Using behavioural economic and social psychological research to inform collaborative public policy development process design

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dc.contributor.advisorMethven, Ian
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Paula Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:26:07Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:26:07Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2020-06-19T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractParticularly when contemplating complex social issues, such as poverty reduction, many Canadian provinces are moving towards a paradigm where a diverse group of people collaborate to develop public policy. This thesis compares the group dynamics and design of a particular policy development initiative to insights from behavioural economic and social psychological research regarding three main elements of collaboration. These elements are cooperation, conflict, and diversity. Interviews with participants of Phase II of New Brunswick's Bringing the Pieces Together (BPT), a multi-sector policy development collaboration, are analyzed to develop a model of group dynamics. Analysis also reveals how particular design elements impacted the collaboration. Recommendations for the design of future collaborative policy development processes are generated from a comparison of insights from behavioural economics and social psychology to the model of group dynamics and analysis of process design elements.
dc.description.copyright©Paula Graham (2012)
dc.description.noteScanned from archival print submission. Master of Philosophy in Policy Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies.
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dc.format.extentviii, 138 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)1329438057en
dc.identifier.otherThesis 8961
dc.identifier.otherThesis 8961en
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13832
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.subject.disciplinePolicy Studies
dc.subject.lcshPolitical planning--New Brunswick.en
dc.subject.lcshSocial psychology--New Brunswick.en
dc.subject.lcshEconomics--Psychological aspects.en
dc.titleUsing behavioural economic and social psychological research to inform collaborative public policy development process design
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Philosophy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Phil.

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