Nadia Ferrara explores the elements of evidence-informed policy development and calls for a cultural shift within both the research and policy worlds in order to best embed these dynamic principles in practice.
Part I: Towards Socially Responsible Policy Development
Introduction: Rethinking and Reconnecting with Our Purpose
Chapter 1: Trauma (Re-) Defined
Chapter 2: Understanding Resilience and Survival
Part II: Process of Cultural Shifting
Chapter 3: Bridging Research and Policy Worlds
Chapter 4: The Transformative Cultural Shift towards Responsive Policymaking
Part III: Sustaining the Cultural Shift
Chapter 5: The Public Service as an Adaptive System
Chapter 6: Towards Purposeful Action and Mindful Practice
Chapter 7: Re-humanizing the Policy Development Process