Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change: A Guide to Shift Beyond Fixes to Lasting Value, 1st Edition

Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change: A Guide to Shift Beyond Fixes to Lasting Value, 1st Edition

Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change: A Guide to Shift Beyond Fixes to Lasting Value, 1st Edition

eBook
Author(s):Emily F. Gates, Pablo Vidueira
Format: Original PDF
Published year: 2025
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9781071960288, 9781071960240, 9781071960264, 9781071960257

Summary

In a world where social, ecological, health, and other problems are influenced by multiple, intersecting systems, why do most interventions target single-factor solutions? Why does so much evaluation settle for incremental change, and how could it contribute instead to deeper, lasting, transformative change? Authors Emily F. Gates and Pablo Vidueira make two interconnected arguments in this book: they critique the "fixed" approach of traditional program evaluation and policy analysis, and they advance an alternative approach centered on changing systems and developing the value of efforts toward change. They demonstrate that systemic change that embeds evaluative inquiry is a theoretically supported, practical way to work toward fundamental social change with lasting impact.
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