Politics of Evaluation in International Organizations

This book explores the internal machinery of evaluation systems in international organizations and challenges the conventional understanding of evaluation as a value-free activity. The authors propose new ways of better reconciling evaluation politics with the need to gather reliable evidence to improve the functioning of the United Nations.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Rise of Evaluation in International Organizations


• 3: Evaluation Politics in International Organizations: A Theoretical Framework


• 4: Stakeholder Control of IO Evaluation Systems


• 5: The Orientation of IO Evaluation Units to Stakeholders


• 6: Political Biases in IO Evaluation Reports


• 7: Political Evaluation Use in International Organizations


• 8: Conclusion

About the author

Vytautas Jankauskas is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Zeppelin University, and an Associate Research Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Steffen Eckhard is Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at Zeppelin University. He is also affiliated with the 'Politics of Inequality' Center of Excellence at the University of Konstanz and is a Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.

Summary

This book explores the internal machinery of evaluation systems in international organizations and challenges the conventional understanding of evaluation as a value-free activity. The authors propose new ways of better reconciling evaluation politics with the need to gather reliable evidence to improve the functioning of the United Nations.

Additional text

The book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the literature on IOs and will undoubtedly be of great interest to both scholars and practitioners seeking to understand how evaluations are conducted and used in IOs.

Product details

• Authors: Steffen Eckhard, Eckhard Steffen, Dr Vytautas (Postdoctoral Research Fel Jankauskas, Vytautas Jankauskas, Vytautas (Postdoctoral Research Fellow Jankauskas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.05.2023
• EAN: 9780192855206
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285520-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political structure & processes, Public Administration, International institutions, Political structure and processes, Public administration / Public policy