Citation  | Wildenmann, Rudolf; Schatz, Heribert; Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (1966): Parliamentarians and Defense. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0019 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0019 |
| Study No. | ZA0019 |
| Title | Parliamentarians and Defense |
| Current Version | 1.0.0, 2010-4-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0019 (Publication Year 1966) |
| Date of Collection | 1964 - 1964 |
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| Abstract | Factors of parliamentary decision-making processes and development of an informed opinion on defense policy. Topics: Committees in which development of an informed opinion takes place, differences according to individual parties; conduct of committee members according to factual or party political considerations; significance of the parliamentary party executive for coordination of various opinions; judgement on support of committees by the ministries; attitude to a coordination committee between governing party and opposition and expansion of the scientific apparatus for support of committees; attitude to hearings; influence of NATO on national defense policy and influences on the defense conception of NATO; desire for unified appearance of party and parliamentary party in defense questions; judgement on defense expenditures and adaptation difficulties of the economy in disarmament measures; branches of industry dependent on arms production; perceived financing possibilities for an increasing defense household; consideration of national economic factors in defense policy decisions; suspected interest of voters in defense questions; preferred defense concept and most important prerequisites for an effective deterrence strategy; attitude to nuclear weapons and the defense policy of de Gaulle; attitude to doing without the American defense guarantee; technical information used; party membership; type of mandate (direct or list); length of belonging to parliament and the defense committee. Demography: occupation; religious denomination; school education; age; marital status; sex. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; interest in interview; disturbances during the interview; interview surroundings; subjective judgement on length of interview and actual length of interview. |
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| Universe | Members of the German Federal Parliament as well as census of the members of the defense committee |
| Sampling Procedure |
Simple random selection
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| Mode of Collection |
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
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| Data Collector | Forschungsinstitut fuer Politische Wissenschaft und Europaeische Fragen, Universitaet zu Koeln; Lehrstuhl fuer politische Wissenschaft, Wirtschaftshochschule Mannheim |
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