"Advocacy research" versus "management review": a comparative analysis.
The authors compare two policy studies of the federally implemented Community Mental Health Centers program--one by a Ralph Nader study group and one by the U.S. General Accounting Office--in order to develop and illustrate two corresponding concepts or "ideal types" of policy research methodology, termed "advocacy research" and management review". They give special attention to two analytic dimensions: the balance of "extrinsic" to "intrinsic" critisms, and the structural relationship between policy researchers and policymakers.
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D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003255:Consumer Organizations; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005380:Financing, Government; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D009315:National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.); D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011640:Public Policy; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States