GL06 Political Behavior

The track welcomes individual paper proposals, as well as proposals of coherent panels in any field of political behavior including political participation at large: voting, and party engagement as well as non-voting behaviors such as discussing politics, political consumerism, etc. Proposals may come from any sub field of political science (political psychology, political sociology, etc.) and methodological tradition as well as cover any level of analysis (i.e. national, sub-national or supranational level). In keeping with the conference’s theme “Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies” the track particularly invites proposals that directly engage with two major questions: how political behaviors fuel the processes of autocratization and political polarization? And how autocratization and polarization influence individuals’ political participation? Papers could discuss political behavior in authoritarian regimes as well as in more divided democracies.