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Informationen zum Autor Given my job title, it will come as no surprise that my main interest lies in research methodology. This does not quite bracket me with the technical nerds, however, for I have written widely on the philosophy and practice of research, covering methods qualitative and quantitative, pure and applied, contemporaneous and historical. There is a common 'realist' thread underlying every word, albeit a modest, middle-range, empirically-rich kind of realism. Klappentext Looking at the spread of evidence-based policy making across the Western world, this book examines the methodological assumptions that lie behind this drive for government departments, academic research projects and NGOs to adopt an 'evidence-based' approach, when so little has been done to ask what works in an evidence-based context. Zusammenfassung Looking at the spread of evidence-based policy making across the Western world, this book examines the methodological assumptions that lie behind this drive for government departments, academic research projects and NGOs to adopt an 'evidence-based' approach, when so little has been done to ask what works in an evidence-based context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Evidence-Based Policy The Promise of Systematic Review Realist Methodology The Building Blocks of Evidence Systematic Obfuscation A Critical Analysis of the Meta-Analytic Approach Realist Synthesis New Protocols For Systematic Review Reviewing Implementation Processes Megan¿s Law Reviewing Inner Mechanisms Youth Mentoring Reviewing Outer Contexts Naming and Shaming Conclusion Flying `The Tattered Flag of Enlightenment¿
Sommario
Evidence-Based Policy
The Promise of Systematic Review
Realist Methodology
The Building Blocks of Evidence
Systematic Obfuscation
A Critical Analysis of the Meta-Analytic Approach
Realist Synthesis
New Protocols For Systematic Review
Reviewing Implementation Processes
Megan's Law
Reviewing Inner Mechanisms
Youth Mentoring
Reviewing Outer Contexts
Naming and Shaming
Conclusion
Flying `The Tattered Flag of Enlightenment'
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"This book is an excellent resource for evaluators who wish to inform policy decisions with collective insights gained from diverse threads of relevant literature...This book is timely in its emphasis on the complex, multifaceted nexus between evidence and policy." Chris Milne 20080919
