The Role of Evaluation in Democracy: Can it be Strengthened by Evaluation Standards? A European Perspective
Main Article Content
Abstract
Evaluation should make a contribution to the further development of politics and society. Evaluation is itself a productive factor in democratic societies and is obliged to function according to its goals and rules. The general theme around this paper is to discuss possibilities to enhance the contribution that evaluation can make to foster democratic governance. I will address a very small aspect of this big issue. My perspective will be on evaluation as a profession and a community which is on the way to establishing its position in modern democracies, supported by making explicit its own standards for good evaluation practice.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright and Permissions
Authors retain full copyright for articles published in JMDE. JMDE publishes under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY - NC 4.0). Users are allowed to copy, distribute, and transmit the work in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes, provided that the original authors and source are credited accurately and appropriately. Only the original authors may distribute the article for commercial or compensatory purposes. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org
References
Beywl, W., Speer S., & Kehr, J. (2004). Wirkungsorientierte Evaluation im Rahmen der Armuts- und Reichtumsberichterstattung. Perspektivstudie; Bonn; published by the German Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (BMGS). Available at http://www.univation.org/index.php?class=Calimero_Article&id=54
Bussmann, W. (2006). Gesetzesevaluation und experimentelle Rechtsetzung. In: ius.fullNo 1/2006 (pp. 42-52).
Bustelo, M. (2004). The potential role of standards and guidelines in the development of an evaluation culture: The case of Spain. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the European Evaluation Society. Berlin.
CCE (Centre de Compétences en Evaluation). (1997). Guidelines for health programme & project evaluation planning. Available at http://www.bag.admin.ch/cce/e/index.htm
DeGEval (Gesellschaft für Evaluation) (2004). Revisionsprozess der standards für evaluation. Available at http://www.degeval.de/index.php?class=Calimero_Webpage&id=9027
Donaldson, S. I., & Scriven, M. (2003). Diverse vision for evaluation in the new millennium: Should we integrate or embrace diversity. In S. I. Donaldson & M. Scriven (Eds.), Evaluating social programs and problems: Visions for the new millennium (pp. 3-16). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410606556
European Commission-DG Budget (2003). Evaluating EU activities: A practical guide for the commission services. Brussels: European Commission, 2003. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/budget/evaluation/pdf/pub_eval_activities_full_en.PDF
European Commission-DG Regional Policy (1999). The MEANS collection. Evaluating socio- economic programmes. Luxembourg. Off. for Official Publ. of the Europ. Communities. Available at http://www.eureval.com/publications/means.htm
European Commission-DG Regional Policy (2003). The guide. Evaluation of socio-economic development. Available at http://www.evalsed.info/
EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction). (1998). Guidelines for the evaluation of drug prevention. Lisbon. Available at http://www.emcdda.eu.in
FTEVAL (Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung). (2003). Standards der evaluierung in der technologie- und forschungspolitik. Vienna. Available at http://www.fteval.at/standards/
Heckman, J. J., & Smith J. A. (1996). Experimental and nonexperimental evaluation. In G. Schmid, J. O ́Reilly, & K. Schömann (Eds.), International handbook of labour market policy and evaluation (pp. 37-88). Cheltenham. Edward Elgar.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781954256.00008
House, E. R., & Howe, K .R. (1999). Values in evaluation and social research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452243252
Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (1994). The program evaluation standards (2nd ed.) Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
Rossi, P., Freeman, H. & Lipsey, Mark (1999): Evaluation: A systematic approach (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Shadish, W. R., Cook, T .D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Stufflebeam, D. L. (2001). New directions for evaluation: Evaluation models (Vol. 89). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Widmer, T. (2004a). EES policy on standards, guidelines, codes and principles in evaluation (Draft proposal). Available at http://www.europeanevaluation.org/docs/standardspolicy_v2_18022004.pdf
Widmer, T. (2004b). The development and status of evaluation standards in Western Europe. New directions for evaluation (Vol. 104, pp. 31-42). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.