once upon a time i wrote a blog post about “conceptual gerrymandering” and it must have been really bad because nobody understood it but i think the underlying concept is still sound and important actually
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it’s what it sounds like. drawing awkward conceptual boundaries to pursue specific agendas. examples left as an exercise to the reader
oh spicy
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it can't be that bad bc I think I know exactly what you mean by the phrase
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getting people to agree that they’re drawing a boundary and not that That Is Just What The Boundary Is is the hard part, I think
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So it's standard politics within a bureaucracy.
Winning the fights by shaping the context. :D
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Practical examples:
Compare with the use of minefields in warfare, giving area denial during the battle, but poisoning the land use afterwards.
Who sets the agenda's for the committee meeting?
Who writes the standards for the protocols used in future?