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Author Whitehead, Mark

Title Neuroliberalism : Behavioural Government in the Twenty-First Century
Edition 1
Published Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages) : 14 black and white images, 3 tables, 9 halftones and 5 line drawings
Series Economics in the Real World
Contents Neuroliberalism -- An historical geography of neuroliberalism I -- An historical geography of neuroliberalism II -- The neuroliberal subject: rethinking human nature and reinventing the self -- Redefining freedom: neuroliberal autonomy and citizenship -- The neuroliberal state -- The neuroliberal corporation -- Neuroliberal environments: design, contexts and materiality -- Practical interventions in neuroliberalism: mindfulness and behaviour change
Summary Many governments in the developed world can now best be described as 'neuroliberal': having a combination of neoliberal principles with policy initiatives derived from insights in the behavioural sciences. Neuroliberalism presents the results on the first critical global study of the impacts of the behavioural sciences on public policy and government actions, including behavioural economics, behavioural psychology and neuroeconomics. Drawing on interviews with leading behaviour change experts, organizations, and policy-makers, and discussed in alignment with a series of international case studies, this volume provides a critical analysis of the ethical, economic, political and constitutional implications of behaviourally oriented government. It explores the impacts of the behavioural sciences on everyday life through a series of themes, including: understandings of the human subject; interpretations of freedom; the changing form and function of the state; the changing role of the corporation in society; and the design of everyday environments and technologies. The research presented in this volume reveals a diverse set of neuroliberal approaches to government that offer policy-makers and behaviour change professionals a real choice in relation to the systems of behavioural government they can implement. This book also argues that the behavioural sciences have the potential to support much more effective systems of government, but also generate new ethical concerns that policy makers should be aware of
Subject Economic policy -- Psychological aspects
Liberalism -- Psychological aspects
Neoliberalism -- Psychological aspects
Political psychology.
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Microeconomics.
Economic policy -- Psychological aspects
Economics -- Psychological aspects
Liberalism -- Psychological aspects
Political psychology
Form Electronic book
Author Jones, Rhys, 1971-
Lilley, Rachel
Pykett, Jessica
Howell, Rachel
ISBN 9781315684772
1315684772