Author:
Bernard Josef,Kostelecký Tomáš,Šimon Martin
Abstract
The paper discusses the contextual effects on voting behaviour. Part of the Czech professional literature concludes that spatial contextual effects on voting behaviour in Czechia are weak and that the spatial patterns of election results can be basically explained as a reflection of territorial differences in social structure, i.e. compositionally. This study examines the existence of contextual effects using spatially very detailed data. When the determinants of election results are studied at the municipal level by spatial statistical methods, areas of different size can be found in Czechia, in which election results can’t be explained by the composition of voters. Instead it becomes more appropriate to consider the contextual effects impacting on them. Some results of our analysis can be interpreted as a manifestation of neighbourhood effects, unambiguous confirmation of its existence, however, remains open.
Funder
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
Publisher
Czech Geographical Society
Subject
Earth-Surface Processes,Geography, Planning and Development
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