Reflecting Social Development in Slovakia through ESS Data

Reflecting Social Development in Slovakia through ESS Data. Prof. Ph. Dr. Jozef Výrost, Dr. Sc. ESS National Coordinator

„At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice. “ Gore Vidal, American writer and a public intellectual „I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself. ” Winston Churchill, UK politician Despite the fact in pre-election period „deep“ interest of politicians about surveys culminates. After elections it is steadily followed by critique of their misleading results. It was the case after SK Parliamentary elections (March 3 -rd 2016) too: but according to the rules survey activities must be stopped 2 weeks before elections. . .

Spearman’s correlation = 0, 9 Informative capability of ESS data, illustration No. 1:

http: //ec. europa. eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index. php/Quality_of_life_indicators_-_measuring_quality_of_life Illustration No. 2: Eurostat, QOL indicators

http: //reports. weforum. org/global-competitiveness-report-2015 -2016/ Illustration No. 3: Global Competitiveness Index and ESS data Global Competitiveness Report Indicators SK 2009 - 2016 Innovation Business sophistication Market size Technological readiness Financial market development Institutions 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Infrastructure Macroeconomic environment Health and primary education Higher education and training Goods market Labor market efficiency 2009 2016

Trust in national institutions (country comparisons and trends): Trust in international institutions:

Informácie o organizácii projektu: http: //www. svusav. sk/sk/submenu 2/europska-socialna-sonda/ Info o výsledkoch ESS v SR: http: //www. svusav. sk/sk/europska-socialna-sonda/publikacie-1/

% trust in police and court Ukraine Russian Federation Israel Greece Hungary Czech Republic Portugal Slovakia Bulgaria Cyprus Croatia Netherlands Poland Slovenia CELKOM France Estonia Belgium Spain United Kingdom Ireland Norway Sweden Germany Denmark Switzerland Finland Ukraine Russian Federation Israel Greece Hungary Czech Republic Portugal Slovakia Bulgaria Cyprus Croatia Netherlands Slovenia Poland CELKOM France Estonia Belgium Spain United Kingdom Ireland Norway Sweden Germany Denmark Switzerland Finland 0. 0% 20. 0% 40. 0% 60. 0% 80. 0% 100. 0% Police Court 12% 9, 9% 17, 8% 24, 4% 25, 9% 43, 5% 37, 1% 31, 2% 40, 6% 47, 5% 44, 5% 32, 4% 49% 20, 9% 49, 7% 35, 9% 50, 2% 26, 2% 53, 5% 64, 8% 54, 1% 37, 9% 54, 7% 61, 8% 55, 1% 45, 5% 55, 1% 26, 9% 56, 2% 47, 2% 62, 4% 60, 7% 63, 5% 45, 3% 67, 5% 54, 4% 70, 6% 36, 1% 71, 6% 55, 4% 71, 8% 56, 9% 73, 4% 76, 6% 77% 72, 9% 77, 5% 62, 4% 79, 7% 81, 1% 72% 85, 6% 68, 7%

7. 5. Global and specific predictors of trust in the courts. 1. 2. 3. 8. 6. 4. Osobná moralita - zvnútornený systém morálnych presvedčení v súlade so spoločenskými pravidlami. Vnímané riziko sankcií - subjektívne vnímaná pravdepodobnosť, že priestupky voči pravidlám budú potrestané . Rešpektovanie zákonov - výskyt priestupkov voči pravidlám v osobnej histórii jednotlivca. Ochota spolupracovať s súdmi – napr. v prípade potreby svedčiť na súde. Presvedčenia o efektivite činnosti súdov - či sa súdy dopúšťajú chýb, ktoré nechávajú vinníkov na slobode. Dôvera v procedurálnu férovosť - ako často robia súdy spravodlivé nezaujaté rozhodnutia založené na dôkazoch. Vnímaná legalita činnosti súdov – či súdy chránia záujmy len bohatých; či rozhodnutia súdov sú príliš ovplyvnené politickými tlakmi. Vnímaná legitimita súdov – či je povinnosťou prijať rozhodnutie súdov; či zákony sa majú prísne dodržiavať; či ani správnosť veci a konania neospravedlňuje porušenie zákona.

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Freedom House in the year 2000 classified 120 countries, or 63% of the world total, as democracies. At the same time growing number of people become disillusioned with the workings of democracy. ESS data reflect that in perceptions of Europeans there is still a gap between people’s expectations about what a democracy should be, and evaluations of their own democracies.

Thank you for your attention. This month fieldwork in ESS R 8 has just begun and to the joyous news belong: with Slovakian participation again!