ACADEMIC EMPIRICAL TRACKS VERSUS POLISH RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC RESOURCES

Summary This article is an attempt to deal with the assessment of the situation that exists between the theoretical plane of discourse (or rather its lack) regarding the social research, especially the evaluation, and social, primarily institutional arguments driving and supporting this type of sociological or research practice. An outline of these two areas seems to be quite important, because the evaluation studies have been retracted to the outskirts of the science. There seems to be a kind of disagreement in the academic world and even an invisibility of such practices. The existing weaknesses of these studies in the academic debate over the terms of their theoretical and practical functions are also perceived. Therefore, the question arises: Is this lack of debate and the presence of the evaluation practice "disgraced " by the alleged theoretical deficiencies somehow defended by institutional advantage or social need, or are there any major reasons behind the few theoretical debates and attempts to marginaliz