ALLEGATO 3: QUESTIONARIO Part 1 / Globalization as a process
1) What is your feeling about the present economic situation in Poland?
Is getting better Is getting worse Is staying about the same Don't know 2) Would you say that, over the last fifteen years, the economic situation in Poland:
improved worsened stayed the same Don't know
Here is how David Held and Anthony McGrew defined globalization: “Simplifying, the term globalization denotes the most extended scale, the growing wideness, the deep and fast impact of interregional relations and of models of social interactions. It refers to a truly transformation in the scale of organization of the human society, which puts into a relationship communities, far away from each other, and enlarges the range of the power relations by embracing globe’s most important regions and continents.”
3) How positive or negative do you think the process of globalization is overall. Please answer on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being completely negative, 10 being completely positive, and 5 being neutral.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4) With regard to globalization, do you think that it should be a goal of Poland to:
Try to actively promote it Simply allow it to continue Try to slow it down
Try to stop or reverse it Don't know
5) Do you think that it is possible for the government to stop or to reverse globalization?
Yes No Depends Don't know
6) In the current opinion, globalization processes are positive for certain social groups and negative for others. So I kindly ask you to express your point of view, remembering that 0 is completely negative, 10 completely positive and 5 neutral.
For Polish businessmen:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
For Polish workers:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
For Polish intellectuals:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
For Polish youth:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
For You personally:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a
7) Do you think that government efforts to help Polish firms promoting their goods and service in the globalization era have been:
Adequate Not adequate Don't know
8) Do you think that government efforts to help retrain workers who have lost jobs in the globalization era have been:
Adequate Not adequate Don't know
9) Please indicate which of the following three statements comes closer to your point of view:
Government intervention and regulation is always inefficient compared to a free market, so the role of the state in economics should be minimized.
Free trade market system should be reformed through state regulation and the creation of programs that work to counteract or remove the social injustice.
Free trade market system leads to a divergence instead of convergence of income levels within rich and poor countries so it should be replaced
10) In the process of making decisions about how to deal with the globalization process how much do you think that Polish government officials consider the:
Too much Too little About right Don't know Concerns of Polish Business
Concerns of Polish workers
Concerns of multinational corporations Impact on the environment
Public opinion
Growth of the overall Polish economy
11) Would you say that since Poland got into the European Union, the economic situation in the country:
improved worsened stayed the same Don't know
12) What about the social situation?
improved worsened stayed the same Don't know
13) Which one of the following statements come closer to your view?
To deal with global problems, it will be increasingly necessary for international institutions to get countries to change what they do inside borders
What countries do inside their borders is their own business. International institutions should not try to tell countries what they should do.
Countries should listen what the international institutions have to say to them, however they do need to have the final word on every decision concerning matters of internal affairs
b
14) Do you think that by joining international institutions (such as the EU, NATO, the WTO, etc.) Poland gave up to a bit of its sovereignty?
Yes No Don't know
15) By joining international institutions, what benefits do you think that Poland has achieved? (you can indicate as many answers as you want)
A more stable economic and financial situation More job opportunities
Lower prices Job stability Easy traveling
Other (please mention)...
16) By joining international institutions, what disadvantages do you think that Poland has faced?
(you can indicate as many answers as you want) Instability at the workplace
Problems in facing the global competition Unemployment
Emigration towards other countries Loss of national culture and traditions
Other (please mention)...
c
Part 2 / Globalization and migration (a – emigration)
17) Would you say that emigration from Poland, over the last fifteen years:
has increased has decreased Don't know
18) Have you ever considered the idea of moving into another country?
Yes No
18 bis) (Please answer to the following question only if you have answered “yes” to the previous one)
In which country would you like to move? (please specify) ...
19) Why would you consider the idea of moving to another country? (you can indicate more than one answer)
To earn a better wage Lack of jobs in Poland
Personal or professional development
Getting away from the political and economic situation in Poland To study abroad
Other (please specify):
20) How long would you consider to stay abroad?
Permanently More than 5 years
Between 2 and 5 years
Between 6 months and 2 years
Less than 6 months
21) Do you have any relatives who live abroad?
Yes No
21 bis) (Please answer to the following question only if you have answered “yes” to the previous one)
In which country do they live? (you can specify more than one country) ...
21 ter) (Please answer to the following question only if you have answered “yes” to question 21)
Do you think that they would help you if you were coming there?
Yes No Don't know
d
22) Do you have any friends who live abroad?
Yes No
22 bis) (Please answer to the following question only if you have answered “yes” to the previous one)
In which country do they live? (you can specify more than one country) ...
22 ter) (Please answer to the following question only if you have answered “yes” to question 22)
Do you think that they would help you if you were coming there?
Yes No Don't know
23) In case that you would move permanently to a foreign country would you bring your family with you?
Yes No Don't know
24) How do you think that Polish people are received abroad? Please answer on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being completely negative, 10 being completely positive, and 5 being neutral.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(part b - immigration)
25) Would you say that immigration in Poland, over the last fifteen years:
has increased has decreased Don't know
26) For what reason do you think that people decide to move to Poland? (You can indicate more than one answer)
To earn a better wage
Lack of jobs in their country of origin Personal or professional development
Getting away from political and economic situation in their country of origin To study
Other (please specify):
27) How do you think that immigrants are received in Poland. Remember 0 is completely negative, 10 is completely positive, and 5 is neutral.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
e
Part 3/ Personal data
28) Which of the following sources do you rely on most often as your primary source of news?
(please indicate just one answer) TV
Radio
Newspapers and magazines Internet
Other (please mention)...
29) Sex:
Male Female 30) Year of birth:
31) Academic qualification:
...
32) If you have any remarks, please write them in the space below
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION :)
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