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Ethno-Political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region: An Analysis of Voting Behavior

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  • Rūta Ubarevičienė
  • Donatas Burneika
  • Maarten van Ham

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We use electoral data to analyze the ethno-political consequences that may arise from the fact that the region surrounding the city of Vilnius is dominated by residents with a Polish identity, while those who move to the suburbs are mainly ethnic Lithuanians. In the suburban ring we found increasing voting turnout, a decreasing share of votes for the Polish party, and an increase of the absolute number of votes for this party. The changing electoral behavior might be an indicator of growing ethno-political tensions and the zones of the most intense changes identify areas of potential social tensions between ethnic groups.

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  • Rūta Ubarevičienė & Donatas Burneika & Maarten van Ham, 2015. "Ethno-Political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region: An Analysis of Voting Behavior," Journal of Baltic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(2), pages 217-242, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rbalxx:v:46:y:2015:i:2:p:217-242
    DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1027935
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    1. Ubarevičienė Rūta & Burneika Donatas, 2020. "Fast and uncoordinated suburbanization of Vilnius in the context of depopulation in Lithuania," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, Sciendo, vol. 8(4), pages 44-56, December.

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