Project Duration: 2019 - 2021
The project analyses the level and sources of electoral volatility in post-communist countries. This project focuses on individual-level volatility in consecutive parliamentary elections by examining electoral participation and party choice decisions. This project is composed of two parts: (1) estimating the level of volatility and its decomposition according to the newness of parties (within- and extra-system volatility), the positions of parties within the party system (block and within-block volatility), and electoral participation and (2) testing explanations of electoral volatility and its components. The project will use secondary analyses of post-election and panel surveys. The theoretical and methodological innovations of the project lie for example in the use of a refined definition of electoral volatility, systematic implementation of this definition across post-communist countries, and cross-validation using post-election and panel survey data.
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Themes:
Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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Related Publications:
The Role of Incumbency, Ethnicity, and New Parties in Electoral Volatility in Slovakia
Themes: politikaapostojekpolitice