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An exploration of how the knowledge gained from research is used to improve the effectiveness of public policy formation and public service delivery. Covering eight areas of public service - health, education, criminal justice, social policy, transport, urban policy, housing and social care, the text provides a cross-sector examination of the role of research evidence in shaping public policy and practice. It uses experts in each field and examines the creation, dissemination and use of evidence within each.

Table of Contents:
Foreword - Ron Amann; Introduction: introducing evidence-based policy and practice in public services - Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley and Peter Smith; Evidence and the policy process - Sandra Nutley and Jeff Webb; Part One: Analysis by service area:; Health care: evidence to the fore - Huw Davies and Sandra Nutley; Education: realising the potential - Carol Fitz-Gibbon; Criminal justice: using evidence to reduce crime - Sandra Nutley and Huw Davies; Social care: rhetoric and reality - Geraldine Macdonald; Welfare policy: tendering for evidence - Robert Walker; Housing: linking theory and practice - Joe Doherty; Transport: beyond predict and provide - Francis Terry; Urban policy: addressing wicked problems - Tony Harrison; Part Two: Thematic analysis:; A strategic approach to research and development - Huw Davies, Gloria Laycock, Sandra Nutley, Judy Sebba and Trevor Sheldon; Debates on the role of experimentation - Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley and Nick Tilley; Non-experimental quantitative methods - John Hutton and Peter Smith; Contributions from qualitative research - Philip Davies; Making a reality of evidence-based practice - Sandra Nutley and Huw Davies; Concluding remarks: learning from the past, prospects for the future - Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley and Peter Smith

About the Author :
Huw T.O. Davies, Department of Management, University of St Andrews, Sandra M. Nutley, Professor of Public Management, University of Edinburgh and Peter C. Smith, Business School, Imperial College London.

Review :
".. Extremely valuable..It serves as useful material for teachers ofevaluation or policy analysis, and for those educating future evidence-based practitioners. Managers within statutory and non-statutory agencies will also find much of value." New Zealand Journal of Social Policy. "This bookprovides a significant contribution to the debate over how evidence can help provide more effective and efficient public services" Social Policy Focus Jan 01.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781861341921
  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 396
  • Sub Title: Evidence-based policy and practice in public services
  • ISBN-10: 186134192X
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jul 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 02
  • Width: 148 mm


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