Identity-based subgroups and information exchange in adversarial policy networks

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6296303
AutoresJeongyoon Lee (0000-0002-6991-1238, University of Kentucky, autor correspondente), Kun Huang (0000-0002-0313-1212, University of New Mexico)
Ano2023
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas59-85
Data de publicação2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0143814x22000228
OpenAlexW4297221478
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas80

While information exchange is essential in the policy process, little is known about how divergent subgroups filter actors’ technical and political information exchange, blocking learning processes. Guided by social identity, group entitativity, and self-categorisation theories, we introduce the concept and measurement of identity-based subgroups referring to informal clusters shaped by the self-referent perception of similarities among actors. The identity-based subgroup is recognised as a precursor for coalition building in a policy subsystem but received inadequate attention in the research on Advocacy Coalition Framework. We examine how divergent identity-based subgroups moderate the links between relational embeddedness and technical/political information exchanges in an adversarial fracking policy network in New York. Our quadratic assignment procedure multiple regression indicated that, despite trust, policy actors from different identity-based subgroups are less likely to share technical and political information in the network. When two actors’ identity-based subgroups are different, competition is more likely associated with lower technical information exchange in the network. These findings extend research on information exchange in adversarial policy subsystems

Collective identity · Embeddedness · Identity (music · Information exchange · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology