What Works?: Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Public Services

Ron Amann

doi:10.46692/9781847425119

This book provides a timely and novel contribution to the debate surrounding the role of 'evidence' in specific public policy areas. It explores the creation, dissemination and use of evidence within the areas of healthcare, education, criminal justice, social care, welfare, housing, transport and urban renewal.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Foreword
pp vii-ix
- By Ron Amann
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Editor’s preface
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- By Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Peter Smith
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List of acronyms
pp xii-xiv
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List of contributors
pp xv-xvi
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Introduction
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one - Introducing evidence-based policy and practice in publicservices
pp 1-12
- By Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Peter Smith
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two - Evidence and the policy process
pp 13-41
- By Sandra Nutley, Jeff Webb
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Part One - Analysis by service area
pp 42-42
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three - Healthcare: evidence to the fore
pp 43-68
- By Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley
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four - Education: realising the potential
pp 69-92
- By Carol Fitz-Gibbon
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five - Criminal justice: using evidence to reduce crime
pp 93-116
- By Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies
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six - Social care: rhetoric and reality
pp 117-140
- By Geraldine Macdonald
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seven - Welfare policy: tendering for evidence
pp 141-166
- By Robert Walker
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eight - Housing: linking theory and practice
pp 167-186
- By Joe Doherty
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nine - Transport: beyond predict and provide
pp 187-206
- By Francis Terry
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ten - Urban policy: addressing wicked problems
pp 207-228
- By Tony Harrison
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Part Two - Thematic analysis
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eleven - A strategic approach to research and development
pp 229-250
- By Huw Davies, Gloria Laycock, Sandra Nutley, Judy Sebba, Trevor Sheldon
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twelve - Debates on the role of experimentation
pp 251-276
- By Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Nick Tilley
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thirteen - Non-experimental quantitative methods
pp 277-290
- By John Hutton, Peter Smith
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fourteen - Contributions from qualitative research
pp 291-316
- By Philip Davies
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fifeteen - Making a reality of evidence-based practice
pp 317-350
- By Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies
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Concluding remarks
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sixteen - Learning from the past, prospects for the future
pp 351-366
- By Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Peter Smith
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Index
pp 367-379
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