Data and Policy Change - The Fragility of Data in the Policy Context (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)

This is a work on "hostile" data and the conditions under which they are accepted and rejected. What is the place of data in politics and organization? Why are politicians and administrators so often hostile to research data, or why do they tend to perceive data as hostile to them? How can data become relevant to policy? These questions are the focus of this book. In answer I try to show how political and administrative institutions cope with "hostile" data; how they seek to maintain closedness to disconfirming data, and how they are led, in a free society, to change their policies despite the epistemological bias in favor of the already known and the initial inclination to resist change. At the same time, I demonstrate that data producers must learn that while their research findings may be subjected to science's own standards of verifiability, such data must also meet standards of contestability by the various interests involved in political and administrative decisions. The production and "appropriate" publication of a research report may at best buy one an admission ticket to participate in political and administrative contests, but not the power nor the justification to determine the outcomes of the contest. I begin with two hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Politicians or administrators reject data that do not coincide with behavior they are unwilling to change. Hypothesis II: Politicians or administrators change behavior that does not coincide with data they are unwilling to reject.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	1990
Authors:	David Dery
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
ISBN-13:	978-9401074803
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment
LSN:	9401074801
Barcode:	9789401074803

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