Latent target groups—A methodological contribution of social identities to policy design research.
Research on policy design underscores the importance of accurately identifying target groups to effectively design policy measures that change individual behavior, address societal problems, and achieve policy objectives. However, empirical research on the composition and characteristics of target g...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 774 - 795 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=187727045&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 187727045 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0190292X PSJ jtl: Policy Studies Journal issn: 0190292X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 53 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 187727045 10.1111/psj.70028 ppf: 774 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 948KB tig: atl: Latent target groups—A methodological contribution of social identities to policy design research. aug: au: Hornung, Johanna Bandelow, Nils C. Olvermann, Madita affil: Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland Institute of Comparative Politics and Public Policy, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany su: Group identity Nutrition policy Social policy Empirical research Design research sug: subj: Group identity Nutrition policy Social policy Empirical research Design research keyword: food policy latent class analysis (LCA) mobility policy policy instruments policy mixes social construction social identities in the policy process (SIPP) análisis de clases latentes (ACV) combinaciones de políticas Construcción social identidades sociales en el proceso de políticas (SIPP) instrumentos de política política alimentaria política de movilidad 政策工具 政策组合 政策过程中的社会身份(SIPP) 流动政策 潜在类别分析(LCA) 社会建构 粮食政策 food policy latent class analysis (LCA) mobility policy policy instruments policy mixes social construction social identities in the policy process (SIPP) análisis de clases latentes (ACV) combinaciones de políticas Construcción social identidades sociales en el proceso de políticas (SIPP) instrumentos de política política alimentaria política de movilidad 政策工具 政策组合 政策过程中的社会身份(SIPP) 流动政策 潜在类别分析(LCA) 社会建构 粮食政策 ab: Research on policy design underscores the importance of accurately identifying target groups to effectively design policy measures that change individual behavior, address societal problems, and achieve policy objectives. However, empirical research on the composition and characteristics of target groups is rare and primarily draws on a commonly used typology to highlight the social construction of target groups. Tying in with and adding to this strand of research, this article brings forward the conceptual idea to use a perspective on social identities to shed light on the internal heterogeneity of target groups. It combines this with a methodological call for applying Latent Class Analysis (LCA) in policy design research to identify latent target groups that are based on different social identifications and exhibit different preferences for policy measures. We argue that capturing these latent target groups empirically is relevant to designing policies effectively, as these target groups are driven by different identities; therefore, they behave differently and favor different policies. This has implications for policy design research and the design of policies itself. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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