The growing role of evaluation in parliaments
Holding governments accountable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9961856 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandra Speer (0000-0002-0934-338X, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany, corresponding author), Valérie Pattyn (0000-0001-7844-8858, Public Governance Institute, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium), Bart De Peuter (Public Governance Institute, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-57 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Administrative Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8523 • E-ISSN: 1461-7226 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852314546583 |
| OpenAlex | W2013858909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 14 |
To date, the role of evaluation in parliaments has hardly been analyzed. This is a surprise as members of parliament are stakeholders par excellence, who could have an interest in evaluation. But do they? Through a systematic analysis of written questions and interrogations in Germany and Flanders we investigate MPs’ attention to evaluations. The following aspects are analyzed, from a comparative perspective: the content of questions on evaluation, the political profile of the MPs posing the questions, the share of questions on evaluation, and the distribution of questions over political parties, policy areas and over time
Accountability · Democracy · democratic deficit · Excellence · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Surprise · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |