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Book SynopsisIn this landmark collection, the voices of pathmakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field. Stock is taken of the development and challenges of engaging in the real-time learning that evaluation requires. Best practices for overcoming challenges are discussed and critiqued, as well as some of the basic assumptions guiding the field. New means of gathering information and understanding conflict processes are offered and examined. To continue to evolve and strengthen peacebuilding practices and professionalism, multiple calls are issued for collaborative learning and a field-wide effort at community inquiry.
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I: Taking Stock Chapter 1: A Refresher on Evaluation Tamra Pearson d’Estrée Chapter 2: Peacebuilding Evaluation: Two Decades of Evolution Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Chapter 3: Challenges in Peacebuilding Evaluation: Voices From the Field Mohammed Abu-Nimer Chapter 4: Talking for the Sake of It, or Making a Difference? Measuring and Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy Peter Jones Part II: New Directions Chapter 5: Scrambling after Moving Targets: Monitoring & Evaluation Applied to Adaptive Management Approaches in Peacebuilding Peter Woodrow & Isabella Jean Chapter 6: Using Action Evaluation to Identify Shared Conceptions of Success: Towards Generating Islands of Theory Jay Rothman & Deborah Sachare Chapter 7: Everyday Peace Indicators: Renegotiating Rigor for Peacebuilding Evidence Pamina Firchow & Zach Tilton Chapter 8: Judging Peacebuilding: Attending to Values in Evaluation Reina Neufeldt Part III: Increasing Capacities Chapter 9: Reflective Practice in the Face of Complexity Tamra Pearson d’Estrée Chapter 10: Developing Essential Evaluation Competency in Conflict Resolution Professionals Mara Schoeny & Susan Allen Chapter 11: ‘Through the Portal and What the Peacebuilding Field Found There’: The DME for Peace Website and the Path to More Rigorous Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Practice Nick Oatley
