Governments and organizations of all shapes and sizes espouse values
of equity and social justice. Yet, there are many examples of unfair
social arrangements and employment conditions, dysfunctional
government practices, and growing income inequality in both developed
and developing countries worldwide. The profession and transdiscipline
of evaluation is well equipped to address issues of inequality and
social injustice, but until recently has been much more focused on
primary stakeholder and donor satisfaction (being as useful as
possible to funders of interventions and evaluations) and
accountability concerns. The authors in this volume challenge the
field of evaluation to become more concerned about using evaluation to
develop more equitable organizations, governments, and societies.
Leading evaluation theorists and practitioners including Michael
Scriven, Jennifer Greene, Thomas Schwandt, Emily Gates, Sandra
Mathison, Karen Kirkhart, Saville Kushner, Lois-Ellin Datta, Ernest
House, Robert Stake, Patricia Rogers, Robert Picciotto and Stewart
Donaldson, provide a range of visions for how evaluation can play a
much larger role in facilitating social justice across the globe.
Evaluation for an Equitable Society will be of great interest to
evaluation practitioners, students and scholars. It will be of
interest to those teaching and taking introductory evaluation courses,
as well as advanced courses focused on improving evaluation theory and
practice.
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ISBN
9781806610167
Publisert
2026
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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