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Attitudes Towards The Market And The State In Post-Communist Europe, David S. Mason
Attitudes Towards The Market And The State In Post-Communist Europe, David S. Mason
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This paper examines the level and sources of suppon for the market-oriented reforms in East-Central Europe and the relationship between these attitudes and political trust in the governments. The analysis is based on data collected in a common public opinion survey on social, economic and political justice implemented in the spring and summer of 1991 in eleven countries: Russia. Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany (east and west), Holland, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States.
The survey results suggest some measure of caution and concern regarding the possibilities for a successful transition to market democracy in the former …
Perestroĭka, Social Justice And Public Opinion, David S. Mason, Svetlana Sydorenko
Perestroĭka, Social Justice And Public Opinion, David S. Mason, Svetlana Sydorenko
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In its struggle to reform, the Soviet leadership faces a major dilemma in attempting to reconcile economic efficiency with a commitment to social justice. The economic reforms of perestroika call for a greater role for market mechanisms and even private enterprise. However, these policies often run up against a public opinion that is staunchly egalitarian. Public attitudes that are, on the one hand, critical of elite privileges and distrustful of the state distributive apparatus are also, on the other hand, supponive of centralized distribution of resources, limitations on high incomes, and restrictions on private propeny.
The issue of social justice …