DISTRIBÚCIA VEREJNÝCH ZDROJOV AKO NÁSTROJ MOBILIZÁCIE VOLEBNEJ PODPORY. PRÍPAD ALOKÁCIE HASIČSKEJ TECHNIKY NA SLOVENSKU

• Authors: Šulková Veronika , Spáč Peter

Title variants

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Distribution of public resources as a tool for mobilizing electoral support. The case of allocation of firefighting equipment in Slovakia

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The research shows that political parties use public resources as a vote-buying mechanism. This paper analyses the distribution of fire engines to Slovak municipalities before 2016 election. We find that towns with mayors from the ruling party as well as municipalities where this party scored better in previous election were advantaged in the selection process. We also show that grants increase the electoral support of the ruling party and even more substantially they boost the share of votes of the government representative who personally directed the distribution. This positive effect is strongest in smaller municipalities and it weakens with rising town population.

Keywords

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ELECTIONS; GRANTS; SLOVAKIA; MUNICIPALITIES; FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 377 - 399

Contributors

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Šulková Veronika

• Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova univerzita, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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Spáč Peter

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2021.53.4.14