Electoral Turnout in Central and Eastern Europe: The Legacies of Communist Socialisation

Piotr Zagórski

Europe-Asia Studies, 2021, vol. 73, issue 10, 1797-1831

Abstract: This article assesses the impact of individual-level experiences of political socialisation under communist rule on the propensity to vote in elections after 1989 in eight Central and Eastern European countries. Using CSES and CEU data, it sheds light on the heterogeneity of the effects of communist socialisation on electoral turnout, showing how these effects are jointly dependent on the coerciveness of the previous regime and individual religious observance. While exposure to authoritarian communist socialisation reduces the likelihood of electoral participation independently of religiosity, socialisation in totalitarian times only has a negative effect on the voting propensity of frequent churchgoers.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2021.1991892

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