Figures
1.1 Confidence in government across CE (in %) 19
1.2 Confidence in government across CE by trust in the civil service (in %) 20
1.3 Confidence in government across CE by life satisfaction (in %) 21
1.4 Confidence in government across CE by ideological self-positioning (in %) 22
1.5 Confidence in government across CE by populist appeal (in %) 23
1.6 Confidence in government across CE by praying outside religious ceremonies (in %) 25
1.7 Confidence in government across CE by the role of men and women (in %) 26
1.8 Confidence in government across CE by the impact of immigrants on development (in %) 27
1.9 Confidence in government across CE by a preference for a strong leader (in %) 29
1.10 Confidence in government across CE by a perception of how democratically a country is governed (in %) 30
1.11 Confidence in government across CE by trust in the media (in %) 31
1.12 Confidence in government across CE by general trust (in %) 32
3.1 Support for democracy and authoritarian regimes in CEE countries (in %) 83
3.2 Regime preference by generations and country 86
4.1 Immigrant contributions to societal development in the receiving country (in %) 103
4.2 Effect of migration on the labor market, criminality, and the welfare system (mean) 104
4.3 Agreement rate with priority to nationals in the labor market in time of crisis (in %) 106
4.4 National pride in Central and Eastern Europe (in %) 107
4.5 National identity and its elements in Central and Eastern Europe (in %) 109
4.6 Subjective political efficacy in CEE (mean values) 110
4.7 Political interest in CEE countries (in %) 111
4.8 Trust in political institutions in CEE (mean values) 112
4.9 Democratic governance in CEE (mean values) 113
5.1 Willingness to give part of income to prevent environmental pollution in CE countries 1999–2017 (only agreement). Results in percentages 135
5.2 Personal interest in the protection of the environment (only agreement). Results in percentages 138
5.3 Share of those who state that a “strong leader” is good to have in Central European countries 140
5.4 Share of those who state that greater respect for authority in the near future is good in Central European countries 141
5.5 Share of those who state that “Obedience is a quality which children can be encouraged to learn at home” in Central European countries 141
5.6 Share of those who state that homosexuality can never be justified 142
5.7 Share of those who state that abortion can never be justified 143
5.8 Share of those who state that divorce can never be justified 143
5.9 Share of those who state that euthanasia can never be justified 144
5.10 Share of those who state that having casual sex can never be justified 144
6.1 Unemployment rates in the Czech Republic 1993–2019 (in %) 163
6.2 General opinion on the employment of foreigners 2003–2019 (in %) 166
6.3 Do immigrants take jobs from Czechs? (mean values by education) 167
6.4 Do immigrants take jobs from Czechs? (mean values by income) 168
6.5 Preference of local workers over foreigners, based on education (YES answers in %) 169
6.6 Do foreigners increase the overall unemployment? (YES answers in %) 170
6.7 Employment of foreigners should be limited to areas with high unemployment (YES answers in %) 170
6.8 Cheap foreign labor threatens the employment of Czech citizens (YES answers in %) 171
6.9 While accepting new workers, it is acceptable to favor foreigners from EU countries over other foreigners (YES answers in %) 172
Tables
2.1 Independent variables 49
2.2 Evaluation of hypotheses 55
4.1 Factor analysis on attitudes towards immigrants and immigration in CEE countries 106
4.2 The impact of national identity and political culture on attitudes towards immigrants and immigration 115
4.3 Hypotheses’ testing – accepted 116
5.1 “Here are two statements people sometimes make when discussing the environment and economic growth. Which of them comes closer to your own point of view?” (in %) 135
5.2 Analysis between two statements about respondent’s income and priority of economic growth versus protection of the environment (in %) 136
5.3 “I’m going to describe various types of political systems and ask what you think about each as a way of governing this country. For each one, would you say it is a very good, fairly good, fairly bad or very bad way of governing this country?”. Results in percentages 139
5.4 Correlation between statements about the environment and economic growth and authoritarianism index 145
5.5 Correlation between indexes of environmental indifference and authoritarianism 145
5.6 Authoritarianism and basic socio-demographic items as correlates of environmental indifference in multiple regression analysis 146
6.1 Top 10 origin countries of migrants residing in the Czech Republic in 2018 162