Seeking scientific sense and democratic sensibility : the quest for rationality in public policy and pragmatist philosophy, or, John Dewey and the case of elusive rationality in democratic practice : a brief for health policy

People who participate in policy-making, from government, academia, industry and civil society, would all prefer their perspectives be regarded as rational. There is little agreement, however, on what comprises rationality, with conflicting claims of 'scientific sense' and 'democratic...

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Main Author: Kuruvilla, Shyama
Other Authors: Mays, N.
Published: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) 2007
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497759