Politics, Public Opinion, and Privatization in France: Assessing the Calculus of Consent for Market Reforms

Despite the normative, political, and instrumental importance of privatizing state-owned enterprises worldwide, practitioners and researchers know little empirically about how different types of citizens feel about these efforts, how they arrive at these judgments, and how enduring these attitudes a...

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Published in:Public administration review 2002-05, Vol.62 (3), p.307-323
Main Authors: Durant, Robert F., Legge, Jr, Jerome S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Calculus
Citizen attitudes
Consent
Economic reform
Economic value
Economics
Foreign Nationals
France
Globalization
Government (Administrative Body)
Governmental reform
International
International lending
Market
Money markets
Multiple Regression Analysis
Nationalization
Perceptions
Political aspects
Political attitudes
Political parties
Politics
Prime ministers
Privatization
Public Administration
Public enterprise
Public Opinion
Public opinion surveys
Reform
Researchers
Studies
Wage & price controls
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Summary:Despite the normative, political, and instrumental importance of privatizing state-owned enterprises worldwide, practitioners and researchers know little empirically about how different types of citizens feel about these efforts, how they arrive at these judgments, and how enduring these attitudes are likely to be. Using citizen attitudes toward privatization culled from the 1995 French National Election Study, this article offers practitioners and researchers an analytical framework for assessing these attitudes, for anticipating and dealing strategically with the perceived consequences of denationalization efforts, and for refining their understanding of the calculus of consent for market reforms in future survey research.
ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/1540-6210.00181