Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of
Ethnic Parties

J 2024

Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties

SPÁČ, Peter and Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Basic information

Original name

Between Conflict and Cooperation : Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties

Authors

SPÁČ, Peter and Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Edition

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

article - open access

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.700 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

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

UT WoS

001215194700001

Keywords in English

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

Abstract

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.

Links

MUNI/A/1488/2023, interní kód MU

Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Investor: Masaryk University, Current Issues in Political Science Research X.

Citovat

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

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

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