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Political communication in local elections: a comparative analysis of France and Poland

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This article is the result of a research study aimed at comparing the degree of maturity of political communication in local government elections between France and Poland. The authors’ objective is to reveal the specificity of the subsystems of electoral communication between these countries mainly by presenting the diversity of the communication tools used and the degree of professionalisation of communication management by local government politicians. The undertaking of a comparative analysis of these two countries was dictated by the countries’ similarities in terms of the three-tier division of local government. In addition, it compares the experience of France’s mature democracy and Poland’s democracy, which is in its early stages. A survey conducted on a representative sample could be extrapolated from the entire population studied in France and Poland. The scope of the study concerned local government elections from 2015 in France, and 2014 and 2018 in Poland. The article presents conclusions of the research that focus on the manner and scope of application of political communication in the selected countries.

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  1. WSB University in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland

    Anna Karwacka

  2. University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

    Sławomir Gawroński

  3. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Dariusz Tworzydło

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Karwacka, A., Gawroński, S. & Tworzydło, D. Political communication in local elections: a comparative analysis of France and Poland. Fr Polit 20, 167–181 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41253-022-00170-4

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