The Rise and Spread of Behavioral Public Policy

An Opportunity for Critical Research and Self-Reflection

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13138393
AutoresHolger Strassheim (0000-0003-1600-0673, Hochschule Bielefeld, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas115-128
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review of Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2679-3873 • E-ISSN: 2706-6274
EditorialInternational Public Policy Association (PUBLISHER • FR)
DOI10.4000/irpp.897
OpenAlexW3020058787
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas62

Some argue that the global rise of behavioral approaches challenges the rationalist tradition in public policy. Others fear that it could undermine deliberation and public reasoning. This paper focuses on the worldwide rise and spread of behavioral expertise and behavioral public policy. It provides a general insight in terms of the role of expertise, the science-policy nexus and the distribution of epistemic competences in public policy. Based on an extensive literature review, the emergence and consequences of behavioral-expert networks are assessed. It will be suggested that it is necessary to break free from the microfocus proposed by behavioral public policy and to pay more attention to the institutional and cultural constellations of knowledge- and decision-making in democracies

Behavioural sciences · Critical reflection · Deliberation · Economics · Nexus (standard · Political science · Positive economics · Public policy · Public relations · Reflection (computer programming · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research