Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society

A volume in Evaluation and SocietySeries Editors Jennifer C. Greene University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignand Stewart I. Donaldson Claremont Graduate UniversityThis volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field - the useof evaluation information for decision-making. Chapter authors honor the contributions of ProfessorMarvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic byexploring a wide range of issues related to the theoretical and practical challenges of using evaluationinformation to make informed evidence-based decisions. Readers will come away fromthis volume with a new and clearer understanding of the theoretical contextual methodologicaland political dimensions of use and with direction for practice. Chapters are written by leadingevaluation scholars including Ernest House; Stewart Donaldson and Tarek Azzam; EricBarela; Richard D. Nunneley Jr. Jean A. King Kelli Johnson and Laura Pejsa; Eleanor Chelimsky;Michael Quinn Patton; and Wanda D. Casillas Rodney K. Hopson and Ricardo L.Gomez.Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society: A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin will be of great interest to evaluation students scholarsand practitioners. This volume has scholarly application for those who desire a state-of-the-art resource for the latest insights and perspectiveson one of the most pressing issues that the evaluation field faces today while also serving as a useful guide for both noviceand experienced evaluation practitioners. It is appropriate for use in a variety of evaluation courses including Introduction to Evaluationand Procedural Issues in Evaluation as well as topical seminars such as Evaluation Use and Decision-Making.