Globalisation, Public Opinion and the State

Takashi Inoguchi is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and currently Professor of Political Science, Chuo University, Tokyo. He has published more than 70 books in English and Japanese; he recently co-authored Political Cultures in Asia and Europe (with Jean Blondel, also published by Routledge), and American Democracy Promotion.Ian Marsh holds the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Chair of Government, and is Professor in the Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney; he is also Research Director for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. His latest books include Into the Future: the Neglect of the Long Term in Australian Politics; and (as editor) Australian Parties in Transition?

‘Empirical studies of mass response to globalization are still lacking. This is especially true for systematic cross-national accounts. The volume edited by Marsh and Inoguchi fills this gap. It maps citizen attitudes in 9 Asian and 9 Western European countries, relying on the high quality ASIA-EUROPE SURVEY. Results show that a majority of citizens in the countries under study feel exposed to and talk about globalization - mostly in positive terms. However, this broadening of the focus of citizen attitudes does not affect the continuing importance of the nation state for attitude formation. Globalization broadens the context of citizens’ experience; it does not replace the older contexts. Students and scholars pursuing the subject will greatly benefit from this volume.’Hans-Dieter Klingemann is Professor Emeritus at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.

• 1. Globalisation and Public Opinion in Western Europe and East and South-East Asia Part 1: Encountering and Assessing Globalisation 2. The ‘Objective’ Impact of Globalisation and its Socio-Political Context 3. Exposure to Globalisation 4. How the Public Evaluates Globalisation 5. Citizens’ Attitudes to International Organisations and Reactions to Globalisation Part 2: Encountering and Responding to Globalisation 6. Identity, Inequality and Globalisation 7. Ideology and Globalisation 8. Finding Global Solutions?: How Citizens View Policy Problems and their Solutions 9. Globalisation and Political Participation 10. Determinants of Mass Attitudes to Globalisation 11. Globalisation and Citizen Attitudes to Politics