Complexity science and world affairs / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr |
Autore | Clemens Walter C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 909.83/1 |
Collana | SUNY Series, James N. Rosenau Series in Global Politics |
Soggetto topico |
World politics - 21st century
Evaluation - Methodology Complexity (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4619-5244-1
1-4384-4903-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why a science of complexity? -- Basic concepts of complexity science -- A crucial test case: why the Baltic is not the Balkans -- Culture and the capacity to cope with complexity -- Complexity science as a tool to understand the new Eurasia -- How complexity concepts explain past and present fitness -- Hyperpower challenged: prospects for Americans -- End of the American dream? -- Toward a new paradigm for global studies: -- Challenges to complexity science -- Afterword: science and art: exploring the genome together. |
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Complexity science and world affairs / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr |
Autore | Clemens Walter C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 909.83/1 |
Collana | SUNY Series, James N. Rosenau Series in Global Politics |
Soggetto topico |
World politics - 21st century
Evaluation - Methodology Complexity (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
1-4619-5244-1
1-4384-4903-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why a science of complexity? -- Basic concepts of complexity science -- A crucial test case: why the Baltic is not the Balkans -- Culture and the capacity to cope with complexity -- Complexity science as a tool to understand the new Eurasia -- How complexity concepts explain past and present fitness -- Hyperpower challenged: prospects for Americans -- End of the American dream? -- Toward a new paradigm for global studies: -- Challenges to complexity science -- Afterword: science and art: exploring the genome together. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789060503321 |
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Complexity science and world affairs / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr |
Autore | Clemens Walter C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 909.83/1 |
Collana | SUNY Series, James N. Rosenau Series in Global Politics |
Soggetto topico |
World politics - 21st century
Evaluation - Methodology Complexity (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
1-4619-5244-1
1-4384-4903-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why a science of complexity? -- Basic concepts of complexity science -- A crucial test case: why the Baltic is not the Balkans -- Culture and the capacity to cope with complexity -- Complexity science as a tool to understand the new Eurasia -- How complexity concepts explain past and present fitness -- Hyperpower challenged: prospects for Americans -- End of the American dream? -- Toward a new paradigm for global studies: -- Challenges to complexity science -- Afterword: science and art: exploring the genome together. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806171503321 |
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Entwicklung und Evaluation Eines Trainings Zur Verbesserung der Erklarqualitat Von Schulerinnen und Schulern Im Gruppenpuzzle / / Corinna Helms |
Autore | Helms Corinna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Logos Verlag, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 pages) |
Disciplina | 001.4 |
Collana | Studien zum Physik- und Chemielernen |
Soggetto topico | Evaluation - Methodology |
ISBN | 3-8325-9228-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795558903321 |
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Entwicklung und Evaluation Eines Trainings Zur Verbesserung der Erklarqualitat Von Schulerinnen und Schulern Im Gruppenpuzzle / / Corinna Helms |
Autore | Helms Corinna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Logos Verlag, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 pages) |
Disciplina | 001.4 |
Collana | Studien zum Physik- und Chemielernen |
Soggetto topico | Evaluation - Methodology |
ISBN | 3-8325-9228-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807801203321 |
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Mixed methods and credibility of evidence in evaluation [[electronic resource] /] / Donna M. Mertens, Sharlene Hesse-Biber, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [San Francisco, Calif.], : Jossey-Bass, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MertensDonna M
Hesse-BiberSharlene Nagy |
Collana | New Directions for Evaluation |
Soggetto topico |
Evaluation - Methodology
Mixed methods research |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-72045-8
1-118-72049-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Notes; Issue Overview; Acknowledgments; References; 1. Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; What Is Mixed Methods?; Synergy and Mixed Methods Evaluation Designs; Evaluation Paradigms and Mixed Methods; References; 2. Pragmatism, Evidence, and Mixed Methods Evaluation; Deweyan Pragmatism; Intelligent Action; Intelligent Mixed Methods Evaluation and Evidence; What Is Being Mixed?; What Counts as Evidence?; What Makes Evidence Credible?; How Can Evidence Be Utilized?
Putting Intelligent Action Into PracticeThe Leadership Academy: A Case Example; Conclusion; References; 3. What Does a Transformative Lens Bring to Credible Evidence in Mixed Methods Evaluations?; Transformative Paradigm; Transformative Axiological Assumption; Transformative Ontological Assumptions; Transformative Epistemological Assumption; Transformative Methodological Assumption; Conclusions; References; 4. Considering the Evidence-and-Credibility Discussion in Evaluation Through the Lens of Dialectical Pluralism; A Brief Overview of Dialectical Pluralism Evidence-Based Practice and Its CriticsPractice-Based Evidence and Its Critics; Practice Research Networks and Communities of Practice; A Lingering Monism; A Circle of Scientific Evidence and Knowledge Model; Some Questions and Tentative Answers for Evidence-Based Evaluation; References; 5. Thinking Outside the Randomized Controlled Trials Experimental Box: Strategies for Enhancing Credibility and Social Justice; Mixed Methods and RCT; Re-Visioning RCT: Weaving and Shifting a Qualitative Component Into RCT Evaluation Designs; Prior to RCT; During the RCT; Post-RCT Putting Things Together: Evaluation Case StudyConclusions; References; 6. The Use of Mixed Methods in Randomized Control Trials; Conceptual Issues; The Black Box: Curse or Blessing?; What Are Mixed Methods?; The Use of Different Methods in a Single Study; Examples of Mixed Method Causal-Chain Analysis; Setting Out the Evaluation Framework; Develop Hypothesis and Identify Instrumental Variables; Questionnaire Design and Improved Data Collection; Implementation Failure Versus Design Failure; Fidelity of Evaluation Design; Understand How Something Works (or Why It Does Not) Presenting Results: The Power of the AnecdoteConclusions; References; 7. The Contribution of Pluralistic Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Evaluations; Using Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; Pluralistic Qualitative Evaluation; Youth Participation in a Youth Inclusion Program; Discussion; References; 8. Establishing Interpretive Consistency When Mixing Approaches: Role of Sampling Designs in Evaluations; Interpretive Consistency; Challenges Affecting Interpretive Consistency; Application of Sampling Criteria: Heuristic Example; Conclusions; References 9. Incorporating Qualitative Evidence in Systematic Reviews: Strategies and Challenges |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453540903321 |
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Mixed methods and credibility of evidence in evaluation [[electronic resource] /] / Donna M. Mertens, Sharlene Hesse-Biber, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [San Francisco, Calif.], : Jossey-Bass, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MertensDonna M
Hesse-BiberSharlene Nagy |
Collana | New Directions for Evaluation |
Soggetto topico |
Evaluation - Methodology
Mixed methods research |
ISBN |
1-118-72045-8
1-118-72049-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Notes; Issue Overview; Acknowledgments; References; 1. Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; What Is Mixed Methods?; Synergy and Mixed Methods Evaluation Designs; Evaluation Paradigms and Mixed Methods; References; 2. Pragmatism, Evidence, and Mixed Methods Evaluation; Deweyan Pragmatism; Intelligent Action; Intelligent Mixed Methods Evaluation and Evidence; What Is Being Mixed?; What Counts as Evidence?; What Makes Evidence Credible?; How Can Evidence Be Utilized?
Putting Intelligent Action Into PracticeThe Leadership Academy: A Case Example; Conclusion; References; 3. What Does a Transformative Lens Bring to Credible Evidence in Mixed Methods Evaluations?; Transformative Paradigm; Transformative Axiological Assumption; Transformative Ontological Assumptions; Transformative Epistemological Assumption; Transformative Methodological Assumption; Conclusions; References; 4. Considering the Evidence-and-Credibility Discussion in Evaluation Through the Lens of Dialectical Pluralism; A Brief Overview of Dialectical Pluralism Evidence-Based Practice and Its CriticsPractice-Based Evidence and Its Critics; Practice Research Networks and Communities of Practice; A Lingering Monism; A Circle of Scientific Evidence and Knowledge Model; Some Questions and Tentative Answers for Evidence-Based Evaluation; References; 5. Thinking Outside the Randomized Controlled Trials Experimental Box: Strategies for Enhancing Credibility and Social Justice; Mixed Methods and RCT; Re-Visioning RCT: Weaving and Shifting a Qualitative Component Into RCT Evaluation Designs; Prior to RCT; During the RCT; Post-RCT Putting Things Together: Evaluation Case StudyConclusions; References; 6. The Use of Mixed Methods in Randomized Control Trials; Conceptual Issues; The Black Box: Curse or Blessing?; What Are Mixed Methods?; The Use of Different Methods in a Single Study; Examples of Mixed Method Causal-Chain Analysis; Setting Out the Evaluation Framework; Develop Hypothesis and Identify Instrumental Variables; Questionnaire Design and Improved Data Collection; Implementation Failure Versus Design Failure; Fidelity of Evaluation Design; Understand How Something Works (or Why It Does Not) Presenting Results: The Power of the AnecdoteConclusions; References; 7. The Contribution of Pluralistic Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Evaluations; Using Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; Pluralistic Qualitative Evaluation; Youth Participation in a Youth Inclusion Program; Discussion; References; 8. Establishing Interpretive Consistency When Mixing Approaches: Role of Sampling Designs in Evaluations; Interpretive Consistency; Challenges Affecting Interpretive Consistency; Application of Sampling Criteria: Heuristic Example; Conclusions; References 9. Incorporating Qualitative Evidence in Systematic Reviews: Strategies and Challenges |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779765403321 |
[San Francisco, Calif.], : Jossey-Bass, c2013 | ||
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Mixed methods and credibility of evidence in evaluation / / Donna M. Mertens, Sharlene Hesse-Biber, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [San Francisco, Calif.], : Jossey-Bass, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MertensDonna M
Hesse-BiberSharlene Nagy |
Collana | New Directions for Evaluation |
Soggetto topico |
Evaluation - Methodology
Mixed methods research |
ISBN |
1-118-72045-8
1-118-72049-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Notes; Issue Overview; Acknowledgments; References; 1. Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation; What Is Mixed Methods?; Synergy and Mixed Methods Evaluation Designs; Evaluation Paradigms and Mixed Methods; References; 2. Pragmatism, Evidence, and Mixed Methods Evaluation; Deweyan Pragmatism; Intelligent Action; Intelligent Mixed Methods Evaluation and Evidence; What Is Being Mixed?; What Counts as Evidence?; What Makes Evidence Credible?; How Can Evidence Be Utilized?
Putting Intelligent Action Into PracticeThe Leadership Academy: A Case Example; Conclusion; References; 3. What Does a Transformative Lens Bring to Credible Evidence in Mixed Methods Evaluations?; Transformative Paradigm; Transformative Axiological Assumption; Transformative Ontological Assumptions; Transformative Epistemological Assumption; Transformative Methodological Assumption; Conclusions; References; 4. Considering the Evidence-and-Credibility Discussion in Evaluation Through the Lens of Dialectical Pluralism; A Brief Overview of Dialectical Pluralism Evidence-Based Practice and Its CriticsPractice-Based Evidence and Its Critics; Practice Research Networks and Communities of Practice; A Lingering Monism; A Circle of Scientific Evidence and Knowledge Model; Some Questions and Tentative Answers for Evidence-Based Evaluation; References; 5. Thinking Outside the Randomized Controlled Trials Experimental Box: Strategies for Enhancing Credibility and Social Justice; Mixed Methods and RCT; Re-Visioning RCT: Weaving and Shifting a Qualitative Component Into RCT Evaluation Designs; Prior to RCT; During the RCT; Post-RCT Putting Things Together: Evaluation Case StudyConclusions; References; 6. The Use of Mixed Methods in Randomized Control Trials; Conceptual Issues; The Black Box: Curse or Blessing?; What Are Mixed Methods?; The Use of Different Methods in a Single Study; Examples of Mixed Method Causal-Chain Analysis; Setting Out the Evaluation Framework; Develop Hypothesis and Identify Instrumental Variables; Questionnaire Design and Improved Data Collection; Implementation Failure Versus Design Failure; Fidelity of Evaluation Design; Understand How Something Works (or Why It Does Not) Presenting Results: The Power of the AnecdoteConclusions; References; 7. The Contribution of Pluralistic Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Evaluations; Using Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; Pluralistic Qualitative Evaluation; Youth Participation in a Youth Inclusion Program; Discussion; References; 8. Establishing Interpretive Consistency When Mixing Approaches: Role of Sampling Designs in Evaluations; Interpretive Consistency; Challenges Affecting Interpretive Consistency; Application of Sampling Criteria: Heuristic Example; Conclusions; References 9. Incorporating Qualitative Evidence in Systematic Reviews: Strategies and Challenges |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812109803321 |
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Monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation : a review of the landscape / / Dennis Bours, Colleen McGinn, Patrick Pringle, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Collana | New Directions for Evaluation |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Evaluation - Methodology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-15759-5
1-119-15758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Titlepage; Copyright; Series; Editorial Policy and Procedures; Editors' Notes; The Challenge of Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation; Key Themes; Utilizing Evaluation Research to Inform Policy and Praxis; Conclusion; References; 1: Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation: Learning From Methods in International Development; The Challenges of Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation; Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches and Techniques Useful to Adaptation; Employing an Overarching Approach To Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation; Conclusion
References2: An Actor-Oriented and Context-Specific Framework for Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation; Conceptual Framework; Risk Context; Individual Decision-Making; Adaptation Assessment; Assessing Local Adaptation to Flood Risks in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 3: Exploring Program Theory to Enhance Monitoring and Evaluation in Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Projects; Importance of Program Theory To Inform EbA Project Archetypes and M&E Design; Evidence Synthesis and Review as a Means of Assessing EbA Project Effectiveness Application of Program Theory-Based Tools in Two Case StudiesDiscussion; References; 4: An Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation of Institutional Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change: The Case of the United Kingdom's Investment in Ethiopia's Climate-Resilient Green Economy; Approach and Tools; Strengths of the Tools; Application Challenges; Conclusion; References; 5: Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development in Isiolo County, Kenya; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; References; 6: Meaningful Measurement for Community-Based Adaptation; Reframing M&E for CBA Design Conceptual Framework: M&E for CBAARCAB M&E for CBA Framework Application; Framework Challenges; Conclusion; Next Steps; References; 7: What Indicates Improved Resilience to Climate Change? A Learning and Evaluative Process Developed From a Child-Centered, Community-Based Project in the Philippines; About the CCCBA Project; Background to Our Approach: Linking Focus Groups and Indicators; Designing the Indicators and Focus Groups; Findings: The indicators; Findings: The Process; Conclusion; References 8: Linking Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation to Climate Change Across Scales: Avenues and Practical ApproachesAssessing Adaptation Across Scales; Considerations of Scale in Countries' Adaptation M&E Systems; Avenues and Practical Approaches; Discussion: Combining Information on Climate Adaptation Across Scales; Conclusions; References; 9: Monitoring, Reporting, and Evidence-Based Learning in the Climate Investment Funds' Pilot Program for Climate Resilience; Development of the PPCR Results Framework and Its Five Core Indicators Progress and Challenges in Operationalizing the Monitoring and Reporting |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461197103321 |
San Francisco, California : , : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., , 2015 | ||
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Monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation : a review of the landscape / / Dennis Bours, Colleen McGinn, Patrick Pringle, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.6 |
Collana | New Directions for Evaluation |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Evaluation - Methodology |
ISBN |
1-119-15759-5
1-119-15758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Titlepage; Copyright; Series; Editorial Policy and Procedures; Editors' Notes; The Challenge of Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation; Key Themes; Utilizing Evaluation Research to Inform Policy and Praxis; Conclusion; References; 1: Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation: Learning From Methods in International Development; The Challenges of Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation; Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches and Techniques Useful to Adaptation; Employing an Overarching Approach To Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation; Conclusion
References2: An Actor-Oriented and Context-Specific Framework for Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation; Conceptual Framework; Risk Context; Individual Decision-Making; Adaptation Assessment; Assessing Local Adaptation to Flood Risks in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 3: Exploring Program Theory to Enhance Monitoring and Evaluation in Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Projects; Importance of Program Theory To Inform EbA Project Archetypes and M&E Design; Evidence Synthesis and Review as a Means of Assessing EbA Project Effectiveness Application of Program Theory-Based Tools in Two Case StudiesDiscussion; References; 4: An Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation of Institutional Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change: The Case of the United Kingdom's Investment in Ethiopia's Climate-Resilient Green Economy; Approach and Tools; Strengths of the Tools; Application Challenges; Conclusion; References; 5: Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development in Isiolo County, Kenya; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; References; 6: Meaningful Measurement for Community-Based Adaptation; Reframing M&E for CBA Design Conceptual Framework: M&E for CBAARCAB M&E for CBA Framework Application; Framework Challenges; Conclusion; Next Steps; References; 7: What Indicates Improved Resilience to Climate Change? A Learning and Evaluative Process Developed From a Child-Centered, Community-Based Project in the Philippines; About the CCCBA Project; Background to Our Approach: Linking Focus Groups and Indicators; Designing the Indicators and Focus Groups; Findings: The indicators; Findings: The Process; Conclusion; References 8: Linking Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation to Climate Change Across Scales: Avenues and Practical ApproachesAssessing Adaptation Across Scales; Considerations of Scale in Countries' Adaptation M&E Systems; Avenues and Practical Approaches; Discussion: Combining Information on Climate Adaptation Across Scales; Conclusions; References; 9: Monitoring, Reporting, and Evidence-Based Learning in the Climate Investment Funds' Pilot Program for Climate Resilience; Development of the PPCR Results Framework and Its Five Core Indicators Progress and Challenges in Operationalizing the Monitoring and Reporting |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797663103321 |
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