Challenging the international peacebuilding evaluation discourse with qualitative methodologies

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-153

  Denskus, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Conflict; Ethnography; Evaluation; Peacebuilding; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ETHNOPOLITICS; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; WAR;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; WAR;

EID: 82855171491     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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