Preface | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xv |
Exploring the Disconnect Between Research and Policy | p. 1 |
Reflections on What We Mean by Policy and Evidence-Based Policymaking | p. 3 |
A Promise Unfulfilled: A Historical Perspective | p. 4 |
What Went Wrong: Rounding Up the "Usual Suspects" | p. 7 |
What Makes Understanding the Science-Policy Connection So Challenging? | p. 16 |
Summary | p. 22 |
Do Policymakers Want Evidence? Insights From Research-Minded Policymakers | p. 25 |
Why Are Policymakers Interested in Receiving Research From Professionals? | p. 26 |
What Kinds of Information Are Most Useful to Policymakers? | p. 32 |
Where Do Policymakers Go to Get Information? | p. 41 |
How Do Policymakers Like to Get Information? | p. 44 |
Summary | p. 52 |
When Researchers Delivered Evidence to Policymakers | p. 55 |
The Wisconsin Idea | p. 56 |
Models for Bringing Research to the Policy Process | p. 63 |
Summary | p. 74 |
Who Are These Knowledge Producers and Knowledge Consumers Anyway? | p. 75 |
Evolution of a Theoretical Perspective | p. 76 |
Stumbling on the Importance of "Culture" to Explain Communication Breakdowns | p. 79 |
Toward a Multicommunity Theory of Cultural Influences | p. 91 |
Summary | p. 97 |
Why Research Is Underutilized in Policymaking: Community Dissonance Theory | p. 99 |
Exploring the Character of Community Dissonance | p. 100 |
Various Meanings of Research Use | p. 104 |
Some Elemental Concepts: Erecting the Building Blocks of a Theory of Community Dissonance | p. 108 |
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Thinking About Community Dissonance | p. 114 |
Summary | p. 125 |
Breaking Through Stereotypes of Policymakers | p. 129 |
Researchers' Initial Impressions of Policymakers and How They Changed Over Time | p. 130 |
Unpacking How Policymakers Differ From Each Other and How Knowledge Brokers Can Leverage These Differences to Their Advantage | p. 135 |
Summary | p. 146 |
What Knowledge Producers Should Know About the Policymaking Process | p. 149 |
Prominent Conceptualizations of the Policy Process | p. 150 |
When Research Meets the Policy Process: Welfare Reform and Science | p. 151 |
Nine Observations of the Policy Process: Obvious to Insiders, Surprising to Outsiders | p. 153 |
Summary | p. 171 |
Barriers to and Rewards of Cross-Cultural Communication | p. 175 |
Milk for Poor Kids: An Improbable Policy Victory | p. 176 |
Researchers' Initial Impressions of Barriers to Working With Policymakers | p. 181 |
The Rewards of Relaying Research to Policymakers | p. 188 |
Summary | p. 191 |
Authors' Note | p. 192 |
Communicating With Policymakers: Insights From Policy-Minded Researchers | p. 193 |
What Advice Can Researchers Offer About Communicating Research to Policymakers? | p. 194 |
Summary | p. 222 |
Authors' Note | p. 226 |
Approaching Policymakers: Moving Beyond "What" to "How" | p. 227 |
Differentiating the Advocacy and Education Approaches for Working With Policymakers | p. 228 |
Advocacy and Education Across the Ages | p. 229 |
Which Approach Is the Most Effective When Researchers Wade Into the Policy Community? | p. 233 |
Why Is the Education Approach Effective? | p. 237 |
Some Prominent Objections to the Education Approach | p. 247 |
How Can Educators Establish and Maintain a Nonpartisan Reputation? | p. 249 |
Summary | p. 250 |
Endnote | p. 252 |
Generating Evidence on Disseminating Evidence to Policymakers | p. 253 |
What Is Known and Unknown About Disseminating Research to Policymakers | p. 254 |
Baby Steps for Evaluating Efforts to Disseminate Evidence to Policymakers | p. 266 |
The Family Policy Education Theory of Change | p. 268 |
Summary | p. 286 |
Where Do We Go From Here? | p. 291 |
This Book-A Small Step Forward in a Long Journey | p. 292 |
What Researchers Could Do and Why It Is So Hard | p. 295 |
Next Steps: Exploring an Action Agenda | p. 298 |
Summary | p. 309 |
Appendix: Methodological Notes | p. 313 |
The Exploratory Researcher Study | p. 316 |
The Exploratory Policymaker and Policy Administrator Study | p. 319 |
References | p. 327 |
Author Index | p. 339 |
Subject Index | p. 343 |
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