Evaluation CulturesSense-making in Complex Times
Jean-Claude Barbier · Penny Hawkins
Sep 2012 · Comparative Policy Evaluation Book 1 · Transaction Publishers
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 Evaluation Cultures draws upon a sample of reflections, drawn from organizational practices, nationally centered political cultures, and ethnic cultures, as a framework for understanding how culture influences the work of evaluation. Two main conclusions seem to emerge: first, that there exists no single, uniform, and homogenous national evaluation culture; second, that the idea of a unified transnational culture of evaluation is an illusion. The evaluation community includes a diverse group of professionals; a diversity that is not just represented in national or ethnic culture but also in academic backgrounds, public and private sector allegiances, and personal character. The contributors to this book represent, in part, this diversity by reflecting a range of views. Evaluation Cultures draws upon the experience of senior evaluation practitioners, who share their reflections on their practice and experience, in order to put forth challenges to purely academic analysis. Evaluation Cultures presents a consistent, if not exhaustive, attempt to give analytical and empirical sense to all of the cultures of the evaluation community.
About the author
Jean-Claude Barbier is research director for the French National Centre for Scientific Research at the University of Paris 1. His main research focuses are employment policies, social policy, and evaluation of public policies.
Penny Hawkins is senior evaluation officer at the Rockefeller Foundation. She previously served as head of evaluation for the International Development Group of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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