JACKSON, Peter M <br/><br/>
Making sense of policy advice 

 - Oxford, UK :  Blackwell Publishers,  September 2007 
<br/><br/> 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