Evaluation in the Extreme : Research, Impact and Politics in Violently Divided Societies.

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Explores the challenges of identifying and evaluating the positive and negative impacts of research (broadly defined) in a broad range of conflict-affected societies driven by armed conflict, political depredation and social violence.

Preface; Acknowledgements; I: INTRODUCTION; Research, Impact and Politics in Violently Divided Societies: An Evaluative Lens for Small Scale Maps -- Kenneth Bush and Colleen Duggan; Fundamental Issues in Evaluation and Research in Violently Divided Societies: An Analysis of the Literature -- Philip McDermott, Zahbia Yousuf, Jacqueline Strecker and Ethel Méndez; II: ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS AND REFLEXIVITY; Introduction to Part II; The Role of Accountability and Evaluation of Research on/in Violently Divided Societies -- Brendan S. Whitty; The Ethics of Evaluating Research: Views from the Field -- Janaka Jayawickrama and Jacqueline Strecker; III: EVALUATION, EVIDENCE AND POLICY; Introduction to Part III; Research within Evaluation: The Case of Northern Ireland -- Colin Knox; Evaluation of the Influence of Research on Policy and Practice in a Post-conflict Society: HIV/AIDS Research in South Africa -- Kevin Kelly; IV: ROLES AND PERSPECTIVES; Introduction to Part IV; Evaluation and Vulnerable Groups: Forgotten Spaces -- Sonal Zaveri; Interpreting and Evaluating a Non-profit Organisation in a Divided Society: A Funder's Perspective -- John A Healy and John R Healy; V: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Introduction to Part V; Building the field of Evaluation in Violently Divided Societies -- Katherine Hay; Lessons for Researchers and Evaluators Working 'in the Extreme' -- Colleen Duggan and Kenneth Bush; Bibliography; Index;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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