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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Pawson, Ray, 1948- Evidence-based policy. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006 (DLC) 2006282584 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ray Pawson |
ISBN: | 9781847878199 1847878199 9781849209120 184920912X 9781412910590 1412910595 9781412910606 1412910609 9781446227831 1446227839 |
OCLC Number: | 290535159 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Evidence-based policy : the promise of systematic review -- Realist methodology : the building blocks of evidence -- Systematic obfuscation : a critical analysis of the meta-analytic approach -- Realist synthesis : new protocols for systematic review -- Reviewing implementation processes : Megan's Law -- Reviewing inner mechanisms : youth mentoring -- Reviewing outer contexts : naming and shaming -- Conclusion: Flying 'the tattered flag of enlightenment'. |
Responsibility: | Ray Pawson. |
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"This book is an excellent resource for evaluators who wish to inform policy decisions with collective insights gained from diverse threads of relevant literature...This book is timely in its emphasis on the complex, multifaceted nexus between evidence and policy." -- Chris Milne Read more...


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- Policy sciences -- Methodology.
- Research Design.
- Policy Making.
- Evidence-Based Practice.
- Sciences de la politique -- Méthodologie.
- Crime prevention.
- Evaluation research.
- Mentoring.
- Social action.
- Policy formation.
- Policy.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
- Politiques publiques.
- Prise de décision.
- Méthodologie.
- Evaluation.
- Sciences politiques.
- Methodologie
- Politikfeldanalyse
- Evidence-based practice
- Evidence-based crime prevention.
- Policymaking.
- Research uses in policymaking.
- Evaluative research.