New Directions in Peacebuilding Evaluation

In this landmark collection, the voices of pathMakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field.

Preface
Introduction

Part I: Taking Stock
Chapter 1: A Refresher on Evaluation
Tamra Pearson d'Estré e
Chapter 2: Peacebuilding Evaluation: Two Decades of Evolution
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church
Chapter 3: Challenges in Peacebuilding Evaluation: Voices From the Field
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Chapter 4: Talking for the Sake of It, or Making a Difference? Measuring and Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy
Peter Jones

Part II: New Directions
Chapter 5: Scrambling after Moving Targets: Monitoring & Evaluation Applied to Adaptive Management Approaches in Peacebuilding
Peter Woodrow & Isabella Jean
Chapter 6: Using Action Evaluation to Identify Shared Conceptions of Success: Towards Generating Islands of Theory
Jay Rothman & Deborah Sachare
Chapter 7: Everyday Peace Indicators: Renegotiating Rigor for Peacebuilding Evidence
Pamina Firchow & Zach Tilton
Chapter 8: Judging Peacebuilding: Attending to Values in Evaluation
Reina Neufeldt

Part III: Increasing Capacities
Chapter 9: Reflective Practice in the Face of Complexity
Tamra Pearson d'Estré e
Chapter 10: Developing Essential Evaluation Competency in Conflict Resolution Professionals
Mara Schoeny & Susan Allen
Chapter 11: 'Through the Portal and What the Peacebuilding Field Found There': The DME for Peace Website and the Path to More Rigorous Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Practice
Nick Oatley