Professional Evaluation: Social Impact and Political Consequences (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803949966)

Why do we have evaluation? Is evaluation a discipline? How much impact does evaluation have on government, education or politics? Can social problems, such as poverty, be solved by the application of resources and intelligence? By exploring how evaluation has evolved as a discipline, science and profession, Ernest R House assesses the impact of evaluation on modern societies and the issues that this impact raises for evaluators. Issues addressed include: pluralism versus managerialism; quantitative versus qualitative methodologies; the purpose of education for knowledge production versus education for professions; and clientism and multicultural concerns.

Author: Ernest R. House
ISBN-10: 0803949960
ISBN-13: 9780803949966
Publisher: Sage Publications
Language: English
Published: 03/02/1993
Pages: 215
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.00w x 0.59d