Social multi-criteria evaluation: Methodological foundations and operational consequences

摘要: In order to address contemporary issues economics and decision sciences need expand their empirical relevance by introducing more realistic (thus complex) assumptions in models. One of the most interesting research directions field public is attempt introduce political constraints, interest groups collusion effects explicitly (J.J. Laffont, Incentives Political Economy, 2000). The main argument developed here proposal concept social multi-criteria evaluation (SMCE) as a possible useful framework for application choice difficult policy problems our millennium, where, stated Funtowicz Ravetz, “facts are uncertain, values dispute, stakes high decisions urgent”. This paper starts from following questions: 1. Why “social” evaluation? 2. How should such an approach be developed? The foundations SMCE set up referring concepts complex system theory philosophy, reflexive complexity, post-normal science incommensurability. To give some operational guidelines on basic questions answered are 1. How it deal with technical incommensurability? 2. How can we issue incommensurability? To answer these questions, using theoretical considerations lessons learned real-world case studies, objective present article.