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Democratic Values in Evaluation Systems – A Circle That Can Be Squared? 评价体系中的民主价值——一个可以平方的圆?
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7069
Malin Benerdal, M. Larsson
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Evaluating the Democratic Quality of Local Democratic Practices – Sampling Seven Frameworks 评估地方民主实践的民主质量——以七个框架为样本
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7081
K. Löfgren, Annika Agger
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The Power of Evaluation 评估的力量
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7048
Kettil Nordesjö, M. Fred
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The Circulation of Evaluative Information 评价信息的流通
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7051
Peter Dahler-Larsen
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引用次数: 1
Reflection on: “Evaluating the Democratic Quality of Local Democratic Practices – Sampling Seven Frameworks” 关于“地方民主实践的民主质量评价——以七个框架为例”的思考
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7084
Sofia Rönnqvist
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引用次数: 1
Reflection on: “The Power and Paradoxes of Evaluation Systems – Increasing Use but Impeding Change” 反思:“评估系统的力量与悖论——增加使用但阻碍变革”
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7066
Sanja Magdalenić
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引用次数: 1
The Power and Paradoxes of Evaluation Systems – Increasing Use but Impeding Change 评估系统的力量和悖论——增加使用但阻碍改变
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7063
N. Andersen
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Reflection on: “Evaluation in Norway: A 25-Year Assessment” 关于“挪威的评估:25年评估”的思考
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7090
P. O. Bastøe
{"title":"Reflection on: “Evaluation in Norway: A 25-Year Assessment”","authors":"P. O. Bastøe","doi":"10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7090","url":null,"abstract":"My comments are based on extensive experience of evaluation work over a period of more than 30 years, both as an evaluator, manager, member of review panels and advisory committees in Norway and in multilateral organisations, as well as an author of several books and articles on evaluation and organisational development. I am currently associate professor II at VID specialised university. The assessment under discussion in the article Evaluation in Norway: A-25- year assessment is unique in various ways. It has a long-term perspective, it is based almost exclusively on a public database, and it was conducted by someone outside government. Similar Norwegian assessments use data from surveys and interviews, have a short-term perspective and are performed by someone on the inside of government. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the article is the interpretations by the authors of what this says about the status of evaluation in Norway.","PeriodicalId":31772,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90939582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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What Has Changed and What Remains? Institutional Shifts in Nordic Higher Education in the 2000s 什么发生了变化，还有什么?2000年代北欧高等教育的制度变迁
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7099
R. Pinheiro
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Reflection on: “The Circulation of Evaluative Information” 关于“评价信息流通”的思考
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7060
I. Nyholm
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