When evidence is not taken for granted: the use and perception of evidence in the Czech Republic ministries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F18%3A10384518" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/18:10384518 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0020" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0020</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0020" target="_blank" >10.2478/nispa-2018-0020</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

When evidence is not taken for granted: the use and perception of evidence in the Czech Republic ministries

Original language description

Th e role of evidence in policy-making is one of the most researched topics in public policy and public administration. However, surprisingly little research has been done on how public offi cials actually use evidence in everyday life practice. Moreover, these studies have been limited to countries that have been influenced by the evidence-based policy movement (EBP). Little is known about how the evidence is conceptualized and utilized in other countries which have not been so strongly influenced by EBP movement. Th is paper addresses this gap. Using a large-N survey on the Czech ministerial offi cials and in-depth interviews with them, we explore what is understood under the term of &quot;evidence&quot;, what kind of evidence is used and preferred by public offi cials and why. In doing so, we use four theoretical perspectives on the use of evidence. We show that despite the long-established tradition of using research in policy-making the importance of research evidence in the Czech Republic is far from being taken for granted. On the contrary, the immediate and personal experience is oft en preferred over the research fi ndings. Th e exception to that are census-like statistical data and comparative data published by international organizations. We fi nd some support for the two-communities metaphor, though these communities are not defi ned by their socio-demographic characteristics, but rather by their internal discourse and understanding of evidence. (C) 2018 E-flow Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

<a href="/en/project/TD03000018" target="_blank" >TD03000018: Using social science research in analytical activities for strategic decision-making in public administration</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

ISSN

1337-9038

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

219-234

UT code for WoS article

000452424000010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85058508338