Linked fate
{{Short description|Sociopolitical phenomenon}}
Linked fate is a concept in political science which describes the mechanism by which group consciousness leads to political cohesion among members of a social identity group.{{Cite journal|last=Sanchez|first=Gabriel R.|last2=Vargas|first2=Edward D.|date=March 2016|title=Taking a Closer Look at Group Identity: The Link between Theory and Measurement of Group Consciousness and Linked Fate|journal=Political Research Quarterly|language=en|volume=69|issue=1|pages=160–174|doi=10.1177/1065912915624571|issn=1065-9129|pmc=4763936|pmid=26924919}} It originated in African-American studies, as individuals who perceived their fates as individuals to be highly linked to those of other in-group members were posited to be more conscious of the group's interests as whole when making political decisions (such as voting).{{Cite book|title=Behind the mule : race and class in African-American politics|last=Dawson, Michael C.|date=1994|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-08770-9|location=Princeton, N.J.|oclc=29467078}} Furthermore, notions of linked fate have been observed among Asian Americans,{{Cite journal|last=Masuoka|first=Natalie|date=2006|title=Together They Become One: Examining the Predictors of Panethnic Group Consciousness Among Asian Americans and Latinos*|journal=Social Science Quarterly|language=en|volume=87|issue=5|pages=993–1011|doi=10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00412.x|issn=1540-6237}} Hispanic Americans{{Cite journal|last=Sanchez|first=Gabriel R.|last2=Masuoka|first2=Natalie|date=2010-10-24|title=Brown-Utility Heuristic? The Presence and Contributing Factors of Latino Linked Fate|journal=Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences|language=en-US|volume=32|issue=4|pages=519–531|doi=10.1177/0739986310383129|issn=0739-9863}} and Muslim Americans.{{Cite web|url=http://muslimandamerican.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wpsa2008.pdf|title=Discrimination and Group Identity Among Muslim Americans. Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Conference; San Diego. 2008.}}
See also
- Entitativity, the perception of a social unit as a group
- Ethnic competition thesis
- Group cohesiveness, the level of perceived unity within a social group
- Group consciousness (political science), sociopolitical phenomenon where individuals become aware of how their shared group identification impacts them and then pursue shared interests
- Relative deprivation thesis
- Solidarity, awareness of shared interests, objectives, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes