The practice and politics of responsive evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-43

  Abma, Tineke A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evaluation politics; Power dynamics; Responsive evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144466882     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214005283189     Document Type: Article

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