Some Ethical and Practical Problems in the Construction of Policy Recommendations from Implementation Research

This article will consider some of the ethical and practical problems associated with the construction of policy recommendations from what are increasingly referred to as implementation studies. Such studies are a form of policy research although there is considerable disagreement over whether it is possible to distinguish an activity called policy making (i.e. the setting up of goals) from an activity called implementation (i.e. the processes required to realise those goals). Whether those who stress that policy making continues well after the formal decisions have been made are right or not, it is clear that many government officials wish to encourage the study of what they perceive as implementation. However, the focus of this article will not be on the expectations of the main research sponsor (whether government or research council) but rather on those of implementing agencies, which allow access without funding the research

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