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Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Policy-Making
Theory, Practise and Quality Assurance
9780857932549 Edward Elgar Publishing
This pathbreaking book contributes to the discourse of evidence-based policy-making. It does so by combining the two issues of policy evaluation and sustainable development linking both to the policy-cycle.
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This pathbreaking book contributes to the discourse of evidence-based policy-making. It does so by combining the two issues of policy evaluation and sustainable development linking both to the policy-cycle. It covers contributions:
· examining the perception of sustainability problems, which analyse the relationship between sustainability and assessment;
· highlighting the role of evaluation and impact assessment studies during policy formulation;
· looking at policy implementation by examining sustainability and impact assessment systems in different application areas;
· addressing policy reformulation by considering monitoring and quality improvement schemes;
· assessing the quality of sustainability evaluation studies.
Providing theoretic insights, reflections and case studies, this novel study will prove essential to postgraduate students, practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in the area of sustainable development, policy-making and evaluation.
· examining the perception of sustainability problems, which analyse the relationship between sustainability and assessment;
· highlighting the role of evaluation and impact assessment studies during policy formulation;
· looking at policy implementation by examining sustainability and impact assessment systems in different application areas;
· addressing policy reformulation by considering monitoring and quality improvement schemes;
· assessing the quality of sustainability evaluation studies.
Providing theoretic insights, reflections and case studies, this novel study will prove essential to postgraduate students, practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in the area of sustainable development, policy-making and evaluation.
Critical Acclaim
‘Compared to other collections in this field, Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Policy-Making, Theory, Practise and Quality Assurance is straightforward in its style and writing. . . There are no strange hypotheses, no jargon, no digressions, and no endless dis-cussion. The quality of the argumentation deployed here is impressive: the notes, figures, and remarks about research results are detailed and carefully crafted.’
– Yves Laberge, Science & Public Policy
‘This thought-provoking and wide-ranging handbook covers a very wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable development and is a worthy addition to the bookshelf of those working in this area, whether they be evaluators, researchers, students or indeed the policy-makers themselves.’
– Keith Dawson, Experimental Agriculture
– Yves Laberge, Science & Public Policy
‘This thought-provoking and wide-ranging handbook covers a very wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable development and is a worthy addition to the bookshelf of those working in this area, whether they be evaluators, researchers, students or indeed the policy-makers themselves.’
– Keith Dawson, Experimental Agriculture
Contributors
Contributors: J. Bakkes, S. Böschen, K. Diehl, F.J. Dietz, I. de la Flor, C. George, A.H. Hanemaaijer, K. Helming, A. Hirschbeck, B. Hirschl, T. Kaphengst, C. Kirkpatrick, D. Knoblauch, J. Koniecki, M. Lehtonen, A. Martinuzzi, A.C.M. Meuwese, W. Meyer, A. Neumann, F. Rubik, R. Stecker, C. Stevens, R. Stockmann, K. Umpfenbach, A. von Raggamby, S. White, T. Widmer
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Frieder Rubik, Anneke von Raggamby and Anna Hirschbeck
PART I: PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS
1. Understanding Sustainability Evaluation and its Contributions to Policy-Making
Reinhard Stockmann
2. How to Select Policy-Relevant Indicators for Sustainable Development
Frank J. Dietz and Albert H. Hanemaaijer
3. Should Evaluation be Revisited for Sustainable Development?
Wolfgang Meyer
PART II: POLICY FORMATION: THE ROLE OF EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT
4. A Basic Roadmap for Sustainability Assessments: The SIMPLE Methodology
Candice Stevens
5. Political Challenges in Policy-Level Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Case of Trade Policy
Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick
6. Integrated Approaches for Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Tools: The Example of Land Use
Katharina Helming, Ignacio de la Flor and Katharina Diehl
7. Politics of (Non-)Knowledge: Problems of Evaluation, Validity and Legitimacy
Stefan Böschen
PART III: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATION AREAS
8. How Informed Should Decisions Be?
Stephen White and Jakub Koniecki
9. Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Continuation of Politics by Other Means?
Anne C.M. Meuwese
10. Science-Policy Interface and the Role of Impact Assessments in the Case of Biofuels
Bernd Hirschl, Timo Kaphengst, Anna Neumann and Katharina Umpfenbach
PART IV: POLICY REFORMULATION: MONITORING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
11. Indicators as an Appraisal Technology: Framework for Analysing the Policy Influence of the UK Energy Sector Indicators
Markku Lehtonen
PART V: QUALITY AND EVALUATION
12. Quality Requirements for Sustainability Evaluations
Anneke von Raggamby, Frieder Rubik, Doris Knoblauch and Rebecca Stecker
13. Bellagio SusTainability Assessment and Measurement Principles (BellagioSTAMP) – Significance and Examples from International Environmental Outlooks
Jan Bakkes
14. Evaluation Quality in the Context of Sustainability
Thomas Widmer
15. Developing and Mapping a Community for Evaluating Sustainable Development
André Martinuzzi
Index
Introduction
Frieder Rubik, Anneke von Raggamby and Anna Hirschbeck
PART I: PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS
1. Understanding Sustainability Evaluation and its Contributions to Policy-Making
Reinhard Stockmann
2. How to Select Policy-Relevant Indicators for Sustainable Development
Frank J. Dietz and Albert H. Hanemaaijer
3. Should Evaluation be Revisited for Sustainable Development?
Wolfgang Meyer
PART II: POLICY FORMATION: THE ROLE OF EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT
4. A Basic Roadmap for Sustainability Assessments: The SIMPLE Methodology
Candice Stevens
5. Political Challenges in Policy-Level Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Case of Trade Policy
Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick
6. Integrated Approaches for Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Tools: The Example of Land Use
Katharina Helming, Ignacio de la Flor and Katharina Diehl
7. Politics of (Non-)Knowledge: Problems of Evaluation, Validity and Legitimacy
Stefan Böschen
PART III: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATION AREAS
8. How Informed Should Decisions Be?
Stephen White and Jakub Koniecki
9. Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Continuation of Politics by Other Means?
Anne C.M. Meuwese
10. Science-Policy Interface and the Role of Impact Assessments in the Case of Biofuels
Bernd Hirschl, Timo Kaphengst, Anna Neumann and Katharina Umpfenbach
PART IV: POLICY REFORMULATION: MONITORING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
11. Indicators as an Appraisal Technology: Framework for Analysing the Policy Influence of the UK Energy Sector Indicators
Markku Lehtonen
PART V: QUALITY AND EVALUATION
12. Quality Requirements for Sustainability Evaluations
Anneke von Raggamby, Frieder Rubik, Doris Knoblauch and Rebecca Stecker
13. Bellagio SusTainability Assessment and Measurement Principles (BellagioSTAMP) – Significance and Examples from International Environmental Outlooks
Jan Bakkes
14. Evaluation Quality in the Context of Sustainability
Thomas Widmer
15. Developing and Mapping a Community for Evaluating Sustainable Development
André Martinuzzi
Index
