NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Blomkamp, Emma – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2014
Taking an interpretive approach to evidence-based policy, this article illustrates the rhetorical and situated uses of evidence in two case studies of local cultural policy. Broadly defined as policy-relevant knowledge, evidence is selectively used by council officers in the development, delivery, and evaluation of arts programmes at two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Municipalities, Culture
United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC. – 1986
This report expands upon a policy resolution passed unanimously at the 53rd Annual Conference of Mayors in 1985. The first part of the report, a policy statement, points out the magnitude of the adult illiteracy problem and of some of the issues involved, and briefly indicates how various segments of society can contribute to a solution. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordination, Delivery Systems