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Systematic reviews in social policy
— to go forward, do we first need to look back? | | Author(s) | Mark Pearson |
| Corporate Author | School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth |
| Journal title | Evidence & Policy, vol 3, no 4, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 505-526 |
| Source | http://www.policypress.org.uk |
| Keywords | Social policy ; Research ; Evaluation ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | This article argues that the development of systematic review methods for social policy and practice in the UK has been inhibited in two ways. First, there has been insufficient engagement with the breadth of Donald Campbell's thoughts on evaluative research methods and knowledge accumulation. To this end, the article outlines the contribution that a fuller understanding of Campbell's work could make to the development of such methods. Second, debates about the merits of systematic review methods have often shown only a partial understanding of other approaches. The article thus seeks to identify key areas of commonality and difference between approaches to systematic reviews with a view to stimulating methodological development through constructive debate. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080117202 A |
| Classmark | TM2: 3A: 4C: 3D |
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