Parties and Elections at the Local Level

Elections

Local Government

Party Systems

Code:

S226

Chair(s)

Kristof Steyvers

Ghent University

Co-Chair(s)

Ulrik Kjær

Department of Political Science & Public Management, University of Southern Denmark

Panel Discussant(s)

Adam Gendzwill

University of Warsaw

Section Local Government as a Democratic and Functional Space: Governance, Complexity, and Uncertainty

Date, Time and Location

Building: (Building A) Faculty of Law, Administration & Economics, Floor: 2nd floor, Room: 218

Friday 15:50 - 17:30 CEST (06/09/2019)

Abstract

This panel discusses the functioning of parties and elections at the local level, with contributions on electoral systems and turnout in local elections, party systems and functions at the local level, voting in local elections and how all these relate to processes of representation and accountability.

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Parties and Elections at the Local Level

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