In this article, we investigate whether the design of the electoral system used in the elections
of local councils affects the position of national parties and their main competitors, local …

The paper deals with the issue of filling seats without voting in elections to councils in
municipalities with up to 20,000 inhabitants. In comparison to the local elections held in …

The objective of this paper is an attempt to answer if noncompetitive elections to commune
councils in Poland may be the result of incumbency advantage of mayors. The author …

In the past twenty years, research on the measurement of social capital has been among the
leading areas of interest in social sciences. The impact of ethnic diversity on the level of …

Przedstawiany artykuł jest testem efektów, jakie przyniosło wprowadzenie przez kodeks
wyborczy systemu większości względnej w okręgach jednomandatowych jako sposobu …

Artykuł stanowi próbę oceny skutków wprowadzenia zmian w systemie wyborczym organów
jednostek samorządu terytorialnego wynikających z ustawy o zmianie niektórych ustaw w …

The aim of the article is to illustrate the political consequences of changes in the electoral
system for elections to municipal councils in Poland introduced in 2018. For the purposes of …

The article presents the result of quantitative research on local government elections in
Poland carried out on October 21 and November 4, 2018. Its goal is to examine the …

The article is an attempt to assess the effects of the 2018 reform of local electoral law on a
medium scale. The main goal is to investigate the consequences of these changes for the …

Competitive elections are the basis of democracy; without them there is no freedom of
choice. Elections without competition are associated with the façade nature of elections in …