Title The institutionalisation of evaluation in Europe / Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer, Lena Taube, editors

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (526 pages) : illustrations Contents Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Introduction -- 1 The Institutionalisation of Evaluation Theoretical Background, Analytical Concept and Methods -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of Knowledge -- 3 Institutions-Some Theoretical Remarks -- 4 The Methodological Approach -- 5 Selection of Countries and Methodological Procedure -- Appendix -- Analytical Guideline: Compendium on the Institutionalisation of Evaluation -- References -- Part II Northern Europe -- 2 Denmark -- 1 General Country Overview -- 1.1 Structure 1.2 Culture -- 1.3 Public-Sectors Reforms/Transformations -- 2 Institutional Structures and Processes -- 2.1 Evaluation Regulation -- 2.2 Evaluation Practice -- 2.3 Use of Evaluations -- 3 Evaluation in Society -- 4 Professionalisation -- 5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 3 Finland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Structures and Processes -- 3 Evaluation Practice -- 4 Utilisation of Evaluations -- 5 Evaluation in Municipalities and in the Civil Society -- 6 Professionalisation of Evaluation -- 7 The Future of Evaluation in Finland -- References -- Part III Western Europe 4 The Netherlands -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Structures and Processes (Political System) -- 2.1 Evaluation Regulations -- 2.2 Evaluation Practice -- 2.3 Use of Evaluations -- 3 Societal Dissemination/Acceptance -- 3.1 Institutionalised Use of Evaluations by Civil Society -- 3.2 Public Perception and Discussion of Evaluation and Evaluation Findings -- 3.3 Civil Society: Demand for Evaluations -- 4 Professionalisation (System of Professionalisation) -- 4.1 Academic Study Courses, Further Training -- 4.2 Profession/Discipline -- 4.3 Research Quality Rather Than Evaluation Quality 5 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- 5 Belgium -- 1 General Country Overview -- 2 Institutional Structures and Processes (Political System) -- 2.1 Evaluation Regulations -- 2.1.1 A Formal Anchorage of Evaluation Requirements in Laws or Regulations -- 2.1.2 The Institutionalisation of Evaluation Within Parliament -- 2.2 Evaluation Practice -- 2.2.1 A Relatively Wide Diffusion of Evaluation Practice -- 2.2.2 Type of Evaluation Practice -- 2.2.3 Locus of Evaluation Practice -- 2.2.4 Evaluation Institutes, with Varying Levels of Independency -- 2.3 Use of Evaluations 2.3.1 Evaluation Motives -- 2.3.2 Quality Assurance -- 3 Societal Dissemination/Acceptance (Social System) -- 3.1 Institutionalised Use of Evaluations by Civil Society -- 3.2 Public Perception and Discussion of Evaluation and Evaluation Findings -- 3.3 Civil Societies Demand Evaluations -- 4 Professionalisation (System of Professionalisation) -- 4.1 Academic Study Courses and Further Training -- 4.2 Profession/Discipline -- 4.3 Compliance to Standards and Quality Obligations -- 5 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- 6 France -- 1 General Country Overview Summary This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in European countries from various perspectives. . It describes both prior developments and current states of evaluation in 16 European countries and across the European Union (EU), focussing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors from each of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the first of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation to be followed by volumes on the Americas, Africa and Australasia. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and different sectors. Reinhard Stockmann is Professor for Sociology at Saarland University, Germany. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), Managing Director of two Master of Evaluation programs, Executive Editor of the German Journal of Evaluation (ZfEv) and Founding member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval). He is an evaluation specialist in the field of development cooperation, education, vocational training, environmental policy and foreign cultural policy. Wolfgang Meyer is Assistant Professor at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. He is Vice-Director of the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), Founding Member of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval), Sociologist with a Focus on Empirical Methodology and Evaluation Specialist in the Field of Environment, Labour Market and Regional Development. Lena Taube was previously a research associate at the Center for Evaluation (CEval) at Saarland University, Germany, where she focused on research regarding the institutionalisation of evaluation as a m eans to good governance. She is currently working at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) engaged with evaluating human rights in German development aid Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes 2 Institutional Structures and Processes (Political System) Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2020) Subject Public administration -- Europe -- Evaluation Policy sciences -- Europe -- Evaluation Comparative government -- Evaluation Civil society -- Europe -- Evaluation Evaluation. Evaluation Policy sciences -- Evaluation Politics and government -- Evaluation Public administration -- Evaluation SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- Evaluation Subject Europe Form Electronic book Author Stockmann, Reinhard, editor Meyer, Wolfgang, 1959- editor. Taube, Lena, editor ISBN 303032284X 9783030322847

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