Evidence-Based Policymaking: Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Practice

The second edition of "Why Research Is Underutilized in Policymaking" offers a fresh look into the disconnect between research and policymaking, updating community dissonance theory and providing an even stronger case for why research is underutilized. The book offers a new theory for guiding the study and practice of evidence-based policy, featuring the perspectives of policymakers and pioneering researchers who have successfully influenced public policy. It also provides strategies for identifying research questions that are relevant to societal problems and offers a comprehensive overview of classic and cutting-edge studies in the field. The book is written in a student-friendly language and style, and includes key concepts highlighted in text boxes. Additionally, the book provides 12 innovative best practices for engaging policymakers and evaluates the effectiveness of efforts to engage policymakers around research.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 408 pages
\n Publication date: 28 April 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The age-old conundrum of how to connect research and policymaking requires fresh thinking. Why does a disconnect exist between the research community, producing thousands of studies relevant to public policy, and the policy community, making thousands of decisions that would benefit from research evidence? The second edition of this book updates community dissonance theory and provides a stronger, more substantiated story of why research is underutilized in policymaking and what it will take to connect researchers and policymakers.

This book offers a fresh look into what policymakers and the policy process are like, as told by policymakers themselves and the researchers who study and work with them.

New to the second edition:

• The point of view of policymakers is infused throughout this book based on a remarkable new study of 225 state legislators with an extraordinarily high response rate in this hard-to-access population.

• A new theory holds promise for guiding the study and practice of evidence-based policy by building on how policymakers say research contributes to policymaking.

• A new chapter features pioneering researchers who have effectively influenced public policy by engaging policymakers in ways rewarding to both.

• A new chapter proposes how an engaged university could provide culturally competent training to create a new type of scholar and scholarship.

This review of state-of-the-art research on evidence-based policy is a benefit to readers who find it hard to keep abreast of a field that spans the disciplines of business, economics, education, family sciences, health services, political science, psychology, public administration, social work, sociology, and so forth.

For those who study evidence-based policy, the book provides the basis.

\n Weight: 796g\n
Dimension: 178 x 253 x 38 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367523855\n
Edition number: 2 New edition\n