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Untangling the Gordian knot: bridging instrumental rationality and stakeholder politics in the evaluation of public policies

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  • Raymond D'Aoust
  • Donald Lemaire

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The web of public policy design and implementation in Canada is likened to the Gordian knot, which ties together the specific use of instruments and stakeholder politics. Two analytical frameworks are presented which offer great potential for untangling the knot — the instruments approach and Lundquist's concept of stakeholder politics. There is an urgent need for a ‘transdisciplinary’ approach to evaluation. Policy evaluators will have to use concepts and develop applications drawn from different disciplines. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Raymond D'Aoust & Donald Lemaire, 1994. "Untangling the Gordian knot: bridging instrumental rationality and stakeholder politics in the evaluation of public policies," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(1), pages 37-44, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:4:y:1994:i:1:p:37-44
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    1. SHI, Jia & LEE, Ching-Hung & GUO, Xuesong & ZHU, Zhengwei, 2020. "Constructing an integrated stakeholder-based participatory policy evaluation model for urban traffic restriction," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).

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