Nudging citizens towards localism? Links between behaviour change and local action have not yet been thought through sufficiently

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Nudging citizens towards localism? Links between behaviour change and local action have not yet been thought through sufficiently

People may regret the loss of localism but accept the claimed benefits of a fairer and centrally-run state. So therefore if the government promotes a weaker central state, then if follows that the use of this evidence will not be a strong as it could be. Less will happen because of the hands off approach and the natural conservativism (small “c”) of many local areas.
The argument against the proposition is about promoting a virtuous circle linked to a programme of institutional reform: decentralisation can go hand in hand with ideas and evidence about behaviour change as a form of local innovation, which happens from bottom up. Knowledge diffuses and there is a potential for learning and a variety of local practices, where people and organisations can imitate each other. There is no intellectual contradiction between behaviour change and localism because the two can assist each other.