Values in Evaluation and Social Research

by Kenneth R. Howe and Ernest R. House

Book Overview

The authors use the tools of philosophy and the insights from evaluation practice to cut through current confusion about values and the interplay of facts and values. Four views of facts and values in evaluation are analyzed: those rooted in a fact-value dichotomy and those of radical constructivists, postmodernists, and deliberative democrats. The arguments are tough, the prose concise, and the insights compelling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761911553
• ISBN13: 9780761911555
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"