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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480161803321

Autore

House Ernest R

Titolo

Values in evaluation and social research [[electronic resource] /] / Ernest R. House, Kenneth R. Howe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-322-42076-9

0-7619-1154-5

1-4522-5177-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HoweKenneth R (Kenneth Ross)

Disciplina

300.72

Soggetti

Evaluation research (Social action programs)

Social sciences - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Problem of Values; Part I - Value Claims; Chapter 1 - Facts and Values; Chapter 2 - Evaluative Reasoning; Part II - Critiques of other Views; Chapter 3 - The Received View; Chapter 4 - The Radical Constructivist View; Chapter 5 - The Postmodernist View; Part III - Deliberative Democratic Evaluation; Chapter 6 - The Deliberative Democratic View; Chapter 7 - Good Practice; Conclusion: The Role of Evaluation in Society; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a compelling examination of the concept of values in program evaluation.