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The Politics of Evidence - From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence (Paperback)
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The Politics of Evidence - From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
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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 majority of work
on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of
decision making and how this influences the ways in which evidence
will be used (or misused) within political areas. This book
provides new insights into the nature of political bias with
regards to evidence and critically considers what an 'improved' use
of evidence would look like from a policymaking perspective. Part I
describes the great potential for evidence to help achieve social
goals, as well as the challenges raised by the political nature of
policymaking. It explores the concern of evidence advocates that
political interests drive the misuse or manipulation of evidence,
as well as counter-concerns of critical policy scholars about how
appeals to 'evidence-based policy' can depoliticise political
debates. Both concerns reflect forms of bias - the first
representing technical bias, whereby evidence use violates
principles of scientific best practice, and the second representing
issue bias in how appeals to evidence can shift political debates
to particular questions or marginalise policy-relevant social
concerns. Part II then draws on the fields of policy studies and
cognitive psychology to understand the origins and mechanisms of
both forms of bias in relation to political interests and values.
It illustrates how such biases are not only common, but can be much
more predictable once we recognise their origins and manifestations
in policy arenas. Finally, Part III discusses ways to move forward
for those seeking to improve the use of evidence in public
policymaking. It explores what constitutes 'good evidence for
policy', as well as the 'good use of evidence' within policy
processes, and considers how to build evidence-advisory
institutions that embed key principles of both scientific good
practice and democratic representation. Taken as a whole, the
approach promoted is termed the 'good governance of evidence' - a
concept that represents the use of rigorous, systematic and
technically valid pieces of evidence within decision-making
processes that are representative of, and accountable to,
populations served.
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