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Chater, Nick and Loewenstein, George (2023) Where next for behavioral public policy? [response to commentaries]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46 . e181. doi:10.1017/S0140525X23002091 (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23002091
Abstract
Our target article distinguishes between policy approaches that seek to address societal problems through intervention at the level of the individual (adopting the “i-frame”) and those that seek to change the system within which those individuals live (adopting the “s-frame”). We stress also that a long-standing tactic of corporations opposing systemic change is to promote the i-frame perspective, presumably hoping that i-frame interventions will be largely ineffective and more importantly will be seen by the public and some policy makers as a genuine alternative to systemic change. We worry that the i-frame focus of much of behavioral science has inadvertently reinforced this unhelpful focus on the individual. In this response to commentators, we identify common themes, build on the many constructive suggestions to extend our approach, and reply to concerns. We argue, along with several commentators, that a key role of behavioral public policy is to clarify how to build support for systemic reforms for which there is a broad consensus in the policy community, but which are opposed by powerful special interests.
Item Type: | Journal Item | |||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | |||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | |||||||||
ISSN: | 0140-525X | |||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 46 | |||||||||
Article Number: | e181 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X23002091 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | |||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in Behavioral and Brain Sciences [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23002091]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder. NC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), via the Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network (Grant Ref: ES/R00787X/1); and through the ESRC Network for Integrated Behavioural Science [grant number ES/P008976/1]. | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
Description: | Response to commentators on the paper Chater, N. & Loewenstein, G. (2022). The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002023 |
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 April 2023 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 September 2023 | |||||||||
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