Opening Communicative Space Evaluation and the Public Sphere - Evaluation and Society

Mission Statement: Evaluation and Society is a new series of single-authored manuscripts and edited volumes which contribute to a dialogue about critical issues in the social impact and moral-political consequences of evaluation and other social research practices. Volumes in the series will explore new methodologies and new theoretical treatments of issues related to the fit of evaluation and social research to society - e.g., knowledge production and use, the responsibility of the social scientist, the public role of social research, agendas for social change - across a broad range of content areas, theoretical orientations, and empirical instances. The series will particularly promote interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives on evaluation and social praxis. The series is aimed at a broad readership of scholars and graduate students in evaluation, policy analysis, and social science who are interested in exploring the links between social research, social life, and moral-political discourse.