<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Images about politics take a specific form in the imagination of the electorate, eliciting specific associations and thus becoming a source of attitudes and influencing election preferences. At the same time, the increasing importance of politicians’ perceived personality traits and images has been observed. Empirical studies of politicians’ personalities provide one of the more effective tools for studying the basic features of the personalisation of politics, including at a local level. Such studies involve the measurement of citizens’ perceptions of politicians’ personality traits. This article seeks to systematise key concepts and provide an introduction to conducting advanced empirical research in this area.</p></abstract>

Images about politics take a specific form in the imagination of the electorate, eliciting specific associations and thus becoming a source of attitudes and influencing election preferences. At the same time, the increasing importance of politicians’ perceived personality traits and images has been observed. Empirical studies of politicians’ personalities provide one of the more effective tools for studying the basic features of the personalisation of politics, including at a local level. Such studies involve the measurement of citizens’ perceptions of politicians’ personality traits. This article seeks to systematise key concepts and provide an introduction to conducting advanced empirical research in this area.

The Personalisation of Politics at the Local Level in Poland and Selected Central and Eastern European States: A Contribution to the Research

Politics in Central Europe

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Images about politics take a specific form in the imagination of the electorate, eliciting specific associations and thus becoming a source of attitudes and...

The Personalisation of Politics at the Local Level in Poland and Selected Central and Eastern European States: A Contribution to the Research

Published Online: Nov 17, 2016

Page range: 95 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2015-0008

Keywords
Personalisation of politics, political image, local politics, political leadership, local government

© 2015 Paweł Antkowiak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Personalisation of Politics at the Local Level in Poland and Selected Central and Eastern European States: A Contribution to the Research

Published Online: Nov 17, 2016

Page range: 95 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2015-0008

KeywordsPersonalisation of politics, political image, local politics, political leadership, local government

© 2015 Paweł Antkowiak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Personalisation of politics, political image, local politics, political leadership, local government