Measuring Intangible Values

Name: Measuring Intangible Values
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Measuring Intangible ValuesRethinking How to Evaluate Socially Beneficial Actions\nAuthor(s): Marie Harder, Gemma Burford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138079588, 978-1138079588\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the complex problem of how to measure the success of social organisations, projects and activities. Whether improving a local situation, organizing a campaign around sustainability, or assessing the intangible effects of perceived social benefits, currently we have only have a very limited range of mechanisms for judging effectiveness. On the one hand, a market-driven logic demands that qualitative perceptions and experiences are quantified into simplified and numerically defined variables. On the other, community projects are left un-assessed, as one-off outcomes of local and situated processes that must somehow automatically make things better. For academics, researchers and other professionals working i.