Essays about: "local elections"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words local elections.

  1. 1. Geographic polarization and clustering of partisan voting: A local-level analysis of Stockholm Municipality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Almén; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Autocorrelation; MAUP; Electoral Geography; Political Polarization; Geographic Polarization; Stockholm Municipality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decade, the topic of political polarization has become a growing concern within academic and public debate. Many highlight the linkage between increased political polarization and democratic problems such as political tribalism and uncivil activism. It is also argued to be a global phenomenon. READ MORE

  3. 2. Do niche parties make a difference? The effect of extremist parties’ council representation on public policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mona Dapfer; [2023]
    Keywords : party competition; legislative bargaining; public policy; regression discontinuity design;

    Abstract : This paper examines the causal effect of niche parties’ council representation on policy outcomes in Spain between 2003 and 2022. Focusing on the far-left IU and far-right VOX as niche parties, it utilizes local-level data on municipal elections. READ MORE

  4. 3. Defending Christ and the Fatherland: A panel data analysis of the impact immigration has on the electoral outcomes of Polish far-right parties from 2001 to 2020

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Nastassia Rudak; [2021]
    Keywords : voting; immigration; Polish far-right; difference-in-differences; Bartik instrument;

    Abstract : Voting for far-right parties in Europe is linked to many reasons, among them an increased presence of migrants. Using panel data from 372 Polish counties over the years 2001-2020, I run two-way fixed effects difference-in-differences and Bartik instrument models to test whether the share of migrants in a county has an effect on the share of votes far-right parties receive in different elections - presidential, parliamentary, local, and European. READ MORE

  5. 4. Electoral gender quotas in post-communist societies: Evidence from Polish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Wallin; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral gender quotas; local politics; discontinuity-in-differences; Poland;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the short-term effects of a legislative gender quota in candidate lists using evidence from local elections in Poland. In the context of open lists systems, quotas were introduced in 2018 in municipalities with proportional representation (over 20,000 inhabitants). READ MORE

  6. 5. DIGITAL FRAMING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MEXICO : Climate change during the 2020 local elections

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Aldo Jesus Viggiano Austria; [2021]
    Keywords : Political Communication; Political Parallelism; Journalism; International Relations; Framing; Digital Politics;

    Abstract : Studies of journalism have predominantly focused on the West, neglecting large parts of the world including all parts of the Americas apart from the USA. Studying media in Mexico attempts to contribute to the de-Westernisation of media studies, since there is a clear research gap in the field. READ MORE