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

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-37636-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

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