Is Protest Only Negative? Examining the Effect of Emotions and Affective Polarization on Protest Behaviour

This contribution sheds light on the link between affect and protest behaviors. Using data from a voter survey conducted around the 2019 elections in Belgium, we examine two dimensions of affect: a vertical one, i.e., negative and positive emotions towards politics in general, and a horizontal one, i.e., affective polarization towards fellow citizens. Our findings make three important contributions. First, we identify five distinct classes of respondents depending on their emotions towards politics (apathetic, angry, hopeful, highly emotional, and average). Second, we demonstrate that the comb... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Luca Bettarelli
Caroline Close
Emilie van Haute
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: Politics and Governance, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 311-324 (2022)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Cogitatio
Schlagwörter: affective polarization / belgium / emotions / protest / Political science (General) / JA1-92
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28938216
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5665