New Directions in Peacebuilding Evaluation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: D'Estrée, Tamra Pearson

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this landmark collection, the voices of pathmakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field. Stock is taken of the development and challenges of engaging in the real-time learning that evaluation requires. Best practices for overcoming challenges are discussed and critiqued, as well as some of the basic assumptions guiding the field. New means of gathering information and understanding conflict processes are offered and examined. To continue to evolve and strengthen peacebuilding practices and professionalism, multiple calls are issued for collaborative learning and a field-wide effort at community inquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881849696
• Artikelnr.: 74841410

Autorenporträt

Tamra Pearson d'Estrée is Henry R. Luce Professor of Conflict Resolution in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and has co-directed DU's Conflict Resolution Institute since 2002.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Part I: Taking Stock Chapter 1: A Refresher on
Evaluation Tamra Pearson d'Estrée Chapter 2: Peacebuilding Evaluation: Two
Decades of Evolution Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Chapter 3: Challenges in
Peacebuilding Evaluation: Voices From the Field Mohammed Abu-Nimer Chapter
4: Talking for the Sake of It, or Making a Difference? Measuring and
Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy Peter Jones Part II: New Directions Chapter
5: Scrambling after Moving Targets: Monitoring & Evaluation Applied to
Adaptive Management Approaches in Peacebuilding Peter Woodrow & Isabella
Jean Chapter 6: Using Action Evaluation to Identify Shared Conceptions of
Success: Towards Generating Islands of Theory Jay Rothman & Deborah Sachare
Chapter 7: Everyday Peace Indicators: Renegotiating Rigor for Peacebuilding
Evidence Pamina Firchow & Zach Tilton Chapter 8: Judging Peacebuilding:
Attending to Values in Evaluation Reina Neufeldt Part III: Increasing
Capacities Chapter 9: Reflective Practice in the Face of Complexity Tamra
Pearson d'Estrée Chapter 10: Developing Essential Evaluation Competency in
Conflict Resolution Professionals Mara Schoeny & Susan Allen Chapter 11:
'Through the Portal and What the Peacebuilding Field Found There': The DME
for Peace Website and the Path to More Rigorous Design, Monitoring and
Evaluation Practice Nick Oatley