In recent years, a wave of reforms known as ‘nudges’ or ‘behavioural interventions’ have emerged in public policy and administration. ‘Nudge’ policies are created to lightly influence groups in society to change their behaviour, using behavioural insights to solve complex policy problems. Generally, behavioural approaches focus on the psychology underlying the implementation and effects of policies in practice.
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics journal, this book situates these reforms within a broader tradition of methodological individualism.
With contributions from international scholars, it demonstrates that when behavioural policies expand their focus beyond the individual, they have the potential to better understand, investigate, and shape social outcomes.
Table of Content
1. Beyond nudge: advancing the state-of-the-art of Behavioural Public Policy and Administration – Benjamin Ewert, Kathrin Loer and Eva Thomann
2. Advancing behavioural public policies: in pursuit of a more comprehensive concept – Benjamin Ewert and Kathrin Loer
3. A behavioural model of heuristics and biases in frontline policy implementation – Alice Moseley and Eva Thomann
4. Who are behavioural public policy experts and how are they organised globally? – Holger Straßheim
5. Why nudge sometimes fails: fatalism and the problem of behaviour change – Tom Entwistle
6. Behavioural insights teams in practice: nudge missions and methods on trial – Sarah Ball and Brian W. Head
7. Can street-level bureaucrats be nudged to increase effectiveness in welfare policy? – Emilio Paolo Visintin, Jean-Michel Bonvin, Frédéric Varone, Fabrizio Butera, Max Lovey and Emilie Rosenstein
8. What motivates street-level bureaucrats to implement the reforms of elected politicians? – Don S. Lee and Soonae Park
9. How can better monitoring, reporting and evaluation standards advance behavioural public policy? – Sarah Cotterill, Peter John and Marie Johnston
Conclusion – Benjamin Ewert, Kathrin Loer and Eva Thomann
About the author
Eva Thomann is Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz.
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