TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bursać, Dejan
AU  - Radujko, Dušan
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/3070
AB  - The authors are testing the patterns of geographical representation in single nationwide district closed-list PR systems, in the framework of an earlier study made by Latner and McGann (2005), who suggested that MPs mostly reside in central metropolitan areas, as well as in distant regions, to the detriment of descriptive representation of areas adjacent to the capital. In this way, spatial distance serves as an incentive for parties to nominate lists comprised mostly of candidates from metropolitan urban centres who can easily reach the mid-distance municipalities for campaigning and constituency service, but also of those candidates residing in peripheral regions in which there is some sort of political or ethno-cultural saliency, prompting the voters to prefer their local candidates over capital city politicians. Authors are offering a novel approach of measuring and comparing spatial distance to the data on representation of local administrative units and regional subdivisions of four countries (Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia and Slovakia). While the findings indeed indicate overrepresentation of capital cities and underrepresentation of neighbouring areas, the representation of peripheral areas is not significantly pronounced and seemingly depends more on a contextual case-to-case basis than on a general pattern related to spatial distance producing political or ethno-cultural saliency.
PB  - Walter de Gruyter
T2  - Politics in Central Europe
T1  - Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument
IS  - 3
VL  - 19
SP  - 471
EP  - 486
DO  - 10.2478/pce-2023-0023
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Bursać, Dejan and Radujko, Dušan",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The authors are testing the patterns of geographical representation in single nationwide district closed-list PR systems, in the framework of an earlier study made by Latner and McGann (2005), who suggested that MPs mostly reside in central metropolitan areas, as well as in distant regions, to the detriment of descriptive representation of areas adjacent to the capital. In this way, spatial distance serves as an incentive for parties to nominate lists comprised mostly of candidates from metropolitan urban centres who can easily reach the mid-distance municipalities for campaigning and constituency service, but also of those candidates residing in peripheral regions in which there is some sort of political or ethno-cultural saliency, prompting the voters to prefer their local candidates over capital city politicians. Authors are offering a novel approach of measuring and comparing spatial distance to the data on representation of local administrative units and regional subdivisions of four countries (Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia and Slovakia). While the findings indeed indicate overrepresentation of capital cities and underrepresentation of neighbouring areas, the representation of peripheral areas is not significantly pronounced and seemingly depends more on a contextual case-to-case basis than on a general pattern related to spatial distance producing political or ethno-cultural saliency.",
publisher = "Walter de Gruyter",
journal = "Politics in Central Europe",
title = "Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument",
number = "3",
volume = "19",
pages = "471-486",
doi = "10.2478/pce-2023-0023"
}

Bursać, D.,& Radujko, D.. (2023). Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument. in Politics in Central Europe
Walter de Gruyter., 19(3), 471-486.
https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0023

Bursać D, Radujko D. Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument. in Politics in Central Europe. 2023;19(3):471-486.
doi:10.2478/pce-2023-0023 .

Bursać, Dejan, Radujko, Dušan, "Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument" in Politics in Central Europe, 19, no. 3 (2023):471-486,
https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0023 . .