2018
DOI: 10.3351/ppp.2017.8763267545
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Evidence based policy making in an age of austerity

Abstract: This paper reflects on the course of evidence based policy making (EBPM) in the United Kingdom over the last ten years: from the New Labour Government through the Coalition Government to the post 2015 Conservative Governments. A central focus is how the politics of austerity have shaped EBPM. Hayek's theory of spontaneous ordering is introduced to examine whether EBPM since 2010 has taken a distinct course linked to the wider statecraft of austerity politics, the reduction in the role of the state and the pref… Show more

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“…However, for several official evaluations the emphasis has remained on the use of quantitative outcome measures and to some extent the valorisation of outcomes evaluation evidence gathered using the 'gold standard' of randomized control trials (RCTs) (Axford and Morpeth, 2013;Haynes et al, 2012). This has been accompanied by a corresponding scepticism towards qualitative research (Wells, 2018).…”
Section: What Counts As Policy 'Evidence'?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, for several official evaluations the emphasis has remained on the use of quantitative outcome measures and to some extent the valorisation of outcomes evaluation evidence gathered using the 'gold standard' of randomized control trials (RCTs) (Axford and Morpeth, 2013;Haynes et al, 2012). This has been accompanied by a corresponding scepticism towards qualitative research (Wells, 2018).…”
Section: What Counts As Policy 'Evidence'?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the EBPM‐ideal, policy‐making works better if it is based directly on scientific evidence, and the best scientific evidence comes from meta‐studies, literature reviews, experiments and quasi‐experimental approaches (Deterding & Solmeyer, 2018; Parkhurst & Abeysinghe, 2016; Smith & Haux, 2017). According to Wells (2018), this has been accompanied by a corresponding scepticism towards qualitative research.…”
Section: Point Of Departure and Previous Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These developments are all testament to the fact that EBPM, as an idea, has broad appeal and few opponents (Davey . Although there were examples of governments distancing themselves from claims to be 'evidence-based' in the first two decades of the twenty-first century (see, for example, Wells, 2018), the COVID-19 pandemic has firmly resurrected the notion that policies are best led by science (e.g. Sasse, Haddon & Nice, 2020).…”
Section: Introduction -What Is Evidence-based Policy-making?mentioning
confidence: 99%