The Politics of Evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence

Evidence-based policymaking: opportunities and challenges 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Evidence-based policymaking: an important first step and the need to take the next 14 PART II The politics of evidence 39 3 Bias and the politics of evidence 41 4 The overt politics of evidence: bias and the pursuit of political interests 65 5 The subtle politics of evidence: the cognitive-political origins of bias 84 PART III Towards the good governance of evidence 105 6 What is ‘good evidence for policy’?: from hierarchies to appropriate evidence 107 7 What is the ‘good use of evidence’ for policy?128 8 From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence 147 Index 175 Contents Part I Evidence-based policymaking Opportunities and challenges Chalmers, Iain.2005.’If evidence-informed policy works in practice, does it matter if it doesn’t work in theory?’ Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 1(2): 227-242.