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devil shift: a standalone construct

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Public policy

the tendency of policy actors to see opponents as more powerful and more malicious than they really are.

In public policy, devil shift refers to the tendency of policy actors to see opponents as more powerful and more malicious than they really are. This meaning comes from Sabatier (1987) in Western Political Quarterly.[1]

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References

Sabatier, P., Hunter, S., & McLaughlin, S. (1987). The Devil Shift: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Opponents. Western Political Quarterly, 40(3), 449-476. https://doi.org/10.1177/106591298704000306

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