政治行為發(fā)表了政治行為、制度、過程和政策的一般領(lǐng)域的原始研究。報(bào)道的重點(diǎn)是個(gè)人或小團(tuán)體的傳統(tǒng)和非傳統(tǒng)政治行為，以及參與政治進(jìn)程的大型組織，如政黨、利益集團(tuán)、政治行動(dòng)委員會(huì)、政府機(jī)構(gòu)和大眾媒體。作為一種跨學(xué)科的期刊，政治行為整合了各種不同層次的理論抽象和經(jīng)驗(yàn)領(lǐng)域的分析方法。這項(xiàng)探索包括在偏好結(jié)構(gòu)和談判中的經(jīng)濟(jì)觀點(diǎn)；態(tài)度、動(dòng)機(jī)和看法的心理方面；角色、群體或階級(jí)的社會(huì)學(xué)取向；或決策、聯(lián)盟和影響中的政治立場(chǎng)。

Political Behavior publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, institutions, processes, and policies. Coverage focuses on conventional and unconventional political behavior of individuals or small groups, and of large organizations that participate in the political process such as parties, interest groups, political action committees, governmental agencies, and mass media.As an interdisciplinary journal, Political Behavior integrates a variety of analytical approaches across different levels of theoretical abstraction and empirical domain. The exploration includes economic perspectives in preference structuring and bargaining; psychological aspects of attitude, motivations and perceptions; sociological orientation of roles, group or class; or political stance in decision making, coalitions and influence.