Overview
- Provides results from a large research programme of work on how to study the use of evidence from a policy perspective.
- Addresses the political realities of policy making in health, including ministerial stewardship over and good governance of evidence, and the operation of ‘evidence advisory systems’.
- Reflects on conceptual issues and offers a range of case studies to investigate how evidence was used.
Part of the book series: International Series on Public Policy (ISPP)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- evidence based policymaking
- political contestation
- institutional context
- rational-instrumental evidence use
- Cambodia
- framing
- multi-sectoral
- Ethiopia
- stakeholders' involvement
- governance
- legitimacy
- institutionalised evidentiary practices
- evidence advisory system
- accountability systems
- democratic governance
- international donors
- World Health Organization
- Parliament
- aid relationships
- Open Access
About this book
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Benjamin Hawkins is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. His research focuses on the role of research evidence and corporate actors in health policy making. In addition, he works on European integration, multi-level governance international trade and political economy approaches to health policy.
Stefanie Ettelt is Associate Professor at the Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Her work examines the tensions between structure and agency in explaining the influence of evidence and research on policy-making and health system governance, particularly from a comparative perspective.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evidence Use in Health Policy Making
Book Subtitle: An International Public Policy Perspective
Editors: Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins
Series Title: International Series on Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93467-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93466-2Published: 24 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06667-3Published: 02 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93467-9Published: 24 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-7301
Series E-ISSN: 2524-731X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 245
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, Legislative and Executive Politics, Health Policy, Politics of the Welfare State