Concern-Focused Evaluation for Ambiguous and Conflicting Policies: An Approach from the Environmental Field

Autor/inn/en	Mermet, Laurent; Bille, Raphael; Leroy, Maya
Titel	Concern-Focused Evaluation for Ambiguous and Conflicting Policies: An Approach from the Environmental Field
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 31 (2010) 2, S.180-198 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214010366047
Schlagwörter	Evaluation Research; Foreign Countries; Evaluation Methods; Sustainable Development; Program Evaluation; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Policy Analysis; Program Implementation; Program Effectiveness; Improvement Programs; Evaluation Criteria; Environmental Standards; Physical Environment; Ecology; Political Issues; Water; Water Quality; Conservation (Environment); France; Senegal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evaluationsforschung; Ausland; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; Politikfeldanalyse; Effizienzsteigerung; Umweltauflage; Natürliche Umwelt; Ökologie; Politischer Faktor; Wasser; Wasserqualität; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Frankreich
Abstract	Environment and sustainable development show how policies are becoming ever more complex and ambiguous. This trend calls for new evaluation approaches. They need to be more clearly focused on specific, explicit concerns. They must be driven by a strategic concept of use to overcome the vulnerability to manipulation of many integrative, essentially procedural, approaches to policy making and evaluation. This article presents a conceptual framework for such evaluations and a four-step approach: defining the focal concern; developing criteria and synthesizing observations on the extent to which the focal concern is met; identifying and assessing all policies contributing to this outcome; and complementing this with the evaluation of policies specifically aimed at meeting the focal concern. Examples are taken essentially from wetland-related policies in France and Senegal. The article discusses how this approach tackles some crucial issues in evaluation research and practice and advocates closer connections between evaluation and critical research on policies. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10