Феноменът парламентарни избори 2021 година
Triple Parliamentary Elections Phenomenon in Bulgaria
Author(s): Rumyana KolarovaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences
Published by: Българска асоциация за политически науки - БАПН
Keywords: Parties; mass protests; lowest voter turnout election; digital disenfranchisement; party system institutionalization; electoral cost/benefits; political clientelism; party clientelism
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the phenomenon of the 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary elections. The case study is focused on five distinctive features: /1/ the electoral success of new parties; /2/ the intensity, efficiency and main demands of the mass protests preceding the triple parliamentary elections; /3/ the downward trend in the exceptionally low turnout; /4/ the electoral cost of party clientelism and corruption of the incumbent parties; /5/ the destabilisation of the party system and the possible trajectories of change.
Journal: Политически изследвания
- Issue Year: 1/2021
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 28-57
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Bulgarian
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