ERIC Number: EJ1392832
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1098-2140
EISSN: EISSN-1557-0878
A Look at Power Issues in Collaborative Program Evaluations under Michel Foucault's Conception of Power-Knowledge
American Journal of Evaluation, v44 n3 p424-446 Sep 2023
Power has always been an element of the program evaluation field, however, it has traditionally been attributed a negative connotation. With that in mind, power is seen as a force possessed to some extent by different stakeholders that can be imposed over others, and by which certain views, ideas, and decisions can be adopted. Given that program evaluation has a political character in which power is always present, we seek to explore a different notion of this concept. In this paper, we intend to take advantage of Michel Foucault's ideas to explore power in the program evaluation field. We illustrate the introduction of these concepts in collaborative evaluations and in doing so, we also explore power as well as power-knowledge relations, adopting a transformative perspective on power. The introduction of these concepts in collaborative evaluation is useful in illustrating how they can be used in non-collaborative evaluations.
Descriptors: Power Structure, Program Evaluation, Cooperation, Stakeholders, Evaluators, Epistemology
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Language: English
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