In this comprehensive, landmark volume, an i nternational team of evaluation practitioners explores vario us areas relating to the subject, including the methodologic al tools for evaluation, expansion into new areas, and evalu ation in the 21st century. '
PREFACE The Coming Transformations in Evaluation - Eleanor Chelimsky PART ONE: EVALUATION: YESTERDAY AND TODAY Lessons Learned in Evaluation over the Past 25 Years - Thomas D Cook The Political Environment of Evaluation and What It Means for the Development of the Field - Eleanor Chelimsky PART TWO: AUDITING AND EVALUATION Evaluation as an Essential Component of 'Value-for-Money' - L Denis Desautels Auditing and Evaluation in Sweden - Inga-Britt Ahlenius Performance Auditing - Christopher Pollitt and Hilkka Summa Traveler's Tales Evaluation and Auditing in State Legislatures - Roger A Brooks Meeting the Client's Needs PART THREE: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION Trends in Performance Measurement - Joseph S Wholey Challenges for Evaluators Performance Measurement in the United Kingdom (1985-1995) - Caroline Mawhood PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL EVALUATION Evaluating Global Issues in a Community Setting - Masafumi Nagao The Development of Evaluation in the People's Republic of China - Hong Houqi and Ray C Rist Critical Comments on Evaluation Research in Denmark - Finn Hansson Evaluation, Markets, and Institutions in the Reform Agenda of Developing Countries - Eduardo Wiesner Evaluation in the World Bank - Robert Picciotto Antecedents, Instruments, and Concepts PART FIVE: NEW TOPICS FOR EVALUATION Evaluating Human Rights Violations - Ignacio Cano Lessons of Immigration Policy and the Role of Research - John Nieuwenhuysen Tracing Gender Issues through Institutional Change and Program Implementation at the World Bank - Josette Murphy Understanding the Impact of Development Projects on Women - Michael Bamberger The Tunisia Institutional Development Fund Project The Analysis and Evaluation of Foreign Aid - Kristina Svensson Evaluating the US Nuclear Triad - Kwai-Cheung Chan and Jonathan R Tumin Evaluation, Nuclear Power Plant Remediation and Redesign and Russian Policy Making after Chernobyl - Vladimir Novikov The Independent Evaluation of the Global Environment Facility Pilot Phase - W Haven North Environmental Changes and Their Measurement - Charles A Zraket and William Clark What Data Should We Collect and What Collaborative Systems Do We Need for Linking Knowledge to Action? PART SIX: A SAMPLER OF THE CURRENT METHODOLOGICAL TOOLKIT Multimethod Evaluations - Lois-ellin Datta Using Case Studies together with Other Methods Cross-Design Synthesis - Judith A Droitcour Concept and Application Research Synthesis for Public Health Policy - Michael A Stoto Experience of the Institute of Medicine Empowerment Evaluation and Accreditation in Higher Education - David M Fetterman Cluster Evaluation - James R Sanders An Introduction to Scientific Realist Evaluation - Ray Pawson and Nicholas Tilley Single-Case Evaluation in British Social Services - Mansoor A F Kazi Twenty-One Years Old and Counting - Rob G Orwin The Interrupted Time-Series Comes of Age PART SEVEN: AN ENDURING ARGUMENT ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATION Advocacy in Evaluation - Robert E Stake A Necessary Evil? Truth and Objectivity in Evaluation - Michael Scriven
