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Title: The free press a reflection of democracy.
Creator: Pearson, Lester B.
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1958
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002592
Subject Headings: World politics -- 1955
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The African consciousness: Continuity and change in Africa.
Creator: Busia, K.A.
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1968
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002618
Subject Headings: Africa – Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Probleme der Vereinigung von KPD und SPD.
Creator: Pieck, Wilhelm
Date Issued: 1946
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353130
Subject Headings: Political parties -- Germany.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The War and the Working Class: 1.
Creator: Danilov, A.
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1945
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002385
Subject Headings: World Politics -- Periodicals
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Revolutionäre krise, faschismus und krieg.
Creator: Manuil skii, Dmitrii Zakhar evich
Date Issued: 1934
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361816
Subject Headings: World politics., Communism.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "We or they"; two worlds in conflict.
Creator: Armstrong, Hamilton Fish
Date Issued: 1936
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3144016
Subject Headings: World politics., Democracy., Dictators.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Post-2008 voting bills and their partisan origins.
Creator: Rosendorf, Stephanie, Kim, Duhkong
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361167
Subject Headings: Voting, Legislation, Politics
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AGENDA-SETTING: THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF GROWTH CONTROL IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.
Creator: COOK, PATRICIA LYNN., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The case of Boca Raton, Florida, illustrates many of the key legal, environmental and intergovernmental issues emerging in the growth management policies of other communities. In a 1972 amendment to the city charter, the voters of Boca Raton placed an absolute limit on population and housing by a 40,000 -unit "cap" on development. The Growth Cap illustrates the expansion of an issue which began with a small group of concerned citizens who wanted to preserve the city's "low-density" character....
Show moreThe case of Boca Raton, Florida, illustrates many of the key legal, environmental and intergovernmental issues emerging in the growth management policies of other communities. In a 1972 amendment to the city charter, the voters of Boca Raton placed an absolute limit on population and housing by a 40,000 -unit "cap" on development. The Growth Cap illustrates the expansion of an issue which began with a small group of concerned citizens who wanted to preserve the city's "low-density" character. The controversy opened up multi-agendas which developed in stages. Multiple access points were available to the proponents (environmentalists and home owners) and opponents (developers and real estate interests) of the Cap. Due to both the pluralistic nature of the political system and the nature of the Growth Cap, the issue was expanded beyond the city policy agenda and came to the county and the courts.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13867
Subject Headings: Political Science, General
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: PERSONAL TRUST AND POLITICAL TRUST: AN EXAMINATION OF A RELATIONSHIP.
Creator: WELLINGS, CONSTANCE., Florida Atlantic University, Gatlin, Douglas S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the relationship between personal trust and cynicism and political trust and cynicism. In addition, it relates trust and cynicism to such variables as socio-economic status, issue orientation, voting behavior, partisanship, and political efficacy. The research revealed that political cynicism often exists independently of personal cynicism. Another important finding was that political cynicism is a flexible attitude that can vary over time. In addition, the data revealed...
Show moreThis thesis examines the relationship between personal trust and cynicism and political trust and cynicism. In addition, it relates trust and cynicism to such variables as socio-economic status, issue orientation, voting behavior, partisanship, and political efficacy. The research revealed that political cynicism often exists independently of personal cynicism. Another important finding was that political cynicism is a flexible attitude that can vary over time. In addition, the data revealed that political cynicism is very significantly related to political variables.
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Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13518
Subject Headings: Political psychology, Cynicism
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: RACIAL AND ETHNIC SCHOOL SEGREGATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
Creator: MATTHES, HORST-DIETER., Florida Atlantic University, Giles, Michael W., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This study has confined itself to examining two specific questions: (1) Are other minorities educationally isolated to the same extent as Negroes? and (2) Does the level of concentration of other minorities in the school population influence their segregation as has been the case for Negroes? Results of the present study show Negroes to fare significantly less favorably in the area of educational segregation than the other minorities under study. Furthermore, whereas the percent Negro showed...
Show moreThis study has confined itself to examining two specific questions: (1) Are other minorities educationally isolated to the same extent as Negroes? and (2) Does the level of concentration of other minorities in the school population influence their segregation as has been the case for Negroes? Results of the present study show Negroes to fare significantly less favorably in the area of educational segregation than the other minorities under study. Furthermore, whereas the percent Negro showed a significant relationship with the level of Negro school segregation, no such relationship was found for the other minorities in this study. Controlling for regional and ethnic variations did not significantly alter these findings.
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Date Issued: 1973
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13614
Subject Headings: Political Science, General
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A theory of political analysis utilizing power-based matrices.
Creator: Batey, John R., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The existing literature regarding political power, hegemony, and mass-elite relationships could benefit from the utilization of a common theoretical framework. Such an approach calls for the synthesis of extant theories of political power into a theoretical structure that is easily translatable across various systemic contexts. Most political structures are to an extent power-based and hierarchical. The analysis of these power-laden structures is an important component of both political...
Show moreThe existing literature regarding political power, hegemony, and mass-elite relationships could benefit from the utilization of a common theoretical framework. Such an approach calls for the synthesis of extant theories of political power into a theoretical structure that is easily translatable across various systemic contexts. Most political structures are to an extent power-based and hierarchical. The analysis of these power-laden structures is an important component of both political theory and political action. This thesis uses three cases studies to illustrate that these structures are commonplace and to explain certain aspects of their creation and destruction. The chief goal is to critically analyze whether these power-laden structures are compatible with democracy, defined as government according to rule by the people.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12670
Subject Headings: Political Science, General
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: SECOND GENERATION CARRYOVER OF THE LATIN POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CUBAN ADOLESCENTS IN DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator: FLYNN, GEORGE A., Florida Atlantic University, Wright, Gerald C. Jr., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The historic instability of pre-Castro politics in Cuba is developed into three hypotheses dealing with a national personality dominated by old order values which tend to be anti-democratic, group-divisive, symbolic as opposed to realistic, and dominated largely by the allure of personalismo, a hypothesized Latin political phenomenon in which personalities obscure the issues. The hypotheses were tested in the analysis of a survey of samples of Cuban- and native-born high school students in...
Show moreThe historic instability of pre-Castro politics in Cuba is developed into three hypotheses dealing with a national personality dominated by old order values which tend to be anti-democratic, group-divisive, symbolic as opposed to realistic, and dominated largely by the allure of personalismo, a hypothesized Latin political phenomenon in which personalities obscure the issues. The hypotheses were tested in the analysis of a survey of samples of Cuban- and native-born high school students in Dade County, Florida.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13707
Subject Headings: Political Science, General
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Party Platforms: The Measurement of a Dualism in a Moving Consensus.
Creator: Elliott, Eric E., Huckshorn, Robert J., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The theory of a dualism in a moving consensus, as a covariance in the party's outlook on major governmental issues, is explained in the introduction of the paper. It is illustrated by the most noteworthy example, the convergence in attitudes of both parties on the importance of governmental aid in economic And social areas after the Great Depression. The importance of developing parallel examples of interparty dualism on other issues is presented as the goal of the paper. The utility of the...
Show moreThe theory of a dualism in a moving consensus, as a covariance in the party's outlook on major governmental issues, is explained in the introduction of the paper. It is illustrated by the most noteworthy example, the convergence in attitudes of both parties on the importance of governmental aid in economic And social areas after the Great Depression. The importance of developing parallel examples of interparty dualism on other issues is presented as the goal of the paper. The utility of the party platforms as the most suitable continuous documents available for the measurement of issue covariance is supported by a brief description of their historical background and the political processes involved in their completion . It is proposed that with the party leadership determining the process of their adoption, they are the best indicators of party attitude on major issues. Three platform hypotheses are presented to test the dualism theory. The first hypothesis tests the covariance of subject matter which each party develops in the major issue areas of the platforms, to prove that they are in agreement on the importance of the same problems. The test of the second hypothesis requires the proof of a similar covariance of attitude toward these issues. The third hypothesis is a test to eliminate the factor of being in or out of power as the prime determinant of a party's attitude toward major issues, rather than the dualism in a moving consensus which slowly changes a party's outlook. The background and methodology of content analysis is developed to show its application to the first hypothesis. The coding of the units of content on six major issue areas and their subsequent statistical correlation validated this hypothesis on the covariance of subject matter in the platform8. The technique of the Q-sort is explained as a measurement of party attitudes on the issues of Big Government and Interventionism. Correlation of Q-sort data from both parties on these issues did not support the second hypothesis. The data failed to show a dualism in party attitude similar to that found in subject matter. When the third hypothesis was tested by Q-sorting it was rejected because it indicated that a covariation of attitude toward the two issues is correlated with the parties' change in control of the presidency. It is therefore concluded that the theory of a dualism in a moving consensus does not extend itself to cover the issues tested . Instead it was indicated that the condition of being in or out of power is the main fa ctor in the formation of party attitude on the issues.
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Date Issued: 1968
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012586
Subject Headings: Political parties--United States, Popular fronts, Political psychology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: LEGAL POWERS OF STATE CHAIRMEN: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF PARTY BY-LAWS AND STATE ELECTION LAWS.
Creator: DAVIS, DAVID MIDGLEY., Florida Atlantic University, Huckshorn, Robert J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this project was to determine the legal powers and duties of state political party chairmen, as enumerated in party by-laws and state election laws. The thesis is divided into six chapters, the most extensive of which contains empirical tests of twenty-six hypotheses pertaining to eleven groups of items organized from 235 judge-evaluated items. The groups are: Qualifications, method of election and term of office; Appointive powers; Removal powers; Vacancy-filling powers;...
Show moreThe purpose of this project was to determine the legal powers and duties of state political party chairmen, as enumerated in party by-laws and state election laws. The thesis is divided into six chapters, the most extensive of which contains empirical tests of twenty-six hypotheses pertaining to eleven groups of items organized from 235 judge-evaluated items. The groups are: Qualifications, method of election and term of office; Appointive powers; Removal powers; Vacancy-filling powers; Voting; and Functions of the chairman vis-a-vis the state committee, executive committee, subcommittees, local committees, state conventions, local conventions and elections. There are also chapters which analyze the 235 evaluated items, the effectiveness of the by-laws and election laws, and the relationship be tween the party scores and selected political and demographic variables. The final chapter recapitulates the major findings and conclusions. Ten appendices contain data utilized in the study.
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Date Issued: 1971
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13448
Subject Headings: Political parties--Florida, Florida--Politics and government
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Title: Abortion policy in the fifty states: A comparative analysis.
Creator: Parsons, Sharon Kay, Florida Atlantic University, Pritchard, Anita
Abstract/Description: This study investigates the influence of state characteristics, socioeconomic, cultural and political, on the variation of abortion legislation and accessibility in the American states. State discretion in abortion issues, historically and including the present time, has resulted in a lack of uniformity of regulations in the 50 states and a wide variance of accessibility to abortion services across the nation. Although abortion is considered one of the most divisive and controversial policy...
Show moreThis study investigates the influence of state characteristics, socioeconomic, cultural and political, on the variation of abortion legislation and accessibility in the American states. State discretion in abortion issues, historically and including the present time, has resulted in a lack of uniformity of regulations in the 50 states and a wide variance of accessibility to abortion services across the nation. Although abortion is considered one of the most divisive and controversial policy issues, it has largely been neglected in the literature as a public policy study at the state level. Therefore, a systematic and empirical basis for explaining the variance in abortion laws and accessibility is also lacking in the research. This study attempts to fill in that gap and the results of the analysis of the data reveals several important findings. First, there is little indication that accessibility is related to state legislation on abortion. Second, the measures for current legislation are not highly correlated. Each policy appears to be a separate issue for state legislators. Third, socioeconomic characteristics, as expected, are important to the pre-Roe measures of legislation and abortion rates. These characteristics are also important to recent abortion rates, Medicaid funding for abortions, and service provision. However, certain political variables, in particular public opinion/ideology, are also important to the variance of current measures. Fourth, traditional state characteristics do not explain the variance in two of the legislative variables included in the study--the number of post-Roe restrictions passed and parental notification/consent requirements. And last, religion, as measured by denominations or religious groups with an anti-abortion platform, does not play an important role in explaining variation in abortion laws or accessibility, contrary to the predictions. A larger percentage of Catholics is associated with increased service provision and less restrictive Medicaid funding for abortions. Fundamentalists are not important to the variation of either legislation or accessibility. This finding, in particular, is in contrast to not only the predictions of this study but also to the popular beliefs and assertions on the subject.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12285
Subject Headings: Women's Studies, Political Science, General, Political Science, Public Administration
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: New Zealand's labor government at work.
Creator: Sutch, William Ball
Date Issued: 1940
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3170993
Subject Headings: New Zealand -- Politics and government.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Les Socialistes animateurs de la constituante.
Creator: Editions de la Liberte
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1946
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002589
Subject Headings: France -- Politics and government -- 1945
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Start zur Bewährung.
Creator: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.
Date Issued: 1947
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3347543
Subject Headings: Political parties -- Germany -- History -- Sources.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Soviet Political agreements and results the words of American statesman who negotiated with Soviet representatives since 1959: Staff study for the subcommittee to investigate the administration of the internal security act and other internal security laws of the committee on the Judiciary United States Senate.
Creator: Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate 88th Congress, Second Session
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1964
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002571
Subject Headings: World politics – 20th century
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Speeches delivered at the fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, September-October, 1950.
Creator: Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich
Date Issued: 1950
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172705
Subject Headings: World politics -- 1945-1955.
Format: Document (PDF)

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