UNESCO | Paris, France 2011 . 294p. , Table of Contents Introduction Building bridges? The challenges of social science for policy 7 Georgios Papanagnou Chapter 1 Making social science matter 25 Bent Flyvbjerg Chapter 2 Policy problems and democratic politics: instrumental rationality reconsidered 57 Douglas Torgerson Chapter 3 Social sciences and policy impact: the case for a participatory approach 95 Luk van Langenhove Chapter 4 Policy expertise and critical evaluation 113 Steven Griggs and David Howarth Chapter 5 Knowledge and politics inside the policy process: contradiction or complementarity? Philippe Zittoun 143Chapter 6 Influencing policy: experience from the field 165 Fred Carden Chapter 7 Knowledge networks and transnational policy processes 181 Diane Stone Chapter 8 Think tanks, discursive institutionalism and policy change 205 Stella Ladi Chapter 9 Bringing EU social sciences and humanities research into policy: experience and prospects 221 Nikos Kastrinos Chapter 10 International organizations, social science research and national policy-making in Brazil: is it only evidence that matters? 245 Carlos R. S. Milani Figures and tables 281 Abbreviations and acronyms 283 Notes on contributors 287 Index 291

Place Hold on Social Science and Policy Challenges Democracy, Values and Capacities