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Nudge, nudge, think, think: using experiments to change civic behaviour

Nudge, nudge, think, think: using experiments to change civic behaviour
Nudge, nudge, think, think: using experiments to change civic behaviour
How can governments persuade citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? Thaler and Sunstein's book Nudge drew on work from behavioural economics to claim that citizens might be encouraged through 'light touch interventions' (i.e.nudges) to take action. In this ground-breaking successor to Nudge, Peter John and his colleagues argue that an alternative approach also needs to be considered, based on what they call a 'think' strategy. Their core idea is that citizens should themselves deliberate and decide their own priorities as part of a process of civic and democratic renewal. The authors not only set out these divergent approaches in theory but they offer evidence from a series of experiments to show how using techniques from 'nudge' or 'think' repertoires work in practice and how that practice is made effective. The book is unique in exploring an expanding field of policy and social science interest - changing civic behaviour, using insights from another growing field of social science interest - the rise of experimental methods.
9781849660594
Bloomsbury Academic
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John, Peter, Cotterill, Sarah, Moseley, Alice, Richardson, Liz, Smith, Graham, Stoker, Gerry and Wales, Corinne (2011) Nudge, nudge, think, think: using experiments to change civic behaviour , London, GB. Bloomsbury Academic, 208pp.

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Abstract

How can governments persuade citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? Thaler and Sunstein's book Nudge drew on work from behavioural economics to claim that citizens might be encouraged through 'light touch interventions' (i.e.nudges) to take action. In this ground-breaking successor to Nudge, Peter John and his colleagues argue that an alternative approach also needs to be considered, based on what they call a 'think' strategy. Their core idea is that citizens should themselves deliberate and decide their own priorities as part of a process of civic and democratic renewal. The authors not only set out these divergent approaches in theory but they offer evidence from a series of experiments to show how using techniques from 'nudge' or 'think' repertoires work in practice and how that practice is made effective. The book is unique in exploring an expanding field of policy and social science interest - changing civic behaviour, using insights from another growing field of social science interest - the rise of experimental methods.

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Published date: 2011
Organisations: Politics & International Relations

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Local EPrints ID: 182521
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/182521
ISBN: 9781849660594
PURE UUID: 492781de-5a78-4df6-9455-82f6010404e1
ORCID for Gerry Stoker: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-3395

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Date deposited: 27 Apr 2011 15:46
Last modified: 05 Jul 2022 01:42

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Author: Peter John
Author: Sarah Cotterill
Author: Alice Moseley
Author: Liz Richardson
Author: Graham Smith
Author: Gerry Stoker ORCID iD
Author: Corinne Wales

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