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Evidence and the policy process from an Indian perspective

Kattumuri, Ruth (2016) Evidence and the policy process from an Indian perspective. In: Hantrais, Linda, Lenihan, Ashley Thomas and MacGregor, Susanne, (eds.) International and Interdisciplinary Insights into Evidence and Policy. Contemporary Issues in Social Science. Routledge. ISBN 9781138655263

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Abstract

Contributors to this highly original book address the many questions raised by researchers and policymakers about the complex and often uneasy relationship between evidence and policy from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. They explore both the institutions acting as evidence brokers and the different methods used to collect, assess and use evidence in a variety of national and international settings, by drawing on their experience of working in international contexts and in different disciplinary and policy environments, and in some cases analysing their own involvement in the evidence-based policy process. The policy areas covered range from national and state level economic and social policies more generally to specific areas of intervention, such as EU bio-fuels targets, the Active Ageing Index, mental health and media, the construction of second-language learning policies, microfinance and alcohol policy. The authors highlight the strengths and weaknesses, the use and abuse, or successes and failures, of different institutional and methodological approaches to evidence-based policy. They consider what elements of the lessons learned might be transferable across national and cultural boundaries, and if so under what conditions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Item Type: Book Section
Official URL: https://www.routledge.com/
Additional Information: © 2016 Routledge
Divisions: Grantham Research Institute
India Observatory
Asia Centre
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2017 13:54
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 10:02
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69603

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