Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century : Disciplinary Measures, Transformative Possibilities

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 o...

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Main Author Duffy, Deirdre Niamh (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesPalgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
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evaluace > metodologie
vládnutí > Velká Británie
politická analýza > Velká Británie
sociální politika > Velká Británie
veřejná správa > Velká Británie
evaluation > methodology
governance > Great Britain
policy analysis > Great Britain
social policy > Great Britain
public administration > Great Britain
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monografie
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monographs
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Summary: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 manipulated by elites towards their own political ends. As the debate around elite's use of research expands globally, this book is a nuanced interjection into both established evidence-based policy and emergent narratives of 'post-truth'. Challenging and provocative, this innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of social and public policy, and governance and public management.- Resumé vydavatel
Physical Description:XV, 161 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137545138
DOI:10.1057/978-1-137-54513-8
Access:Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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