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The Regional Development Trap and Populist Discontent in Poland - A Case Study of the Polish 2023 Elections

Nord, Carl-Emil LU (2024) SGEK03 20232
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The topic of unequal regional development is well-studied, and evening those inequalities out has long been a core priority for the European Union, deemed necessary for sustainable long-term growth across the EU. Even so, many regions seem to be ‘left behind’ or treated as though they ‘don’t matter’, and the ‘populist vote’ for Euroskeptic, ‘anti-systemic’ parties has grown steadily throughout the 21st century. According to a recently created conceptual framework by Diemer et al. (2022), being caught in a ‘regional development trap’ correlates with the degree of ‘populist’ voting.
Poland is a country with deeply entrenched spatial divisions of socio-economic development, and has one of the EU:s highest shares of populist voting. To test... (More)
The topic of unequal regional development is well-studied, and evening those inequalities out has long been a core priority for the European Union, deemed necessary for sustainable long-term growth across the EU. Even so, many regions seem to be ‘left behind’ or treated as though they ‘don’t matter’, and the ‘populist vote’ for Euroskeptic, ‘anti-systemic’ parties has grown steadily throughout the 21st century. According to a recently created conceptual framework by Diemer et al. (2022), being caught in a ‘regional development trap’ correlates with the degree of ‘populist’ voting.
Poland is a country with deeply entrenched spatial divisions of socio-economic development, and has one of the EU:s highest shares of populist voting. To test the ‘regional development trap’ and explore the relationship between spatial inequalities and 'populist' discontent, this thesis includes a case study of Poland’s historical, political, and economic geography to analyze the 2023 Polish parliamentary election results. Primary and secondary empirical data is analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as exploratory data analysis. The results indicate that the ‘populist vote’ in Poland does not exhibit stronger covariance with ‘regional development trap’ indicators than indicators of income level or urban-rural typology. (Less)
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author
Nord, Carl-Emil LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Spatial inequalities, Regional development, Regional development trap, Poland, Populism
language
English
id
9151018
date added to LUP
2024-05-28 15:29:10
date last changed
2024-05-28 15:29:10
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  abstract     = {{The topic of unequal regional development is well-studied, and evening those inequalities out has long been a core priority for the European Union, deemed necessary for sustainable long-term growth across the EU. Even so, many regions seem to be ‘left behind’ or treated as though they ‘don’t matter’, and the ‘populist vote’ for Euroskeptic, ‘anti-systemic’ parties has grown steadily throughout the 21st century. According to a recently created conceptual framework by Diemer et al. (2022), being caught in a ‘regional development trap’ correlates with the degree of ‘populist’ voting.
Poland is a country with deeply entrenched spatial divisions of socio-economic development, and has one of the EU:s highest shares of populist voting. To test the ‘regional development trap’ and explore the relationship between spatial inequalities and 'populist' discontent, this thesis includes a case study of Poland’s historical, political, and economic geography to analyze the 2023 Polish parliamentary election results. Primary and secondary empirical data is analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as exploratory data analysis. The results indicate that the ‘populist vote’ in Poland does not exhibit stronger covariance with ‘regional development trap’ indicators than indicators of income level or urban-rural typology.}},
  author       = {{Nord, Carl-Emil}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Regional Development Trap and Populist Discontent in Poland - A Case Study of the Polish 2023 Elections}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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