Evaluation evolves, responding to developments in the technical, social, and political environments in which it unfolds as well as influencing how those contexts are to be understood and assessed. Evaluation has typically been understood as a reliable means of providing some assurance in the appraisal of the value of social interventions, but has increasingly been seen as having to address a variety of uncertainties and risks not simply in those appraisals per se but in the design and management of the interventions as well. Some new ways of thinking and forms of evaluation practice linked to planning and decision making are emerging reflecting assumptions of unpredictability as well as incompleteness, instability, and a plurality of perspectives in value determination. This may signal the emergence of “post-normal evaluation.” This article explores several key features of this development.

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正常后评价？

评估随着技术、社会和政治环境的发展而发展，并影响如何理解和评估这些背景。评估通常被理解为在评估社会干预的价值时提供某种保证的可靠手段，但越来越多地被视为必须解决各种不确定性和风险，不仅在这些评估本身中，而且在设计和干预措施的管理。一些与规划和决策相关的新思维方式和评估实践形式正在出现，它们反映了不可预测性以及价值确定中的不完整性、不稳定性和多元化的假设。这可能预示着“后常态评估”的出现。