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This research explores the shift in gender construction identified in the dynamics of local politics in Central Java, specifically during the 2024 regional head elections. The pluralist perspective on local political studies emphasizes the inevitability of diverse local actors in managing power at...

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Clientelism is an exchange relationship that includes sources of patrons and services of clients. In the political dimension, this relationship’s basic characteristic involves political support from citizens and the redistribution of resources, mostly public resources, by party elites. H...

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The incumbency effect, where incumbents have a higher likelihood of electoral success, is a well-documented phenomenon globally but remains under-researched in the Czech Republic. This article investigates whether and to what extent the incumbency effect is present among Czech mayors. Using a datase...

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Penelitian ini mengevaluasi efektivitas berbagai metode kampanye dalam meningkatkan kesadaran politik di Kabupaten Temanggung. Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan normatif dengan analisis data dari survei, wawancara, dan dokumen terkait. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa metode dialog tatap muka adalah yang p...

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This article analyzes a little-studied aspect of the consolidation of Dagestan society in 2010-2020: how the process of religious and political unification took place in Southern Dagestan. The paper traces the process of alternation of political and administrative-coercive methods in the unification...

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Understanding the roots of political engagement has been one of the critical tasks performed by students of comparative political behaviour. This paper adds to the literature by examining the determinants of political discussion about local and national affairs in Europe. A series of multilevel logi...

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How have local participatory processes been affected by the grim economic, social and political crisis that has afflicted Spain since 2008? While other consequences of the crisis have been widely discussed, hardly any attention has been paid to this issue. To try and address the question we used a d...

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Local elections held on June 2016 in Italy asked voters to appoint more than 1,300 among mayors and municipal councilors, some of them in big cities like Rome, Milan, Turin. This article aims at assessing who is the real winner of this election. At first sight, the Five Stars Movement won this elec...

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In the last decade Italian political scene has been marked by the presence of a new actor: the Five Stars Movement (M5S). Many observers paid particular attention upon the populist rhetoric of its leader, Beppe Grillo, interpreting this new political actor as a leader party model. However, the emph...

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