Government is accused of nannying as if nanny were listened to. But government's impact on how we behave is highly questionable. From crime to neighbourhoods, migration to smoking, religious belief to energy consumption, behaviour often seems impervious to injunctions or prohibitions from the state. What behaviours have changed during ten years of a left-liberal, 'progressive' government? But if not government, what makes people alter the way they behave. Economists say prices but markets themselves depend on assumptions and rules, which may have a life of their own. Is government effectiveness determined by scale or location? Would more local government make us more responsive? Does government need to be subtler in the way it puts out messages about bad behaviour, seeking to influence indirectly rather than ordain?These essays, from some of the most acute observers of government and public conduct in modern Britain, examine how effective government is in securing changes in behaviour and make recommendations for change.
- ISBN10 1405176318
- ISBN13 9781405176316
- Publish Date 19 March 2021
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 31 January 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English