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" What works? : "
edited by Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith.
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964438
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b718808
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What works? : : evidence-based policy and practice in public services /\ edited by Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK :: The Policy Press,, 2000.
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, ©2000
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1 online resource (xiv, 379 pages)
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1447304268
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: 1847425119
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1861341911
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186134192X
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9781861341914
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9781861341921
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introducing evidence-based policy and practice in public services / Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Peter Smith -- 2. Evidence and the policy process / Sandra Nutley, Jeff Webb -- 3. Healthcare : evidence to the fore / Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley -- 4. Education : realising the potential / Carol Fitz-Gibbon -- 5. Criminal justice : using evidence to reduce crime / Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies -- 6. Social care : rhetoric and reality / Geraldine Macdonald -- 7. Welfare policy : tendering for evidence / Robert Walker -- 8. Housing : linking theory and practice / Joe Doherty -- 9. Transport : beyond predict and provide / Francis Terry -- 10. Urban policy : addressing wicked problems / Tony Harrison -- 11. A strategic approach to research and development / Huw Davies, Gloria Laycock, Sandra Nutley, Judy Sebba, Trevor Sheldon -- 12. Debates on the role of experimentation / Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Nick Tilley -- 13. Non-experimental quantitative methods / John Hutton, Peter Smith -- 14. Contributions from qualitative research / Philip Davies -- 15. Making a reality of evidence-based practice / Sandra Nutley, Huw Davies -- 16. Learning from the past, prospects for the future / Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley, Peter Smith.
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| Abstract
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"What counts is what works -- but how can we actually tell what works? And what can we do with such knowledge to influence policy and practice? As all parts of the public sector embrace 'evidence' as a means of providing more effective and efficient public services, this book provides a contribution to such debates. The authors consider the role of evidence in specific public policy areas (healthcare, education, criminal justice, social care, welfare, housing, transport, and urban renewal), using experts in each field to explore the creation, dissemination, and use of evidence within each. They consider in particular: How is research evidence of service effectiveness created? How does such evidence shape policy and influence service delivery? What efforts are being made to encourage greater utilisation of evidence in policy and practice? The rich cross-sectoral accounts of the many and diverse activities in each sector provide an insight into the ebb and flow of evidence as guidance to policy and practice. The book develops perceptive analyses of outstanding problems, and raises challenging agendas for service development and future research. The authors conclude with the all-important question of the implementation of evidence-based practice."--
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County services-- Great Britain.
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Municipal services-- Great Britain.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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County services.
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Municipal services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Evidence-Based Practice.
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Efficiëntie.
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Empirisch sociaal onderzoek.
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Overheidsmanagement.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.0941
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JN318.W42 2000eb
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88.20bcl
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88.20.bcl
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Davies, H. T. O.
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Nutley, Sandra M.
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Smith, Peter, (Peter C.)
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