%0 Journal Article %T Evaluation as a tool for the analysis of public policies %A Reichardt, Iwona %J Public Management %V 2011 %R 10.4467/20843968ZP.11.001.0327 %N Issue 1 (13) %P 11-23 %K evaluation, public policy, democracy %@ 1896-0200 %D 2011 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/ewaluacja-jako-narzedzie-analizy-polityk-publicznych %X The article deals with evaluation in the political process. Presented theoretical discourse, practice of international institutions, and empirical research results allow to answer the question when an evaluation is a tool of a critical analysis and when its role is limited to an instrumental element of know-how.