Inside the Behavioural State

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-94-6236-944-3
Verlag: Eleven International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

A ‘Behavioural Insights’ movement has entered the global policy scene. Drawing from the behavioural sciences, this movement has been pushing novel forms of policy analysis and design, particularly promoting the use of ‘nudges’ and field experiments. Despite Behavioural Insights’ apparent popularity, its contribution to state and society has been appraised divergently. Some see a promise of radical evidence-based government, others a looming manipulative technocracy, and again others a trivial fad. In light of the puzzle posed by these clashing appraisals, this study has explored Behavioural Insights from up close. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Dutch government, it asks what Behavioural  Insights experts actually do, how they are professionalizing and how they ‘see’. The result is a rich account of the emerging ‘behavioural state’, with a sharper understanding of its varieties, tensions and ambiguities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feitsma, Joram

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Introduction; 1. Seeing like a behavioural state; 2. Debating the behavioural state; II Observations; 3. Brokering the central behavioural state; 4. Localizing the local behavioural state; 5. Professionalizing the behavioural state; 6. Tailoring the behavioural state; 7. Institutionalizing the behavioural state; 8. Deliberating the behavioural state; 9. Interdisciplinizing the behavioural state; III Discussion; 10. Futuring the behavioural state

Über Autor(innen)

Joram Feitsma is a qualitative researcher based at Utrecht University School of Governance. Trained in public administration and philosophy, he studies the ‘behavioural turn’ of governments.