作者：KELLY, M; MAYNARDMOODY, S
作者单位：University of Kansas
摘要：Are there more insightful alternatives to the traditional methods of program evaluation? Marisa Kelly and Steven Maynard-Moody note the traditional reliance of evaluation research on methods rooted in a detached scientific positivism. Recently, a growing number of evaluation research analysts have used a post-positivist approach based on understanding agency operations from insiders' or stakeholders' perspectives. This calls for greater involvement by the analyst in facilitating discussions am...
作者：STERNBERG, E
摘要：Should planners and policy analysts rely primarily on market theory in addressing public issues? Ernest Sternberg argues that Karl Polanyi's work offers a formidable alternative. Writing in the 1940s and 1950s, Polanyi rejected the notion that the market was the sole institutional mechanism for satisfying economic wants. He posited a much broader perspective on public policy, taking social, environmental and other factors into account. Sternberg offers an overview of Polanyi's thought and its ...
