Electoral options in three-level settings of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia: a contribution to their typology

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Authors	STRMISKA Maxmilián
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Evropská volební studia
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Field	Political sciences
Keywords	multi-level settings; electoral levels; typology; Czech Republic; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia
Attached files	Strmiska_EVS_Electoral_options.doc
Description	The major purpose of the article is to contribute to the typology of parties embodying electoral options with different territorial pervasiveness and to the characterization of electoral levels in the three-layered settings of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Building on the conceptual framework elaborated by Kris Deschouwer, the author foreground a perspective on electoral space(s) in multi-level settings that places the greatest importance on evaluating and comparing the horizontal properties of the individual electoral levels.
Related projects:	Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies