Project

Persistence and change of voting patterns in the territory of the Czech Republic since the introduction of universal su rage (causes and consequences)

Project duration: 
2012 - 2015

The research project analyzes causes and political consequences of persistence and change of the voting patterns. It analyses results of all parliamentary elections on the territory of the contemporary Czech Republic since universal sufrage has been established. The hypothesis about the relevance of contextual factors in preserving the relative time-space stability of the voting patterns and the alternative hypothesis about mainly compositional type of explanation of persistence and change of voting patterns are tested by the analysis of electoral results and underlying demographic and socio-economic data. Mechanisms by which the place specific political orientations of voters are sustained or changed over time are analysed by the case studies in selected municipalities and regions that display specfic patterns of electoral behaviour. 

Principal investigator: 
Topics: 
politics (and political attitudes)
regions
Grant agency: 
Czech Science Foundation (GACR)

Project publications (total 3, displaying 1 - 3)

Bernard, Josef, Kostelecký, Tomáš

Volební chování individuálních voličů je ovlivňováno různými prostorově definovanými faktory. Zpravidla se vliv takových faktorů obecně označuje jako kontextuální efekty.

Topic:
methodology, politics (and political attitudes), regions, elections (and polls)
Department:
Local and regional studies
Type of publication:
Article with impact factor
Tomáš Kostelecký, Renáta Mikešová, Markéta Poláková, Daniel Čermák, Josef Bernard, Martin Šimon

The main goal of the book is to study spatial patterns of voting behaviour in parliamentary elections in Czechia between 1920 and 2006. The book seeks to analyse voting behaviour through studying political preferences expressed by the elections of political parties in the general elections. The four types of questions have been asked: 1. How large are regional differences in electoral results on the territory of Czechia? How the voting patterns look like? 2.

Topic:
urban and rural studies, regions, elections (and polls)
Department:
Local and regional studies
Type of publication:
Monograph
Josef Bernard, Tomáš Kostelecký, Martin Šimon

Článek se věnuje problematice kontextových vlivů na volební chování. V části českéodborné literatury bylo konstatováno, že vliv prostorového kontextu na volební chování v Česku je nevýrazný a že převážnou část teritoriální diferenciace volebních výsledků lze vysvětlit jako důsledek teritoriálních odlišností sociální skladby, tedy kompozičně. Tato studie zkoumá existenci kontextových efektů v detailním územním členění.

Topic:
value orientations, urban and rural studies, religion and religiosity, regions, elections (and polls)
Department:
Local and regional studies
Type of publication:
Article with impact factor