Mind the Gap - Perspectives on Policy Evaluation and the Social Sciences

Informationen zum Autor Jos Vaessen Klappentext Demonstrates an association between the evaluation tradition in a particular country or policy field and the nature of the relationship between social and behavioral science research and evaluative practice. This book focuses on the value of producing useful evaluations grounded in social science theory and research. Zusammenfassung Over the past twenty to thirty years, evaluation has become increasingly important to the field of public policy Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword -Ray C. RistPreface -Jos Vaessen and Frans L. LeeuwIntroduction: Mind the Gap -Frans L. Leeuw and Jos VaessenPart I: The Evolving Relationship between Evaluation and the Disciplines1. US Sociology and Evaluation: Issues in the Relationship between Methodology and Theory -Nicoletta Stame2. Evaluation and the Disciplines in Development -Robert Picciotto3. Economics and Evaluation -Sandra SpeerPart II: Evaluation and Its Disciplinary Basis4. The Intellectual Underpinnings of a Comprehensive Body of Evaluative Knowledge: The Case of INTEVAL -Lisa Birch and Steve Jacob5. Public Management Theory! Evaluation! and Evidence-Based Policy -Robert SchwartzPart III: Bridging the Gap between Evaluation and the Disciplines6. Interventions as Theories: Closing the Gap between Evaluation and the Disciplines? -Jos Vaessen and Frans L. Leeuw7. Middle Range Theory and Program Theory Evaluation: From Provenance to Practice -Ray Pawson8. Realistic Evaluation and Disciplinary Knowledge: Applications from the Field of Criminology -Nick TilleyContributorsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Phillip Allman, Jos Vaessen, Jos (EDT)/ Leeuw Vaessen, Jos Leeuw Vaessen, Vaessen Jos
• Assisted by: Frans L. Leeuw (Editor), Leeuw Frans L. (Editor), Jos Vaessen (Editor), Vaessen Jos (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2009
• EAN: 9781412810753
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1075-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Comparative Policy Evaluation; Comparative Policy Evaluation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics