Personalization at the municipal level: does it exist and is it possible to explore it in the Czech environment? Cover Image

Personalizace na komunální úrovni: existuje a lze ji v českém prostředí zkoumat?
Personalization at the municipal level: does it exist and is it possible to explore it in the Czech environment?

Author(s): Andrea Smolková, Stanislav Balík
Subject(s): Electoral systems
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Personalization; Czech Republic; Local Elections; Preferential Voting; Electoral Behaviour; Electoral System; Research Design

Summary/Abstract: Against the background of current research and literature, the article discusses local level-personalization in the Czech Republic as well as the ways it can be studied. Emphasising topics such as personalization of the electoral behaviour, electoral system, and political elites’ strategy, the authors present a novel research design aimed at identifying and better understanding the phenomenon of personalization on the local level. The research design develops some original identifiers such as popularity of the candidate, while also employing traditional criteria such as preferential voting or incumbency effect.

  • Issue Year: XX/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 204-221
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech
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