{"product_id":"realistic-evaluation-9780761950097","title":"Realistic Evaluation","description":"\u003cb\u003eRealistic Evaluation\u003c\/b\u003e shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a  manifesto′ and  handbook′ for a fresh approach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach  realistic evaluation′. The name reflects the paradigm′s foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Pawson, Nick Tilley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761950097\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTilley, Nick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNick Tilley \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor in the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University, and an adjunct professor at the Griffith Criminology Institute in Brisbane. His academic work has been devoted to developing and delivering theoretically informed applied social science. Specific interests lie in evaluation methodology, the international crime drop, problem-oriented policing, and situational crime prevention, about all of which he has published extensively. Books include \u003ci\u003eRealistic Evaluation\u003c\/i\u003e (1997, with Ray Pawson); \u003ci\u003eCrime Prevention\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); \u003ci\u003eEconomic Analysis and Efficiency in Policing. Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention: What Works?\u003c\/i\u003e (2016, with Matthew Manning, Shane Johnson, Gabriel Wong, and Margarita Vorsina); and \u003ci\u003eReducing Burglary\u003c\/i\u003e (2018, with Andromachi Tseloni and Rebecca Thompson). Nick was awarded an OBE for Services to Policing and Crime Reduction in 2005 and elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2009.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePawson, Ray:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Given my job title, it will come as no surprise that my main interest lies in research methodology. This does not quite bracket me with the technical nerds, however, for I have written widely on the philosophy and practice of research, covering methods qualitative and quantitative, pure and applied, contemporaneous and historical. There is a common ′realist′ thread underlying every word, albeit a modest, middle-range, empirically-rich kind of realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40121840304243,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":74.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1a42ee80-a97f-439c-8203-56d01920e686.jpg?v=1653748940","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/realistic-evaluation-9780761950097","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}