Advancing Systems Thinking in Evaluation: A Review of Four Publications

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-470

  Hargreaves, Margaret B ^a   Podems, Donna ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

complexity theory; developmental evaluation; program theory; systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864384374     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214011435409     Document Type: Review

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