Evaluation and Governing in the 21st Century

Disciplinary Measures, Transformative Possibilities

Deirdre Niamh Duffy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

161 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-54512-1 (ISBN)

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This book interrogates the role played by evaluation in 21st century governing. Using youth work in the UK as a case study, it challenges the narrative of evidence-based policy-making, arguing instead that evaluation research is used to discipline and control. At the same time, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this book argues that evaluation can be reclaimed and facilitate transformation. In bringing these theoretically rich discussions to bear on the domain of contemporary evaluation, the author provokes an alternative reading of the relationship between research and governing, emphasising how knowledge production has historically been manipulated by elites towards their own political ends. As the debate around elite’s use of research expands globally, this book is a nuanced interjection into both established evidence-based policy and emergent narratives of ‘post-truth’. Challenging and provocative, this innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of social and public policy, and governance and public management.

Deirdre Niamh Duffy is Senior Lecturer in Childhood, Youth Studies and Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Preface: Evaluation and governing in two quotes or When the arithmetician met the curator.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Understanding Evaluation in the UK.- Chapter 3: Disciplinary Measures.- Chapter 4: Transformative Possibilities.

“Duffy’s new book engages with the many uses and abuses of evaluation in UK politics. … Duffy compares the many ways in which people could, do, and should use evaluation to inform policy and policymaking. … As such, Duffy’s book stands out as a critical theoretical take on the role of evidence in policy making and evaluation. I commend to people who want to broaden their horizons.” (Paul Cairney, Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy, paulcairney.wordpress.com, May, 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2017
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Zusatzinfo	XV, 161 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Austerity • Deleuze • Evaluation • Evidence-Based Policy • Foucault • Genealogy • Neoliberalism • New Public Management • post-truth • UK policy-making • Youth Work
ISBN-10	1-137-54512-7 / 1137545127
ISBN-13	978-1-137-54512-1 / 9781137545121
Zustand	Neuware