A Song of Policy Incongruence: The Missing Choir of Consumer Preferences in GMO‐Labeling Policy Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-534
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Mosier ◽  
Arbindra Rimal ◽  
Megan M. Ruxton
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Gmo Labeling

scholarly journals Assumptions About Behavior and Choice in Response to Public Assistance

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal C. Hall ◽  
Martha M. Galvez ◽  
Isaac M. Sederbaum
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Social Service Delivery

Assumptions about decision making and consumer preferences guide programs and products intended to help low-income households achieve healthy outcomes and financial stability. Despite their importance to service design and implementation, these assumptions are rarely stated explicitly, or empirically tested. Some key assumptions may reflect ideas carried over from an earlier era of social-service delivery. Or they may reflect research on decision making by higher income populations that do not hold or have not been tested in a low-income context. This disconnect between assumptions and evidence potentially results in less effective policy design and implementation—at substantial financial and social cost. This piece examines how insights from psychology can help policymakers analyze the core assumptions about behavior that underlie policy outcomes. Three policy areas serve as case studies, to examine some implicit and explicit assumptions about how low-income individuals make decisions under public and nonprofit assistance: banking, nutrition, and housing. Research on preferences and decision making evaluates these foundational assumptions. This perspective provides a unique and under-utilized framework to explain some behavioral puzzles, examine and predict the actions of individuals living in poverty, and understand what are often disappointing program outcomes. Recommendations suggest how psychology and behavioral decision making can impact policy research and design.

IDENTITY AND CONSUMER PREFERENCES OF TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 755-766
Author(s):  
Annamária Sasné Grósz ◽  
◽  
Zoltán Veres
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences

Investigating the President

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Kriner ◽  
Eric Schickler
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Theater ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Presidential Power ◽  
Political Pressure ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Partisan Polarization ◽  
Approval Rating ◽  
Congressional Investigations ◽  
Over Time

Although congressional investigations have provided some of the most dramatic moments in American political history, they have often been dismissed as mere political theater. But these investigations are far more than grandstanding. This book shows that congressional investigations are a powerful tool for members of Congress to counter presidential aggrandizement. By shining a light on alleged executive wrongdoing, investigations can exert significant pressure on the president and materially affect policy outcomes. This book constructs the most comprehensive overview of congressional investigative oversight to date, analyzing nearly 13,000 days of hearings, spanning more than a century, from 1898 through 2014. The book examines the forces driving investigative power over time and across chambers, and identifies how hearings might influence the president’s strategic calculations through the erosion of the president’s public approval rating, and uncover the pathways through which investigations have shaped public policy. Put simply, by bringing significant political pressure to bear on the president, investigations often afford Congress a blunt, but effective check on presidential power—without the need to worry about veto threats or other hurdles such as Senate filibusters. In an era of intense partisan polarization and institutional dysfunction, the book delves into the dynamics of congressional investigations and how Congress leverages this tool to counterbalance presidential power.

Providing additional education services for children: Challenges and solutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-687
Author(s):  
Yu.I. Brodovskaya ◽  
T.A. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Supplementary Education ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Municipal Level

Subject. This article considers the issues of provision of supplementary education services for children and methodological tools for the formation of educational environment. Objectives. The article aims to assess the level of development of the system of supplementary education of children in Krasnoyarsk and offer a methodological approach to improving the management decision-making procedure in the formation of a portfolio of supplementary education services at the municipal level. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of theoretical, empirical, and logistic analyses, and sociological studies. Results. The article offers concrete solutions to the lack of a methodological approach to providing supplementary education services, considering one of the micro-districts of Krasnoyarsk as a case in point. It also offers tools that can be used by public authorities to organize educational space at the municipal level. Conclusions. A unified methodological approach should be used to provide a system of supplementary education, taking into account financial means, as well as differentiation in the distribution of educational facilities throughout the area. The relevance of the set of supplementary education services and consumer preferences should be taken into account, as well.

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