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Social Capital by David Halpern 9780745625478
Booksplease Price: £66.27The concept of 'social capital' is currently the focus of an explosion of interest in the research and policy community. It refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that... -
Social Capital by David Halpern 9780745625485
Booksplease Price: £26.90The concept of 'social capital' is currently the focus of an explosion of interest in the research and policy community. It refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that... -
The Hidden Wealth of Nations by David Halpern 9780745648019
Booksplease Price: £61.35Richer nations are happier, yet economic growth doesn't increase happiness. This paradox is explained by 'the hidden wealth of nations' - the extent to which citizens get along with others... -
The Hidden Wealth of Nations David Halpern (Institute for Government) 9780745648026
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.22Richer nations are happier, yet economic growth doesn't increase happiness. This paradox is explained by the Hidden Wealth of Nations - the extent to which citizens get along with other independently... -
Mental Health and The Built Environment: More Than Bricks And Mortar? David Halpern 9780748402366
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £41.24This text explores the relationship between the planned or built environment and the occurrence of mental ill-health. It begins by providing a broad overview of what is known about the causes of... -
Inside the Nudge Unit: How small changes can make a big difference David Halpern 9780753556559
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.62With a foreword by Richard Thaler, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics!New Updated Edition, 2019.Dr David Halpern, behavioural scientist and head of the government's Behavioural Insights Team, or... -
Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges Varun Uberoi (University of Oxford, UK) 9781444333954
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £17.03Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges offers an assessment of the last decade of British public policy that cuts across policy areas, such as measuring public... -
The Progressive Manifesto: New Ideas for the Centre-Left Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9780745632957
Booksplease Price: £21.08This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990's, left of centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US, many of the European Union countries, and in... -
The Progressive Manifesto: New Ideas for the Centre-Left by Anthony Giddens 9780745632940
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £49.05This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990's, left of centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US, many of the European Union countries, and in... -
Inside the Political Mind: The Human Side of Politics and How It Shapes Development by Greg Power 9781805260516
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.00Drawing on his experience of working with hundreds of politicians in more than sixty countries, Greg Power explores how social norms, public expectations and the personal interests of MPs influence... -
The Perils of Perception: Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything by Bobby Duffy 9781786494580
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.15Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we more ignorant than we used to be?Take a minute to... -
The Last Mile: Creating Social and Economic Value from Behavioral Insights by Dilip Soman 9781487521820
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.92Most organizations spend much of their effort on the start of the value creation process: namely, creating a strategy, developing new products or services, and analyzing the market. They pay a lot... -
A Poet and Bin-Laden by Hamid Ismailov 9781909156333
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £15.51The story begins on the eve of 9/11, with the narrator's haunting description of the airplane attack on the Twin Towers as seen on TV while he is on holiday in Central Asia. Subsequent chapters shift... -
Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending Elizabeth Dunn 9781780743370
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74After a fairly low threshold, income and material wealth have no measurable effect on happiness. But how we spend our money does. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Elizabeth Dunn and Dr Michael... -
Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World by Tim Harford
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.49'Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you'll... -
Make, Think, Imagine by John Browne
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 __________________ 'A much-needed antidote to pervasive pessimism' Financial Times 'An ode to the ways in... -
The Key to Happiness: How to Find Purpose by Unlocking the Secrets of the World's Happiest People by Meik Wiking
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95** FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ****Previously published as The Little Book of Lykke**"A wonderful guide to happy living. It's based on hard evidence and written with a wonderful sense... -
The Rabbi's Brain: Mystics, Moderns and the Science of Jewish Thinking by Dr. Andrew Newberg 9781683367123
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52The topic of "Neurotheology" has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. However, there have been no attempts at exploring more specifically how... -
The Rabbi's Brain: Mystics, Moderns and the Science of Jewish Thinking by Dr. Andrew Newberg 9781683367130
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £20.91The topic of "Neurotheology" has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. However, there have been no attempts at exploring more specifically how... -
How Should A Government Be?: The New Levers of State Power by Jaideep Prabhu
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.51For a century, the most divisive question in political thought has been about the size of the state. Should it expand and take an active role in all sorts of areas of life? Or is that just meddlesome... -
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert B. Cialdini
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46When it comes to persuasion, success can begin before you say a word.'An instant classic.' Forbes'Utterly fascinating.' Adam Grant, author of Originals and Give and Take'Shockingly insightful.' Chip... -
The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science by Cass R. Sunstein
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.54In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using... -
What Works: Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet
RRP: £17.95Booksplease Price: £14.95Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA Financial Times Best Business Book of the YearA Times Higher Education Book of the WeekBest Business Book of the...