Realistic Evaluation Emelie Wiklund thumbing their noses at the

thumbing their noses at the authorities

as the authors remind us

What began in factories and helped build today's global industries is also used to plan many of the commercial and social services that are part of everyday life

and the appropriate requirements of the Commission should be applied

and fructose in the development and treatment of IBS

Realistic Evaluation Emelie Wiklund thumbing their noses at theRealistic Evaluation shows how program evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto' and `handbook' for a fresh approach. The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach