Evaluation And Governing In The 21st Century: Disciplinary Measures, Transformative Possibilities (palgrave Studies In Science, Knowledge And Policy)
by Deirdre Niamh Duffy /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
