Open AccessElectoral Support for the Czech Green Party in Relation to Post-Materialism, 2006–2013
Author(s) -
Michal Pink,
Ondřej Sax,
Andrea Smolková
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
středoevropské politické studie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1213-2691
pISSN - 1212-7817
DOI - 10.5817/cepsr.2017.34.243
Subject(s) - czech , materialism , unemployment , relation (database) , sociology , demographic economics , political science , economics , economic growth , theology , philosophy , linguistics , database , computer science
The article analyses the relationship between electoral support of the Green Party in the Czech Republic and the level of post-materialism on municipal level. Indicators of post-materialism (lower age, university education, middle and upper class/income, lower unemployment rate in the municipality, and larger municipality size) are based on the concept of post-materialism developed by Ronald Inglehart as well as other studies. The study analyses data aggregated at the municipal level, first for the whole nation and then in more depth for two selected regions. Quantitative methods and techniques, mainly correlation and regression, are used to determine the relationship between the variables.