:the interplay of policy and methods /Cecilia Wong.
London and New York
: Routledge
, 2005.
217p. cm.
The RTPI library series 11
English
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE VOGUE OF INDICATORS THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL POSITION OF INDICATORS THE POLITICAL-MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE OF INDICATOR DEVFELOPMENT THE INTERPLAY OF POLICY AND METHODS STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK Part One: Indicator Usage and Policy-Making INDICATORS AND POLICY-MAKING THEORY, MEASUREMENT AND POLICY-MAKING: THE TANGLED TRIANGLE INDICATORS AND POLICY PRACTICE: UNDERSTANDING, INTERESTS AND VALUES THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS IN INDICATOR RESEARCH INDICATORS IN USE: SOME KEY ISSUES Institutionalisation of indicators The role of data agencies Standardisation versus consensus building CHANGING ETHOS OF INDICATOR USAGE THE FORMULAIC CULTURE OF FUNDING ALLOCATIONS NEO-LIBERALISM AND COMPETITIVE CULTURE NEW LABOUR AND DE-STANDARDISATION OF STATISTICS MODERNISATION AND EVIDENCE BASED POLICY-MAKING DISCRETIONARY LOCAL INTELLIGENCE EVIDENCE BASED GOVERNANCE: MORE REACHING OUT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS BETTER INFORMATION STATISTICS: A MATTER OF TRUST AND QUALITY TOWARDS NATIONAL STATISTICS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE NEIGHBOURHOOD STATISTICS UNDER ONE ROOF EMERGING REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY, POLITICS AND STATISTICS PROVISION: THE ALLSOPP REVIEW Part Two: Conceptual, Methodological and Analytical Issues DATA: A REQUIREMENT AND A PROBLEM DATA CHALLENGES UNCERTAINTY AND VOLATILITY IN THE DATA FIELD DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FINE-GRAINED AND UP-TO-DATE SPATIAL DATA DIFFICULTIES IN MAPPING DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES DIFFICULT TO MEASURE ISSUES INDICATOR HARMONISA