What works now? : evidence-informed policy and practice / edited by Annette Boaz, Huw Davies, Alec Fraser and Sandra Nutley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boaz, Annette, editor.

Davies, H. T. O., editor.

Fraser, Alec (Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Management), editor.

Nutley, Sandra M., editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain.

Political planning--Great Britain.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides sector by sector analysis of evidence use in policy-making and service delivery, includes international commentaries and considers crosscutting themes, and future prospects."--Publisher's description.

“Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides sector by sector analysis of evidence use in policy-making and service delivery, includes international commentaries and considers crosscutting themes, and future prospects.”--Publisher's description.

Contents:

What works now? An introduction / Annette Boaz, Huw Davies, Alec Fraser and Sandra Nutley

Evidence and policy making / Paul Cairney

Evidence and service delivery / Graham P. Martin and Oli Williams

Using evidence in health and healthcare / Paul Wilson and Trevor A. Sheldon

Using evidence in social care / Deborah Ghate and Rick Hood

Using evidence in criminal justice / Nicholas R. Fyfe and Gloria Laycock

Using evidence in education / Julie Nelson and Carol Campbell

Using evidence in environmental and sustainability issues / Mark Reed and Laura Meagher

Using evidence in international development / Ruth Stewart

Systematic approaches to generating evidence / Alec Fraser and Huw Davies

Assessing and labeling evidence / Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies, and Judith Hughes

Using evidence / Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley

Using evidence in the UK / Jonathan Breckon and David Gough

Using evidence in Australia and New Zealand / Brian Head and Michael Di Francesco

Using evidence in Scandinavia / Anne mette Møller, Kari Tove Elvbakken and Hanne Foss Hansen

Using evidence in Canada / Bev Holmes and Sharon Straus

Using evidence in the US / Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn

Conclusions : lessons from the past, prospects for the future / Huw Davies, Annette Boaz, Sandra Nutley and Alec Fraser.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781447345473

9781447345480

1447345479

1447345487

OCLC:

1085946190