| Politics and Practices of Intergovernmental Evaluation Contributor(s): Rieper, Olaf (Author), Toulemonde, Jacques (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560002565 ISBN-13: 9781560002567 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 351.093 |
| LCCN: 96-30780 |
| Series: Comparative Policy Analysis Series |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Great intellectual effort has gone into the development of sophisticated designs and methodologies to study individual policies, programs, and projects. Costly efforts to find the smallest evidence of a policy or program impact have been undertaken in the presumption that such data are central to policy decision making. Meanwhile, the intergovernmental nature of political and policy governance has been ignored. Whether it is Canada, the United States, England, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Japan, or any other industrial country, the governmental structure is essentially a web of interrelated policies, programs, and projects. To understand local responsibilities and requirements, one must also understand the role that regional and national governmental agencies and administrations play. Politics and Practice of Intergovernmental Evaluation is a landmark work in the area of the evaluation of intergovernmental policies, programs, and projects. Comparative and cross-national in its perspective, the material presented here not only provides a systematic theoretical and empirical treatment of intergovernmental evaluation, but does so with case material from seven nations and the European Union. No other such comparative work exists on this topic. Contributors include: Jan Eric Furubo; Mary Henkel; Linda G. Morra; Robert V. Segsworth and Dale H. Poel; and Willi Zimmermann and Peter Knoepfel. The Politics and Practice of Intergovernmental Evaluation will be of interest to political theorists, policymakers, and scholars and students of government and the evaluation community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rist, Ray C.: - Ray C. Rist was a senior evaluation officer in the World Bank for many years. He has served as university professor at Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, and George Washington University. In addition, he is the editor for Transaction's Comparative Policy Evaluation series. Rieper, Olaf: -Olaf Rieper is director of research at the Danish Institute of Governmental Research (AKF). He has written books and guidelines on evaluation methodology and research methods and was the first elected chairman of the Danish Evaluation Society. |