Edited by Ray C. Rist, Operations Evaluation Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC, US

'This volume provides very comprehensive coverage of the subject.'

• Contents: Acknowledgements IntroductionPart I: Policy Evaluation and the Policy ArenaA. Theoretical Perspectives1. E. Albaek (1989–90), ‘Policy Evaluation: Design and Utilization’2. F.L. Leeuw (1991), ‘Policy Theories, Knowledge Utilization, and Evaluation’3. D.J. Palumbo and M.A. Hallett (1993), ‘Conflict Versus Consensus Models in Policy Evaluation and Implementation’B. Policy Evaluation and Policy Instruments4. M. Howlett (1991), ‘Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation: National Approaches to Theories of Instrument Choice’5. M. Wrightson and T. Conlan (1989), ‘Targeting Aid to the Poor: What Have We Learned About Allocating Intergovernmental Grants?’6. B. Abel Smith (1992), ‘Cost Containment and New Priorities in the European Community’C. Policy Evaluation and Utilization7. A. Gray and B. Jenkins (1989–90), ‘Policy Evaluation in a Time of Fiscal Stress: Some Reflections from British Experience’8. M.L. Bemelmans-Videc (1989–90), ’Dutch Experience in the Utilization of Evaluation Research: The Procedure of Reconsideration’9. D.H. Greenberg and M.B. Mandell (1991), ‘Research Utilization in Policymaking: A Tale of Two Series (of Social Experiments)’10. J.E. Katz (1993), ‘Science, Technology, and Congress’D. Policy Evaluation and Governance11. J.-P. Nioche (1992), ‘Institutionalizing Evaluations in France: Skating on Thin Ice?’12. M. Bamberger (1991), ‘The Politics of Evaluation in Developing Countries’13. H.-U. Derlien (1992), ‘Two-Track Processes: Budgeting, Auditing and Evaluation in the Federal Republic of Germany’Part II: The Policy CycleA. Policy Formulation14. D.A. Rochefort and R.W. Cobb (1993), ‘Problem Definition, Agenda Access, and Policy Choice’15. M. Peters and J. Marshall (1993), ‘Educational Policy Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation’16. S.B. Kamerman and A.J. Kahn (1989), ‘Family Policy: Has The United States Learned From Europe’?17. C.A. Arnold (1989), ‘Beyond Self-Interest: Policy Entrepreneurs and Aid to the Homeless’B. Policy Implementation18. R.C. Lippincott and R.P. Stoker (1992), ‘Policy Design for Implementation Effectiveness: Structural Change in a County Court System’19. S. Jasanoff (1991), ‘Cross-National Differences in Policy Implementation’20. G. Byner 91991), ‘Implementing Global Environmental Agreements’C. Policy Accountability21. R.C. Rist (1989), ‘Management Accountability: The Signals Sent by Auditing and Evaluation’22. M. Bamberger (1989), ‘The Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Programs in Asia: Why are Development Programs Monitored but Not Evaluated?’23. J.W. Guthrie (1991), ‘The World’s New Political Economy is Politicizing Educational Evaluation’Part III: Sectorial Policy EvaluationA. Environment24. L. Gan (1992–3), ‘Global Environmental Policy in Social Context: The Case of China’B. Health Insurance25. J.A Wysong and T. Abel (1990), ‘Universal Health Insurance and High-risk Groups in West Germany: Implications for U.S. Health Policy’C. Education26. P.A. McGavin (1991), ‘Policy Evaluation of Investment in Education: A Papua New Guinea Study’D. Economic Development27. D.L Brown and M.E. Warner (1991), ‘Persistent Low-Income Nonmetroplolitan Areas in the United States: Some Conceptual Challenges for Development Policy’E. Industrial Relations28. D. Marsh (1991), ‘British Industrial Relations Policy Transformed: The Thatcher Legacy’F. Energy29. D. Rahm (1993), ‘US Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case of Solar Energy’G. Child Support30. J. Millar and P. Whiteford (1993), ‘Child Support in Lone-Parent Families: Policies in Australia and the UK’H. Housing31. D. Clapham and M. Satsangi (1992), ‘Performance Assessment and Accountability in British Housing Management’Name Index