Behavioural Public Policy in Australia

How an Idea Became Practice

By:

Sarah Ball

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

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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 first sees the process as an opportunity to introduce more rigorous evidence. The second interpretation focuses on increasing compliance, cost savings and cutting red tape. The last focuses on the opportunity to better involve citizens in policy design. 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. Ball offers a detailed account of how these priorities have shaped how behavioural insights have been implemented in policy-making, as well as reflecting on the challenges facing policy work more broadly. An essential read for practitioners and scholars of policy-making, especially in Australia.

Author Biography:

Dr. Sarah Ball is currently a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Her research explores policy ideas and innovations, like behavioural insights and digitalisation, as they travel from idea to practice. She completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2020, following 5 years with the Australian Public Service.

Release date Australia

April 22nd, 2024

Author

Sarah Ball

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

1 Tables, black and white

Pages

146

Series

Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

ISBN-13

9781032269726

Product ID

38752880

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