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- Title
TRENDS IN CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MARKET AND DEMOCRACY.
- Authors
Hraba, Joseph; Lorenz, Frederick O.; Mullick, Rehan; Lee, Sangmoon; Večerník, Jiří
- Abstract
In the article, the authors examine the trends in support for the market and democratic reforms in the Czech Republic with eleven national surveys from 1990 to 1998. The post-communist transitions in Europe are both economic and political reforms. Respondents were asked if their economic experiences and their attitudes about the market reforms were associated with their support for democracy. Market support has been measured by a pro-market index. A pro-democracy index, opposition to strong-hand government, and a political orientation toward the right measured support for the political reforms. It has been viewed that support for the market declined over time as the Czechs passed from one phase of the reforms to another, particularly toward the end of the survey period. Support for the political reforms either remained stable after the first phase or it, too, dipped toward the end of the survey period, depending on the measure. It has also been found in regression analyses that respondents' economic experiences predicted their support for the market reforms and both predicted their support for the political reforms.
- Subjects
CZECH Republic; PUBLIC welfare; DEMOCRACY; POSTCOMMUNISM; REFORMS; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Journal of Political & Military Sociology, 2001, Vol 29, Issue 2, p200
- ISSN
0047-2697
- Publication type
Article