Colette Einfeld: Knowledge, Evidence, and Policymaking, Gebunden

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"Colette Einfeld brings a much-needed critical eye to behavioural insights, one of the most popular policy 'solutions' to emerge in contemporary times. In this ground-breaking new book, she tackles not just questions of the effectiveness (or not) of these approaches, but also grapples with the ethical and contextual dimensions. In laying out the mixed evidence for behavioural insights in practice, Einfeld sheds much-needed light on why governments around the world have been so captured by these ideas. For those interested in understanding the influence and impact of knowledge in practice, Einfeld brings us a thought-provoking and timely contribution."

­­ Janine O'Flynn , Professor, Director of theCrawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University,

"A wonderful book that illuminates the different knowledges at play in the development and enacting of public policy instruments. Through careful investigation and analysis Einfeld illustrates the different uses of knowledge and their impact on policy efficacy. A must read for critical scholars and practitioners interested in understanding why policy instruments don't always 'work'."

Helen Sullivan, Professor, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

"The book explores an important topic in the practice of public administration and policy and sets out an engaging and critical piece of work. The contributions are innovative and important, demonstrating how policy actors interpret and use knowledge, helping us to better grasp policy in action. The book represents sophisticated interpretive analysis, and deep engagement with key concepts related to the use of knowledge in policy practice. The work goes further than this, however, drawing out critical tensions, contradictions, and puzzles. This is where the detailed empirical work really shines, taking us beyond an explanation of what sorts of knowledge are used, and how, towards a much richer and much more complex story of how policy actors experience and cope with these tensions."

Nick Turnbull, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester, UK