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

Cover
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Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: Why We Care and What We Learned in the Last Decade
Foreword
Section 1 The Problem, the Players, and the Policy Process
	1 Why There Is a Disconnect Between Research and Policy, and What We Can Do
	2 The History of Evidence-Based Policy: A Long-Held Dream
	3 Understanding Policymakers: Insights From Science
	4 Understanding the Policy Process: Insights From Insiders
Section 2 Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Evaluation
	5 How Policymakers Say They Use Research: A Fresh Theoretical Framework
	6 Configuring the Research and Policy Communities: Creating an Archipelago
	7 Why Research Is Underutilized in Policymaking: Community Dissonance Theory
	8 Evaluating Efforts to Communicate Research to Policymakers: A Theory of Change in Action
Section 3 Envisioning a New Era of Practice
	9 When Researchers Successfully Engaged Policymakers: Breakthroughs Do Happen!
	10 Engaging Policymakers: Best Practices From Those Who Study It and Do It!
	11 Approaching Policymakers: The Critical Choice of Advocacy or Education
	12 Creating Culturally Competent Scholars Now and in the Next Generation
	Afterword: Turning From Analysis to Action
References
Appendix
Index