Ekonomické rozhľady/Economic Review 4/2021

GLOBALISATION SCEPTICISM IN THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES

MARIANNA DUDÁŠOVÁ[1]

Globalizačný skepticizmus v krajinách Vyšehradu

https://doi.org/10.53465/ER.2644-7185.2021.4.429-451

 

Abstract: Recent developments in the European Union revealed significant differences between the Visegrad countries and the remaining members of the EU. The enlargement euphoria of the first decade of the 21st century was replaced by certain enlargement fatigue, manifesting itself not only in concrete governmental policies but also in the public opinion towards the EU. As European integration and globalisation are parallel processes, declining support for European integration must not necessarily be the result of disagreement with specific policies and should be examined in the broader context of globalisation fears and anxieties. The article describes variations in globalisation scepticism between the group of Visegrad countries and the remaining countries of the EU as well as variations within the Visegrad group itself, focusing on the main drivers of economic globalisation – international trade, foreign direct investment, and immigration. The development of public opinion since the financial and economic crisis in 2009 indicates that Visegrad countries should not be treated as a uniform bloc of globalisation sceptics as there are significant differences in opinion between the more pessimistic Czechs and Slovaks and the more optimistic Poles and Hungarians. Their globalisation scepticism also varies across different dimensions of globalisation and is fuelled by different motivations.  

Keywords: globalisation scepticism, international trade, foreign direct investment, immigration, Visegrad countries, KOF Globalisation Index

JEL Classification: F10, F15, F21, F22, F60

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Online publication date: 15 December 2021

To cite this article (APA style):

Dudášová, M. (2021). Globalisation Scepticism in the Visegrad Countries. Ekonomické rozhľady – Economic Review, 50(4), 429 – 451. https://doi.org/10.53465/ER.2644-7185.2021.4.429-451

 

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[1] Ing. Marianna Dudášová, PhD., Pan-European University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, e-mail: marianna.dudasova@paneurouni.com, orcid id https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7865-8561