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Evidence-Based Policymaking - Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Practice (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Evidence-Based Policymaking - Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Practice (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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New thinking is needed on the age-old conundrum of how to connect
research and policymaking. Why does a disconnect exist between the
research community, which is producing thousands of studies
relevant to public policy, and the policy community, which is
making thousands of decisions that would benefit from research
evidence? The second edition updates community dissonance theory
and provides an even stronger, more substantiated story of why
research is underutilized in policymaking, and what it will take to
connect researchers and policymakers. This book offers a fresh look
into what policymakers and the policy process are like, as told by
policymakers themselves and the researchers who study and work with
them. New to the second edition: * The point of view of
policymakers is infused throughout this book based on a remarkable
new study of 225 state legislators with an extraordinarily high
response rate in this hard-to-access population. * A new theory
holds promise for guiding the study and practice of evidence-based
policy by building on how policymakers say research contributes to
policymaking. * A new chapter features pioneering researchers who
have effectively influenced public policy by engaging policymakers
in ways rewarding to both. * A new chapter proposes how an engaged
university could provide culturally competent training to create a
new type of scholar and scholarship. This review of
state-of-the-art research on evidence-based policy is a benefit to
readers who find it hard to keep abreast of a field that spans the
disciplines of business, economics, education, family sciences,
health services, political science, psychology, public
administration, social work, sociology, and so forth. For those who
study evidence-based policy, the book provides the basics of
producing policy relevant research by introducing researchers to
policymakers and the policy process. Strategies are provided for
identifying research questions that are relevant to the societal
problems that confront and confound policymakers. Researchers will
have at their fingertips a breath-taking overview of classic and
cutting-edge studies on the multi-disciplinary field of
evidence-based policy. For instructors, the book is written in a
language and style that students find engaging. A topic that many
students find mundane becomes germane when they read stories of
what policymakers are like, and when they learn of researcher's
tribulations and triumphs as they work to build evidence-based
policy. To point students to the most important ideas, the key
concepts are highlighted in text boxes. For those who desire to
engage policymakers, a new chapter summarizes the breakthroughs of
several researchers who have been successful at driving policy
change. The book provides 12 innovative best practices drawn from
the science and practice of engaging policymakers, including
insights from some of the best and brightest researchers and
science communicators. The book also takes on the daunting task of
evaluating the effectiveness of efforts to engage policymakers
around research. A theory of change identifies seven key elements
that are fundamental to increasing policymaker's use of research
along with evaluation protocols and preliminary evidence on each
element.
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