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Evidence-Based Policy - A Realist Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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Evidence-Based Policy - A Realist Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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In this important new book, Ray Pawson examines the recent spread
of evidence-based policy making across the Western world. Few major
public initiatives are mounted these days in the absence of a
sustained attempt to evaluate them. Programmes are tried, tried and
tried again and researched, researched and researched again. And
yet it is often difficult to know which interventions, and which
inquiries, will withstand the test of time. The evident solution,
going by the name of evidence-based policy, is to take the longer
view. Rather than relying on one-off studies, it is wiser to look
to the 'weight of evidence'. Accordingly, it is now widely agreed
the most useful data to support policy decisions will be culled
from systematic reviews of all the existing research in particular
policy domains. This is the consensual starting point for Ray
Pawson's latest foray into the world of evaluative research. But
this is social science after all and harmony prevails only in the
first chapter. Thereafter, Pawson presents a devastating critique
of the dominant approach to systematic review - namely the
'meta-analytic' approach as sponsored by the Cochrane and Campbell
collaborations. In its place is commended an approach that he terms
'realist synthesis'. On this vision, the real purpose of systematic
review is better to understand programme theory, so that policies
can be properly targeted and developed to counter an ever-changing
landscape of social problems. The book will be essential reading
for all those who loved (or loathed) the arguments developed in
Realistic Evaluation (Sage, 1997). It offers a complete blueprint
for research synthesis, supported by detailed illustrations and
worked examples from across the policy waterfront. It will be of
especial interest to policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and
students working in health, education, employment, social care,
criminal justice, regeneration and welfare.
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