Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2001: Kumulation PCP I und II

Current state of the democratic consolidation in the newly implementeddemocracies.Topics: Political activities: discussions, convince friends, work incommunity, political meeting, contact politicians, work for party; meaningof democracy; democracy best form of government; democracy in (country) best;respect for individual human rights; importance of freedom and equality;Left-Right self placement; meaning of "Left" and "Right; membership inorganisations and political parties; satisfaction with democracy; toleranceagainst: minority opinion, extremist demonstrations, free speech, too muchfreedom, critics on the way of life, right to own opinion, foreign critics;free market economy: right/wrong for country; satisfaction with free market;economic situation during present government, next year and compared to thesocialist/communist regime; country´s economic situation during presentgovernment, next year and compared to the socialist/communist regime;conditions of workers, peasants, middle class, entrepreneurs during presentgovernment and compared to the socialist/communist regime; corruption duringpresent government; public safety during present government, next year andcompared to the socialist/communist regime; income differences right/wrong;one´s own financial situation compared to that of parents and neighbours;speed of change; satisfaction with present government and with thesocialist/communist regime; communism good idea; better performance in:education, economy, poverty, black market, inflation, unemployment, publicsecurity, participation, corruption, public health, representation of interests,crime; pride in citizenship; pride to live in country; citizenship; womencare of house; accept homosexuals; abortion; trust in institutions; medicalcare: self/governmental; income limits; government protects citizens; ecologyvs. economy; conflicts: rich/poor, law-abiding/-breaker, speak language/not;(in Germany: conflicts between East/West), left/right, young/old, churchmoral/not, nationalists/others; police force against demonstrators; sentenceagainst protestors, law against demonstrators, troops against strikes;big interests vs. all the people; trust in government; election best way tochoose government; need for parliament; vote in last parliamentary election;vote intention; government responsible for providing job, health care, livingstandard for old and unemployed people, reduce income differences; governmentalpriorities; actions against bad governmental and local decisions; livingconditions in western country; democracy in country: needs western development,never consolidated, same as in western countries, consolidation difficultprocess, notyet accomplished; Russia: country has own, difficult way; democracyproblem will be solved; national political situation; change in politicalsituation; state of democracy; parties: need of parties, no difference betweenparties, provide participation, for leaders´ interests; development since theend of the socialist/communist regime; characteristics of capitalist andsocialist economy: strike, freedom, inequality, technical progress, wealth,selfishness, power, profit, justice, scarcity, humane, progress, planning,efficacy, repress, corruption; capitalist economy best; capitalist economysolves problems; management of industrial enterprises; close to party; politicalprotest; one-person vs. multi-person system; interest in government; politiciansagainst peoples´ interference; everybody can have say; better not get involvedin politics; no trust in politicians; politicians seek views of people; peopleexcl from power; make fortune get in politics; politicians only interestedwhen trouble; participation is duty; satisfaction with changes: workers,engineers, artists, scientists, clerks, peasants, miners, entrepreneurs,politicians, army officers, policemen, leaders communist party; country wherethe living is better, better equality, people greater influence; importancein life: everybody voice in public matters, work for all, equality, everybodywell-off, no arbitrary will, no big income differences, no state interference,live without worries, rest/entertain, free organisations, free speech,learn/access to culture; partner work outside; partner work full-/part-time;religion at birth; degree of religiosity; main language; in Russia: nationality;since when in neighbourhood; relations with neighbours; paid for work; reasonsfor not being paid; work full-/part-time; monthly income compared to average;percent of savings; one´s own social class and that of the parents; entrepreneurin family; family produce agricultural goods; easy replacement for job; workovertime/extra work; income of extra work; region; Germany: size of householdand persons over 18 years, East-West socialization; weighting.