ABSTRACT

Nationalisation of politics generally decreased the voter participation at municipal elections by lowering their salience, but the variation in nationalisation has been underestimated. Leveraging variation in two dimensions of localisation of municipal political competition – ethnic minority concentration and number of non-partisan local lists – this paper tests whether increased stakes and salience at ‘localised’ municipal elections increase electoral participation in respective municipalities. Based on the data from Croatian local elections (2001–2017), non-partisan lists drive voter participation, particularly in smaller municipalities. The effect of ethnic minority concentration depends on the minority status of the ethnic group within a municipality.

摘要

政治国有化通常会降低市政选举的显着性，从而减少选民对市政选举的参与，但国有化的差异被低估了。利用市政政治竞争地方化两个维度的变化——少数民族集中度和无党派地方名单的数量——本文测试了“地方化”市政选举中增加的利害关系和显着性是否增加了各自市政当局的选举参与。根据克罗地亚地方选举（2001-2017）的数据，无党派名单推动选民参与，尤其是在较小的城市。少数民族集中的影响取决于该民族在一个城市中的少数民族地位。