Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe

Arjan H. Schakel is Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, Netherlands. His research on regional elections and regional parties has appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics and West European Politics. He is the co-author of the book Measuring Regional Authority (2016) and co-editor of the book Regional and National Elections in Western Europe (2013).

• List of Tables and Figures.- Acknowledgements.- Notes on Contributors.- 1. Introduction: An Analytical Framework for Studying Territoriality of the Vote in Eastern Europe; Arjan H. Schakel and Régis Dandoy.- 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina: An Archetypical Example of an Ethnocracy; John Husley and Dejan Stjepanović.- 3. Croatia: Elections for Weak Counties When Regionalization is Not Finished Yet; Ivan Koprić, Daria Dubajić, Tijana Vukojičić Tomić and Romea Manojlović.- 4. Czech Republic: Regional Elections without Regional Politics; Michal Pink.- 5. Hungary: Are Neglected Regional Elections Second-Order Elections?; Gábor Dobos and Réka Várnagy.- 6. Poland: Nationalization Despite Fear of Regionalization; Wojciech Gagatek and Michał Kotnarowski.-7. Romania: Regional Persistence in a Highly Nationalized Party System; Dragoș Dragoman and Bogdan Gheroghiță.- 8. Russia: Nationalization Achieved Through Electoral and InstitutionalEngineering; Derek Hutcheson and Arjan H. Schakel.- 9. Serbia and Montenegro. From Centralization to Secession and Multi-Ethnic Regionalism; Christina Isabel Zuber and Jelena Džankić.- 10. Slovakia: The Unbearable Lightness of Regionalisation; Marek Rybář and Peter Spáč.- 11. Turkey: Provincial Elections as a Barometer of National Politics; Emanuele Massetti and Sait Aksit.-12. Conclusion: Towards an Explanation of the Territoriality of the Vote in Eastern Europe; Arjan H. Schakel.- Bibliography.- Index.