Essays about: "Election to Municipal Councils"

Found 3 essays containing the words Election to Municipal Councils.

1. 1. Can't Stay Away: What happens to social distancing and vaccination rates when a far-right party wins seats on your local council? Case study of the 2021 Finnish Municipality Election

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Dilara Saygi; [2022]
   Keywords : Social distancing; Populism; Vaccinations; Finland; Differences-in-Differences;

   Abstract : With Covid-19 as the backdrop, this paper takes advantage of a timely municipal election in Finland, where the Finn's party, stole council seats from almost every other party in almost every municipality to study questions such as: Is there a link between votes for a populist party and social distancing or vaccination take-up? Will there be a post election difference in social distancing and vaccination rates in regions in which the Finn's party suddenly holds more seats in municipal councils, endowed with the power to influence Covid-19 restrictions and the organisations of vaccinations? Using Google mobility data, the paper finds that social distancing tended to be higher in regions with more Finn's party voters, even when controlling for demographic and time-specific variables. On the other hand, Finn's voters were associated with lower vaccination rates. READ MORE

3. 2. Electoral Success in Swedish Municipal Councils: The Role of Occupation and Politicians’ Characteristics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Liton Chakraborty; [2012]
   Keywords : Election to Municipal Councils; Occupation Effects; Personal Vote Share; Personvald;

   Abstract : This paper examines to what extent political candidates’ characteristics listed on the ballot affect election outcomes in municipal councils in Sweden. We exploit data on candidates’ name, age, sex, occupation, party affiliation, and candidates’ position listed on the ballots for 3757 elected candidates of 59 municipalities. READ MORE

4. 3. The State of St Petersburg’s Municipalities : Conditions for Local Governance in Russia

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Philip Westman; [2004]
   Keywords : Local politics; municipalities; transformation; political legacy; local self-government; domains; political space; spaces of attitudes; local democracy; Russia; St Petersburg;

   Abstract : The study’s focus is put on the lowest level of Russian local politics, empirically represented by two municipalities in St Petersburg. It aims at identifying factors that influence the work of municipal councils. READ MORE