Evidence-based policy : a realist perspective


Ray Pawson
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
London : Sage , 2006
Omfang
XI, 196 s. : ill.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Evidence-Based Policy: The Promise of Systematic Review; Chapter 2 - Realist Methodology: The Building Blocks of Evidence; Chapter 3 - Systematic Obfuscation: A Critical Analysis of the Meta-analytic Approach; Chapter 4 - Realist Synthesis: New Protocols for Systematic Review; Chapter 5 - Reviewing Implementation Processes: Megan's Law; Chapter 6 - Reviewing Inner Mechanisms: Youth Mentoring; Chapter 7 - Reviewing Outer Contexts: Naming and Shaming; Chapter 8 - Conclusion: Flying 'The Tattered Flag of Enlightenment'; References; Index. - Looking at the spread of evidence-based policy making across the Western world, this book examines the methodological assumptions that lie behind this drive for government departments, academic research projects and NGOs to adopt an 'evidence-based' approach, when so little has been done to ask what works in an evidence-based context.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
1412910595. - 1412910609. - 9781412910590. - 9781412910606

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