The role of ethnicity in the perception of pork barrel politics
: Evidence from a  survey experiment in Slovakia

J 2021

The role of ethnicity in the perception of pork barrel politics : Evidence from a survey experiment in Slovakia

NEMČOK, Miroslav; Olivera KOMAR; Nemanja BATRIĆEVIĆ; Michal TÓTH; Peter SPÁČ et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The role of ethnicity in the perception of pork barrel politics : Evidence from a survey experiment in Slovakia

Autoři

NEMČOK, Miroslav; Olivera KOMAR; Nemanja BATRIĆEVIĆ; Michal TÓTH a Peter SPÁČ

Vydání

Politics, London, SAGE Publications, 2021, 0263-3957

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.731

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00118733

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

ethnicity; pork barrel; Slovakia; survey experiment; voters

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 4. 2022 11:49, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

In divided societies and new democracies, clientelism (in the form of pork barrel) and ethno-politics appear to go hand in hand. It is apparent that politicians are incentivized to compete for support within their own ethnic groups, but does an ethnic link between voters and decision-makers influence how voters perceive and evaluate pork barrel practices? To address this question, we conducted a survey experiment (n=1200) in ethnically heterogeneous Slovakia. The aim was to examine whether pork barrel politics implemented by a Slovak decision-maker and a Hungarian decision-maker are evaluated differently by Slovaks and Hungarians. The findings suggest that when individuals and decision-makers share the same ethnicity, individuals tend to maintain an equally positive level of trust and willingness to vote for the responsible decision-maker, even when the decision-maker implements a policy decision that does not benefit them. Nonetheless, shared ethnicity does not prevent individuals from being critical of the implemented policy decision itself.

Návaznosti

GA18-16928S, projekt VaV

Název: Distributivní politika ve střední Evropě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Distributivní politika ve střední Evropě

Přiložené soubory

role_of_ethnicity_in_the_perception_of_pork_barrel_politics.pdf

Citovat

NEMČOK, Miroslav; Olivera KOMAR; Nemanja BATRIĆEVIĆ; Michal TÓTH a Peter SPÁČ. The role of ethnicity in the perception of pork barrel politics : Evidence from a survey experiment in Slovakia. Politics. London: SAGE Publications, 2021, roč. 41, č. 2, s. 257-275. ISSN 0263-3957. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395720920089.

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