Bridging Research and Policy

This annotated bibliography contains summaries of 100 documents from various streams of literature relevant to the issue of 'Bridging Research and Policy". It is part of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)'s Bridging Research and Policy Project. In order to facilitate access to the various summaries, the bibliography is divided into three key themes that roughly, though not completely, correspond to the three dimensions elaborated in the framework paper "Bridging Research and Pro-poor Policy; Context, Links and Evidence" (by Emma Crewe & John Young, 2002).

Since several overviews of the literature on the research-policy link already exist (Sutton, ODI 1999; Keeley & Scoones, IDS 1999; Neilson, IDRC 2001; Nutley, Walter & Davies, ESRC 2002; Lindquist, forthcoming 2003 from IDRC), this annotated bibliography does not seek to replicate existing work. It aims instead to add value in two respects: Firstly, new subject areas have been included, such as social psychology, marketing communication, and media studies. Secondly, where appropriate, the mainstream literature has been supplemented with alternative viewpoints that in some way seek to challenge the status quo.

The first section of the bibliography provides a narrative overview of the literature within the three themes and sub-themes. The second section contains the summaries, organised in alphabetical order, by author. The third section provides three indexes:

Index A, by theme and sub-theme:

1. The political context
2. The actors (networks, organisations, individuals)
3. The message and media

Index B, by academic discipline:

1. Anthropology (including cultural studies and social anthropology)
2. Development management
3. Information and knowledge management
4. Marketing (including social/political marketing and marketing communication)
5. Media and communication
6. Organisational management
7. Political science (including political economy and policy studies)
8. Research methodologies
9. Social psychology
10. Sociology

Index C, alphabetical by author.

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