Colin Palfrey

Evaluation for the real world

The impact of evidence in policy making

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Evaluation research findings should be a key element of the policy-making process, yet in reality they are often disregarded. This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services. It further examines the nature of evidence and its use and non-use by decision-makers and assesses the work of influential academics in the USA and UK in the context of evaluation and policy making. The book emphasises the 'real world' of decision-makers in the public sector and recognises how political demands and eco… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Thomas, Paul

ISBN: 978-1-4473-0845-4
EAN: 9781447308454
Produktnummer: 20529359
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 666 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Colin Palfrey has worked in local government and taught in UK universities and abroad. He is currently Research Officer in the National Assembly for Wales. Paul Thomas is Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University; he has worked in local government and several universities and has been undertaking evaluations for more than 30 years. Ceri Phillips is Professor of Health Economics at Swansea University Centre for Health Economics and Head of Research at Swansea University's College of Human and Health Sciences