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Mathison, Sandra – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
The author analyzes the growth and nature of internal evaluation from the 1960s to the present and suggests that internal evaluation has been on the increase because of its perceived importance. Although the 1960s were characterized by a rich intellectual development of evaluation theory and practice, the fiscal conservatism of the 1980s ushered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Accountability, Public Administration, Political Attitudes
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Trouve, Aurelie; Berriet-Solliec, Marielle; Depres, Christophe – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
Against a background of contestation of European agricultural policy, the territorial dimension is one of the prominent factors in proposals for shaping new rules of public action. This situation has been brought about by shifts in the nature of the challenges facing farming and in society's expectations of it, but also by a change in the forms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Agriculture, Decision Making
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Monseau, Susanna – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2008
In the twenty-first century, differences in the treatment of trade in alcoholic beverages in comparison to other commercial goods seem at odds with the federal regulation of interstate trade under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which prohibits "differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state economic interests that…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Barriers, Business, Drinking
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Aypay, Ahmet; Isik, Halil – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
The purpose of this article is to reexamine the 40 years of educational planning experience in Turkey comparatively with the educational planning experience in the international arena. Turkey has used educational planning since 1963. Planning in general has been defined as a decision-making process to reach certain goals in the future. This study…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Federal Regulation, Educational Change, Administrative Organization