'What Evidence' said the one-eyed public policy maker?
- A Brief Review of Recent Community Land Ownership Trends in Scotland

Graham Boyd, December 2003,
Caledonia Centre for Social Development

Both the UK government and the Scottish Executive are keen on promoting the concept of evidence-based and joined-up approaches to policy making. However, is this in fact the way in which policy is actually made? An examination of current social development policy in Scotland and trends in community ownership - purchase, lease and management by agreement - begins to reveal a distinct lack of fit between Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 - Community Right to Buy - and the reality of what is in fact actually happening.

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