UID:
almafu_9961519194702883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4473-0426-8
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1-282-31902-7
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9786612319020
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1-84742-511-9
Content:
This book provides a timely and novel contribution to the debate surrounding the role of 'evidence' in specific public policy areas. It explores the creation, dissemination and use of evidence within the areas of healthcare, education, criminal justice, social care, welfare, housing, transport and urban renewal.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Sep 2022).
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WHAT WORKS?; Contents; Foreword; Editors' Preface; List of acronyms; List of contributors; 1. Introducing evidence-based policy and practice in public services; 2. Evidence and the policy process; 3. Healthcare: evidence to the fore; 4. Education: realising the potential; 5. Criminal justice: using evidence to reduce crime; 6. Social care: rhetoric and reality; 7. Welfare policy: tendering for evidence; 8. Housing: linking theory and practice; 9. Transport: beyond predict and provide; 10. Urban policy: addressing wicked problems; 11. A strategic approach to research and development
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12. Debates on the role of experimentation13. Non-experimental quantitative methods; 14. Contributions from qualitative research; 15. Making a reality of evidence-based practice; 16. Learning from the past, prospects for the future
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-86134-192-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-86134-191-1
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781847425119/type/BOOK
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