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

The initial enthusiasm for the evidence-based policy agenda has recently been replaced with increasing scepticism. Critics point out that 'policy-based evidence' characterises the relationship more accurately. Analysing 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 utilisation, this book pursues an alternative route for conceptualising the evidence and policy connection, which moves beyond zero-sum statements of evidence-based policy and policy-based evidence. It will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy and criminology.

• | Author: Mark Monaghan
• | Publisher: Policy Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 200 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1847426972
• | ISBN-13: 9781847426970