Utne's Rough Guide to International Opinion

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Utne's Rough Guide to International Opinion
45,000 people from 46 countries were surveyed this year, here's what they said
—By Brendan Mackie, Utne.com

The Pew Global Attitudes Project gauges world opinion by polling 45,000 people across the globe. The report always makes headlines with its findings on weighty matters like immigration and anti-Americanism. This year's big story is that the world seems conflicted about globalization. But what else are countries saying behind each other's backs? Here are some choice findings from the 2007 report.

Biggest blowhards? The Italians. Nearly seven out of ten Italians say that their culture is better than any other. A little more than half of Americans said the same about these United States. The least proud people were the Swedes: Only 21 percent of Swedes thought that ABBA and Ingmar Bergman had assured their country's cultural dominance.

http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2007_320/news/12804-1.html