Institutional filters
The Translation and Re-Circulation of Ideas About Health Inequalities Within Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine E Smith (0000-0002-1060-4102, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Katherine Smith (0000-0001-7471-0708) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-100 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557312x655413 |
| OpenAlex | W1971338502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 26 |
Taking health inequalities in the United Kingdom as a case study, this article adopts a ‘discursive institutionalist’ approach to explore how the organisation of policy-making bodies shapes the relationship between research and policy. It demonstrates how policy ‘silos’ and hierarchies work as filters to research-based ideas, encouraging those ideas that support existing institutionalised ideas (or ‘policy paradigms’), while blocking or significantly transforming more challenging ideas. This limits the extent to which research can inform policy. Yet, a lack of institutional memory within policy making enables recycled ideas to appear innovative, creating an impression of meaningful, ongoing dialogue between research and policy
Circulation (fluid dynamics · Health care · Inequality · Institutional racism · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Mathematics · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Health Policy
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |