Policy Process: Evaluation

Question 1

def. policy evaluation

Answer 1

moment when an overall (substantive and/or formal) assessment of the policy is provided

KEY MOMENT
understanding what “went wrong” and why

KEY ACTORS
(occasionally) bureaucracy
think tanks and experts
judges
voters

Question 2

What types of policy evaluation are there and what are they and what are the main actors in them?

Answer 2

technical evaluation, judiciary evaluation, political evaluation

technical evalutation: analysis trying to understand the relationship between expected and obtained outcomes (key actor: bureaucracy, think tanks and experts)
judiciary evaluation: law-based assessment (key actor. judges)
political evaluation: consensus-based assessment (key actors. voters)

Question 3

Mapping of policy actors (features)

Answer 3

policy actor type
policy actors’ resources
policy actors’ role
policy actors’ link (policy network, policy community, adovacy coalitions)