Reynolds, Martin
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Abstract
Developmental evaluation questions the ethical basis of an intervention in terms of whether it’s ‘doing the right thing’ rather than merely ‘doing things right’. But developmental evaluation invites a space for exploring not only ethical but also political issues associated particularly with equity-focused evaluations. Drawing on ideas from critical systems thinking (CST) and critical systems heuristics, an evaluation framework with a pro-equity focus is suggested. The framework addresses issues of complex interrelationships, invites theory of change associated with philosophical ethics, and provides a means of surfacing, and potentially transforming, debilitating relations of power in a complex evaluand. A case study of the long-standing Narmada project in India is used to illustrate the workings of proposed framework. The paper describes how the underpinning methodological ideas of CST incorporating triple-loop learning can enhance the practice of developmental evaluation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2012 The Author |
| Keywords: | developmental evaluation; ethics; critical systems thinking; critical systems heuristics; theory of change; triple-loop learning |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Research Group: | Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD) |
| Item ID: | 36332 |
| Depositing User: | Martin Reynolds |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2013 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2017 12:06 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/36332 |
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