The Civic Culture Study (United Kingdom)

Political basic positions, political culture and political
socialization of the population in the United Kingdom.

Topics: 1.) Political conduct: political interest and political extent
to which informed; political conversations and political participation;
political alienation; most important political problems of the country;
assessment of the effect of laws and opportunities to participate of
the citizen on political decisions; expected political involvement of
the individual; personal participation in and influence on local and
national political decision-making processes; judgement on the
political influence of individual special interest groups in the
nation; evaluation of the duties of the citizen regarding his country;
assessment of the effects of petitions and complaints; satisfaction
with the government system; perceived national pride; judgement on the
treatment experienced in contact with authorities; behavior at the
polls in earlier elections at national and local level; decision
difficulties before elections; attitude to election campaigns; image of
the most important parties; party preference; party membership;
religiousness.

2.) Socialization: distribution of decision-making authorities in
one´s family; sanction conduct of parents in one´s family and teachers
in school; judgement on personal influence on the family before the
16th year of life; attitude to a right to a say for the children in
one´s family; judgement on the political education experienced in
school; personal interest and interest of teachers in politics.

Scale: democratic attitude.

Interviewer rating: social class
affiliation and willingness of respondent to cooperate; ability of
respondent to express himself; interview surroundings; city size; race
of respondent.