Changing Behaviours: On the Rise of the Psychological State

by Jessica Pykett, Rhys Jones, Mark Whitehead

Changing Behaviours charts the emergence of the behavior change agenda in UK based public policy making since the late 1990s. By tracing the influence of the behavioural sciences on Whitehall policy makers, the authors explore a new psychological orthodoxy in the practices of governing. Drawing on original empirical material, chapters examine the impact of behavior change policies in the fields of health, personal finance and the environment. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857936875
• ISBN13: 9780857936875
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages