Study title

The attitude of elites to current political questions as well as to fundamental problems of democracy and the ability to function and development of the West German political system. Personal possibilities to exert political influence. Topics: most important problems of the FRG; judgement on the importance of political goals; attitude to selected topics of domestic and foreign policy, such as e.g. comprehensive school, ecology and competitive ability, foreign aid, EC sovereignty, government controls of the primary industry and banks, dismantling of social services, extremist decree, co-determination and radio station under civil law; judgement on the policies to reduce tension and Soviet foreign policy; assessment of the possibility and achievability of reductions in government expenditures; attitude to nuclear energy and perceived alternative energy sources to cover energy need; assessment of the significance of a transfer of power from the legislature to the executive; perceived reduction of governability of western democracies, desirability of more direct citizen involvement in management decisions at municipal level; media and broadcasts with presumably the greatest influence on political opinion making of the public (scale); assessment of the greatest influence factor on political opinion making of an individual; political problem with which the respondent was most involved the past year; detailed determination of the most important conversation partners and their organization affiliation; type and extent of influence of special interest groups on personal conduct; attempts at personal influence on public opinion making by use of media; naming of the major personal political area of activity; type of one´s own contacts with institutions of the EC, supranational institutions and federal German associations and organizations or political institutions; exact recording of the type of contacts; detailed information on course of professional career; memberships...