Political Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany (Students)

Political attitudes, political participation and judgement on parties as well as the nation. Learning conditions and occupational concepts.

Topics: political interest and frequency of political conversations; political participation; judgement on social justice in the FRG; most important political goals and issue-ability of the nation; self-assessment on a left-right continuum and comparison with one´s own position 5 years ago; party preference and rank order for the SPD, CDU, CSU, FDP, NPD, DKP, KPD, KPD/ML and KBW; personal political conduct in the last few years; attitude to use of violence and demonstrations; attitude to the conduct of the judiciary, government and police; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1972 (first vote and second vote); party ties; assessment of the dependence of politics in the FRG on special interest groups; attitude to the trade unions and extremists in the civil service; attitude to various forms of political protest; judgement on the economic situation of the FRG and one´s own economic situation; contentment with life; fear of the future and fatalism; media usage; information on presence at home or availability in the last week; description of learning conditions and housing situation; subjects of studies and personal impact from restricted admission; judgement on the selection procedure regarding its fairness; assignment of responsibility for the shortage of university/college openings; satisfaction with form of instruction and examination regulations in one´s subject; desired occupation; actual and ideal criteria for occupational success; assessment of personal occupational chances; judgement on the economic situation in the FRG; judgement on the necessity of a leadership elite; important problems to be solved at the university; degree of familiarity of university political groups and preferred university group; motives for non-participation in the election to the student parlament; behavior at the polls in the last student parlament elections; composition of the ASTA; satisfaction with ASTA; membership in a student university group; judgement on various forms of political conduct and protest at the university as well as judgement on their effectiveness; type of entitlement to university admission; participation in military service or community service; religiousness; political interest of both parents and assessment of parents on a left-right continuum.