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СОЦИАЛНАТА ПОЛИТИКА: КАПАНИТЕ НА ОЦЕНКАТА
SOCIAL POLICY: THE PITFALLS OF EVALUATION

Author(s): Tatiana Tomova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Governance, Public Administration
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: social policy; policy impact; evaluation; indicators for evaluation; policy of evaluation.

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the alternative approaches and related indicators, that can be used for social policy evaluation. The thesis is that values and ideas for needed development of community are concealed behind the choice of method and indicators for evaluation. Therefore the evaluation purpose can be easily changed and instead of being used for policy process improvement it could serve the political completion. In this case the policy evaluation loses its rational character. If there is a politics of evaluation, we need a policy of evaluation.

  • Issue Year: 2/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 61-73
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian