Background Health inequalities are persistent and widening with transformative policy
change needed. Radically shifting policy to tackle upstream causes of inequalities is likely to …

The green regeneration of urban inventory is now much more viewed as a strategy to create
“green finance”, in contrast to the urban renewal movement that was started in the 1950s …

Background: Although increasingly accepted in some corners of social work, critics have
claimed that evidence-based practice (EBP) methodologies run contrary to local care …

Abstract New Public Management (NPM) and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) are two
fundamental concepts within welfare professions. Both NPM and EBP are central to many …

This contribution introduces Current Sociology's special subsection 'The advent of the citizen
expert: Democratising or pushing the boundaries of expertise?', which deals with the …

The idea that public policies might usefully be improved by evidence (or, more strongly put,
that policies ought to be evidence-based) is long-standing. However, official commitments to …

Radicalisation has become a highly influential idea in British policy making. It underpins and
justifies Prevent, a core part of the UK's counter-terrorism strategy. Experts have theorised …

Background Engaging with the public can influence policy decisions, particularly towards
more radical policy change. While established research exists exploring public perceptions …

Alongside efforts to improve evidence use in policy, grassroots demands and governance-
driven democratisation are informing an ever-increasing range of public engagement …

As this book explores, we have recently witnessed multiple efforts to counter some of the
shortcomings of the evidence-based policy ideal, many of which include strategies for …