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Brain Culture: Shaping Policy Through Neuroscience

Brain Culture: Shaping Policy Through Neuroscience

by JessicaPykett (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

    $154.49
Synopsis

This unique book offers a timely analysis of the impact of rapidly advancing knowledge about the brain, mind and behaviour on contemporary public policy and practice. It offers an alternative, geographically informed set of explanations for what matters in explaining how people behave and how citizens' behaviour should be governed.

$154.49

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 01 Jul 2015
ISBN 10: 1447314042
ISBN 13: 9781447314042

Media Reviews
Pykett's uniquely geographical perspective on the psycho-spatial connects brain culture to city design, educational spaces and affective workplaces, arguing cogently for a politically engaged approach to the worldly implications of brain research. Gail Davies, University of Exeter
Amid the profusion of literature on neuroscience and its implications for society comes this welcome and necessary intervention. With characteristic clarity, precision and depth, Jessica Pykett charts the full reach of neuroscientific and behavioural explanations that are used to shape the policies and practices through which we are governed. Elizabeth Gagen, Aberystwyth University
Author Bio
Jessica Pykett is a social and political geographer at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research to date has focussed on the geographies of citizenship, education and behavioural forms of governance. Her previous books include The Pedagogical State and Changing Behaviours (with Rhys Jones and Mark Whitehead). She teaches on the spatial politics of welfare, work and wealth.