Sager Fritz
University of Bern, KPM Center for Public Management, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, P.O. Box, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland.
Eval Program Plann. 2018 Aug;69:125-129. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 5.
The papers assembled in this special issue shed light on the question of the interrelation between democracy and policy evaluation by discussing research on the use of evaluations in democratic processes. The collection makes a case for a stronger presence of evaluation in democracy beyond expert utilization. Parliamentarians prove to be more aquainted with evaluations than expected and the inclusion of evaluations in policy arguments increases the deliberative quality of democratic campaigns. In sum, evaluation and democracy turn out to be well compatible after all.
本期特刊收录的论文通过讨论民主进程中评估运用的研究，阐明了民主与政策评估之间的相互关系问题。该论文集论证了评估在民主中应发挥比仅由专家运用更强有力的作用。事实证明，议员们对评估的了解程度超出预期，且将评估纳入政策辩论能提高民主活动的审议质量。总而言之，评估与民主终究是高度相容的。
