Study title

Attitude to democracy and demands on the state in the years 1985/86 and 1989. Topics: attitude to government intervention in the life of the citizens; assessment of the degree of bureaucratization; postmaterialism index; perceived political attachment with the Federal Republic, the EC, the state of respondent, the place of residence and another country; judgement on democracy behavior of the West Germans; personal attitude to democracy and satisfaction with democracy; countries with a better form of democracy; comparison of democracy in the Federal Republic with personal ideal concepts; understanding of democracy; most important criteria of an ideal democracy and extent of realization in the Federal Republic (scales); evaluation of government intervention in the economy; attribution of influences on personal course of life; general contentment with life; degree of fulfillment of demands on life in a society; under-privileged population groups and personally belonging to such a group; attitude to an extension of government tasks; responsibilities for solving selected social tasks and problems, actually perceived and desired in the future; conversation partner for political discussions and frequency of diverging political attitudes; social moral orientations (scale); satisfaction with results of politics since 1949 and reasons for this satisfaction; judgement on the achievements and assessment of sympathy for the political parties and politicians in the Federal Republic; personal participation and potential willingness to participate in selected political forms of protest and protest actions; political participation; attitude to selected political institutions and life in the political system of the Federal Republic; judgement on personal possibilities to influence politics and attitude to persons making political decisions as well as to groups and movements; closeness to the Federal Republic; attitude to socialism; attitude to police action against soccer fans...