Behavioural science and the response to COVID-19: a missed opportunity?

John, Peter and Stoker, Gerry (2020) Behavioural science and the response to COVID-19: a missed opportunity? British Politics and Policy at LSE (18 May 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

While the role of behavioural science in the UK’s handling of the pandemic has been criticised, Peter John and Gerry Stoker argue that it is important for governments to try and influence citizens’ behaviour rather than rely on laws that are harder to enforce. They nevertheless explain why a different ‘nudging’ approach ought to have been used in this case.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2020 08:27
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 14:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104912

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