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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms
1: Why Consider Science in International Policy?
1.1 Introducing the Sectoral Analysis: Health, Urban Sustainability and Data
1.2 How This Book Contributes to Existing Literature
1.3 Outline of the Book
1.4 Key Findings
2: Scientific Evidence in Policy Processes: Concepts and Histories
2.1 Historical Debates Over Evidence and Policy
2.2 How Do Evidence and Policy Intersect?
2.3 Theorising Evidence to Policy Processes
2.4 The Influence of Institutions on Evidence Uptake
2.5 A Framework for Analysing Evidence Uptake in Multilateral Policy Processes
2.5.1 Representation and Access
2.5.2 The Organisation of Epistemic Communities
2.5.3 Framing and Presentation
2.5.4 Temporal Dynamics: Concurrency and Prolonged Engagements
3: Tracing the SDG Deliberation Process: A Focus on Health, Cities and Data
3.1 Outline of the Post-2015 Deliberative Process and Key Actors
3.2 An Introduction to the Debates Relating to Public Health, Urban Sustainability and Data
3.3 Tracing the Key Conceptual Debates
3.3.1 Health
3.3.1.1 Universal Health Coverage and Rights-Based Approaches
3.3.1.2 The MDG+ Agenda and Outcome-Focused Arguments
3.3.2 Urban
3.3.2.1 Continuing the MDG Agenda: Fulfilling Basic Urban Needs
3.3.2.2 Rights-Based Arguments
3.3.2.3 Acknowledging Urban Complexity
3.3.2.4 New Forms of Governance
3.3.3 Data
3.3.3.1 Technocratic Arguments
3.3.3.2 Rights-Based Arguments
3.4 Consensus-Building Processes
3.4.1 New Modes of Deliberation: Shared Seats
3.4.2 Expert Panels
3.4.3 Thematic Dialogues
3.4.4 The High-Level Panel
3.4.5 High-Profile Academic Engagement
3.4.6 Focus on Quantification
4: Influencing Multilateral Policy Processes Through Science
4.1 Representation and Access
4.1.1 The Representation of Science in Formal Processes
4.1.2 Access Through New Institutional Arrangements
4.1.3 The (Pre)Dominance of Political Interests
4.1.4 The Persistence of a (Northern) Policy-Elite
4.2 The Organisation of Epistemic Communities
4.3 Framing
4.3.1 Evidence Over Science
4.3.2 Framing Science as a Political Tool
4.4 Temporal Dynamics: The Long-Term Socialisation of Ideas
5: Conclusion: Evolving Evidence Systems in the Institutions of Global Governance
5.1 Future Research
Annex 1: Key Informant Interviews
Annex 2: The Research Methods Underpinning This Analysis
References
Academic and Secondary Literature
Government Negotiation Statements and UN Documents
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms
1: Why Consider Science in International Policy?
1.1 Introducing the Sectoral Analysis: Health, Urban Sustainability and Data
1.2 How This Book Contributes to Existing Literature
1.3 Outline of the Book
1.4 Key Findings
2: Scientific Evidence in Policy Processes: Concepts and Histories
2.1 Historical Debates Over Evidence and Policy
2.2 How Do Evidence and Policy Intersect?
2.3 Theorising Evidence to Policy Processes
2.4 The Influence of Institutions on Evidence Uptake
2.5 A Framework for Analysing Evidence Uptake in Multilateral Policy Processes
2.5.1 Representation and Access
2.5.2 The Organisation of Epistemic Communities
2.5.3 Framing and Presentation
2.5.4 Temporal Dynamics: Concurrency and Prolonged Engagements
3: Tracing the SDG Deliberation Process: A Focus on Health, Cities and Data
3.1 Outline of the Post-2015 Deliberative Process and Key Actors
3.2 An Introduction to the Debates Relating to Public Health, Urban Sustainability and Data
3.3 Tracing the Key Conceptual Debates
3.3.1 Health
3.3.1.1 Universal Health Coverage and Rights-Based Approaches
3.3.1.2 The MDG+ Agenda and Outcome-Focused Arguments
3.3.2 Urban
3.3.2.1 Continuing the MDG Agenda: Fulfilling Basic Urban Needs
3.3.2.2 Rights-Based Arguments
3.3.2.3 Acknowledging Urban Complexity
3.3.2.4 New Forms of Governance
3.3.3 Data
3.3.3.1 Technocratic Arguments
3.3.3.2 Rights-Based Arguments
3.4 Consensus-Building Processes
3.4.1 New Modes of Deliberation: Shared Seats
3.4.2 Expert Panels
3.4.3 Thematic Dialogues
3.4.4 The High-Level Panel
3.4.5 High-Profile Academic Engagement
3.4.6 Focus on Quantification
4: Influencing Multilateral Policy Processes Through Science
4.1 Representation and Access
4.1.1 The Representation of Science in Formal Processes
4.1.2 Access Through New Institutional Arrangements
4.1.3 The (Pre)Dominance of Political Interests
4.1.4 The Persistence of a (Northern) Policy-Elite
4.2 The Organisation of Epistemic Communities
4.3 Framing
4.3.1 Evidence Over Science
4.3.2 Framing Science as a Political Tool
4.4 Temporal Dynamics: The Long-Term Socialisation of Ideas
5: Conclusion: Evolving Evidence Systems in the Institutions of Global Governance
5.1 Future Research
Annex 1: Key Informant Interviews
Annex 2: The Research Methods Underpinning This Analysis
References
Academic and Secondary Literature
Government Negotiation Statements and UN Documents
Index