Post‐loss power building
The feedback effects of policy loss on group identity and collective action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjolaine Lacombe (0000-0002-3703-8358, Political Science Barnard College, Columbia University New York New York USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 507-526 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psj.12446 |
| OpenAlex | W3191727904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 48 |
Studies of policy feedback have produced an increasingly nuanced understanding of when, why, and how public policies generate—or fail to generate—political effects that entrench the policies themselves and provide benefits to their proponents. Left open, however, is the question of whether policies can paradoxically generate political benefits for those who opposed them. This paper extends the study of policy feedback by exploring the mechanisms through and conditions under which organized groups can counterintuitively use policy losses to build power moving forward. It then demonstrates how post‐loss power building operates by exploring the National Rifle Association’s historical use of gun policy losses to reinforce a shared identity among its supporters, which it later uses to spur collective action on behalf of gun rights. The analysis shows how policy outcomes can interact with the identity‐building efforts of organized groups in ways that enable those groups to use losses to their long‐term advantage
Action (physics · Collective action · Collective identity · Economics · Gun control · Identity (music · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public economics · Public policy · Public relations · Rifle · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |