Evidence-Based Policy: A Realist Perspective

by Ray Pawson

Book Overview

Author Ray Pawson presents a devastating critique of the dominant approach to systematic review - namely the ′meta-analytic′ approach as sponsored by the Cochrane and Campbell collaborations. In its place is commended an approach that he terms ′realist synthesis′. On this vision, the real purpose of systematic review is better to understand program theory, so that policies can be properly targeted and developed to counter an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412910595
• ISBN13: 9781412910590
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.5"