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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO PROGRAM EVALUATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Author(s) -
Daily John H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1983.tb00270.x
Subject(s) - local government , incentive , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , action (physics) , public administration , political science , public relations , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , microeconomics
This article is based on five applied local government program evaluation studies carried out in the spirit of the work done by Harry Hatry and others at the Urban Institute. Problem areas identified include the attitudes and skills of local government personnel, the lack of appropriate local government resources, the absence of incentives for local governments to conduct evaluations, and the methodological difficulties encountered in conducting research in an action setting. The article ends with a discussion of the unique role academically based evaluations can play in overcoming obstacles.