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@article{ Silva2011, title = {Constructing a Participatory Approach for the Evaluation of Social Policies and Programmes}, author = {Silva, Maria Ozanira da Silva e}, journal = {International Journal of Action Research}, number = {1}, pages = {101-125}, volume = {7}, year = {2011}, issn = {1861-1303}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1688/1861-9916_IJAR_2011_01_Silva}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-395012}, abstract = {"This article discusses the evaluation of social policies and programmes in the perspective of evaluation research. It tries to develop a methodology that has a participatory content. Thus, the evaluation of social policies and programmes is considered in its full potential for the construction of knowledge. It is seen as a development of the processes of public policies that involves different subjects, who have different interests and rationalities. In the construction of a concept of a participatory evaluation research, the article takes into account its technical, political and academic functions. Therefore, it reaffirms two dimensions of evaluation research: technical and political. The commitment of the evaluator-researcher to the critique of reality in the search for its transformation is the reference for the development of a participatory approach in evaluation research. The paper presents an introduction that describes the origins of what is considered as a participatory approach for evaluation of social policies and programmes, followed by developing reflections about evaluation as a part of the process of public policies; presents a concept of evaluation research in order to consider, in the following sections, details of the construction of a participatory concept and approach in evaluation research." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {Sozialpolitik; social policy; Bewertung; evaluation; Aktionsforschung; action research}}