NIEKTÓRE POLITYCZNE SKUTKI REELEKCJI WŁODARZA GMINY – ANALIZA NA PRZYKŁADZIE MIEJSCOWOŚCI Z WOJEWÓDZTWA KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIEGO, ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIEGO I OPOLSKIEGO
SELECTED POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF VOGT AND MAYORAL REELECTION – ANALYSIS BASED ON LOCALITIES OF THE KUYAVIAN-POMERANIAN, HOLY CROSS AND OPOLE VOIVODSHIPS
Author(s): Łukasz Kubisz-MułaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: reelection;local election;term limits;
Summary/Abstract: The supporters of the idea of introducing a term limit for Vogts and mayors argue that long-lasting incumbency leads, among other things, to atrophy of political involve-ment at the local level. The aim of the article is to validate the above-mentioned belief through checking how the duration of tenure of Vogts and mayors affects the voter turn-out and the number of candidates in the local elections.The study draws on the data from National Electoral Commission regarding the re-sults of and candidates in the local elections (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014) in 317 Polish electoral districts.The statistical analysis reveals that time of incumbency can correlate negatively with po-litical engagement in some aspects, although these relationships are not very strong.
Journal: Polityka i Społeczeństwo
- Issue Year: 15/2017
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 18-31
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish