The Open Economy and its Enemies

Jane Duckett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow. She has worked extensively in East Asia on research projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy, the European Commission and the British Council; and as a policy and social development consultant on projects funded by the UK government's Department for International Development. She is frequently interviewed on East Asian politics and has made appearances on the BBC and Radio 4. William L. Miller is Edward Caird Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow and a Fellow of the British Academy. He acted as consultant to the Independent Media Commission during the transition to democracy in South Africa and has directed major research projects for the ESRC (UK Economic and Social Research Council) and DfID (UK Department for International Development) in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Korea, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Vietnam, and the UK.

"[...]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

• 1. Understanding public attitudes towards the open economy; 2. Change and discontent; 3. Public support for economic openness; 4. Public support for cultural protection; 5. Protest and resistance; 6. The role of the state; 7. The legacy of regime change; 8. The extent, nature, causes and consequences of public discontent.