Protest Events in the Federal Republic of Germany 1950-1993

Content analysis recording of protest events in the territory of the Federal Republic and since 1980 for the territory of the GDR. Topics: point in time and weekday of the protest; length of the protest; report source; page in the newspaper; extent of report; origin of the report; number of reports and comments on the protest; area of mobilizing the protest; primary place of the protest; number of participants according to articles, organizers and the police; involved supporters, groups and organizations; initiator of the protest; official emphasis on individual persons; political location of the supporters; political location according to articles as well as coder; problem and protest sector; political field; protest event as part of a campaign; protest event as counter-protest as well as number of counter-protests to the protest event; object and addressee of the protest; legal or illegal forms of action; number of participants in violent actions; internal conflicts about violence; immediate consequences of the protest; counter-demonstrations; number of counter-demonstrators; police presence and number of policemen present; police deployment; number of policemen intervening; dissolution of the protest by the police; damage to property; harm to uninvolved third parties, protest opponents, the police or other governmental institutions; size of property damage; number of seizures and arrests; injuries or deaths among the protesters, the police or protest opponents; statements from political-administrative side or special interest groups; legal proceedings; result of legal proceedings.