Fischer, Manuel; Ingold, Karin; Sciarini, Pascal; Varone, Frédéric (2016). Dealing with bad guys: actor- and process-level determinants of the “devil shift” in policy making. Journal of public policy, 36(02), pp. 309-334. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0143814X15000021
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Policy actors tend to misinterpret and distrust opponents in policy processes. This phenomenon, known as the “devil shift”, consists of the following two dimensions: actors perceive opponents as more powerful and as more evil than they really are. Analysing nine policy processes in Switzerland, this article highlights the drivers of the devil shift at two levels. On the actor level, interest groups, political parties and powerful actors suffer more from the devil shift than state actors and powerless actors. On the process level, the devil shift is stronger in policy processes dealing with socio-economic issues as compared with other issues. Finally, and in line with previous studies, there is less empirical evidence of the power dimension of the devil shift phenomenon than of its evilness dimension.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science 10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Fischer, Manuel (B), Ingold, Karin Mirjam |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
0143-814X |
Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Karin Mirjam Ingold Michel |
Date Deposited: |
10 Apr 2015 13:04 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1017/S0143814X15000021 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
conflict; devil shift; policy process; power |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.65342 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65342 |
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