LEADER 04703oam 2200601I 450 001 9910155038003321 005 20240505160028.0 010 $a1-315-68024-6 010 $a1-317-39660-X 010 $a1-317-39659-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315680248 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4756179 035 $a(OCoLC)965196521 035 $a(PPN)221547754 035 $a(BIP)61804028 035 $a(BIP)63006605 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019291 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aPsychological governance and public policy $egoverning the mind, brain and behaviour /$fedited by Jessica Pykett, Rhys Jones and Mark Whitehead 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (169 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Research in Place, Space and Politics 311 08$a1-138-62421-7 311 08$a1-138-93073-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Introduction : psychological governance and public policy / Jessica Pykett, Rhys Jones and Mark Whitehead -- 2. The politics of silent citizenship : psychological government and the 'facts' of happiness / William Davies -- 3. Happiness as resource and resilience : an emotion for neoliberal times / Sam Binkley -- 4. Therapeutic governance of psycho-emotionally vulnerable citizens : new subjectivities, new experts and new dangers / Kathryn Ecclestone -- 5. Psychology as practical biopolitics / The Midlands Psychology Group -- 6. 'What about the children?' Re-engineering citizens of the future / Val Gillies and Rosalind Edwards -- 7. The imperative to shape young brains : mindfulness as a neuroeducational intervention / Alberto Sanchez-Allred and Suparna Choudhury -- 8. Behavioural science, randomised evaluations and the transformation of public policy : the case of the UK government / Peter John. 330 $aThere have been significant developments in the state of psychological, neuroscientific and behavioural scientific knowledge relating to the human mind, brain, action and decision-making over the past two decades. These developments have influenced public policy making and popular culture in the UK and elsewhere - through policies and emerging social practices focussed on behavioural change, happiness, wellbeing, therapy, resilience and character. Yet little attention has been paid to examining the wider political and ethical significance of the widespread use of psychological governance techniques. There is a pressing and recognised need to address the behaviour change agenda in relation to how our cultural ideas about the brain, mind, behaviour and self are changing. This book provides a critical account of existing forms of psychological governance in relation to public policy. It asks whether we can speak of a co-ordinated and novel shift in governance or, rather, whether these trends are more simply pragmatic policy tools based on advances in scientific evidence. With contributions from leading scholars across the social sciences from the UK, the USA and Canada, chapters identify practical, political and research challenges posed by the current policy enthusiasm for particular branches of affective neuroscience, behavioural economics, positive psychology and happiness economics. The core focus of this book is to investigate the ways in which knowledge about the mind, brain and behaviour has informed the methods and techniques of governance and to explore the implications of this for shaping citizen identity and social practice. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to students, scholars and policy-makers interested and working within geography, economics, sociology, psychology, politics and cultural studies. 410 0$aRoutledge research in place, space, and politics series. 606 $aPolitical psychology 606 $aPolitical participation$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSocial psychology$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical psychology. 615 0$aPolitical participation$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSocial psychology$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a320.019 676 $a320.019 701 $aJones$b Rhys$f1971-$0866913 701 $aPykett$b Jessica$0732631 701 $aWhitehead$b Mark$f1975-$0328713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155038003321 996 $aPsychological governance and public policy$91935080 997 $aUNINA