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Bartley, M.J.

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This study follows the progress of an academic
controversy, on the consequences of unemployment for
physical health, which took place in Great Britain
between 1975 and 1987, treating it as a case study in
the relationship between research and policy debate.
There are three aims to the study: 
(1) to document its
progress in detail in order to clarify the interactions
between its "academic" and its "political" aspects 
(2) to investigate the extent to which "quality" as defined
by the academic community influences the impact of
research on policy debate 
(3) to propose the outline of
a model of policy-related academic debate which can be
applied to other cases and therefore contribute to the
study of the relationship between research and policy.

The study uses a combination of interviewing,
documentary research and participant observation, and
sets published papers within their context of the
formal and informal relationships between researchers,
professionals, policy makers, pressure groups and the
media. It is guided by a combination of two theoretical
perspectives: the models of the construction of social
problems proposed by Spector and Kitsuse and Downs, and
the "translation" model in the sociology of scientific
knowledge drawn from recent work by French scholars
such as Latour and Callon. It is concluded that the
application of this combination of perspectives leads
to a reformulation of questions about the relationship
between research and policy. The acceptance of
scientific findings appears to depend upon actor networks
which are at least partly constructed as a
result of policy-decisions, so that "truth" and
"policy-relevance" come to be seen as mutually
constitutive

Bartley, M. J.

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Unemployment and health, 1975-1987: a case study in the relationship between research and policy debate

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Unemployment and health 1975-1987  A case study in the relationship between research and policy debate

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Unemployment and health 1975-1987 : A case study in the relationship between research and policy debate.

Unemployment and health 1975-1987 : A case study in the relationship between research and policy debate.

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