Framework for exploring the interplay of governance and evaluation

Authors

  • Anders Hanberger Umea Centre for Evaluation Research, Umeå University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v16i3.16243

Keywords:

Evaluation steering, Evaluation use, Governance, Functions of evaluation, Framework, Program theory

Abstract

The article develops a conceptual framework for the interplay between evaluation and governance and explores key functions of evaluation in democratic governance, mainly the accountability and improvement function. Using this framework contributes to knowledge of how governance affects evaluation and evaluation systems, and how evaluation may contribute to policy or governance change. Functions of evaluation are explored as effects of evaluative information produced by different evaluations on the one hand, and as evaluation system effects on the other. The framework can be used to map out and explore the interplay between evaluation and governance in different policy sectors. Program theory methodology is used to unpack the assumptions underlying evaluation in the state and network models of governance. The program theories can be used to illuminate and discuss how evaluation should work in different models of democratic governance, as well as for empirical research of the interplay between governance and evaluation.

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Author Biography

Anders Hanberger, Umea Centre for Evaluation Research, Umeå University

Anders Hanberger is Professor in Evaluation and director of research at Umeå Centre for Evaluation Research, Umeå University. He has conducted evaluations for government agencies and other organisations, and is engaged in research on evaluation and evaluation systems.

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Published

2012-09-15

How to Cite

Hanberger, A. (2012). Framework for exploring the interplay of governance and evaluation. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 16(3), 9–27. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v16i3.16243

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