Evidence-Based Policymaking: Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers

by Karen Bogenschneider, Thomas Corbett, Thomas J. Corbett

Book Overview

This book is for those who believe that good government should be based on hard evidence, and that research and policy ought to go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, no such bond exists. Rather, there is a substantial gap, some say chasm, between the production of knowledge and its utilization. Despite much contrary evidence, the authors propose there is a way of doing public policy in a more reflective manner, and that a hunger for evidence and objectivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041580583X
• ISBN13: 9780415805834
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"