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. It considers some cross-cutting themes, including a section of international commentaries, and concludes by looking at lessons from the past and prospects for the future. This book will be of interest to a wide range of social science researchers, students and practitioners as well as those interested in supporting more evidence-informed policy and practice.

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Information

Publisher

Policy Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781447345527

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Public Policy

Index

Politics & International Relations

WHAT WORKS NOW?
Contents
List of tables and boxes
List of abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1. What works now? An introduction
Section One. Policy and practice as arenas for evidence
2. Evidence and policy making
3. Evidence and service delivery
Section Two. Fields of policy and practice intervention
4. Using evidence in health and healthcare
5. Using evidence in social care
6. Using evidence in criminal justice
7. Using evidence in education
8. Using evidence in environmental and sustainability issues
9. Using evidence in international development
Section Three. Knowing and doing: some cross-cutting themes
10. Systematic approaches to generating evidence
11. Assessing and labelling evidence
12. Using evidence
Section Four. International comparison and commentary
13. Using evidence in the UK
14. Using evidence in Australia and New Zealand
15. Using evidence in Scandinavia
16. Using evidence in Canada
17. Using evidence in the US
18. Conclusions: lessons from the past, prospects for the future
Index