TY - JOUR
T1 - Realising the Benefits of Integrated Data for Local Policymaking: Rhetoric versus Reality
AU - Durrant, Hannah
AU - Barnett, Julie
AU - Rempel, Emily Suzanne
PY - 2018/11/21
Y1 - 2018/11/21
N2 - This article presents findings from local government projects to realise the benefits of big data for policy. Through partic-ipatory action research with two local statutory authorities in the South West of England, we observed the activities ofidentifying, integrating and analysing multiple and diverse forms of data, including large administrative datasets, to gen-erate insights on live policy priorities and inform decision-making. We reveal the significance of both data production andpolicymaking contexts in explaining how big data of this kind can be called upon and enacted in policy processes.
AB - This article presents findings from local government projects to realise the benefits of big data for policy. Through partic-ipatory action research with two local statutory authorities in the South West of England, we observed the activities ofidentifying, integrating and analysing multiple and diverse forms of data, including large administrative datasets, to gen-erate insights on live policy priorities and inform decision-making. We reveal the significance of both data production andpolicymaking contexts in explaining how big data of this kind can be called upon and enacted in policy processes.
U2 - 10.17645/pag.v6i4.1586
DO - 10.17645/pag.v6i4.1586
M3 - Article
SN - 2183-2463
VL - 6
SP - 18
EP - 28
JO - Politics and Governance
JF - Politics and Governance
IS - 4
ER -