The politics of policy evaluation

P. 't Hart; M.A.P. Bovens; S.L. Kuipers

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.003.0015

The politics of policy evaluation

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Abstract

This article discusses the politics of policy evaluation and approaches this in two ways, each with its own shortcomings and crucial strengths. The first approach looks at the roles and functions of policy evaluation and puts them in the wider politics of public policy making. The second looks at how the key schools of policy analysis propose to deal with the contested and inherently political nature of evaluation. The article ends with an original view of how policy analysis may cope with the challenge of ex post evaluation.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Oxford Handbook of Public Policy
Editors	M. Moran, B. Goodin, M. Rein
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	317-333
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9780199548453
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.003.0015
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008

Keywords

policy evaluation
roles and functions
public policy making
policy analysis
evaluation
ex post evaluation

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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.003.0015

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