In Pursuit of Impact - Trauma- And Resilience-Informed Policy Development

Nadia Ferrara explores the elements of evidence-informed policy development and calls for a cultural shift within both the research and policy worlds in order to best embed these dynamic principles in practice.

List of contents

Part I: Towards Socially Responsible Policy Development
Introduction: Rethinking and Reconnecting with Our Purpose
Chapter 1: Trauma (Re-) Defined
Chapter 2: Understanding Resilience and Survival
Part II: Process of Cultural Shifting
Chapter 3: Bridging Research and Policy Worlds
Chapter 4: The Transformative Cultural Shift towards Responsive Policymaking
Part III: Sustaining the Cultural Shift
Chapter 5: The Public Service as an Adaptive System
Chapter 6: Towards Purposeful Action and Mindful Practice
Chapter 7: Re-humanizing the Policy Development Process

About the author

By Nadia Ferrara - Foreword by Grant J. Rich

Summary

Nadia Ferrara explores the elements of evidence-informed policy development and calls for a cultural shift within both the research and policy worlds in order to best embed these dynamic principles in practice.

Product details

• Authors: Nadia Ferrara, Ferrara Nadia
• Assisted by: Grant J. Rich (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781498549356
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4935-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PSYCHOLOGY / General, Anthropology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General