Assessment in Political Science
Author: Kerstin Hamann
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781878147523
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The Politics of Evaluation
Author: Taylor, David
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2005-01-19
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1861346050
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe widespread popularity of evaluation is based on the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political activity, and using a wide range of examples it relates practical issues in evaluation design to their political contexts.
The Politics of Expertise in Congress
Author: Bruce Allen Bimber
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780791430590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the relationship between technical experts and elected officials, challenging the prevailing view about how experts become politicized by the policy process.
Teaching Civic Engagement
Author: Alison Rios Millett McCartney
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9781878147400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeaching Civic Engagement provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century. The book addresses theoretical debates over the place of civic engagement education in Political Science. It offers pedagogical examples in several sub-fields, including evidence of their effectiveness and models of appropriate assessment. Written by political scientists from a range of institutions and subfields, Teaching Civic Engagement makes the case that civic and political engagement should be a central part of our mission as a discipline.
The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders
Author: Jerrold M. Post
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2005-03-23
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 0472068385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders such as Hussein, Bush, Blair, and bin Laden. Through exacting case studies and the careful sifting of evidence, Jerrold Post and his team of contributors lay out an effective system of at-a-distance evaluation. Observations from political psychology, psycholinguistics and a range of other disciplines join forces to produce comprehensive political and psychological profiles, and a deeper understanding of the volatile influences of personality on global affairs. Even in this age of free-flowing global information, capital, and people, sovereign states and boundaries remain the hallmark of the international order -- a fact which is especially clear from the events of September 11th and the War on Terrorism. Jerrold M. Post, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology, and International Affairs, and Director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University. He is the founder of the CIA's Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior.
High Stakes
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1998-12-16
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0309173469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryone is in favor of "high education standards" and "fair testing" of student achievement, but there is little agreement as to what these terms actually mean. High Stakes looks at how testing affects critical decisions for American students. As more and more tests are introduced into the country's schools, it becomes increasingly important to know how those tests are usedâ€"and misusedâ€"in assessing children's performance and achievements. High Stakes focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas. This book sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway. The expert panel: Proposes how to judge the appropriateness of a test. Explores how to make tests reliable, valid, and fair. Puts forward strategies and practices to promote proper test use. Recommends how decisionmakers in education shouldâ€"and should notâ€"use test results. The book discusses common misuses of testing, their political and social context, what happens when test issues are taken to court, special student populations, social promotion, and more. High Stakes will be of interest to anyone concerned about the long-term implications for individual students of picking up that Number 2 pencil: policymakers, education administrators, test designers, teachers, and parents.
Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations
Author: John Ishiyama
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2015-02-27
Total Pages: 493
ISBN-13: 1782548483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith a focus on providing concrete teaching strategies for scholars, the Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations blends both theory and practice in an accessible and clear manner. In an effort to help faculty
Shaping Strategy
Author: Risa Brooks
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2018-06-05
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 0691188289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGood strategic assessment does not guarantee success in international relations, but bad strategic assessment dramatically increases the risk of disastrous failure. The most glaring example of this reality is playing out in Iraq today. But what explains why states and their leaders are sometimes so good at strategic assessment--and why they are sometimes so bad at it? Part of the explanation has to do with a state's civil-military relations. In Shaping Strategy, Risa Brooks develops a novel theory of how states' civil-military relations affect strategic assessment during international conflicts. And her conclusions have broad practical importance: to anticipate when states are prone to strategic failure abroad, we must look at how civil-military relations affect the analysis of those strategies at home. Drawing insights from both international relations and comparative politics, Shaping Strategy shows that good strategic assessment depends on civil-military relations that encourage an easy exchange of information and a rigorous analysis of a state's own relative capabilities and strategic environment. Among the diverse case studies the book illuminates, Brooks explains why strategic assessment in Egypt was so poor under Gamal Abdel Nasser prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and why it improved under Anwar Sadat. The book also offers a new perspective on the devastating failure of U.S. planning for the second Iraq war. Brooks argues that this failure, far from being unique, is an example of an assessment pathology to which states commonly succumb.
Advances in Experimental Political Science
Author: James N. Druckman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-04
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 1108478506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNovel collection of essays addressing contemporary trends in political science, covering a broad array of methodological and substantive topics.
Field Research in Political Science
Author: Diana Kapiszewski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-03-19
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 1107006031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explains how field research contributes value to political science by exploring scholars' experiences, detailing exemplary practices, and asserting key principles.
