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Book review: publics and their health systems: rethinking participation by Ellen Stewart
Book review: Drawing on a detailed case study of Scotland’s National Health Service, Publics and Their Health Systems: Rethinking Participation is a novel contribution to the growing academic engagement with the institutionalisation of public participation as a routine feature of governance.
Post-crisis policymaking in Europe: the politics of expertise
The shift towards ‘evidence-based’ policymaking and pressure from the EU have pushed European governments to increasingly make use of technocratic expertise in policymaking, write Elke Heins and Hartwig Pautz. They call for a new research agenda to explore the facets of ‘independent evidence’ and the role of austerity in European governments’ policy responses to the Great Recession.
The net migration target may have failed, but it has shifted the way we debate immigration
In this post, Christina Boswell discusses the ways the quantification of immigration targets influences the way we shape immigration policies.
On evidence tools for public health policy
A range of techniques and methods exist to assemble and present research findings in a way that will be ‘useful’ to policymakers. In public health, three of the most popular are Health Impact Assessments, systematic reviews, and economic decision-making tools.
SKAPE is 1 year old!
We look back on a busy year and talk about the next steps for SKAPE.
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