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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 7274

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7274
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07274
 
Title:Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964
 
Principal Investigator(s):Karl W. Deutsch, Yale University
 
Funding Agency:United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
 
Bibliographic Citation:Deutsch, Karl W. Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964 [Computer file]. ICPSR07274-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1972. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07274
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study collected data from 147 French and 173 German elite figures in order to investigate four significant aspects of French and West German politics relevant to the issue of arms control and disarmament in Western Europe. These four areas were domestic policy, foreign policy, European integration, and arms control and disarmament. The questions probed respondents' perceptions of the political system and its future, opinions on specific foreign policy issues and their relationship to domestic politics, the two Germanys question, national sovereignty versus international associations, European integration, and various nuclear strategies and arms control arrangements. Latent attitude structures were also measured. The "latent attitudes" questions tapped the respondents' interest in and emotional reactions to issues, perceptions of emotional reactions to professional roles and responsibilities, general ability to structure problems, open-mindedness, alienation, and feelings of competence. Biographical data, including standard demographic and personal information as well as data on party, military, and governmental backgrounds, were compiled from public records and interviews. Demographic variables cover age, sex, religious affiliation, level of education, military service, and past and present occupations.
 
Subject Term(s):arms control, career history, deterrence, disarmament, domestic policy, European unification, European Union, foreign policy, German reunification, government elites, leadership, national interests, nationalism, NATO, nuclear war, perceptions, political affiliation, political attitudes, political elites, political systems, voting history, world politics
 
Geographic Coverage:Europe, France, Germany, Global
 
Time Period:1964
 
Date(s) of Collection:1964, France: June-July, Germany: May-October
 
Universe:French and German elites.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
  survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:The criteria for sample selection were position and reputation.
 
Data Source:personal interviews and public records
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964
 

 

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