JACKSON, Peter M
Making sense of policy advice - Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishers, September 2007
The relationship between theory and practice is complex, ambiguous, incomplete and frequently contested. This article explores the labyrinth of the policy-making process along with changes in economists' discourses. The knowledge bases of the worlds of practice and theory are examined concluding that it is a modern conceit to believe that academic knowledge is necessarily superior to that of practice
Making sense of policy advice - Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishers, September 2007
The relationship between theory and practice is complex, ambiguous, incomplete and frequently contested. This article explores the labyrinth of the policy-making process along with changes in economists' discourses. The knowledge bases of the worlds of practice and theory are examined concluding that it is a modern conceit to believe that academic knowledge is necessarily superior to that of practice
