difficulties and opportunities involved
in evaluation; relating evaluation to current policies and
practice. researchers, policy makers, service providers and
professionals across the public services as well as professional
evaluators. It will be a valuable resource for students on a range
of social science and professional courses and those concerned with
recent developments in social research methodology.
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