The Politics of Evaluation: Participation and Policy Implementation

doi:10.46692/9781847421210

The widespread popularity of evaluation is based on the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political activity, and, using a wide range of examples, it relates practical issues in evaluation design to their political contexts.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
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List of tables, figures and boxes
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on contributors
pp vii-xii
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Preface
pp xiii-xiv
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Introduction - The politics of evaluation: an overview
pp 1-18
- By David Taylor, Susan Balloch
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Part One - Governance and evaluation
pp 19-20
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one - Below decks on the youth justice flagship: the politics of evaluation
pp 21-40
- By Peter Squires, Lynda Measor
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two - Urban regeneration: who defines the indicators?
pp 41-56
- By Peter Ambrose
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three - Reaching for the stars: the performance assessment framework for social services
pp 57-74
- By Stella Law, Karin Janzon
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Part Two - Participation and evaluation
pp 75-76
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four - Service-user involvement in evaluation and research: issues, dilemmas and destinations
pp 77-86
- By Peter Beresford
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five - Best Value but not best interests: can service users instruct mental health advocates?
pp 87-96
- By Hazel Platzer
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six - New Deal for Communities as a participatory public policy: the challenges for evaluation
pp 97-108
- By Kay Graham, Amanda Harris
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seven - Discovery through dialogue and appreciative inquiry: a participative evaluation framework for project development
pp 109-118
- By Glynis Cousin, Judith Cousin, Frances Deepwell
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eight - Evaluating projects aimed at supporting the parents of young people: “I didn’t learn anything new, but ...”
pp 119-132
- By Debi Roker
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Part Three - Partnerships and evaluation
pp 133-134
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nine - Evaluating interagency working in health and social care: politics, policies and outcomes for service users
pp 135-152
- By Audrey Leathard
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ten - Reflections on an evaluation of partnerships to cope with winter pressures
pp 153-174
- By Susan Balloch, Alison Penn, Helen Charnley
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eleven - Evaluating a partnership approach to supporting people into employment
pp 175-186
- By Hilary Arksey
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Part Four - Learning from evaluation
pp 187-188
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twelve - Evaluation and the New Deal for Communities: learning what for whom?
pp 189-204
- By Ian Smith, Lucy Grimshaw
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thirteen - Community-led regeneration: learning loops or reinvented wheels?
pp 205-222
- By Mike Rowe, Marilyn Taylor
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fourteen - Can social capital be a framework for participative evaluation of community health work?
pp 223-238
- By Jennie Fleming, Thilo Boeck
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fifteen - Learning the art of evaluation: presume the presence of politics
pp 239-248
- By Georgie Parry-Crooke, Cathy Sullivan
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Conclusion - What the politics of evaluation implies
pp 249-252
- By Susan Balloch, David Taylor
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Index
pp 253-261
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Also available from The Policy Press
pp 262-264
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