Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Citizen Behaviour,

Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Citizen Behaviour,

by Graham Smith (Author), Liz Richardson (Author), Gerry Stoker (Author), Alice Moseley (Author), Corinne Wales (Author), Graham Smith (Author), Gerry Stoker (Author), Liz Richardson (Author), Alice Moseley (Author), Corinne Wales (Author), Peter John (Author), Sarah Cotterill (Author)

Synopsis

How can governments persuade their citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? This ground-breaking book builds on the idea of 'light touch interventions' or 'nudges' proposed in Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's highly influential Nudge (2008). While recognising the power of this approach, it argues that an alternative also needs to be considered: a 'think' strategy that calls on citizens to decide their own priorities as part of a process of civic and democratic renewal. As well as setting out these divergent approaches in theory, the book provides evidence from a number of experiments to show how using 'nudge' or 'think' techniques works in practice. This second edition includes a substantial new introduction that explores recent changes in policy and politics and reviews the continuing academic debate about nudge and think. It also features a foreword by Cass Sunstein and an afterword by Peter John, introducing his radical new version of nudge, 'nudge plus'.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 2
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 24 Jun 2019

ISBN 10: 1526140551
ISBN 13: 9781526140555

Media Reviews
'A pathbreaking book that for the first time brings smart policy insights into contact with creative, rigorous testing. This book sets the standard for all future scientific evaluations of what works .' Donald P. Green, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University 'Nudge, nudge, think, think not only informs the reader about how nudge and think strategies can be combined, but also about what the potential benefits and drawbacks of such strategies are for a range of public behaviours.' Sander van der Linden, LSE British Politics and Policy blog -- .
Author Bio
Peter John is Professor of Public Policy at King's College London; Sarah Cotterill is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Biostatistics at the University of Manchester; Alice Moseley is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter; Liz Richardson is Reader in Politics at the University of Manchester; Graham Smith is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster; Gerry Stoker is Professor of Governance at the University of Southampton; Corinne Wales is Head Of English at International College, University of Dundee