Evaluation of and in public administration
- This chapter addresses the role of evaluation of and in public administration. We focus on two analytical key dimensions: a) the provider of the evaluation and b) the subject of the evaluation. Four major types of evaluation are distinguished: (1) external institutional evaluation, (2) internal institutional evaluation, (3) external evaluation of administrative action/results, (4) internal evaluation of administrative action/results. Type 1 and 2 refer to evaluation of administrative structures and processes as the subject of administrative reform. Type 3 and 4 represent different versions of evaluation in public administration, because the subject is administrative action and its outputs. The chapter highlights salient approaches and organizational settings of evaluation and provides insights into the institutionalization of an evaluation function in public administration. Finally, the chapter draws lessons regarding strengths and potentials but also remaining weaknesses and challenges of evaluation of and in public administration.
Author details: | Sabine KuhlmannORCiDGND, Sylvia VeitGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884892.00023 |
ISBN: | 9781800884892 |
Title of parent work (English): | Handbook of public policy evaluation |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Place of publishing: | Cheltenham, UK |
Editor(s): | Frédéric Varone, Steve Jacob, Pirmin Bundi |
Publication type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2023/10/19 |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Release date: | 2024/01/24 |
Tag: | administrative reform; better regulation; institutionalization of evaluation; new public management; public administration; typology of evaluation |
Number of pages: | 18 |
First page: | 220 |
Last Page: | 237 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 35 Öffentliche Verwaltung, Militärwissenschaft / 351 Öffentliche Verwaltung |
Peer review: | Nicht ermittelbar |