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Revising Rationality: The Use of "Nudge" Approaches in Neoliberal Education Policy
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Bradbury, Alice; McGimpsey, Ian; Santori, Diego – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
This article argues that the concept of rationality is undergoing significant revision in UK education policy-making, influenced by developments in several academic fields. This article focuses on the take up of behavioural economics in policy as one aspect of this revision of the concept of rationality, discussing how this has happened and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy, Behavioral Sciences
Thoughts on How to Regulate Behaviours: An Overview of the Current Debate
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Etienne, Julien – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
The article intends to present the debate on behaviour modification in the regulation studies literature, at a time of renewed interest among regulators for new ideas and strategies. As the financial crisis has led to the most public critique yet of the rational choice view of individuals that has informed regulation in the last few decades, other…
Descriptors: Debate, Literature Reviews, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies
Public Management Reform and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Assessment of the U.K. Labour Government's Public Service Improvement Strategy
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Walker, Richard M.; Boyne, George A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
We present the first empirical assessment of the U.K. Labour government's program of public management reform. This reform program is based on rational planning, devolution and delegation, flexibility and incentives, and enhanced choice. Measures of these variables are tested against external and internal indicators of organizational performance.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
Restricted Choice in the Management of Change.
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North, R. F. J. – Educational Management and Administration, 1988
Instances from case studies of comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom show that cultural influences restrict possibilities of "rational" action by educational leaders. This article warns against business theory and concludes that we need to know more about how people in schools make choices. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Theories
Mothers and Child Care: Policies, Values and Theories
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Duncan, Simon; Edwards, Rosalind; Reynolds, Tracey; Alldred, Pam – Children & Society, 2004
Government expansion of child care services is based on the assumption that both parents are employed (the adult worker model) and make cost-benefit calculations in choosing child care (the rational economic choice model). This paper addresses this assumption, based on research examining mothers' assessments of appropriate child care. These…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Care, Family Work Relationship, Models
From Institutions to Dogma: Tradition, Eclecticism, and Ideology in the Study of British Public Administration.
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Rhodes, R. A. W. – Public Administration Review, 1996
Examines recent history of British public administration from the 1970s era of eclecticism, organizational theory, and policy analysis through the 1980s New Right Ideology and emphasis on rational choice to the 1990s, when the Economic and Social Research Council is investing significant research funds in administration. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, Organizational Theories, Public Administration
Advances in School Effectiveness Research and Practice.
Reynolds, David, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book offers an analysis and summary of school effectiveness research. The book reviews the history and "state of the art" knowledge in the field, with a look at the international research base; reviews those research practices in terms of design, data collection, and data analysis; and outlines some creative new directions for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Research, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education