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Book SynopsisBehavioural change has become a core issue of public policy in recent years. This comprehensive Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the two, exploring the ever-increasing analysis of behavioural change and the importance of 'nudge' in terms of public policy.
Uniting interdisciplinary scholarship, Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck have drawn together a wide variety of perspectives, allowing for the legal, political, economic and social aspects of behavioural change and public policy to be explored. Contributions by renowned experts critically assess the theories and conceptual developments from early experiments to recent strategies of behavioural public policy. Chapters also cover the proliferation and professionalization of these strategies in Europe and beyond, the application of behavioural insights and instruments across areas including health, sustainability, employment, pensions, development and taxation, and the normative ideas and political consequences of knowing and governing behaviour.
Political science and public policy scholars will find the inclusion of both critical and theory-driven research a vital tool, while policy-makers will appreciate the practical suggestions included in this Handbook.
Contributors include: A. Alemanno, C. Berndt, B. Bornemann, S. Botzem, P. Burger, E. Ciriolo, A.-M. Farrell, J. Feitsma, R. Graf, P. Guldborg Hansen, F. Hörisch, M. Howlett, R. Jones, F. Lebaron, L. Leone, R. Lepenies, K. Loer, M. Malecka, J. Pykett, M. Quigley, S. Rafael Almeida, S. Rawat, T. Schillemans, J. Sousa Lourenço, H. Straßheim, C.R. Sunstein, M. Tallacchini, J. Tosun, R. Tyers, A. van Aaken, R.K. Weaver, M.D. White, M. Whitehead, P.W. Zuidhof
Trade Review'This Handbook makes an important contribution to the study of behavioural public policy. It include a wide range of perspectives that can truly been seen as interdisciplinary, the scholar and student will find many riches here.' --Peter John, King's College London, UK
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck PART I KNOWING AND CHANGING BEHAVIOUR: THE CO-EVOLVEMENT OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND BEHAVIOURAL PUBLIC POLICY 2. Nudging before the nudge? Behavioural traffic safety regulation and the rise of behavioural economics Rüdiger Graf 3. Economic expertise and public policy Frédéric Lebaron 4. A bibliometric analysis of behavioural studies in economics and public policy journals Stuti Rawat 5. The concepts of nudge and nudging in behavioural public policy Pelle Guldborg Hansen 6. Behavioural considerations in public policy: matching policy tools and their targets Michael Howlett PART II NUDGING AROUND THE WORLD: PROLIFERATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION 7. Nudging around the world: a critical geography of the behaviour change agenda Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones and Jessica Pykett 8. The application of behavioural insights to policy in Europe Emanuele Ciriolo, Joana Sousa Louren.o and Sara Rafael Almeida 9. Behaviour experts in government: from newcomers to professionals? Joram Feitsma and Thomas Schillemans 10. Nudge and the European Union Alberto Alemanno 11. Nudging citizens’ knowledge in knowledge-based EU: the case of breast cancer screening programmes and participatory rights in choice architectures Luca Leone and Mariachiara Tallacchini 12. Behaviouralizing Europe: behavioural economics enters EU policy-making P.W. (Peter-Wim) Zuidhof PART III BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS AND INSTRUMENTS IN POLICY-MAKING 13. The enzymatic effect of behavioural sciences: what about policy-makers’ expectations? Kathrin Loer 14. The politics of nudge and framing behaviour change in health Muireann Quigley and Anne-Maree Farrell 15. Nudging to sustainability? Critical reflections on nudging from a theoretically informed sustainability perspective Basil Bornemann and Paul Burger 16. Encouraging longer working lives: a behavioural perspective R. Kent Weaver 17. Behavioural economics and development policy Christian Berndt 18. Steering the behaviour of young people: the EU’s policy approach to promote employment Jale Tosun and Felix Hörisch 19. The governance of behavioural taxation: moralization and the new modes of tax collection Sebastian Botzem PART IV THE GOVERNANCE OF BEHAVIOUR: NORMATIVE IDEALS, CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES 20. Which nudges do people like? A national survey Cass R. Sunstein 21. Constitutional limits to regulation-by-nudging Anne van Aaken 22. Nudging: ethical and political dimensions of choice architectures Mark D. White 23. Macro libertarianism and micro paternalism: governance in an age of nudging Roger Tyers 24. Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic? Robert Lepenies and Magdalena Małecka Index
