What Works Now?: Evidence-based Policy and Practice Revisited

Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides sector-by-sector analysis of evidence use in policy-making and service delivery. It considers some cross-cutting themes, including a section of international commentaries, and concludes by looking at lessons from the past and prospects for the future.

This book will be of interest to a wide range of social science researchers, students and practitioners as well as those interested in supporting more evidence-informed policy and practice.

Annette Boaz is Professor of Health Care Research in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s University of London.

Huw Davies is Professor of Health Care Policy & Management at the University of St Andrews, and co-founder of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU).

Alec Fraser is Assistant Professor at the Policy Innovation Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with an interest in public policy and management.

Sandra Nutley is Emeritus Professor at University of St Andrews, and a specialist in using evidence to inform public policy and practice.