The electorate in Poland's large and medium-sized cities and towns and its influence on the results of the 2007 parliamentary elections Cover Image

The electorate in Poland's large and medium-sized cities and towns and its influence on the results of the 2007 parliamentary elections
The electorate in Poland's large and medium-sized cities and towns and its influence on the results of the 2007 parliamentary elections

Author(s): Roman Matykowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Poland; urbanization; pro-urban and anti-urban parties; rank-size rule

Summary/Abstract: Urbanization is regarded among the most significant factors affecting election-related behaviour in Poland. In order to identify the importance of Poland's municipal electorate, a procedure of reverse elimination was applied to the electorates of successive largest cities in Poland, followed by a structure of supporting the strongest political parties at each stage of the cities' rank elimination. Whenever each successive elimination is followed by dwindling support for a given party, this party is referred to as pro-metropolitan

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 103-111
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English