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The evaluation society / Peter Dahler-Larsen.

By: Language: English Original language: Danish Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012Description: x, 265 sISBN:
  • 9780804776929
  • 080477692X
  • 9780804788618
Uniform titles:
  • Rituelle reflektion. Engelska
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.35 23/swe
Other classification:
  • Oaba
Contents:
The evaluation wave : from mystery to analysis -- Organizational understandings : rational, learning, and institutionalized organization -- Modernity and its "evaluation imaginary" -- Evaluation in the institutionalized organization -- Modernity and its evaluation imaginary -- Reflexive modernity -- Evaluation in reflexive modernity -- Audit society, neo-rigorism, and evaluation machines -- The critique of evaluation machines -- Epilogue : perspectives for evaluation.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Evaluation--whether called by this name, quality assurance, audit, accreditation, or others--is an important social activity. Any organization that "lives in public" must now evaluate its activities, be evaluated by others, or evaluate others. What are the origins of this wave of evaluation? And, what worthwhile results emerge from it?

The Evaluation Society argues that if we want to understand many of the norms, values, and expectations that we, sometimes unknowingly, bring to evaluation, we should explore how evaluation is demanded, formatted, and shaped by two great principles of social order: organization and society. With this understanding, we can more conscientiously participate in evaluation processes; better position ourselves to understand many of the mysteries, tensions, and paradoxes in evaluation; and use evaluation in a more informed way. After exploring the sociology and organization of evaluation in this landmark work, author Peter Dahler-Larsen concludes by discussing issues that are critical for the future of evaluation--as a discipline and a societal norm.

Translated from the Danish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The evaluation wave : from mystery to analysis -- Organizational understandings : rational, learning, and institutionalized organization -- Modernity and its "evaluation imaginary" -- Evaluation in the institutionalized organization -- Modernity and its evaluation imaginary -- Reflexive modernity -- Evaluation in reflexive modernity -- Audit society, neo-rigorism, and evaluation machines -- The critique of evaluation machines -- Epilogue : perspectives for evaluation.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword to the English Edition(p. ix)
  • Introduction: The Evaluation Wave: From Mystery to Analysis(p. 1)
  • Part I An Organizational Analysis of Evaluation
  • 1 Organizational Understandings: Rational, Leaning, and Institutionalized Organization(p. 33)
  • 2 Evaluation in the Institutionalized Organization(p. 65)
  • Part 2 A Sociological Analysis of Evaluation
  • 3 Modernity and Its "Evaluation Imaginary(p. 99)
  • 4 Reflexive Modernity(p. 120)
  • 5 Evaluation in Reflexive Modernity(p. 144)
  • 6 Audit Society, Neorigorism, and Evaluation Machines(p. 169)
  • 7 The Critique of Evaluation- Machines(p. 183)
  • Epilogue: Perspectives for Evaluation(p. 226)
  • References(p. 243)
  • Index(p. 261)