Evaluation Cultures: Sense-Making in Complex Times - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 141284942X ISBN 13 : 9781412849425

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Evaluation Cultures draws upon a sample of reflections, drawn from organizational practices, nationally centered political cultures, and ethnic cultures, as a framework for understanding how culture influences the work of evaluation. Two main conclusions seem to emerge: first, that there exists no single, uniform, and homogenous national evaluation culture; second, that the idea of a unified transnational culture of evaluation is an illusion.The evaluation community includes a diverse group of professionals; a diversity that is not just represented in national or ethnic culture but also in academic backgrounds, public and private sector allegiances, and personal character. The contributors to this book represent, in part, this diversity by reflecting a range of views.Evaluation Cultures draws upon the experience of senior evaluation practitioners, who share their reflections on their practice and experience, in order to put forth challenges to purely academic analysis. Evaluation Cultures presents a consistent, if not exhaustive, attempt to give analytical and empirical sense to all of the cultures of the evaluation community.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jean-Claude Barbier is research director for the French National Centre for Scientific Research at the University of Paris 1. His main research focuses are employment policies, social policy, and evaluation of public policies.

Penny Hawkins is senior evaluation officer at the Rockefeller Foundation. She previously served as head of evaluation for the International Development Group of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 141284942X
• ISBN 13: 9781412849425
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Éditeur: Furubo Jan-Eric, Barbier Jean-Claude
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible