Populism and Discontent: A Spatial Analysis of the 2023 Czech Presidential Election
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F24%3A10484560" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/24:10484560 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/24:10484560
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Zr7e8krO3j" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Zr7e8krO3j</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2024-3-276" target="_blank" >10.5817/PC2024-3-276</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Populism and Discontent: A Spatial Analysis of the 2023 Czech Presidential Election
Original language description
While populism has kept the attention of scholars for years, only a handful of elections have presented as clear-cut a distinction between populism and anti-populism as the face-off between Andrej Babiš and Petr Pavel in the 2023 Czech presidential elections. To investigate the factors behind the electoral support for the populist candidate Babiš, we first discuss populist and anti-populist approaches and connect them to the emerging literature on the geography of discontent. Then, we analyse census data at the municipality level using two regression models: the ordinary least squares and spatial error methods. The spatial error regression variant is helpful when analysing aggregate data as it evaluates the spatial clustering of residuals. Overall, we conclude that Babiš was most successful in regions marked by socio-economic deprivation and social capital deficiencies. Consequently, based on the overarching theoretical framework and empirical findings, we suggest several implications that could help mitigate political discontent in the future.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Politologický časopis
ISSN
1211-3247
e-ISSN
1805-9503
Volume of the periodical
2024
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
276-299
UT code for WoS article
001417095100003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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