Tackling wicked problems in complex ecologies : the role of evaluation /

Traversing the range of problem-solving contexts that make up the frontier of evaluation, this book demonstrates how the tools of the trade can address wicked problems in complex ecologies around the global scale. The editors and authors frame their approach in terms of evaluation's relevance,...

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Other Authors: Hopson, Rodney K. (Rodney Kofi) (Editor), Cram, Fiona (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2018
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Tackling wicked problems in complex evaluation ecologies / Rodney Hopson and Fiona Cram
  • Ecological thinking as a route to sustainability in evaluation / Andy Rowe
  • Indigenous insight on valuing complexity, sustaining relationships, being accountable / Linda Tuhiwai Smith
  • Evaluating HIV practices and evidence-supported programs in AIDS community-based organizations / Robin Lin Miller
  • Complex ecology in international development evaluation, focusing on women and people with disabilities / Donna M. Mertens and Arlinda S. Boland
  • Creating collaborative community practices through restorative justice principles in evaluation / Jill Anne Chouinard and Ayesha S. Boyce
  • Creating a sustainable and equitable food system / Oran B. Hesterman and Ricardo Millett
  • Developing relevant and responsible recommendations in health policy / Crystal L. Barksdale, Rodney Hopson, Kimberly Green, Karolina Schantz, Jennifer Kenyon, William Rodick, Akashi Kaul, and C. Godfrey Jacobs
  • Considering the Paris Declaration principles on aid effectiveness as a means to drive reform / Michael Quinn Patton
  • Digging deeper to engage wicked problems through evaluation / Fiona Cram and Rodney Hopson.