Behavioural Public Policy in Australia: How an Idea Became Practice Ball Sarah
Behavioural Public Policy in Australia: How an Idea Became Practice Ball Sarah Using rich ethnographic data and first-hand experience, Ball presents a detailed account of Australia's attempts to…
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Behavioural Public Policy in Australia: How an Idea Became Practice Ball Sarah
Using rich ethnographic data and first-hand experience, Ball presents a detailed account of Australia's attempts to incorporate behavioural insights into its public policy.Ball identifies three competing interpretations of behavioural public policy, and how these interpretations have influenced the use of this approach in practice. The second interpretation focuses on increasing compliance, cost savings and cutting red tape. The first sees the process as an opportunity to introduce more rigorous evidence.
These interpretations demonstrate different 'solutions' to a series of dilemmas that the Australian Public Service, and others, have confronted in the last 50 years, including growing politicisation, technocracy and a disconnect from the needs of citizens. The last focuses on the opportunity to better involve citizens in policy design. Ball offers a detailed account of how