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  • Evaluation in the Post-Truth World

    Edited by Mita Marra, Karol Olejniczak, Arne Paulson ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    Evaluation in the Post-Truth World explores the relationship between the nature of evaluative knowledge, the increasing demand in decision-making for evaluation and other forms of research evidence, and the post-truth phenomena of antiscience sentiments combined with illiberal tendencies of the present day. Rather than offer a checklist on how to deal with post-truth, the experts found herein wish ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Speaking Justice to Power

    Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators

    Edited by Kim Forss, Mita Marra ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    Efficiency, economy, and equity are policy goals pursued by governments around the world, but analysts and evaluators have devoted more effort to measuring and evaluating the first two. In Speaking Justice to Power, contributors examine the concept of equity, the role it plays, and its application in policy evaluation. Here some of the most valuable thinkers in the area of policy studies address ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Evaluating the Complex

    Attribution, Contribution and Beyond

    by Mita Marra ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    In the economic atmosphere following the crisis of 2008, not only have governments reacted by creating more complex policy initiatives, but they have also promised that all of these initiatives will be evaluated. Due to the complexity of many of the initiatives, the ways of evaluating are becoming equally complex.The book begins with a theoretical and conceptual explanation of the process and ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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    A Critical Stance

    by Mel Gray, Debbie Plath, Stephen Webb ...
    Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy-making and social intervention. It has become a powerful movement that promises to change the content and structure of social work and its allied professions. Its emergence has generated much debate and raised challenging questions, however, particularly at the interface of research, policy, and practice.This ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care

    by John Harris, Vicky White ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This new edition has been fully revised and updated to provide over 1,800 A-Z definitions of terms from the field of social care, concentrating on social work as a significant area within this field. Covering social work theories, methods, policies, organizations, and statutes, as well as key terms from interdisciplinary topics overlapping with health and education, this is the most up-to-date ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Practising Social Work Research

    Case Studies for Learning, Second Edition

    by Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum ...
    Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development. Adopting strategies similar to those used in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice, and in so doing promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process.This second edition of Practising ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Qualitative Methods in Public Health

    A Field Guide for Applied Research

    by Elizabeth E. Tolley, Priscilla R. Ulin, Natasha Mack, Elizabeth T. Robinson, Stacey M. Succop ...
    Series series Jossey-Bass Public Health
    Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research, 2nd Edition provides a practical orientation to conducting effective qualitative research in the public health sphere. With thorough examination and simple explanations, this book guides you through the logic and workflow of qualitative approaches, with step-by-step guidance on every phase of the research. Students learn how ... Read more

    $76.00 USD

  • Empirical Legal Research

    A Guidance Book for Lawyers, Legislators and Regulators

    by Frans L. Leeuw ...
    In 1788 John Adams created a sublime ambition for all nations - 'a government of laws and not of men'. In the intervening years we have come to learn that legislation itself works through the interpretations of the many men and women who work on the inside and the outside of the law. Effective regulation thus depends not only on scrupulous legal analysis, with its appeal to precedent, conceptual ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • When to Use What Research Design

    by W. Paul Vogt, PhD, Dianne C. Gardner, PhD, Lynne M. Haeffele, PhD ...
    Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs. The book can be read sequentially or readers can dip into chapters on specific stages of ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Small-Scale Evaluation

    Principles and Practice

    by Colin Robson ...
    Evaluation research can assess the value and effectiveness of interventions and innovations involving people. While this has often been on a grand scale, this book focuses on small-scale projects carried out by an individual or small group, typically lasting for weeks or at most a few months, at a local rather than national level. Using limited jargon and featuring integrated, real-world examples, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Evaluation

    by Robert Grimm, Rute Caldeira, Chris Fox ...
    Both practical and theoretical in approach, this book is the perfect companion for student researchers and policy makers alike. It provides actionable advice for planning and implementing evaluations, while also instilling an ability to assess the evaluations of others and consider the ways in which evaluation evidence could influence policy and practice.Drawing upon a wide range of examples from ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • The Handbook of Environmental Policy Evaluation

    by Ann Crabb, Pieter Leroy ...
    Policy evaluation is an important and well-established part of the policy process, facilitating and feeding back to promote the ongoing effectiveness of policies that have been implemented or anticipating policies in the making. Environmental policy is a special case, presenting new complexities uncommon to other areas, which standard evaluation tools are ill-equipped to grapple with. It is also ... Read more

    $57.99 USD