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Support for market economy principles in European post-communist countries during 1999-2008

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Sirovátka T., Guzi M., Saxonberg S.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

2019

vol. 55

issue 3

319-345

Since the fall of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, a neoliberal discourse has dominated the thinking of the political elite in post-communist countries, paving the way for unprecedented mass privatisation, economic deregulation, and other market reforms. In this article, we study the development of public support for market economy principles in post-communist countries compared to other European countries between 1999 and 2008, the period that directly followed the initial stage of market transformation. The article is based on data from the European Values Study covering 22 European countries for the years 1999/2000 and 2008/2009. In addition to analysing the trends, multilevel regression models are used to study the determinants and levels of support for the market economy in post-communist and other European countries. When controlling for individual and country-level variables, a significant increase in support for market economy principles is observed in the post-communist cluster, which is not the case in the other countries. There is some inconsistency in support for the individual principles of market economics: support exists in post-communist countries for the notion that the state should be responsible for the social and economic well-being of its inhabitants and for state regulation of the economy, while support is high for some market economy principles, such as free competition and private ownership. In other words, support for some kind of social market seems to prevail among people living in post-communist countries, based on the notion that the state should combine a market economy with relatively generous social policies.

Gospodarka społeczna to nie sektor

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Węsierska-Chyc L.

Ekonomia Społeczna

2013

issue 3

9-23

Artykuł podejmuje próbę zainicjowania dyskusji wokół możliwego sposobu myślenia o gospodarce społecznej jako o integralnej części koncepcji społecznej gospodarki rynkowej, a nie „sektorze ekonomii społecznej”. W odwołaniu do konstytucyjnego zapisu o społecznej gospodarce rynkowej jako podstawie ustroju gospodarczego Polski, przeprowadzono krótką analizę fundamentalnych zasad, w oparciu o które ma być ona wdrażana: wolności działalności gospodarczej, własności prywatnej, solidarności, dialogu i współpracy partnerów społecznych, w odniesieniu do rozwiązań szeroko rozumianej gospodarki społecznej. Postawiono tezę, że gospodarka może być zarazem rynkowa i społeczna, i że „uspołecznienie” gospodarki wpływa pozytywnie na jej efektywność i konkurencyjność. Następnie zaprezentowano możliwe kierunki argumentacji na jej poparcie. Na zakończenie autorka podkreśla, że chociaż widać pozytywne zmiany w dokumentach programowych wyznaczających sposób budowania gospodarki społecznej w Polsce, takich jak Krajowy Program Rozwoju Ekonomii Społecznej, to ciągle przebija się w nich myślenie sektorowe. Zmiana tego sposobu myślenia jest wyzwaniem na przyszłość.

The article aims to initiate a discussion about thinking of social economy as an integral part of social market economy, not as a ’social economy sector’. Basing on an entry in Polish constitution – about social market economy as a foundation of economic system in Poland, a short analysis of key rules essential for implementing social market economy is conducted: freedom of economic activity, private ownership, solidarity, dialogue and cooperation of the social partners in the area of social economy. There is an argument put forth that economy can be both market and social. Making economy more social has positive eff ects on its effi ciency and competitiveness. There are points supporting this argument listed. At the end the author underlines that although there are positive changes visible in the documents determining the way social economy in Poland is built – like National Program for Development of Social Economy – there is still sector thinking to be noticed in those documents. Changing this way of thinking is a challenge for future

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Support for market economy principles in European post-communist countries during 1999-2008

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