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Psychological governance and public policy : governing the mind, brain and behaviour / edited by Jessica Pykett, Rhys Jones and Mark Whitehead.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge research in place, space, and politcs series.
- Routledge research in place, space and politics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political psychology.
- Political participation--Psychological aspects.
- Political participation.
- Social psychology--Political aspects.
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 157 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction : psychological governance and public policy / Jessica Pykett, Mark Whitehead and Rhys Jones
- The politics of silent citizenship : psychological government and the "facts" of happiness / William Davies
- Happiness as resource and resilience : an emotion for neoliberal times / Sam Binkley
- Therapeutic governance of psycho-emotionally vulnerable citizens : new subjectivities, new experts and new dangers / Kathryn Ecclestone
- Psychology as practical biopolitics / The Midlands Psychology Group
- "What about the children?" : re-engineering citizens of the future / Val Gillies and Rosalind Edwards
- Boosting the teenage brain : mindfulness as a neuroeducational tool for adolescent resilience / Suparna Choudhury
- Behavioural science, randomized evaluations and the transformation of public policy : the case of the UK government / Peter John.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138930735
- 1138930733
- OCLC:
- 949870128
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