Trwałość przestrzennego zróżnicowania zachowań wyborczych w krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej = Durability of the spatial differentiation characterising voting behaviour in Central and Eastern European countries

The main objective of the work described here was to identify core phenomena and processes relating post-1989 voting behavior in selected CEECs (Poland, Romania Lithuania). Political economic changes commencing some 30 years ago triggered process transformation post-communist countries from an economy that centrally planned steered, towards one based around market liberal open global processes. This accompanied by dynamic political social phenomena, as culminating accessions majority NATO European Union. One very important consequences collapse communist system introduction democratic institution free elections. Despite decades unification under communism, differences terms sympathies were still revealed, including with a spatial dimension. such involved distinct differentiation between cities rural areas. However, latter areas also characterized visible internal differentiation. Variability occurred not only space, but temporally. While change influence individual parties or options election another is normal phenomenon, there are more durable generational character. researched period proves readily dividable into two intervals, even all considered characterised similar, if regionally differentiated, trends. Thus, states can be divided up first (post-communist) part dispute centre-right, mostly originating anti-communist opposition (dissident movements), groupings arising out formations. would come power mainly via support inhabitants second undoubtedly linked generations. People who matured communism came replaced those grew during perestroika democracy.