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The Politics of Evidence-Based Policy Making
Paul Cairney
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Hardback. Num Pages: 137 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
The Politics of Evidence Based Policymaking identifies how to work with policymakers to maximize the use of scientific evidence. Policymakers cannot consider all evidence relevant to policy problems. They use two shortcuts: `rational' ways to gather enough evidence, and `irrational' decision-making, drawing on emotions, beliefs, and habits. Most scientific studies focus on the former. They identify uncertainty when policymakers have incomplete evidence, and try to solve it by improving the supply of information. They do not respond to ambiguity, or the potential for policymakers to understand problems in very different ways. A good strategy requires advocates to be persuasive: forming ... Read more
The Politics of Evidence Based Policymaking identifies how to work with policymakers to maximize the use of scientific evidence. Policymakers cannot consider all evidence relevant to policy problems. They use two shortcuts: `rational' ways to gather enough evidence, and `irrational' decision-making, drawing on emotions, beliefs, and habits. Most scientific studies focus on the former. They identify uncertainty when policymakers have incomplete evidence, and try to solve it by improving the supply of information. They do not respond to ambiguity, or the potential for policymakers to understand problems in very different ways. A good strategy requires advocates to be persuasive: forming ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
137
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137517807
SKU
V9781137517807
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About Paul Cairney
Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling. His research interests are in comparative public policy, including: comparisons of policy theories (Understanding Public Policy, 2012); outcomes in different countries (Global Tobacco Control, 2012), and UK and devolved policymaking (Scottish Politics, 2013).
Reviews for The Politics of Evidence-Based Policy Making
Paul Cairney's book is timely, given recent lamentations about the `post-factual' era, and fears that despite trends for `evidence-based policies' on `what works', policymakers seem to base decisions on anything but science. ... Thoroughly referenced throughout, this book will prove instructive for social researchers hoping to influence policymaking, as well as for social policy and social research students. (Berni ... Read more