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The 2005 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Poland: The Geography of Abstention

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This article analyses the 2005 parliamentary and presidential elections in Poland. Using Sartre's polemical essay “Elections: A trap for fools” as a foil, I contend that the contemporary practice of representative democracy in Poland fails to engage the electorate and functions to mediate the systemic exclusions produced by post-Socialist neoliberalism. The article explores the elections’ dual nature by analysing the electoral geography of two areas inhabited by national minorities. Since national minorities’ participation in the decisions that affect them has been a key goal of the European New Minority Rights regime, their experience of democracy in Poland highlights tensions operative through the Polish political economy.

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  • Michael Fleming, 2006. "The 2005 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Poland: The Geography of Abstention," Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 91-118.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdebxx:v:14:y:2006:i:2:p:91-118
    DOI: 10.1080/09651560600841379
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