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R0040 - Bridging Research and Policy (ODI)

Index A, by theme and sub-theme: (General, 1. The political context, 2. The actors, 3. Messages and media)

Bridging research & policy (section summary)

Coleman, D (1991) Policy Research - Who Needs It? Governance 4 (4) 420-455
Garrett, J L & Islam, Y (1998) Policy Research and the Policy Process: Do the twain ever meet? Gatekeeper Series no. 74. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Haas, E B (1991) When Knowledge is Power: Three Models of Change in International Organizations. University of California Press.
Kingdon, J W (1984) Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies. New York: Harpers Collins.
Lindquist, E A (1988) What Do Decision-Models Tell Us About Information Use? Knowledge in Society 1 (2) 86-111
Maxwell, S (2000) Is Anyone Listening? GDNet [Available at http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/gdn/tools/respol.htm]
Neilson, S (2001) Knowledge Utilization and Public Policy Processes: A Literature Review. Evaluation Unit. IDRC, Canada. [Available at www.idrc.ca/evaluation/litreview_e.html]
Nutley, S, Walter, I & Davies, H (2002) From Knowing to Doing: A framework for understanding the evidence-into-practice agenda. Discussion Paper 1, Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews. [Available at www.st-and.ac.uk/~cppm/ under RURU]
Porter, R W & Prysor-Jones, S (1997) Making a Difference to Policies and Programs: A Guide for Researchers. USAID, Washington.
Pross, P (1986) Group Politics and Public Policy. Oxford University Press, Toronto.
Puchner, L (2001) Researching Women's Literacy in Mali: A Case Study of Dialogue among Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers. Comparative Education Review 45 (2) 242-256
RAWOO (2001) Utilization of Research for Development Cooperation, Linking Knowledge Production to Development Policy and Practice. Publication no. 21, Netherlands Development Assistance Research Council, The Hague.
Ryan, J (1999) Assessing the impact of rice policy changes in Viet Nam and the contribution of policy research. Impact Assessment Discussion paper 8. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC. [Available at www.ifpri.org/impact/iadp08.pdf]
Ryan, J (2002) Synthesis Report on Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Social Science Research. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC. [Available at www.ifpri.org/impact/iadp15.pdf]
Sabatier, P & Jenkins-Smith, H C (1999) The Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Assessment. In Sabatier, P (ed) Theories of the Policy Process. Westview Press, Boulder.
Stone, D, Maxwell, S & Keating, M (2001) Bridging Research and Policy. An international workshop funded by DFID. Warwick University, 16-17 July. [Available at www.gdnet.org/pdf/Bridging.pdf]
Weiss, C (1977) Research for Policy's Sake: The Enlightenment Function of Social Research. Policy Analysis 3 (4) 531-545

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1. The political context (section summary)

1.1 The policy process (section summary)

Berkout, F & Scoones, I (1999) Knowing how to change. Environmental policy learning and transfer. Science and Technology Policy Research (STPR), UK. [Available at www.id21.org/society/insights30editorial.html]
Clay, EJ & Schaffer, BB (1984) Room for Manoeuvre; An Exploration of Public Policy in Agricultural and Rural Development. Heinemann Educational Books, London.
Keeley, J & Scoones, I (1999) Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: A Review. IDS Working Paper 89, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. [Available at http://server.ntd.co.uk/ids/bookshop/details.asp?id=494]
Keeley, J & Scoones, I (2000) Knowledge, power and politics: the environmental policy-making process in Ethiopia. The Journal of Modern African Studies 38 (1) 89-120. [Available at www.id21.org/society/s2ajk1g1.html]
Lipsky, M (1980) Street-level Bureaucracy; Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services. Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
Mosse, D (forthcoming) The Making and Marketing of Participatory Development. In Quarles van Ufford, P & Giri, A K (eds) A Moral Critique of Development: In Search of Global Responsibilities. Routledge, London & New York.
Robertson, A F (1984) People and the State; An anthropology of planned development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Roe, E (1991) Development Narratives, Or Making the Best of Blueprint Development. World Development 19 (4) 287-300
Rondinelli, D (1993) Development Projects as Policy Experiments; An adaptive approach to development administration. Routledge, London.
Shankland, A (2000) Analysing Policy for Sustainable Livelihoods. Research Report 49, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex.
Sutton, R (1999) The Policy Process: An Overview. ODI Working Paper 118, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.
[www.odi.org.uk/publications/abswp118.html]
Wood, G (1985) The Politics of Development Policy Labelling. Development and Change 16 (3) 347-373

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1.2 The current policy discourse (section summary)

Chomsky, N (1987) The Manufacture of Consent. In The Chomsky Reader (edited by Peck, J). Serpent's Tail, London.
Gasper, D & Apthorpe, R (1996) Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Policy Discourse. European Journal of Development Research 8 (1) 1-15
Henkel, H & Stirrat, R (2001) Participation as Spiritual Duty; Empowerment as Secular Subjection. In Cooke, B & Kothari, U (eds) Participation, The New Tyranny? Zed Books, London.
Hirschman, A O (1970) Exit, Voice and Loyalty. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Hulme, D & Edwards, M (1997) NGOs, States and Donors: An Overview. In Hulme & Edwards (eds) NGOs, States and Donors: Too Close for Comfort? Macmillan, London, in association with Save the Children.
Leftwich, A (1994) Governance, the State and the Politics of Development. Development and Change 25 (2) 363-386
Lukes, S (1974) Power: A Radical View. Macmillan, London
Mosley, P, Harrigan, J & Toe, J (1995) Aid and Power - Second Edition The World Bank & Policy-based Lending. Routledge, London.
Stern, N & Ferreira, F (1997) The World Bank as an 'Intellectual Actor'. In Kapur, D, Lewis, J & Webb, R (eds) The World Bank - Its First Half Century. Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Williams, R (1973) Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory. New Left Review No. 82

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1.3 The information age (section summary)

Anheimer, H, Glasius, M & Kaldor, M (2001) Introducing Global Civil Society. In Global Civil Society 2001, Oxford University Press.
Castells, M (1993) The Informational Economy and the New International Division of Labour. In Carnoy, M, et al, The New Global Economy in the Information Age. Macmillan, London.
Elliott, P (1995) Intellectuals, the 'information society' and the disappearance of the public sphere. In Boyd-Barrett, O & Newbold, C (eds) Approaches to Media, A Reader. Arnold, London.
Franco, J (1994) Beyond Ethnocentrism: Gender, Power and the Third-World Intelligentsia. In Williams, P & Chrisman, L (eds) Colonial Discourse and Post-colonial Theory, A Reader. Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York.
Giddens, A (1990) The Consequences of Modernity. Polity Press, Cambridge.
Mohanty, C T (1988) Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses. Feminist Review 30: 65-88

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2. The actors (networks, organisations, individuals) (section summary)

2.1 Networks and inter-organisational linkages (section summary)

Keck, M & Sikkink, K (1998) Activists beoynd borders; advocacy networks in international politics. Cornell University Press.
Kickert et al (1997) A Management Perspective on Policy Network. In Kickert, W, Klijn, E H & Koppenjan, J F M (eds) Managing complex networks. Sage, London.
Robinson, D, Hewitt, T & Harriss, J (1999) Why Inter-Organizational Relationships Matter. In Robinson, D, Hewitt, T & Harriss, J (eds) Managing Development: Understanding Inter-organizational Relationships. Sage, London.
Stacey, R (1995) The Role of Chaos and Self-Organization in the Development of Creative Organizations. In Albert, A (ed) Chaos and Society. IOS Press, Amsterdam.
Struyk, R (2000) Transnational Think Tank Networks: Purpose, Membership and Cohesion. Urban Institute, Washington DC.

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2.2 Organisational management, learning and change (section summary)

Brown, D L (1995) Managing Conflict Among Groups. In Kolb, D A, Osland, J & Rubin, I M (eds) The Organizational Behavior Reader 6th Edition, Prentice-Hall International.
Carr, A (1998) Identity, Compliance and Dissent in Organizations: A Psychoanalytical Perspective. Organization 5 (1) 81-99
Clegg, S (1994) Constitution of the Resistant Subject. In Jermier, J M, Knights, D & Nord, W R (eds) Resistance and Power in Organisations. Routledge, London.
Douglas, M (1986) How Institutions Think. Syracuse University Press.
Hailey, J & Smillie, I (2001) Managing for Change: Leadership and Strategy in Asian NGOs. Earthscan, London.
Lanuez, D & Jermier, J M (1994) Sabotage by Managers and Technocrats - Neglected patterns of resistance at work. In Jermier, J M, Knights, D & Nord, W R (eds) Resistance and Power in Organisations. Routledge, London.
Levitt, B & March, M G (1988) Organisational Learning. Annual Review of Sociology 14: 319-340
Riley, P (1983) A Structurationist Account of Political Culture. Administrative Science Quarterly 28 (3) 414-437
Smircich, L (1983) Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly 28: 339-358

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2.3 Social psychology - perception and decision-making (section summary)

Beach, L R (1997) The Psychology of Decision-Making: People in Organizations. Sage, London.
Collin, A (2001) Learning and Development. In Beardwell, I & Holden, L (eds) Human Resource Management: A contemporary approach. Pearson Education, Harlow.
Humphreys, P (1998) Discourses Underpinning Decision Support. In Berkeley, B & Rajkovic (eds) Context-Sensitive Decision Support. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
Linnerooth, J (1987) Negotiating Environmental Issues: A role for the analyst? In Hawgood, J & Humphreys, P C (eds) Effective decision support systems. Gower, Aldershot.
Tilly, C (2000) Introduction: Violence viewed and reviewed. Social Research 67 (3). [Available at www.newschool.edu/centers/socres/vol67/673intro.htm]

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3. The message and media (section summary)

3.1 Knowledge management and research relevance (section summary)

Agrawal, A (1995) Dismantling the Divide Between Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge. Development and Change 26 (3) 413-439
Bryman, A (2001) Social Research Methods. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Edwards, M (1994) NGOs in the Age of Information. IDS Bulletin 25 (2) 117-124
Fine, M, Weis, L, Weseen, S & Wong, L (2000) For Whom? Qualitative Research, Representations, and Social Responsibilities. In Denzin, N & Lincoln, Y (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Research (2nd ed). Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.
Kennis, S & McTaggart, R (2000) Participatory Action Research. In Denzin, N & Lincoln, Y (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Research (2nd ed). Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.
Long, N & Long, A (eds)(1992) Battlefields of Knowledge. Routledge, London.
McPherson, P K (1994) Accounting for the Value of Information. Aslib Proceedings 46 (9) 203-215
Meyer, C (1997) The political economy of NGOs and information sharing. World Development 25 (7) 1127-1140
NCDDR (1996) Review of the literature on dissemination and knowledge utilization. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), USA.
Rogers, E (1995) Diffusion of Innovations. Free Press, New York.
Saywell, D & Cotton, A (1999) Spreading the Word. Practical guidelines for research dissemination strategies. Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University.

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3.2 Interpersonal communication and advocacy (section summary)

Chapman, J & Fisher, T (1999) Effective Campaigning. New Economics Foundation, London.
Chodorow, N (1999) The Power of Feelings; Personal Meaning in Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Culture. Yale University Press, New Haven.
Edwards, M & Gaventa, J (2001) Global Citizen Action. Lynne Rienner, Boulder.
Goffman, E (1990)[1959] The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Penguin, Harmondsworth
Hudson, A (2000) Making the Connection: Legitimacy Claims, and Northern NGOs International Advocacy. In Lewis, D & Wallace, T (eds) New Roles and Relevance. Development NGOs and the Challenge of Change. Kumarian Press, Hartford.
Watzlawick, P (1978) One Cannot Not Communicate. Watzlawick interviewed by C Wilder, in Journal of Communication 28 (4)

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3.3 Marketing communication (section summary)

Bedimo, A L, Pinkerton, S D, Cohen, D A, Gray, B & Farley, T A (2002) Condom Distribution: A cost-utility analysis. International Journal of STD & AIDS 13 (6) 384-392
Buurma, H (2001) Public Policy Marketing: Marketing exchange in the public sector. European Journal of Marketing 35 (11) 1287-1302
Gladwell, M (2000) The Tipping Point; How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Little, Brown and Company, London.
Kotler, P, Armstrong, G, Saunders, J & Wong, V (1999) Principles of Marketing, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall Europe.
Lambin, J (1996) Strategic Marketing Management. McGraw-Hill, UK.
Lefebvre, R C (2001) Theories and Models in Social Marketing. In Bloom, P N & Gundlach, G T (eds) Handbook of Marketing and Society, Sage Publications, London - New Delhi.
Maarek, P J (1995) Political Marketing and Communication. John Libbey, London-Paris-Rome.
Price, N (2001) The performance of social marketing in reaching the poor and vulnerable in Aids control programmes. Health Policy and Planning 16 (3) 231-239
Varey, R J (2002) Marketing Communication - Principles and Practice. Routledge, London & New York.
Williamson, J (1996) Decoding Advertisements. In Marris, P & Thornham, S (eds) Media studies, A Reader. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

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3.4 Media communication and IT (section summary)

Allor, M (1995) Relocating the Site of the Audience. In Boyd-Barrett, O & Newbold, C (eds) Approaches to Media, A Reader. Arnold, London.
Bourdieu, P (1991) On Language and Symbolic Power. Polity in association with Basil Blackwell, Cambridge.
Mattelart, A & Mattelart, M (1998) Theories of Communication, A Short Introduction. Sage Publications, London.
McMaster, T, Vidgen, R T & Wastell, D G (1997) Technology Transfer: Diffusion or Translation? In McMaster, T, et al (eds) Facilitating Technology Transfer through Partnership. Chapman & Hall, London, on behalf of (IFIP).
Newbold, C (1995) Approaches to Cultural Hegemony within Cultural Studies. In Boyd-Barrett, O & Newbold, C (eds) Approaches to Media, A Reader. Arnold, London.
Norris, P (2001) Digital divide? Civic engagement, information poverty & the internet in democratic societies; Can the Internet change the national distribution of power and income? John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard University.
Peterson, S B (1998) Saints, Demons, Wizards and Systems: Why information technology reforms fail or underperform in public bureaucracies in Africa. Public Administration and Development 18 (1) 37-60
Philo, G (1996) Seeing and Believing. In Marris, P & Thornham, S (eds) Media studies, A Reader. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Volkow, N (1998) Strategic Use of Information Technology Requires Knowing How to Use Information. In Avgerou, C (ed) Implementation and Evaluation of Information Systems in Developing Countries. Proceedings of the Fifth International Working Conference of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IFIP WG 9.4.

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