New Book Chapter by Ghislain Arbour: Lack of Discipline: Answering Scriven’s Call for Value in (Program) Evaluation

AERC are proud to celebrate a new article, by AERC's Ghislain Arbour, published in  the new edited book Core Concepts in Evaluation: Classic Writings and Contemporary Commentary.

In this chapter Ghislain discusses the need to develop substantive theories of program evaluation around its subject matter, i.e., the value determination of social interventions, as opposed to a discipline that limits itself to theories of evaluation practice.

"I'm glad to see my recent work on the nature of the evaluation discipline published in the new edited book at SAGE, 'Core Concepts in Evaluation: Classic Writings and Contemporary Commentary'. A big thank you to the team of editors who supported the authors with professionalism and wisdom".

The book can be found on the Sage website.

Arbour, G. (2024). Lack of Discipline: Answering Scriven’s Call for Value in (Program) Evaluation. In L. A. Wingate, A. S. Boyce, L. Wilson Becho, & K. N. Robertson (Eds.), Core Concepts in Evaluation: Classic Writings and Contemporary Commentary (pp. 55-65). SAGE Publications.

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