The Open Economy and its Enemies

Public Attitudes in East Asia and Eastern Europe

Jane Duckett author William L Miller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Dec '06

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A study of globalisation and discontent from the perspective of the public in developing countries.

Duckett and Miller use numerous focus-group discussions and thousands of interviews to study globalisation and discontent in four developing or 'transitional' countries. They contrast attitudes towards economic and cultural openness in East Europe with those in East Asia; and the attitudes of these publics with those of their officials.There is a vigorous debate about the merits of globalisation for developing countries. Based on numerous focus-group discussions and over 10,000 interviews, this book studies economic and cultural openness from the perspective of the public in four developing or 'transitional' countries: Vietnam, (South) Korea, the Czech Republic and Ukraine (both before and after the Orange Revolution). It finds many supporters of opening up, but also many who are discontented with its downsides and who expect states to tackle the exploitation and unfairness that accompany it. Among the most fervent enemies of openness there is support not just for peaceful public protest to tackle the problems it brings, but for violence or sabotage. The methodology provides a unique opportunity for the public in developing countries to 'speak with their own voices' about markets and openness - and highlights the subtlety, ambiguity, tensions, conflicts and emotion that statistics alone fail to capture.

"[...]this book sets out to assess how publics in the developing countries perceive the impact of globalization[...]one highly commendable undertaking of this study is its effort in pinning down how globalization can be operationalized in public opinion research[...]this is a laudable study, and it should be read by students of globalization, public opinion, and citizen politics." -Zhengxu Wang, University of Nottingham, Perspectives on Politics
"This book is a bold and important attempt to interpret public attitudes toward the main aspects of globalization[...]All those supporting greater opening up should read high-quality empirical books like this." -Attila Melegh, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary, Slavic Review

ISBN: 9780521682558

Dimensions: 228mm x 154mm x 18mm

Weight: 464g

284 pages