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- Title
- Intra-legislative Communications in a Newly Emergent Two-party System: The Case of Education and the Florida House of Representatives, 1967.
- Creator
- Callan, Dennis M., Gatlin, Douglas S., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
- Abstract/Description
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This research attempts to delineate the communications patterns within the Florida House of Representatives of 1967 in its deliberations concerning the issue of education. To accomplish this goal, a questionnaire was personally administered or mailed to all 119 members of the House. A return rate of 51.3% (61) was attained. The bulk of the questionnaire items were of a sociometric nature. To map the communications of the House, ten specific hypotheses were tested. These hypotheses concerned...
Show moreThis research attempts to delineate the communications patterns within the Florida House of Representatives of 1967 in its deliberations concerning the issue of education. To accomplish this goal, a questionnaire was personally administered or mailed to all 119 members of the House. A return rate of 51.3% (61) was attained. The bulk of the questionnaire items were of a sociometric nature. To map the communications of the House, ten specific hypotheses were tested. These hypotheses concerned the relative importance of particular types of legislative actors and groups in the communications patterns of both parties. Administrative officials were also included in the analysis. The rationale for these hypotheses concerned the variables of age and/or size of the respective parties and were based upon the history of Florida politics. All ten hypotheses were based upon the contention that, as in other organizations and decision-making groups, in a legislative body there would exist a "practiced" communications pattern distinctly different from the "formal" organizational pattern. The pattern which emerged from the analysis revealed that members of both parties relied upon a small number of education experts or specialists for information, regardless of the experts' formal positions. The Democrats did not consider their party leadership to be an important information source while the Republican caucus --and through the caucus, the leadership--was a strong source of voting cues. With the exceptions of Dade and Pinellas counties, intra-delegation communications did not appear important in either party. While Democrats did not rely upon any Republicans for information, the Republicans did rely upon some Democrats (the experts}. No geographical splits were apparent in Democratic communications. The Pinellas Republicans were somewhat isolated from east coast Republicans in the information flow. The communications pattern between House members and administrative officials focused upon cabinet members. Republican Governor Kirk was most generally listed as an information source by Republicans while the Democrats relied for information upon Superintendent of Public Instruction Christian. Legislative staffs were identified as information sources by members of both parties.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1969
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012584
- Subject Headings
- Education--Florida--Politics and government, Florida--Politics and government
- 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
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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.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13448
- Subject Headings
- Political parties--Florida, Florida--Politics and government
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
- Creator
- ZEHNDER, WILLIAM CARL., Florida Atlantic University, Curl, Donald W.
- Abstract/Description
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The course of the 1952 presidential election in Florida is traced from the time of the campaign for the primpary in the Democratic party and for delegate selection in the Republican party through the November election. Particular emphasis is placed on candidates and issues during the various campaigns. The significance of this election lies in the reversal of the traditional Democratic voting pattern in national elections and the beginning of a history of support for the Republican candidate...
Show moreThe course of the 1952 presidential election in Florida is traced from the time of the campaign for the primpary in the Democratic party and for delegate selection in the Republican party through the November election. Particular emphasis is placed on candidates and issues during the various campaigns. The significance of this election lies in the reversal of the traditional Democratic voting pattern in national elections and the beginning of a history of support for the Republican candidate for President.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13592
- Subject Headings
- Presidents--United States--Election--1952, Elections--Florida, Florida--Politics and government--1951-
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Florida local government compliance with transportation concurrency.
- Creator
- Liberti, Raymond A., Florida Atlantic University, Mendell, Jay S.
- Abstract/Description
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Growth management grew as a concept and policy objective in the 1970s and 1980s. The interrelationships of the state and local governments changed when Florida developed growth policy and local government implemented the policy. Nine mandatory elements to be included in a local comprehensive plan and seven mandatory concurrency elements of the 1985 Florida Growth Management Act were expensive elements for local government to implement. As a result, the issue of funding the impacts of growth...
Show moreGrowth management grew as a concept and policy objective in the 1970s and 1980s. The interrelationships of the state and local governments changed when Florida developed growth policy and local government implemented the policy. Nine mandatory elements to be included in a local comprehensive plan and seven mandatory concurrency elements of the 1985 Florida Growth Management Act were expensive elements for local government to implement. As a result, the issue of funding the impacts of growth drove the growth management agenda, leaving the question of compliance. The question is: Did Florida local government comply with the transportation concurrency element of the Florida Growth Management Act? This dissertation analyzed five Florida counties and two Georgia counties to determine whether there was compliance with their respective state transportation policies. The study purposely looked at counties in different stages of growth to determine if the transportation requirements of the Florida Growth Management Act and the Georgia State Planning Act affected local budgets. Transportation is the most expensive element in local government budgets. Development orders would cease without the road capacity to carry the impact of proposed developments, making transportation the linchpin to state growth policies. A visual analysis and a multiple regression analysis were used to evaluate local government compliance with state transportation policy. A two-stage numerical evaluation was used for the visual analysis. The analysis looked for a slope change, a break in the trend, or both, after the impact of the intervention of the interrupted time series. A multiple regression analysis calculated the regression coefficient for a before and after dummy variable. The multiple regression removed the effects of population, interest rates, and road expenditure variables and isolated the effect of the dummy variable to determine local government compliance.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12533
- Subject Headings
- Urban policy--Florida, Transportation--Planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Florida--Politics and government
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE POPULIST PARTY IN FLORIDA.
- Creator
- MEAD, JAMES ANDREW, III., Florida Atlantic University, Curl, Donald W.
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis traces the history of the Populist Party in Florida from the first stirrings of agrarian discontent in that state to the election of 1896. The Independent movement, which was the antecedent to the Populist Party, is also dealt with. The political campaigns of 1892 and 1896 are especially stressed. Finally, some causes of the defeat of Populism are presented.
- Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13456
- Subject Headings
- People's Party of the United States--Florida, Populism--Florida, Florida--Politics and government--1865-1950
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The impact of electoral forces on party unity: An analysis of voting patterns among Florida's Democratic congressional delegation, 1972-1992.
- Creator
- O'Malley, Terence Trumpy Sr., Florida Atlantic University, Pritchard, Anita, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis examines the impact of electoral forces on party unity scores among Florida's Democratic congressional delegation from 1972 to 1992. The impacts of in-migration of non-southern whites, immigration of Hispanics, realignment into the Republican Party, and the enfranchisement of Black voters were analyzed. The increased party unity scores among Florida's Democratic Representatives was determined to be primarily the result of in-migration and realignment which resulted in a smaller,...
Show moreThis thesis examines the impact of electoral forces on party unity scores among Florida's Democratic congressional delegation from 1972 to 1992. The impacts of in-migration of non-southern whites, immigration of Hispanics, realignment into the Republican Party, and the enfranchisement of Black voters were analyzed. The increased party unity scores among Florida's Democratic Representatives was determined to be primarily the result of in-migration and realignment which resulted in a smaller, but more homogeneous Democratic delegation, a trend likely to continue.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15010
- Subject Headings
- United States--Congress--Voting, Florida--Politics and government, Political parties--Florida, Party affiliation--Florida
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The origins of Everglades drainage in the Progressive Era: Local, state and federal cooperation and conflict.
- Creator
- Strickland, Jeffery Glenn., Florida Atlantic University, Rose, Mark H.
- Abstract/Description
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During the Progressive Era, technical experts--state and independent engineers, United States Department of Agriculture scientists, and United States engineers increasingly influenced drainage and reclamation policy in central and southern Florida. Engineers agreed with the general method of drainage but at times disagreed over engineering specifics. The federal, state and local govemments were aware of the benefits associated with internal improvements, at the same time, however, they...
Show moreDuring the Progressive Era, technical experts--state and independent engineers, United States Department of Agriculture scientists, and United States engineers increasingly influenced drainage and reclamation policy in central and southern Florida. Engineers agreed with the general method of drainage but at times disagreed over engineering specifics. The federal, state and local govemments were aware of the benefits associated with internal improvements, at the same time, however, they frequently fought over their control. Between the mid-nineteenth century and the early 1900s, drainage engineering knowledge and technology increased along with the role of the engineers. As a result, Florida's Progressive Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward began a state-financed and state-managed effort to drain and reclaim the Everglades in 1905. The role of the state engineer, however, differed from the expert described by historian Robert H. Wiebe, in that the engineer was not an independent policy-maker. The state engineer was always subordinate to the Florida Legislature and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, including the Governor of Florida.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15643
- Subject Headings
- Drainage--Florida--Everglades, Reclamation of land--Florida, Florida--Politics and government--1865-1950, Everglades (Fla)--History
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Carpetbag rule in Florida : the inside workings of the reconstruction of civil government in Florida after the close of the Civil War.
- Creator
- Wallace, John
- Abstract/Description
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Quadricentennial Edition of the Floridian Facsimile Reprint Series of the 1888 editions with prefatory material, introduction notes, and index added. New material copyright by the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions of Florida. Lithoprinted by Douglas Printing Company, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida
- Date Issued
- 1964
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000389
- Subject Headings
- Race relations -- Political aspects, African Americans -- Politics and government, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Florida -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950, Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century
- Format
- E-book
