TY - CHAP
T1 - Evidence Based Policy
AU - BOTTERILL, Linda
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Since the late 1990s, increased attention has been given by governments and scholars to evidence-based policymaking (EBPM). The use of the term EBPM appears to have emerged with the election of Tony Blair’s government in the United Kingdom (UK) and a desire to be seen to be taking ideology and politics out of the policy process. The focus was on drawing on research-based evidence to inform policymakers about “what works” and thereby produce better policy outcomes. In this sense, evidence-based policy is arguably a new label for an old concern. The relationship between knowledge, research, and policy has been a focus of scholarly attention for decades—Annette Boaz and her colleagues date it to as early as 1895 (Boaz et al., 2008, p. 234).
AB - Since the late 1990s, increased attention has been given by governments and scholars to evidence-based policymaking (EBPM). The use of the term EBPM appears to have emerged with the election of Tony Blair’s government in the United Kingdom (UK) and a desire to be seen to be taking ideology and politics out of the policy process. The focus was on drawing on research-based evidence to inform policymakers about “what works” and thereby produce better policy outcomes. In this sense, evidence-based policy is arguably a new label for an old concern. The relationship between knowledge, research, and policy has been a focus of scholarly attention for decades—Annette Boaz and her colleagues date it to as early as 1895 (Boaz et al., 2008, p. 234).
UR - https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-177
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/evidencebased-policy-2
U2 - 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.177
DO - 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.177
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
T3 - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
SP - 1
EP - 1
BT - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -