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Title

Using evidence to inform policy / edited by Pete Lunn & Frances Ruane.

Publication

Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lunn, Pete
• Ruane, Frances P.

Description

xii, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This unique new book systematically explores and demonstrates the potential breadth and value of the contribution that evidence can make to policy, while also highlighting its limitations. * Provides a comprehensive insight into the complex relationship between evidence and policy, arguing that policy should be informed by evidence as far as resources and systems permit, but that policy can rarely be solely based on evidence. * Aims to contribute to a more mutually constructive relationship between researchers and policymakers, by advancing the understanding of how and when evidence can inform policy. * Using informative examples, it demonstrates how national and international research can be used to good effect, while clearly identifying the range of methodologies that are relevant to different areas of policy. * Presenting eleven studies drawn from recent ESRI research projects, available on www.esri.ie/research, it illustrates different aspects of the relationship between evidence and policy, and how these vary by policy area. Written for: * Courses in economics, sociology, political science, governance and social policy, at postgraduate and undergraduate level * Civil servants, politicians, policymakers, researchers and analysts in the public sector, who are looking to understand how to improve the use of evidence in the design of public policy.

Subject

• Policy sciences > Evaluation
• Policy sciences > Methodology
• Political planning
• Sciences de la politique > Évaluation
• Politique publique
• Elaboration d'une politique
• Prise de décision (Politique)
• Analyse des risques
• Témoignages
• Planification stratégique
• Policy sciences > Evaluation
• Political planning
• Irlande

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

When and How Can Evidence Inform Policy? / Pete Lunn & Frances Ruane -- Using Evidence to Improve Evaluation Methods for Public Infrastructure / Edgar Morgenroth -- Should Loan-to-Value Ratios be Limited? The International Evidence / David Duffy -- The Potential Role of Pay-for-Performance in Irish Healthcare: Lessons From International / Anne Nolan, Jacqueline O'Reilly, Samantha Smith & Aoife Brick -- Learning From the Evidence: Using Educational Research / Emer Smyth & Selina McCoy -- Boosting Innovation and Productivity in Enterprises: What Matters? What Works? / Frances Ruane & Iulia -- Do Active Labour Market Policies Activate? / Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness & Philip J. O'Connell -- Providing Economic Security Through Competition and Regulatory Policy: What Is the Evidence? / Paul K. Gorecki -- Protecting Consumers of Financial Services / Pete Lunn -- Fiscal Consolidation Strategies: Evidence from the International Experience / Eddie Casey, Joseph Durkan & David Duffy -- Evidence on the Pattern of Earnings and Labour Costs Over the Recession / Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly & Seamus McGuinness -- Quality of Public Services: Irish Public Perceptions and Implications for Public Service Reform / Dorothy Watson -- Increasing the Contribution of Evidence to Policy / Frances Ruane & Pete Lunn.

ISBN

• 0717159728
• 9780717159727

OCLC

• 858126054
• SCSB-10958730

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library