Evaluation for an equitable society
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 worldw...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Bingley, U.K :
Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc.,
[2016]
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| Series | Evaluation and society.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781806610167 |
| DOI | 10.1108/978-1-68123-445-8 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Visions for using evaluation to develop more equitable societies / Stewart I. Donaldson and Scott I. Donaldson
- The last frontier of evaluation : Ethics / Michael Scriven
- Advancing equity : Cultivating an evaluation habit / Jennifer C. Greene
- What can evaluation do? : An agenda for evaluation in service of an equitable society / Thomas A. Schwandt and Emily F. Gates
- Confronting capitalism : Evaluation that fosters social equity / Sandra Mathison
- Equity, privilege, and validity : Traveling companions or strange bedfellows? / Karen E. Kirkhart
- Living life at the edge : Democracy, equity, and pragmatics in evaluation / Saville Kushner
- Who pays the piper : Funding sources and evaluation's contribution to equit / Lois-ellin Datta
- Inequality and conflict of interest in evaluation / Ernest R. House
- Finding merit, diminishing hurtful discrimination, with less pursuit of meritocracy / Robert E. Stake
- Understanding and supporting equity : Implications of methodological and procedural choices in equity-focused evaluations / Patricia J. Rogers
- Evaluator anxiety in an inequitable world / Robert Picciotto.