Uncertainty in Policy Making : Values and Evidence in Complex Decisions.
Uncertainty in Policy Making explores how uncertainty is interpreted and used by policy makers, experts and politicians. It argues that conventional notions of rational, evidence-based policy making - hailed by governments and organisations across the world as the only way to make good policy - is a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Series: | Science in society series.
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| Summary: | Uncertainty in Policy Making explores how uncertainty is interpreted and used by policy makers, experts and politicians. It argues that conventional notions of rational, evidence-based policy making - hailed by governments and organisations across the world as the only way to make good policy - is an impossible aim in highly complex and uncertain environments; the blind pursuit of such a 'rational' goal is in fact irrational in a world of competing values and interests. The book centres around two high-profile and important case studies: the Iraq war and climate change policy in the US, UK and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849776691 1849776695 9781136530333 1136530339 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |