The Open Economy and its Enemies: Public Attitudes in East Asia and Eastern Europe

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Tables......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Acronyms......Page 14
1 Understanding public attitudes towards the open economy......Page 15
1.1 Globalisation and economic discontent......Page 18
1.2 Globalisation and cultural discontent......Page 21
1.3 Understanding public discontent with globalisation......Page 25
The nature of discontent......Page 26
Modelling the causes of discontent......Page 28
The consequences of discontent......Page 34
Four countries......Page 35
Two methods - and two levels......Page 37
1.5 Plan of the book......Page 41
2.1 The statistics of change......Page 48
Public perceptions of economic trends......Page 52
Public perceptions of growing inequality......Page 57
Public perceptions of growing injustice......Page 59
Public perceptions of trends in crime, corruption and pollution......Page 70
Public perceptions of national autonomy and cultural change......Page 75
Public perceptions of rapid development......Page 79
2.3 Public discontents and public discontent......Page 80
2.4 Conclusion: egocentric not altruistic......Page 88
3 Public support for economic openness......Page 91
3.1 Public support for an open market economy......Page 92
3.2 Advantages and disadvantages of opening up......Page 95
3.3 Better alternatives?......Page 100
3.4 Personal employment preferences......Page 105
3.5 Explaining public support for economic openness......Page 110
A simplified analysis......Page 111
3.6 Conclusions......Page 115
4.1 A Faustian bargain?......Page 117
4.2 Lessons from abroad......Page 119
4.3 Culture: ‘most obvious’ and ‘most important’......Page 124
4.4 Culture: ‘most threatened’ and ‘most important’......Page 130
4.5 Xenophobia......Page 134
4.6 Cultural protection......Page 143
4.7 Conclusions......Page 148
5 Protest and resistance......Page 151
5.1 The alleged utility of disorder......Page 152
5.2 Public support for protest......Page 155
5.3 How? Acceptable methods of protest......Page 160
5.4 Who? Acceptable protestors......Page 168
5.5 Explaining public support for protest methods......Page 177
5.6 Conclusions......Page 180
6.1 ‘Decline of the state’ or transformation?......Page 184
6.2 What boosts public support for government......Page 188
6.3 Public perspectives on the state......Page 193
The state as entrepreneur......Page 194
The state as physician and protector......Page 197
The state as advocate......Page 208
6.4 Officials: vanguard or conspirators?......Page 212
Backgrounds and benefits......Page 215
Economic globalisers......Page 218
Harder on the casualties of globalisation......Page 221
Intolerant of disorderly methods of protest......Page 222
Unduly defensive about the government......Page 223
The consequences......Page 224
6.5 Conclusions: expectations, perceptions, legitimacy......Page 227
7 The legacy of regime change......Page 230
7.1 Vietnam: the legacy of reunification......Page 231
7.2 Ukraine: the impact of ‘revolution’......Page 238
Post-revolutionary euphoria......Page 240
Legitimising protest?......Page 243
Increasing confidence?......Page 244
Growing support for the market economy......Page 245
7.3 Polarisation......Page 247
7.4 Conclusions......Page 256
8.1 The extent of discontent......Page 261
8.2 The nature of discontent......Page 262
8.3 The causes of discontent......Page 264
8.4 The consequences of discontent......Page 268
References......Page 273
Media sources......Page 279
Websites......Page 281
Index......Page 282