Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964: Detailed Description

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Deutsch, Karl W. Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964. ICPSR07274-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1972. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07274.v1

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Description & Citation--Study No. 7274

Bibliographic Description
Scope of Study
Methodology
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Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

07274

Title:

Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964

Principal Investigator(s):

Deutsch, Karl W., Yale University

Funding:

United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Bibliographic Citation:

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 Terms:

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 of Collection:

1964 (France: June-July, Germany: May-October)

Universe:

French and German elites.

Data Types:

aggregate data, survey data

Methodology

Sample:

The criteria for sample selection were position and reputation.

Data Source:

personal interviews and public records

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Access and Availability

Note:

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