Airport Expansion and Citizen Involvement

Attitude to expansion of the west runway of the Frankfurt airport and
personal participation in political protest.

Topics: most important advantages and disadvantages or expected
positive and negative consequences of expansion of the runway; personal
impact of expansion measures and assessment of consequences to be
expected personally; general attitude to expansion of airports and in
particular the runway construction in Frankfurt; difference of opinion
on this topic within family and in one´s circle of friends;
self-assessment of tolerance regarding opposing positions; judgement on
legitimacy of actions of opponents to the runway in spite of legal
permission for runway construction; judgement on different forms of
citizen protest; earlier causes for political involvement; friends and
relatives actively engaged against the runway construction; personal
readiness for future involvement; assessment of probability of personal
conflicts with the police due to this involvement; start and cause of
interest in the runway conflict; assessment of probability of success
of runway opponents; judgement on usefulness of protest even in case of
failure; judgement on the police use of force in the occupying of the
runway site; local residency; residential status; religiousness;
political interest; development of sympathy of the parties with the
problems of citizens; memberships; employment with the airport company;
daily newspapers read; intensity of following the conflict around the
runway and type of source of information.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
training; school attendance; employment; sources of income; household
size; local residency; memberships.