The Politics of Evidence (Open Access) From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majorit...

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Main Author	Parkhurst, Justin
Format	eBook Book
Language	English
Published	Oxford Routledge 2016 Taylor and Francis No Funder Information Available Taylor & Francis
Series	Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
Subjects	Advocacy Coalitions Framework bias Business and Management Da Te ebp Economics, Finance, Business and Management Es Ta Evidence Utilisation evidentiary Evidentiary Bias Health Policy HIV Prevention Input Legitimacy Interest Group Position issue Issue Bias Knowledge Transfer Literature Lib Er Low HIV Prevalence Medical Medicine and Nursing Medicine: general issues movement National Academies Nonfiction Organizational theory and behaviour Personal and public health / health education policy Policy Issues Policy Relevant Evidence Policy sciences policymaking Politics Politics and government Psychology Public administration Public health and preventive medicine Public Health Policy and Practice Public Policy relevant Research > Evaluation Social and ethical issues Social discrimination and social justice Social Policy Social services and welfare, criminology Social welfare and social services Social, group or collective psychology Society and culture: general Society and Social Sciences Sociology Sociology and anthropology Te Ch technical Technical Bias Throughput Legitimacy Training Decision Makers UK’s Alliance utilisation Interest Group Position Lib Er Training Decision Makers Input Legitimacy Relevant Policy Concerns Evidence Utilisation Knowledge Transfer Literature Throughput Legitimacy Evidentiary Bias HIV Prevention Advocacy Coalitions Framework Output Legitimacy Manipulate Evidence Es Ta Da Te Final Decision Authority Issue Bias Local Policy Context Technical Bias Policy Relevant Evidence National Academies UK’s Alliance Policy Issues Te Ch Low HIV Prevalence
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ISBN	1138939404 9781138939400 9781138570382 1138570389 9781317380856 1317380878 131738086X 1317380851 9781317380870 9781315675008 1315675005 9781317380863
DOI	10.4324/9781315675008

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Table of Contents:

The Appropriateness of Evidence For Policy Needs -- From hierarchies to Appropriateness -- Doesn't Quality Matter? -- Conclusions: A 'good Evidence For Policy' framework -- References -- Notes -- 7 What is the 'Good Use of Evidence' For Policy? -- Rejecting 'good' Evidence? The importance of legitimacy -- Legitimacy In An Evidence-Informed Policy Process -- Input Legitimacy: Constructing A legitimate Evidence Advisory system -- Output Legitimacy: dealing With Bias and irrationality -- Throughput Legitimacy: Representation as Evidence is Being Used -- Discussion: A Legitimacy framework For the Good Use of Evidence -- References -- 8 From Evidence-Based Policy to the Good Governance of Evidence -- Building Institutions to Improve Evidence use -- Governance and Good Governance of Evidence -- Achieving the Good Governance of Evidence Through A Process of Guided Evolution -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- Index
Intro -- Praise -- The Politics of Evidence -- Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: Evidence-Based Policymaking: Opportunities and Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- Evidence Matters (Three Examples) -- Two (quite different) Forms of Bias -- From EBP to the Good Governance of Evidence -- References -- Notes -- 2 Evidence-Based Policymaking: An Important First Step and the Need to Take the Next -- The Great potential For Evidence to inform public policy -- What's Wrong With 'What Works'? -- Bridging the Gap Between research and policy -- Taking the next steps to improve the use of Evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- PART II: The Politics of Evidence -- 3 Bias and The Politics of Evidence -- Two Forms of Bias -- Technical Bias -- Issue Bias -- Discussion -- References -- Notes -- 4 The Overt Politics of Evidence: Bias and The Pursuit of Political Interest -- Politics as Competition and Contestation -- Interests and Technical Bias -- Interests and Issue Bias -- Expecting Instances of Bias -- Understanding the Problem to Consider solutions -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- 5 The Subtle Politics of Evidence: The Cognitive-Political Origins of Bias -- Human Cognition: A Missing Explanatory Link? -- Policy-relevant heuristics and Biases -- Cognitive Insights and the Politics of Evidence -- Features of Policy Problems and Mechanisms of Bias -- A Cognitive Political Model of Evidentiary Bias -- Understanding the Problem to identify Solutions -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- PART III: Towards the Good Governance of Evidence -- 6 What is 'Good Evidence For Policy'?: From Hierarchies to Appropriate Evidence -- What is Evidence For Anyway? -- Beyond Gold Standards