Evaluating Urban Regeneration Programmes in Britain
Exploring the Potential of the Realist Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12567697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suet Ying Ho (0000-0001-9485-0273, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 422-438 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-3890 • E-ISSN: 1461-7153 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135638999400830084 |
| OpenAlex | W1976463490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
Since the mid-1980s, the British government has put more emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of existing and new policy initiatives. There is, however, little evidence to show that new regeneration initiatives have been formulated based on lessons learned from previous evaluation studies. The government's approach to evaluation of regeneration initiatives focuses on value for money and thus limits the scope and relevance of evaluation. I argue that there is a need to revisit the limitations of the current approach and to explore other approaches. This article aims to explore the potential of the realist approach in its application to the evaluation of regeneration programmes in Britain. A framework is proposed for constructing the Context-Mechanism-Outcome configuration put forward by Pawson and Tilley (1997). Several issues are raised for further debate. The purpose of the debate is to explore further refinements of the realist approach and to consider some of the possible problems in the research design
Context (archaeology · Engineering ethics · Environmental planning · Government (linguistics · Management science · Political science · Regeneration (biology · Relevance (law · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Urban regeneration · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |