Der „Zensus 2011" im Mai wird die fünfte Volkszählung in der Bundesrepublik sein. Eigentlich wäre bereits die siebte fällig. Bis 1970 klappte der normale und international vereinbarte Turnus noch, alle zehn Jahre eine Volkszählung durchzuführen. Mit der für 1983 vorgesehenen Erhebung...

The aggregate changes in public opinion attitudes toward foreign policy issues in three West European countries during the cold war decades (1954-1990) are analyzed. The stability hypothesis is addressed from different angles to ascertain the amount of change in public opinion attitudes toward...

In this article we attempt to replicate the hypothesis tested by Rummel and others that external and internal conflict are unrelated. We do this using data for 125 nations for the years 1966-1967. As did Rummel, we use exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis; in addition, we also...

This study explores the extent to which defense spending of the European nations of NATO and of the Warsaw Pact since 1950 can be characterized as an action-reaction process. Since the level of armament expenditures in any state is an outcome of organizational processes, a model is introduced...