What works? : evidence-based policy and practice in public services /: evidence-based policy and practice in public services. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith.
• Other Names: Nutley, Sandra M; Smith, Peter (Peter C.); Davies, H. T. O
• Contents: WHAT WORKS?; Contents; Foreword; Editors' Preface; List of acronyms; List of contributors; 1. Introducing evidence-based policy and practice in public services; 2. Evidence and the policy process; 3. Healthcare: evidence to the fore; 4. Education: realising the potential; 5. Criminal justice: using evidence to reduce crime; 6. Social care: rhetoric and reality; 7. Welfare policy: tendering for evidence; 8. Housing: linking theory and practice; 9. Transport: beyond predict and provide; 10. Urban policy: addressing wicked problems; 11. A strategic approach to research and development.
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages)
• Subjects: 363.0941; County services -- Great Britain; Municipal services -- Great Britain; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; County services; Municipal services; Overheidsmanagement; Empirisch sociaal onderzoek; Efficiëntie; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847425119; 1847425119; 9786612319020; 9781447304265; 1447304268
• Related ISBNs: 661231902X; 186134192X; 9781861341921; 1861341911; 9781861341914
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.