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Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century, 1st ed. 2017
Disciplinary Measures, Transformative Possibilities
Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy Series
Author: Duffy Deirdre Niamh
Language: EnglishSubjects for Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century:
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Publication date: 11-2017
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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.
Preface: Evaluation and governing in two quotes or When the arithmetician met the curator.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Understanding Evaluation in the UK.- Chapter 3: Disciplinary Measures.- Chapter 4: Transformative Possibilities.
Deirdre Niamh Duffy is Senior Lecturer in Childhood, Youth Studies and Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the theory of evaluation
Connects evaluation practice to neoliberalism and austerity
Demonstrates that evaluation can make a radical contribution to progressive policy and practice
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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