About the Book

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Why This Book? 1
5. 2 The Why and What of Evaluating Democracy Assistance 7
6. 3 Democracy Indicators: Their Use and Misuse in Evaluations 31
7. 4 Designing Realistic Monitoring Systems 57
8. 5 Planning and Managing Evaluations 71
9. 6 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs 87
10. 7 Nonexperimental Designs 117
11. 8 Methods for Data Collection 137
12. 9 Communicating Findings and Recommendations 167
13. 10 Concluding Observations 191
14. Appendix 1: Acronyms 199
15. Appendix 2: Glossary of Evaluation Terms 201
16. Appendix 3: A Note on Democracy Assistance Programs 209
17. References 219
18. Index 231
19. About the Book 241