Youth and Right-Wing Extremism 1990

Attitudes to foreigners and extreme political organizations as well as opinions on the social turning point in the GDR. Topics: Condition before and after the turning point; optimism regarding the next few years; social conditions experienced as ominous such as unemployment, poverty, drug abuse (scale); knowledge about the goals of right-wing extremist groups; assessment of the effectiveness of various forms and institutions in the conflict with right-wing extremism (scale); motives of young people for joining right-wing extremist groups (scale); attitudes to contact with right-wing extremist groups and parties; personal political principles and goals regarding national pride, maintenance of law and order, dealing with conflicts and violence, the necessity of a strong political leader, stand on fascism, equal level of standard of living for East and West, equal rights for foreigners, prohibition of the Republican Party and the PDS (scale); attitude to and conduct regarding foreigners; areas of contact with foreigners (scale); feelings regarding individual ethnic groups; extent and consequences of crimes experienced oneself such as offenses against property and forms of physical violence; dealing with crimes; stand on skinheads; relations with different extreme political parties (scale); effect of the term "right-wing radical"; compatibility of right-wing radical goals with the constitution; characteristics of the Republican Party (scale); stand on left-wing extremist groups and knowledge of their goals (scale); assessment of the PDS as left-wing extreme; evaluation of the influence of left-wing extremist groups in the work area; understanding for antisemitism and knowledge of its causes; religiousness; party allegiance; classification on left-right scale; self-assessment of achievement status.