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Feminist, yes, but is it evaluation?
Author(s) -
Patton Michael Quinn
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.69
Subject(s) - credibility , legitimacy , evaluation methods , quality (philosophy) , program evaluation , feminism , sociology , engineering ethics , computer science , political science , epistemology , public administration , law , gender studies , engineering , politics , philosophy , reliability engineering
Feminist evaluation represents an important option in evaluation, but its legitimacy and credibility depend on the criteria used to define high‐quality evaluation practice. This commentary examines how feminist evaluation principles and practices look from the perspectives of five different frameworks, each offering different criteria for judging evaluations.