Minimation: What is a Social Norm?
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Social norms are practices that
Social norms are practices that are supported by particular shared beliefs.
Are people engaging in a practice because they see others doing so?
Are people engaging in the practice because they care about what others think and believe?
Do they believe that enough other people in their community or network believe that other people should conform to a certain behaviour?
If the answers to these questions is yes, then a behaviour or collective action is driven by a social norm.
Uncovering the shared beliefs or expectations that cause or sustain harmful practices enables us to identify solutions to change those beliefs. Of course, not every harmful practice is the result of social norms. But the methodology also helps us uncover other drivers of harmful collective practices.
Investigating social norms provides evidence of drivers of different behaviours. We seek to answer the question: “why do people do what they do?” Understanding motivations is important because if these are understood, policy approaches and solutions to address collective action problems can be developed.
Chatham House Africa Programme's Social Norms and Accountable Governance (SNAG) project seeks context-specific solutions to address collective action problems like corruption, through an evidence-based understanding of the drivers that sustain these problems.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/st...
Are people engaging in a practice because they see others doing so?
Are people engaging in the practice because they care about what others think and believe?
Do they believe that enough other people in their community or network believe that other people should conform to a certain behaviour?
If the answers to these questions is yes, then a behaviour or collective action is driven by a social norm.
Uncovering the shared beliefs or expectations that cause or sustain harmful practices enables us to identify solutions to change those beliefs. Of course, not every harmful practice is the result of social norms. But the methodology also helps us uncover other drivers of harmful collective practices.
Investigating social norms provides evidence of drivers of different behaviours. We seek to answer the question: “why do people do what they do?” Understanding motivations is important because if these are understood, policy approaches and solutions to address collective action problems can be developed.
Chatham House Africa Programme's Social Norms and Accountable Governance (SNAG) project seeks context-specific solutions to address collective action problems like corruption, through an evidence-based understanding of the drivers that sustain these problems.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/st...
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