Evaluation Is An Essential Element Of Professional Practice. However, There Is Little In The Literature That Is Designed To Help Students Involve And Support Young People In Evaluating The Impact Of Youth Work Activities. This Comprehensive Book Explores Current Thinking About Evaluation In The Context Of Youth Work And Community Work And Offers Both Theoretical Understanding And Practical Guidance For Students, Practitioners, Organisational Leaders And Commissioners. Introduction -- Evaluation : Nature, Politics And Tensions -- What Is Evaluation? -- The Politics Of Evaluation -- Practitioners' Tensions And Dilemmas -- Participatory Evaluation -- What Is Participatory Evaluation? -- Participatory Evaluation Approaches -- Transformative Evaluation -- Learning In Participatory Evaluation -- Participatory Evaluation In Practice -- Preparing For Evaluation -- Data In Participatory Evaluation -- Methods For Generating Data -- Analysing Data -- Sharing Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Index. Susan Cooper. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.