Are we retreating from evidence-based policy-making?

This Boo accompanies Tuesday Topic 197 (Oct 11 2011) and explains why we believe there may be a move away from evidence-based to permission-based policy-making. A More detailed exposition of our thinking can be found in the Topic, and in the forthcoming training course - Public engagement 2012 #consultation #councils #government #PublicEngagement #EvidenceBased #PolicyMaking #DavyJones #training #PermissionBased