Evidence versus politics : exploiting research in UK drug policy making / by Mark Monaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monaghan, Mark Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--Great Britain.

Drug control.

Great Britain.

Drugs--Government policy--Great Britain.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Portland, Ore. : Policy, 2011.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The origins and reach of the evidence movement 11

Primacy of the research and policy connection in the 'Western Hemisphere' 12

Fluctuating research and policy connection: policy modernisation and the evidential 'turn' 21

Summary 25

3 The two communities of evidence and policy, the challenge of politics and the impact of the media 27

Established criticisms of the evidence-based policy movement 28

A critical appraisal of the criticisms of evidence-based policy making 32

Knowledge brokering and translation: bridging the divide? 35

Politicised policies: the impact of politics, the media and public opinion 37

Summary 41

4 Competition, conflict and controversy in the making of UK drug classification policy 43

The making and legacy of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 44

New Labour, the modernising agenda and evidence-based drug policy? 52

Summary 59

5 Developing tools for exploring 'evidence' in politicised policy areas 61

Pluralist accounts of the policy process 62

Modifying the ACF 71

The organisation of the drug classification policy subsystem 72

Summary 87

6 The nature of evidence in a politicised policy area 89

Perspectives of the nature of evidence in UK drug classification decision making 90

The plurality of evidence as a hierarchy of evidence? 105

Summary 108

7 The utilisation of evidence in a politicised policy area 111

Appreciations of the causes of 'drug harm' and the impact on 'evidence' in the UK drug classification system 112

The significance of the position of evidence in policy 124

Summary 126

8 Conceptualising and modelling evidence use in politicised policy areas 129

Contestability, certitude and flux in concept formation 130

Modelling the evidence and policy connection 133

An overview of the established models of research utilisation 143

Evolutionary model 144

An appraisal of the evolutionary model and the potential of a processual model 146

Summary 151

9 Conclusion 153

Whereunto for evidence-based policy? 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and index.

ISBN:

9781847426970

1847426972

OCLC:

663446076