Kim Forss – författare & böcker

Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation

Increasing Relevance and Utility

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

2 160 kr

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Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation is the first book to advocate the virtues of a long-term perspective for policy evaluation as well as to show how evaluations can take a longer time perspective than they usually do. To get there, it is necessary to understand the decision-making context of evaluations and study the obstacles and the resistance toward long-term perspectives – as knowledge of that will lay the ground for more effective advocacy.The book is divided into three parts: the first section examines different aspects of methodology and methods. In the next section, authors present case studies of long-term evaluations, examine their own experiences of such evaluations and discuss difficulties, challenges and lessons learned. Cases discussed include: education sector reforms in Sweden, local governance reforms in Denmark, policy interventions in Southern Italy and Brazil, and Paris Declaration Principles of aid effectiveness such as Swedish aid to Tanzania, Vietnam, Laos and Sri Lanka. Finally, the third section sees the authors turn to a set of contextual issues and concluding remarks. Bringing together a rich collection of insights and a renowned group of experts, Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation: Increasing Relevance and Utility, constitutes a significant landmark in the field.

Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation

Increasing Relevance and Utility

AvKim Forss,Ida Lindkvistm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

632 kr

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Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation is the first book to advocate the virtues of a long-term perspective for policy evaluation as well as to show how evaluations can take a longer time perspective than they usually do. To get there, it is necessary to understand the decision-making context of evaluations and study the obstacles and the resistance toward long-term perspectives – as knowledge of that will lay the ground for more effective advocacy.The book is divided into three parts: the first section examines different aspects of methodology and methods. In the next section, authors present case studies of long-term evaluations, examine their own experiences of such evaluations and discuss difficulties, challenges and lessons learned. Cases discussed include: education sector reforms in Sweden, local governance reforms in Denmark, policy interventions in Southern Italy and Brazil, and Paris Declaration Principles of aid effectiveness such as Swedish aid to Tanzania, Vietnam, Laos and Sri Lanka. Finally, the third section sees the authors turn to a set of contextual issues and concluding remarks. Bringing together a rich collection of insights and a renowned group of experts, Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation: Increasing Relevance and Utility, constitutes a significant landmark in the field.

Towards Sustainable Futures

The Role of Evaluation

AvIda Kristine Lindkvist,Per Øyvind Bastøem. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

2 160 kr

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Towards Sustainable Futures serves as a guide to better understand what roles evaluation can play in sustainability. Rather than proposing a single definition of sustainability or methodological approach, this book gives us the tools to improve the quality and relevance of evaluation of sustainability. Divided into two parts, the first part introduces the reader to key debates and challenges related to evaluation of sustainability. Part Two provides examples of methods and applications. By combining a stellar line up of specialists, theorists, and practitioners in the field of development evaluation with expert, accessible and engaged analysis of key issues, Towards Sustainable Futures is a must-read source for re-tooling and re-focussing evaluation towards the green transition imperative. It should be essential reading for scholars and practitioners of evaluation.Chapters 1, 4, 6 and 15 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Towards Sustainable Futures

The Role of Evaluation

AvIda Kristine Lindkvist,Per Øyvind Bastøem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

646 kr

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Towards Sustainable Futures serves as a guide to better understand what roles evaluation can play in sustainability. Rather than proposing a single definition of sustainability or methodological approach, this book gives us the tools to improve the quality and relevance of evaluation of sustainability. Divided into two parts, the first part introduces the reader to key debates and challenges related to evaluation of sustainability. Part Two provides examples of methods and applications. By combining a stellar line up of specialists, theorists, and practitioners in the field of development evaluation with expert, accessible and engaged analysis of key issues, Towards Sustainable Futures is a must-read source for re-tooling and re-focussing evaluation towards the green transition imperative. It should be essential reading for scholars and practitioners of evaluation.

Evaluating the Complex

Attribution, Contribution and Beyond

AvMita Marra,Kim Forssm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

840 kr

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In the economic atmosphere following the crisis of 2008, not only have governments reacted by creating more complex policy initiatives, but they have also promised that all of these initiatives will be evaluated. Due to the complexity of many of the initiatives, the ways of evaluating are becoming equally complex.The book begins with a theoretical and conceptual explanation of the process and shows how this translates into the practice of evaluation. The chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, such as poverty, homelessness, smoking prevention, HIV/AIDS, and child labor. The use of case studies sheds light on the conceptual ideas at work in organizations addressing some of the world's largest and most varied problems.The evaluation process seeks a balance between order and chaos. The interaction of four elements‘simplicity, inventiveness, flexibility, and specificity allows complex patterns to emerge. The case studies illustrate this framework and provide a number of examples of practical management of complexity, in light of contingency theories of the evaluation process itself. These theories in turn match the complexity of evaluated policies, strategies, and programs. The evaluation process is examined for its impact on policy outcomes and choices.

Speaking Justice to Power

Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators

AvKim Forss

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

688 kr

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Efficiency, economy, and equity are policy goals pursued by governments around the world, but analysts and evaluators have devoted more effort to measuring and evaluating the first two. In Speaking Justice to Power, contributors examine the concept of equity, the role it plays, and its application in policy evaluation.Here some of the most valuable thinkers in the area of policy studies address key questions: How should evaluators develop criteria for measuring equity as they analyze both program and policy implementation as well as their impacts? What distinctions among people should be taken into account when measuring and valuing impacts? What sorts of data should be used to analyze processes and impacts in different settings? How might such data be validated?The contributors employ grounded-theory thinking as they translate key ethical principles into their work and draw important lessons from their experiences. The work discusses equity in interventions addressing a variety of social and environmental problems. This volume continues the fine tradition of Transaction's Comparative Policy Evaluation series.

Evaluating the Complex

Attribution, Contribution and Beyond

AvMita Marra,Kim Forssm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

2 160 kr

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In the economic atmosphere following the crisis of 2008, not only have governments reacted by creating more complex policy initiatives, but they have also promised that all of these initiatives will be evaluated. Due to the complexity of many of the initiatives, the ways of evaluating are becoming equally complex.The book begins with a theoretical and conceptual explanation of the process and shows how this translates into the practice of evaluation. The chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, such as poverty, homelessness, smoking prevention, HIV/AIDS, and child labor. The use of case studies sheds light on the conceptual ideas at work in organizations addressing some of the world's largest and most varied problems.The evaluation process seeks a balance between order and chaos. The interaction of four elements—simplicity, inventiveness, flexibility, and specificity—allows complex patterns to emerge. The case studies illustrate this framework and provide a number of examples of practical management of complexity, in light of contingency theories of the evaluation process itself. These theories in turn match the complexity of evaluated policies, strategies, and programs. The evaluation process is examined for its impact on policy outcomes and choices.

Speaking Justice to Power

Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators

AvKim Forss

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

2 160 kr

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Efficiency, economy, and equity are policy goals pursued by governments around the world, but analysts and evaluators have devoted more effort to measuring and evaluating the first two. In Speaking Justice to Power, contributors examine the concept of equity, the role it plays, and its application in policy evaluation.Here some of the most valuable thinkers in the area of policy studies address key questions: How should evaluators develop criteria for measuring equity as they analyze both program and policy implementation as well as their impacts? What distinctions among people should be taken into account when measuring and valuing impacts? What sorts of data should be used to analyze processes and impacts in different settings? How might such data be validated?The contributors employ grounded-theory thinking as they translate key ethical principles into their work and draw important lessons from their experiences. The work discusses equity in interventions addressing a variety of social and environmental problems. This volume continues the fine tradition of Transaction's Comparative Policy Evaluation series.

Landskap i tusch: ide, historia och praktik i kinesisk konst

AvKim Forss

Inbunden, Svenska, 2019

540 kr

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Den här boken handlar om att närma sig det kinesiska tuschmåleriet och den närmar sig tuschmålning från två håll. För det första genom att skildra dess bakgrund, berätta om några konstnärer och reflektera över bilder de målat. Genom att kunna något mera om historien bakom bilderna blir det lättare att roas och inspireras av dem. För det andra handlar boken om att måla; vad man behöver för material och hur man kan välja rätt bland det stora utbudet av penslar, papper, mm. Tusch skiljer sig från att måla med vattenfärger och jag ger exempel på motiv, komposition, och effekter. Det är inte en handbok i att måla, utan mera diskussion och reflektion över mina egna erfarenheter.

Titeln anger att det handlar om idé, historia och praktik. Boken är indelad i sju kapitel, varav två handlar om idé, två handlar om historia och två handlar om praktik. Det avslutande sjunde kapitlet handlar om hur det landskapsmåleriet spridits utanför Kina.

Kapitel 1 tar upp frågan om att läsa bilder, dvs. om att förstå vad det är konstnärerna uttrycker, symbolerna i bilderna, hur kvalitet uppfattas och vad som gör en bild bra. Kapitel 6 handlar om politik - om konstnärernas tankar och erfarenheter av makt, resurser och samhällets utveckling. De kinesiska konstnärerna har ofta förhållit sig till dagsaktuell politik. Genom konsten har de kritiserat maktens innehavare, tagit personlig ställning i konflikter, uttryckt en vilja till förändring, uppmanat betraktarna till revolt. Ibland är det svårt att se sådana budskap i bilderna, kapitlet ger en inledning till att förstå det politiska i landskapen. Detta är de två kapitlen om konstens idé.

Kapitel 2 och 3 har ett konsthistoriskt anslag. I kapitlen presenterats ett antal konstnärer; kapitel 2 har ett urval av sådana som varit verksamma från tidernas begynnelse och fram till 1900-talets början, och kapitel 3 några som fört traditionen vidare under 1900-talet och fram till idag. Det är korta presentationer av respektive konstnärs liv och analys av ett urval bilder. Detta är de två historiska kapitlen.

Kapitel 4 och 5 handlar om att måla. De material man använder; tusch, penslar, rivsten och papper, har en lång kulturhistoria. De är konstföremål i sin egen kraft och de har förfinats genom utsökt hantverk under århundraden, för att inte säga årtusenden. Föremålen presenteras i kapitel 4; hur man går till väga när man använder dem skildras i kapitel 5. Detta är de två praktiskt inriktade kapitlen.

Det avslutande kapitlet, nummer 7, handlar om hur den kinesiska konsten upptäckts, tagits emot och inspirerat konstnärer i andra länder. Traditionen att måla landskap i tusch är levande och stark i Kina, Korea och Japan, och även i den kinesiska kulturens diaspora. Kapitlet handlar om hur konstnärer ur en annan tradition av bildskapande har anammat tuschmålning. Ibland är det material och metoder, ibland idé och filosofi, ibland lite av varje. De konstnärer som presenteras i kapitlet är några exempel på sådana som närmat sig den kinesiska traditionen och berikats genom det – och berikat oss andra med sina verk.

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Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation

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Towards Sustainable Futures

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Evaluating the Complex

Speaking Justice to Power

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