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SELF-GOVERNMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL EXTREMISM AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL: A CASE STUDY FROM BANSKÁ BYSTRICA REGION IN SLOVAKIA

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Buček J., Plešivčák M.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2017
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vol. 49
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issue 6
599 – 635
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This article is a contribution to the debate on specific and interrelated problems of regional government, regional development and the electoral success of radical political forces in post-socialist Europe in the late transition times and during the financial and economic crisis and its aftermath. We document these issues based on the case of Banská Bystrica region, which is perceived as one of the most problematic territories in Slovakia in terms of socio-economic development. We attempt to explain the political success of the radical far-right political party Kotleba – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko, observable since 2013, through an assessment of socio-economic data, in-depth interviews, as well as statistical analysis. We suggest that the persistently difficult social and economic situation, the contradictory population structure and processes (ageing, migration, multi-ethnicity), less successful regional development policies of central state and EU cohesion policy goals and implementation, as well as the weaker position and capacities of regional self-government have contributed to growing apathy and disillusionment in mainstream political parties, rising Euroscepticism and finally the electoral success of the far-right in this region.
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MALÉ OBCE ČI VEĽKÉ MESTÁ – KDE MAJÚ BLIŽŠIE K SVOJIM OBČANOM? GEOGRAFIA LEGITIMITY MOCI PO KOMUNÁLNYCH VOĽBÁCH

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Plešivčák M., Klobučník M., Buček J., Bačík V.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2022
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vol. 54
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issue 3
217 – 243
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In 2022, further municipal elections await us, for the first time connected with elections to the bodies of higher territorial units (self-governing regions). This paper aims to evaluate the issue of elections of mayors in Slovakia in a longer period of time (2002-2018), in terms of the degree of legitimacy regarding the power of this post with respect to the size categories of municipalities by population and related election results. In the study, we work with nine size categories, in the case of the two largest cities (Bratislava and Košice) also separately. In addition, the issue is assessed at the local level - at the level of municipalities forming clusters within the territory of Slovakia on the basis of a similar degree of legitimacy, using the concept of spatial autocorrelation. For this purpose, an index evaluating legitimacy of power was constructed consisting of three components taking into account the level of electoral support, turnout and competition. As an additive indicator, in the case of individual size categories of municipalities we present the intensity of changes in the position of mayor in the municipal elections since 2002. Higher legitimacy of the office has been identified in the case of smaller municipalities, but it is declining over time. On the contrary, the urban environment is characterized by a lower degree of legitimacy, but with a positive outlook (the trend of strengthening the legitimacy of the mayor's post). However, the development of the values concerning the individual components of the index is considerably divergent over time when comparing different municipal size categories.
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