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OPENING UP THE “BLACK BOX” IN EVALUATING NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS: THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS IN ISRAEL'S PROJECT RENEWAL
Author(s) -
Alterman Rachelle
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1987.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - unitary state , cover (algebra) , diversity (politics) , context (archaeology) , process (computing) , political science , scale (ratio) , regional science , sample (material) , public administration , sociology , computer science , geography , engineering , law , cartography , archaeology , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , operating system
How successful is a particular neighborhood program? This question poses a special challenge for evaluation research. This paper demonstrates how implementation analysis can be utilized to reinforce the evaluation endeavor. Israel's Project Renewal is the laboratory. As a large‐scale national program that encompasses most towns in Israel, it provides what few programs can: the possibility of studying a large enough sample of neighborhoods to cover diversity, yet in the context of a small, unitary‐system country that provides the canopy of shared national policy, institutional structure and administrative norms.