Changes in Timisoara City Hall After 16 years – The 2012 Local Elections. A Case Study Cover Image

Schimbare la Primăria Timișora după 16 ani. Studiu de caz asupra alegerilor locale 2012
Changes in Timisoara City Hall After 16 years – The 2012 Local Elections. A Case Study

Author(s): Corina Turşie
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: local elections; Timisoara; political exceptionalism; strategies; candidates; change

Summary/Abstract: Local elections 2012 have found Timisoara in a long lasting situation of political exceptionalism: the mayor in office, coming from an almost dissoluted party was reaching the end of his forth mandate. My paper has three parts: at the beginning I have explained the so called ‘Timisoara’s political exceptionalism’; then, I have analyzed the electoral strategies of the candidates for 2012 local elections and the importance of their reaction to an unforeseen situation that appeared during the electoral campaign; at the end, I have analyzed the election results.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 171
  • Page Range: 59-67
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian