The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-85702-966-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

Martyn Hammersley's provocative new text interrogates the complex relationship between research, policymaking and practice, against the background of the evidence-based practice movement. Addressing a series of probing questions, this book reflects on the challenge posed by the idea that social research can directly serve policymaking and practice.

Key questions explored include:

- Is scientific research evidence-based?

- What counts as evidence for evidence-based practice?

- Is social measurement possible, and is it necessary?

- What are the criteria by which qualitative research should be judged?

The book also discusses the case for action research, the nature of systematic reviews, proposals for interpretive reviews, and the process of qualitative synthesis.

Highly readable and undeniably relevant, this book is a valuable resource for both academics and professionals involved with research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hammersley, Martyn

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Some Questions about Evidence-Based Practice

The Myth of Research-Based Policy-Making and Practice

Is Scientific Research Evidence-Based?

What Counts as Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice?

Is Social Measurement Possible, and Is It Necessary?

The Question of Quality in Qualitative Research

Action Research: A Contradiction in Terms?
On 'Systematic' Reviews of Research Literatures

Systematic or Unsystematic, Is That the Question? Some Reflections on the Science, Art and Politics of Reviewing

The Interpretive Attack on the Traditional Review

What Is Qualitative Synthesis and Why Do It?

Über Autor(innen)

Hammersley, Martyn
Martyn Hammersley is an emeritus professor of educational and social research at The Open University, UK. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books including (with Paul Atkinson) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (fourth edition, Routledge, 2019), The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (Routledge, 1989), The Politics of Social Research (SAGE, 1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (second edition, Longman, 1997), Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 2000), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice, (London, Paul Chapman/SAGE, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE, 2008), Methodology Who Needs It? (SAGE, 2011), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (SAGE, 2013), The Limits of Social Science (SAGE, 2014), and The Concept of Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Website: http://martynhammersley.wordpress.com/

My early research was in the sociology of education. Later work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social and educational inquiry. These include objectivity, partisanship and bias; and the role of research in relation to policy making and practice. Most recently I have investigated how the news media represent social science research findings.