Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour Regarding Multi-Level Governance

Abstract

States across the globe are increasingly dealing with matters of shared rule amongst sub-state structures, multi-level governance and territorial divisions. The result is a complex and ever-changing vertical landscape of powers, competences and authorities. Existing literature has so far analysed in great depth how these multiple levels of governance cooperate and work with each other, but we know less about how citizens (voters) perceive and behave with regards to these territorial/institutional arrangements. This panel aims to focus on this relationship between citizens and the territorial structures in which they are embedded. The panel places the emphasis on how citizens perceive and engage with decentralised and territorial politics within their context, thus looking for citizen-driven studies that are concerned with individuals’ expectations, evaluations and voting behaviour.

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