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Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century
Deirdre Niamh Duffy
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Description for Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPH; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book interrogates the role played by evaluation in 21st century governing. Using youth work in the UK as a case study, it challenges the narrative of evidence-based policy-making, arguing instead that evaluation research is used to discipline and control. At the same time, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this book argues that evaluation can be reclaimed and facilitate transformation. In bringing these theoretically rich discussions to bear on the domain of contemporary evaluation, the author provokes an alternative reading of the relationship between research and governing, emphasising how knowledge production has historically been ... Read more
This book interrogates the role played by evaluation in 21st century governing. Using youth work in the UK as a case study, it challenges the narrative of evidence-based policy-making, arguing instead that evaluation research is used to discipline and control. At the same time, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this book argues that evaluation can be reclaimed and facilitate transformation. In bringing these theoretically rich discussions to bear on the domain of contemporary evaluation, the author provokes an alternative reading of the relationship between research and governing, emphasising how knowledge production has historically been ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Number of Pages
161
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137545121
SKU
V9781137545121
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About Deirdre Niamh Duffy
Deirdre Niamh Duffy is Senior Lecturer in Childhood, Youth Studies and Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Reviews for Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century
“Duffy’s new book engages with the many uses and abuses of evaluation in UK politics. … Duffy compares the many ways in which people could, do, and should use evaluation to inform policy and policymaking. … As such, Duffy’s book stands out as a critical theoretical take on the role of evidence in policy making and evaluation. I commend to ... Read more