Democratic evaluation brings a way of thinking about evaluation's role
in society and in particular, its role in strengthening social justice.
Yet the reality of applying it, and what happens when it is applied
particularly outside the West, is unclear. Set in South Africa, a newly
formed democracy in Southern Africa, the book affords an in-depth
journey that immerses a reader into the realities of evaluation and its
relation to democracy. The book starts with the broader introductory
chapters that set the scene for more detailed ones which bring thorough
insights into national government, local government, and civil
societies' experience of evaluation, democratic evaluation and their
understanding of how it contributes to strengthening democracy (or not).
A teaching case, the book concludes by providing guiding questions that
encourage reflection, discussion and learning that ultimately aims to
inform practice and theory.