Pocketbook or rosary? economic and identity: voting in 2000-2001 elections
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20032003
Author
Jasiewicz, Krzysztof
Subject
Voting research
Poland
Elections
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Krzysztof Jasiewicz is the Wm. P. Ames, Jr. Prof. in Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University. Article; [FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE] Article may be purchased through above link to University of Strathclyde. Ever since the birth of democracy, Polish electoral politics have been
confusing observers, domestic as much as foreign. The majority tend to
link the seemingly erratic behaviour of Polish voters with the vicissitudes
of the transition away from the command economy to a free market/free
enterprise environment. An alternative explanation links the popular
support for major political actors with a broadly understood cultural
identity, and having religiosity as the best predictor of an individual's
attitudes and voting behaviour. This paper examines both interpretations
in the context of nation-wide surveys of the 2000 presidential and 2001
parliamentary elections.