Cross-fertilisation of governance and governmentality in practical policy making on behaviour change

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Abstract

Government has long had an interest in altering how its citizens behave. However, local governance attempts to navigate this new field of understanding using an 'evidence base' have led to inconclusive results because this fails to recognise the values and assumptions underlying 'neutral' facts. This article uses empirical material from the United Kingdom (UK) local government to look at how governance and governmentality perspectives were cross-fertilised to inform policy using research. It illustrates a reframing of the relationship between social science and policy making from a simplistic linear model to an iterative and reflexive process. © The Policy Press, 2011.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)533-546
Number of pages13
JournalPolicy & Politics
Volume39
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Behaviour change
  • Evidence-based policy
  • Governmentality
  • Networked governance

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