Review of Cristina Bicchieri's Norms in the wild: how to diagnose, measure, and change social norms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, xviii + 239 pp.

Social Norm Change, Behavioural Approaches and the Politics of Knowledge: A Conversation between the Ivory Tower and the Field

“…The only critical review from a development perspective is that of Green (2017) who rightly points out that this is an approach for small‐scale tinkering, not large‐scale transformation. Even reviewers who have something peripherally negative to say from a philosophical perspective are unanimous in their agreement that the book is a valuable tool for development professionals and policy makers (Guala, 2017; Henderson, 2017; Pischke, 2018). One goes so far as to say that this approach ‘stands to change of social practices as Che Guevara's Guerilla Warfare stands to political revolutions’ (Hlobil, 2017: 459).…”

Hurt or Help? Understanding Intimate Partner Violence in the Context of Social Norms as Practised in Rural Areas

“…Social norms are informal/unwritten rules and shared preferences derived from social systems that dictate the behaviour expected, allowed or sanctioned in particular situations (World Health Organisation (WHO), 2009;Baldry & Pagliaro, 2014;Guala, 2017;Clark et al, 2018). People follow these prescribed rules because they i) perceive that other people are following and conforming to the rules, ii) perceive that other members of society expect the rules to be followed, and iii) recognise that failure to conform to the social norms results in social disapproval and punishment (Baldry & Pagliaro, 2014;Guala, 2017;Strauss et al, 2017;Clark et al, 2018). Similarly, an individual's perception of the expected behaviour also matters for adherence to the social norms of a particular society.…”