The science of evaluation a realist manifesto / Ray Pawson.
| Author/creator | Pawson, Ray, 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, |
| Description | xix, 216 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from SAGE Research Methods Core |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Precursors: seven pillars of realist wisdom -- First principles: a realist diagnostic workshop -- A complexity checklist -- Contested complexity -- Informed guesswork: the realist reponse to complexity -- Invisible mechanisms I: the long road to behavioural change -- Invisible mechanisms II: clinical interventions as social interventions -- Synthesis as science: the bumpy road to legislative change -- Conclusion: a mutually monitoring, disputatious community of truth seekers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-209) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012942929 |
| ISBN | 9781446252420 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1446252426 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1446252434 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781446252437 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |