Evaluation for the real world

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84742-915-5
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

Evaluation research findings should be a key element of the policy-making process, yet in reality they are often disregarded. This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services. It further examines the nature of evidence and its use and non-use by decision-makers and assesses the work of influential academics in the USA and UK in the context of evaluation and policy making. The book emphasises the 'real world' of decision-makers in the public sector and recognises how political demands and economic pressures can affect the decisions of those who commission evaluation research while providing recommendations for policymakers on adopting a different approach to evaluation. This is essential reading for under-graduate and post-graduate students of policy analysis and public sector management, and those who are involved in the planning and evaluation of public policies and services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palfrey, Colin

Thomas, Paul

Phillips, Ceri

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evaluation in the political and academic worlds; What is meant by evaluation?; Designing evaluations; Selecting evaluation criteria; Developments in economic evaluation; The impact of evaluation on decision making; The future for evaluation; Concluding thoughts.

Über Autor(innen)

Palfrey, Colin
Colin Palfrey is currently an independent health and social care researcher having recently worked for 5 years as a Senior Research Officer in the National Assembly for Wales. He was Director of the Policy Studies Unit in the University of South Wales and lectured at home and overseas for Swansea University on health policy and research. He is also the author of a number of books on policy evaluation.

Colin Palfrey has worked in local government and taught in UK universities and abroad. He is currently Research Officer in the National Assembly for Wales. Paul Thomas is Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University; he has worked in local government and several universities and has been undertaking evaluations for more than 30 years. Ceri Phillips is Professor of Health Economics at Swansea University Centre for Health Economics and Head of Research at Swansea University's College of Human and Health Sciences