The future of evaluation
Subtitle: global trends, new challenges, shared perspectives
By: edited by Wolfgang Meyer, Assistant Professor, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, Reinhard Stockmann, Professor of Sociology, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9781137376367
Subjects: Public administration; Evaluation research (Social action programs); Government accountability; Social aspects; Evaluation; Social planning
Description: Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent global, national and local developments are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation.--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ten years of the Center for Evaluation : Review "Purview" Preview / Dieter Filsinger; title: The Future of Evaluation : Global Trends, New Challenges and Shared Perspectives / Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer; title: The Role of Evaluation in Society / Reinhard Stockmann; title: The Changing Role of Evaluation in a Changing Society / Peter Dahler-Larsen; title: The Future of Evaluation in Modern Societies / Reinhard Stockmann; title: The Future of Evaluation : Perspectives from Developing Countries / Susan D. Tamondong; title: Evaluation as a Global Phenomenon : The Development of Transnational Networks / Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella and María Alejandra Lucero; title: Evaluating Sustainable Development in a Global Society / André Martinuzzi and Wolfgang Meyer; title: Does Evaluation become a Global Profession? / Wolfgang Meyer; title: Towards Professionalization? : The Contribution of University-based Training Programs in Pioneer Countries / Wolfgang Meyer; title: European University-based Study Programs in Evaluation : Characteristics and Future Challenges / Verena Friedrich; title: Evaluators' Capacity Formation in a Context of Changes in Latin America / Sergio Martinic V. & Pablo Rodríguez-Bilella; title: Patterns and Influences in the Supply and Demand of Evaluation and Monitoring in Uganda's Public Sector / David Rider Smith; title: On Ensuring Educational Evaluation Quality in China / Laura Pan Luo and Yimin Yuan; title: New Challenges for Practice and Utility / Wolfgang Meyer; title: The Importance of Evaluation in Development Policy / Hans-Martin Boehmer; title: Institutionalizing and Streamlining Monitoring and Evaluation in Post-Revolutionary Egypt / Laila El Baradei, Doha Abdelhamid and Nermine Wally; title: Development Evaluation in the Public Sector Projects and Programs in Pakistan : An Analysis of Prevailing Issues and Constraints / Nisar Ahmad Khan; title: Political Use of Evaluation Results in Central America / Silvia Hernández Sánchez and Sabrina Storm; title: The Role of Evaluation in Social Change : Perspectives on the Future of Evaluation from the USA / Donna M. Mertens; title: Evaluation, its Heritage and its Future / Jan-Eric Furubo; title: Evaluation between Science and Utility / Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer; title: New Challenges for Evaluation : Theory and Methods / Reinhard Stockmann; title: Cyber Society and "Rulejungling" : New Challenges for Evaluation in the 21st Century / Frans L. Leeuw; title: Ex-ante Evaluation as a Precondition for Evaluating Impact / Stefan Silvestrini; title: The Future of Impact Evaluation is Rigorous and Theory-Driven / Christoph E. Mueller and Maria Albrecht; title: Participation and Valuation : On-going Methodological Challenges / Wolfgang Meyer, Evelyn Funk and P. Linh Nguyen; title: From Evaluation Theory to Tests of Evaluation Theory? / Brad Graeme Philip Astbury; title: Conclusion : Shared Perspectives for a United World of Evaluation? / Wolfgang Meyer and Reinhard Stockmann.