Information and Government

Policy-making and the use of research, Alex Robertson; social intelligence and the origins of the welfare state, Roger Davidson; the case against wages councils - the evidence versus the ideology, Alice Brown; "evidence and no doubt" - parliament and some recent industrial relations legislation in Britain, Phil White; the youth labour market - intelligence, analysis and policy, Brian Main; reaching policy-makers - an autobiographical account, Hilde Behrend; lending a deaf ear - the government's response to consultation on the reform of social security, Michael Adler; comprehensive information on the use of land, Terry Coppock; the European community and the data mountain, Richard McAllister; the problem with "the facts" - nuclear weapons policy and the social negotiation of data, Donald Mackenzie.