The evidence book
Subtitle: concepts, generation, and use of evidence
By: Olaf Rieper, Frans L. Leeuw and Tom Ling, editors.
Contributors: Rieper, Olaf.; Leeuw, Frans L.; Ling, Tom.
Series: Comparative policy evaluation -- v. 15; Comparative policy evaluation series -- v. 15.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781412810234
Subjects: Organizational effectiveness -- Evaluation; Total quality management in government -- Evaluation; Public administration -- Evaluation; Quality assurance -- Evaluation; Evidence; Comparative government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the contemporary history of experimental evaluations and its relevance for policy making / Frans L. Leeuw; title: Institutionalization of second-order evidence-producing organizations / Hanne Foss Hansen and Olaf Rieper; title: What counts as "sufficient evidence" and a "compelling argument" in evaluation? / Tom Ling; title: Evaluative evidence in multi-level interventions : the case of the global environment facility / Jos Vaessen and Rob van den Berg; title: "User-dependent" knowledge as evidence in health care / Laila Launsø and Olaf Rieper; title: Results management : can results evidence gain a foothold in the public sector? / John Mayne; title: Evidence and politicians : can the two co-exist? / Richard Boyle; title: Conclusion and perspectives : risks and promises of the evidence movement / Tom Ling, Frans Leeuw, and Olaf Rieper.