Spatial polarization of Czech Parliamentary voting since 1992: The “V” shaped trend uncovered

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/acpo-2025-0005" target="_blank" >10.2478/acpo-2025-0005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Spatial polarization of Czech Parliamentary voting since 1992: The “V” shaped trend uncovered

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The association between social sorting and political polarization is increasingly evident. Often overlooked is, however, the role of spatial sorting. In line with the US evidence, we can expect internal homogenization and external differentiation of neighbourhoods in their voting behaviour, also in the European context. In this article, we conduct the first longitudinal analysis of such spatial polarization in a European multi-party system, exploring its degree and development across several spatial scales, innovatively employing multi-group statistical indices developed for the study of ethnic segregation. We analyse the case of Czechia, contributing to a scarce amount of political polarization evidence in this country. The resulting spatial polarization of voting is generally very low, with the trajectory in the shape of the letter &quot;V,&quot; corresponding to three phases of Czech party politics. The 2002 legislative election saw the greatest degree of internal electoral heterogeneity of neighbourhoods, preceded by the period of formation of Czech party politics and followed by the period of increasing prominence of populist/anti-populist and cultural cleavages. Despite the increase in spatial polarization in recent years, Czech electoral behaviour still remains more or less evenly distributed in space, and the Czech mass political polarization should be rather attributed to factors other than neighbourhood homogenization.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Spatial polarization of Czech Parliamentary voting since 1992: The “V” shaped trend uncovered

Popis výsledku anglicky

The association between social sorting and political polarization is increasingly evident. Often overlooked is, however, the role of spatial sorting. In line with the US evidence, we can expect internal homogenization and external differentiation of neighbourhoods in their voting behaviour, also in the European context. In this article, we conduct the first longitudinal analysis of such spatial polarization in a European multi-party system, exploring its degree and development across several spatial scales, innovatively employing multi-group statistical indices developed for the study of ethnic segregation. We analyse the case of Czechia, contributing to a scarce amount of political polarization evidence in this country. The resulting spatial polarization of voting is generally very low, with the trajectory in the shape of the letter &quot;V,&quot; corresponding to three phases of Czech party politics. The 2002 legislative election saw the greatest degree of internal electoral heterogeneity of neighbourhoods, preceded by the period of formation of Czech party politics and followed by the period of increasing prominence of populist/anti-populist and cultural cleavages. Despite the increase in spatial polarization in recent years, Czech electoral behaviour still remains more or less evenly distributed in space, and the Czech mass political polarization should be rather attributed to factors other than neighbourhood homogenization.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Politologica

ISSN

1804-1302

e-ISSN

1803-8220

Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

36-47

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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