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

By Mark Monaghan

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847426972
• ISBN13: 9781847426970
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.5"