The Political Economy of Evaluation in Greece

Interdisciplinary Perspectives for an Inclusive and Forward-Looking Evaluation
Herausgegeben:Petrakis, Panagiotis E.; Boufounou, Paraskevi V.; Kostis, Pantelis C.

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Produktbeschreibung

This contributed volume explores the relationships between politics, economics, and evaluation. With a special focus on Greece, it addresses how evaluations within different sectors impact policymaking and explains what this means for sustainable development.

Featuring interdisciplinary perspectives on economic policy evaluation for inclusive and future-forward public policy, the chapters rethink and reform evaluation to meet modern economic challenges.

The book outlines the concept and principles of resource allocation in evaluation, offering a framework for economic transformation. It highlights the role of evaluation in achieving sustainable development.

It provides a new way to measure the quality of public policy, governance, and economic policy.

Produktdetails

• The Political Economy of Greek Growth up to 2030
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin; Palgrave Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9783031607233
• ISBN-10: 3031607236
• Artikelnr.: 76070571

Autorenporträt

Panagiotis E. Petrakis is Emeritus Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He is Scientific Coordinator of Distance Education Training Programs and the series editor for two Palgrave book series: "Futures of European Societies and Economies" and "The Political Economy of Greek Growth up to 2030." Paraskevi V. Boufounou is Assistant Professor at the NKUA. She was Chair of the Network of Evaluation Societies in Europe (NESE) from 2021 to 2023. She held top positions in private and public sector institutions and was Chair of the Board of Invest in Greece. Pantelis C. Kostis is Assistant Professor at the NKUA. He is the series editor for the Palgrave book series "The Future of European Societies and Economies" and serves as associate editor in several journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Navigating the New Era: Interdisciplinary Insights into Greece's
Political Economy of Evaluation.- Part A. Policy Evaluation in Times of
Change.- Chapter 2: Evaluation in the Polycrisis Epoche.- Chapter 3: The
Key Horizontal Principles in the Evaluation Practice: From Necessity to
Culture.- Chapter 4: Developing a Culture of Evaluation as a Prerequisite
for Sustainable Economic Development.- Chapter 5: Scrutiny of legislation:
securing effectiveness and legislative quality.- Chapter 6: Mainstreaming
inclusive principles and strategic approaches in regulatory policy
evaluation: The case of the EU and the Greek central government.- Chapter
7: How sustainable and inclusive is economic growth in Greece.- Chapter 8:
Evaluation for people or with people? The role of participatory and
empowering approaches to social inclusion.- Part B. Evaluating Policy
Implementation During Economic Crises.- Chapter 9: Evaluating the Internal
Devaluation Policies Implemented in Greece - Analytical Insights and
Empirical Evidence.- Chapter 10.  A comparative evaluation of alternative
methods for assessing corporate creative accounting in Greece: Empirical
Evidence during the Financial Crisis.- Chapter 11: Evaluating factors that
strengthened the informal economy in the global financial crisis: a case
study in selected countries of the European Union.- Chapter 12: An
Econometric Policy Evaluation of Fiscal Management in PIGS Economies.- Part
C. Policy Evaluation of Specific Sectors and Policies.- Chapter 13:
Inclination towards Applying Different Evaluation Approaches to Provide
Inputs for Evidence-Based Policy Design.- Chapter 14: Evaluation as a Tool
to Increase the Competitiveness and Economic Development of SMEs.- Chapter
15: Greek SMEs and Sustainable Development: An Evaluation of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).- Chapter 16: The Link Between ESG, Corporate
Governance and Stock Performance of European Financial Institutions.-
Chapter 17:  Evaluation processes in all aspects of EKDDA's open innovation
project.- Chapter 18: Evaluating Internal Audit's importance and
value-added in Corporate Governance and Risk Management: An Empirical
Investigation.- Chapter 19: Policy Recommendations for Greece to Provide
Energy Independence.- Chapter 20: The political economy of redistribution
of income support to Greek farms: the case of Greece's CAP Strategic Plan
2023-2027.