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P1182A: representatives of local platforms of the peace movement have been questioned about their organization / area covered by platform / genesis / organizations and persons involved / method of working / finances / activities / national, regional and local contacts / activities in connection with the organization of the people's petition against the deployment of cruise missiles in the Netherlands / opposition experienced / attitude of platform members to various plans of action / present level of activity P1182B: attitude to the deployment of cruise missiles in the Netherlands and the people's petition against it / attitude of people around r. to this subject / way r. was approached to sign the petition / attitude to nuclear arms, arms race, the role of the Soviet Union, USA, NATO / sympathy for the peace movement, ecology groups, unions, feminist movement, squatters, Bhagwan etc. / political left-right self-rating / political interest / attitude to various (legal and illegal) plans of action / political efficacy / most important political goals / confidence in technology and future / r.'s commitment to his neighbourhood, contacts with neighbours. Subsample of activists who collected petitions against cruise missiles: additional questions about these activities / personal consequences: losing friends, discharge, custody etc. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership