Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Behavioural conditionality

Why the nudges must be stopped – an opinion piece

Bibliographic Data

ID12937565
AuthorsGuy Standing (University of Bath, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume19
Issue1
Pages27-38
Publication date2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Poverty and Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1759-8273 • E-ISSN: 1759-8281
PublisherPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/175982711x559136
OpenAlexW2001439992
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited2

The use of behavioural conditionality has spread globally and is linked to the growth of behavioural economics and libertarian paternalism. This comment questions the ethics and effectiveness of this powerful trend and considers the alternative of moving towards universalism and unconditionality

Conditionality · Economics · Law and economics · Nudge theory · Paternalism · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Universalism · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law

  • The place of class

    Open Access•Darrin Hodgetts, Christine Griffin•Theory & Psychology•2015

  • Social Security in South Africa - a Gender and Human Rights Analysis

    Beth Goldblatt•Verfassung in Recht und Übersee•2014

  • Rethinking Care in a Development Context

    Open Access•Shahra Razavi•Seen, Heard and Counted•2012

  • Understanding the Adoption of Additive Manufacturing in Construction

    Open Access•Gamal El Ballat•Advances in Applied Sociology•2024

  • Developing the Right to Social Security - A Gender Perspective

    Beth Goldblatt•Developing the Right to Social…•2016

  • Parenting Support as Policy Field

    Open Access•Mary E Daly•Social Policy and Society•2015

  • Two Decades of Social Investment in Latin America

    Open Access•Theodoros Papadopoulos, Ricardo Velázquez Leyer•Social Policy and Society•2016

  • The Missing People of State‐subsidized Housing

    Open Access•Raffael Beier•International Journal of Urban…•2025

  • Can conditional health policies be justified? A policy analysis of the new NHS dental contract reforms

    Open Access•Louise Laverty, Rebecca Harris•Social Science & Medicine•2018

  • The occupation of state housing as a moral obligation? Housing welfare in Gauteng between reciprocity and liberalism

    Open Access•Raffael Beier, Nonhlanhla Mathibela•International Sociology•2025

  • Relational expertise and the spatial (re)production of austerity

    Open Access•Adam Standring•Environment and Planning C…•2019

  • The moral perils of conditional cash transfer programmes and their significance for policy

    Open Access•Inger B Scheel, Andrea E Scheel et al.•Health Policy and Planning•2020

  • Can cash transfers promote women’s flourishing? An assessment of Nigeria’s Household Uplifting Program

    Nnenna Okoli•Canadian Journal of Development…•2025

  • Moving beyond stereotype

    Open Access•Habibullah Habibullah, Tauchid Komara Yuda et al.•Social Policy and Administration•2024

  • Trials and Tribulations

    Open Access•Christopher Deeming•Social Policy and Administration•2013

  • From the Cradle to the Grave

    Open Access•Colby Valentine, Christine Valentine et al.•Social Policy and Administration•2014

  • Frontline managers' perceptions and justifications of behavioural conditionality

    Open Access•Talieh Sadeghi, Lars Inge Terum•Social Policy and Administration•2020

  • Constructing the “good” mother

    Open Access•M Leonard, Garry Kelly et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • How the World Bank manages social risks

    Meltem Yilmaz Sener, Meltem Yılmaz Şener•Third World Quarterly•2015

  • Urban Poverty, Structural Violence and Welfare Provision for 100 Families in Auckland

    Open Access•Darrin Hodgetts, Kerry Chamberlain et al.•Urban Studies•2014

  • Representing Attitudes to Welfare Dependency

    Open Access•Jessica Pykett•Sociological Research Online•2014

  • Advancing Value Pluralist Approaches to Social Policy Controversies

    Open Access•Beth Watts-Cobbe, Suzanne Fitzpatrick•Journal of Social Policy•2025

  • Using Behavioural Insights to Argue for a Stronger Social Safety Net

    Open Access•Katherine Curchin•Journal of Social Policy•2017

  • Governing Poverty

    Open Access•Zoe Staines, Greg Marston et al.•Critical Criminology•2021

  • Neoliberalism, governance, and the geographies of conditional cash transfers

    Open Access•Jeff Garmany•Political Geography•2016

  • Security, Development, and Fear In Guatemala

    Open Access•Rebecca Clouser•Geographical Review•2019

  • Strategies of conditional cash transfers and the tactics of resistance

    Open Access•Jeff Garmany•Environment and Planning A…•2017

  • Rethinking Care in a Development Context

    Open Access•Shahra Razavi•Development and Change•2011

  • Social Policy for Neoliberalism

    Open Access•Alfredo Saad Filho, Alfredo Saad‐filho•Development and Change•2015

  • Nudge

    Open Access•Richard V Adkisson•The Social Science Journal•2008

Unique citing works29
Citations per year1.93
Citation span2011 - 2025 (15)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 27

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae