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Scapegoating
About: Scapegoating is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 637 publications have been published within this topic receiving 11610 citations.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that voters' tendency to be more sensitive to real or potential losses than they are to gains results from their negative bias, which leads politicians to adopt a distinctive set of political strategies, including agenda limitation, scapegoating, passing the buck and defection, that are different from those they would follow if they were primarily interested in pursuing good policy or maximizing credit-claiming opportunities.
Abstract: Politicians are motivated primarily by the desire to avoid blame for unpopular actions rather than by seeking to claim credit for popular ones. This results from voters' ‘negativity bias’: their tendency to be more sensitive to real or potential losses than they are to gains. Incentives to avoid blame lead politicians to adopt a distinctive set of political strategies, including agenda limitation, scapegoating, ‘passing the buck’ and defection (‘jumping on the bandwagon’) that are different than those they would follow if they were primarily interested in pursuing good policy or maximizing credit-claiming opportunities. These strategies in turn lead to important policy effects, including a surrender of discretion even when it offers important credit-claiming opportunities.
1,874 citations
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1 Jan 2007
TL;DR: The Whipping Girl as discussed by the authors is a book written by Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist, who exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive.
Abstract: A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations both pre- and post-transition to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole. Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her ability to bridge the gap between the often-disparate biological and social perspectives on gender. She exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive, and how this "feminine" weakness exists only to attract and appease male desire. In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today's feminists and transgender activist must work to embrace and empower femininity in all of its wondrous forms. "
1,407 citations
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1 Jan 2000TL;DR: In this article, the Flatbush Boycott of 1990, led by Black and Haitian activists against Korean-owned produce stores in Brooklyn, was examined. And the authors argue that Black-Korean conflict constitutes racial scapegoating and is a response to white dominance in American society.
Abstract: An examination of escalating conflicts between Blacks and Koreans in American cities. It focuses on the Flatbush Boycott of 1990, led by Black and Haitian activists against Korean-owned produce stores in Brooklyn. Claire Jean Kim rejects conventional wisdom that Black-Korean conflict constitutes racial scapegoating and argues instead that it is a response to white dominance in American society.
391 citations
TL;DR: A primary requirement is to recognize that the authors are all living with AIDS, whether infected or affected by it; that is, in the context of AIDS, it is imperative that they overcome any divisions into 'them' and 'us'.
342 citations
TL;DR: The literature on organizational politics has focused on proactive promotion of self-interests but has neglected the reactive defense of selfinterests as mentioned in this paper, and defensive behaviors are argued to: (1) avoid action, via overconforming, passing the buck, playing dumb, depersonalizing, smoothing and stretching, and stalling, (2) avoid blame via buffing, playing safe, justifying, scapegoating, misrepresenting, and escalating commitment, and (3) avoid change via resisting change and protecting turf.
Abstract: The literature on organizational politics has focused on the proactive promotion of self-interests but has neglected the reactive defense of self-interests. Defensive behaviors are argued to: (1) avoid action, via over-conforming, passing the buck, playing dumb, depersonalizing, smoothing and stretching, and stalling, (2) avoid blame via buffing, playing safe, justifying, scapegoating, misrepresenting, and escalating commitment, and (3) avoid change via resisting change and protecting turf. Organizational antecedents of defensiveness include bureaucratic rationality and various stressors, and individual antecedents include insecurity and anxiety, emotional exhaustion, work alienation, self-monitoring, and low self-efficacy. The effects of defensiveness on the individual, recipients, and organization are discussed, and directions for future research are presented.
303 citations
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