Localisation of Politics and Local Electoral Participation

Kukec, Marko

doi:10.1080/03003930.2022.2033228

Localisation of Politics and Local Electoral Participation

Publication date

2022-01-31

Document type

Research article

Author

Kukec, Marko

Organisational unit

Politikwissenschaft, insb. Vergleichende Regierungslehre

DOI

10.1080/03003930.2022.2033228

URI

https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/handle/10.24405/14432

Series or journal

Local Government Studies

ISSN

0300-3930

Peer-reviewed

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Part of the university bibliography

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Language

English

Abstract

Nationalisation of politics generally decreased the voter participation at municipal elections by lowering their salience, but the variation in nationalisation has been underestimated. Leveraging variation in two dimensions of localisation of municipal political competition – ethnic minority concentration and number of non-partisan local lists – this paper tests whether increased stakes and salience at ‘localised’ municipal elections increase electoral participation in respective municipalities. Based on the data from Croatian local elections (2001–2017), non-partisan lists drive voter participation, particularly in smaller municipalities. The effect of ethnic minority concentration depends on the minority status of the ethnic group within a municipality.

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