The Future of Evaluation Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Persp
Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation w
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Reinhard Stockmann Wolfgang Meyer
The Future of Evaluation
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The Future of Evaluation Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Perspectives Edited by
Reinhard Stockmann Professor of Sociology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Wolfgang Meyer Assistant Professor, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Selection and editorial matter © Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Foreword © Marco Segone and Asela Kalugampitiya 2016
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ISBN 978-1-349-57553-4 ISBN 978-1-137-37637-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137376374 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The future of evaluation : global trends, new challenges, shared perspectives / edited by Wolfgang Meyer, Assistant Professor, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, Reinhard Stockmann, Professor of Sociology, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany. pages cm Includes index. 1. Evaluation research (Social action programs) 2. Public administration—Evaluation. 3. Government accountability—Social aspects. 4. Social planning. I. Meyer, Wolfgang, 1959– II. Stockmann, Reinhard. H62.F868 2015 001.4—dc23 2015023413
Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Foreword by Marco Segone and Asela Kalugampitiya
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors
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Part I Introduction Ten Years of the
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