Shaping citizens’ perceptions and preferences of federalism: the impact of the Tetris metaphor in Belgium

How discourses affect citizens’ own representations and preferences about Beglium federalism? Representation: the way federalism is objectified and anchored in voter’s mind. Preferences: institutional preferences about regional autonomy. For that purpose, metaphors constitue a strong heuristic tools to analyse how citizens’ preferences & representatioins are affected by discourses.