Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of
Ethnic Parties

J 2024

Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties

SPÁČ, Peter a Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Základní údaje

Originální název

Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties

Autoři

SPÁČ, Peter a Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Vydání

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2024, 0888-3254

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.700 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08883254241235628

UT WoS

001215194700001

Klíčová slova anglicky

ethnic parties; outbidding; mayors; local elections; ethnic minorities

Štítky

online first

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 3. 9. 2024 11:10, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The paper analyses the impact of local demography on the electoral strategies of ethnic political parties. We focus on Hungarian parties in Slovakia and their tactics of fielding candidates in the 2014 and 2018 mayoral elections in 4,461 municipalities with competitive elections. We find that local demography is an essential explanatory factor concerning the strategies of ethnic parties. Our results show that in towns where an ethnic minority predominates, ethnic parties are more likely to challenge each other in elections. On the other hand, we find only little support for the split demography hypothesis that ethnic parties will cooperate in such an environment. Although Hungarian parties form alliances in these municipalities, their occurrence is not different than in towns where the same ethnic group dominates the local population. Finally, we observe that in areas where Hungarians are a numerical minority, inter-ethnic alliances are formed, but only by the more moderate ethnic party. In general, the paper shows that the ethnic composition of municipalities can provide incentives to avoid ethnic outbidding as well as to enhance intra-ethnic rivalry.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1488/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Citovat

SPÁČ, Peter a Jozef ZAGRAPAN. Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties. East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2024, s. 1-25. ISSN 0888-3254. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08883254241235628.

@article{2399657,
   author = {Spáč, Peter and Zagrapan, Jozef},
   article_location = {Thousand Oaks},
   doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08883254241235628},
   keywords = {ethnic parties; outbidding; mayors; local elections; ethnic minorities},
   language = {eng},
   issn = {0888-3254},
   journal = {East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures},
   title = {Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties},
   url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08883254241235628},
   year = {2024}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2399657
AU  - Spáč, Peter - Zagrapan, Jozef
PY  - 2024
TI  - Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties
JF  - East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures
SP  - 1-25
EP  - 1-25
PB  - SAGE Publications
SN  - 08883254
KW  - ethnic parties
KW  - outbidding
KW  - mayors
KW  - local elections
KW  - ethnic minorities
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08883254241235628
N2  - The paper analyses the impact of local demography on the electoral strategies of ethnic political parties. We focus on Hungarian parties in Slovakia and their tactics of fielding candidates in the 2014 and 2018 mayoral elections in 4,461 municipalities with competitive elections. We find that local demography is an essential explanatory factor concerning the strategies of ethnic parties. Our results show that in towns where an ethnic minority predominates, ethnic parties are more likely to challenge each other in elections. On the other hand, we find only little support for the split demography hypothesis that ethnic parties will cooperate in such an environment. Although Hungarian parties form alliances in these municipalities, their occurrence is not different than in towns where the same ethnic group dominates the local population. Finally, we observe that in areas where Hungarians are a numerical minority, inter-ethnic alliances are formed, but only by the more moderate ethnic party. In general, the paper shows that the ethnic composition of municipalities can provide incentives to avoid ethnic outbidding as well as to enhance intra-ethnic rivalry.
ER  -

SPÁČ, Peter a Jozef ZAGRAPAN. Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties. \textit{East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures}. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2024, s.~1-25. ISSN~0888-3254. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08883254241235628.

Podrobný výpis o publikaci