The evolution of the party system in the West-Pomeranian Voivodship in the context of the local election Cover Image

Ewolucja systemu partyjnego w województwie zachodniopomorskim w kontekście wyborów samorządowych
The evolution of the party system in the West-Pomeranian Voivodship in the context of the local election

Author(s): Marek Górka
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: electoral competition; institutionalization of political parties; local government elections; party system; distribution of post-communist

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze the evolution of the party system, which was launched on a national scale as a result of the election campaign in 2005. Until then proceeded by political rivalries stabilized the conflict between the camp „post-solidarity” and the camp „post-communist”. However, after 2005 the current scheme of political struggle began to lose its importance. Scale transformations became evident also at the regional level, especially when compared to the results of the local elections of 1998 and 2002 with those of 2006 and 2010. It was aimed to investigate the political structure of Polish election and its place in the general political structure of Poland by using methods and techniques of political sociology.

  • Issue Year: 29/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 53-76
  • Page Count: 24