Public Opinion Regarding Globalisation: The Kernels of a ‘European Spring’ of Public Discontent?

This paper investigates the influence of education and citizens' assessments of the national economic, political, and societal situation on public opinion regarding globalisation in the five largest European Union member states. Using Eurobarometer survey data, it is demonstrated that largely, regardless of skill level differences, there is a widespread public malaise with the perceived negative contribution of globalisation on the national economic, political, and societal situation. In the light of these findings, implications are drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]