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Evidence Versus Politics: Exploiting Research in UK Drug Policy Making? - Hardcover

Mark Monaghan

 
9781847426970: Evidence Versus Politics: Exploiting Research in UK Drug Policy Making?

Synopsis

The initial enthusiasm for the evidence-based policy agenda has recently been replaced with increasing skepticism. Critics point out that 'policy-based evidence' characterizes the relationship more accurately. Analyzing the role and nature of evidence in the context of UK drug policy and drawing on a range of theories of the policy process and research utilization, this book pursues an alternative route for conceptualizing the evidence and policy connection, which moves beyond zero-sum statements of evidence-based policy and policy-based evidence. It will be an essential reading for students and researchers in public policy and criminology.

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About the Author

Mark Monaghan is a Lecturer in Sociology, Social Policy and Crime in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.

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