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Central state power and its limits in Bulpitt's territory and p / John, Peter

John, Peter	Journal Article
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2010.

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United Kingdom ; State Power ; Territory Power ; Central State - United Kingdom

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ID: 122485

Experimentation, behaviour change and public policy / John, Peter

John, Peter	Journal Article
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2013.

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Citizens will need to change their behaviour in pro-social ways if governments are to address current challenges in public policy. But how best to promote behaviour change? The argument in this article is that a decentralised rather than a top-down approach is particularly suitable, which can encourage innovation in the public sector and involve citizens in the implementation of policies. As a method of evaluating interventions, randomised controlled trials have a unique role to play in improving the design of policies, particularly if carried out responsively and adaptively. A culture of experimentation would value curiosity, feedback and the continual testing of interventions. The article includes three examples of experimentation: young people's political attitudes, voter turnout and donations for charity. As the popularity of 'nudge' interventions grows-shown by the success of the UK government's Behavioural Insights Team-the practice of experimentation in the public sector could become the norm.

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Decentralisation ; Implementation ; Experiments ; Nudge ; Behaviour Change ; Randomised Controlled Trials

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ID: 092398

Nudge nudge, think think: two strategies for changing civic behaviour / John, Peter; Smith, Graham; Stoker, Gerry

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2009.

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This paper reviews two contrasting approaches governments use to engage the citizen to promote better public policy outcomes: nudging citizens using the insights of behavioural economics, as summarised by Thaler and Sunstein (2009) or giving citizens the space to think through and debate solutions, as indicated by proponents of deliberative democracy. The paper summarises each approach, giving examples; then it compares and contrast them, illustrating their relative strengths and weaknesses. The paper concludes by suggesting that the approaches share some common features and policy-makers could useful draw upon both.

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Deliberative Democracy ; Behavioural Economics ; Nudge ; Citizen Engagement ; Public Policy Outcomes

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Territory and power: critiques and reassessments of a classic work / Bradbury, Jonathan; John, Peter

John, Peter	Journal Article
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2010.

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Territory ; United Kingdom ; Reassessments ; Classical Work

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