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"A Nation's Vibrant and Triumphant Incarnation in a Man": Personality Cults and Isolation in North Korea and Cuba
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"A Nation's Vibrant and Triumphant Incarnation in a Man": Personality Cults and Isolation in North Korea and Cuba.
Creator
Trifoi, Bianca, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
This paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed...
Show moreThis paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed isolationism in combination with xenophobia was continued in Kim's self-reliance ideology and allowed for a fanatical personality cult to develop. Cuba's only experience with isolation was that imposed by the United States through its embargoes, and the resulting hostility between Cuba and the United States actually helped legitimize Castro's regime and personality cult.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003658
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Document (PDF)
A Right to Bail: Recovering Constitutional Protections in the Excessive Bail Clause
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A Right to Bail: Recovering Constitutional Protections in the Excessive Bail Clause.
Creator
Cathcart, Nicolas, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The 8th Amendment forbids excessive bail, but this essential Constitutional protection has been undermined. The Supreme Court held in U.S. v. Salerno that the Constitution does not entitle defendants to bail and allowed federal courts to deny bail if they deem the defendant a threat to the community. However, both history and the current problems in the bail system demonstrate the Court erred in its ruling. Contrary to Salerno, the 8th Amendment was intended to provide a right to bail for all...
Show moreThe 8th Amendment forbids excessive bail, but this essential Constitutional protection has been undermined. The Supreme Court held in U.S. v. Salerno that the Constitution does not entitle defendants to bail and allowed federal courts to deny bail if they deem the defendant a threat to the community. However, both history and the current problems in the bail system demonstrate the Court erred in its ruling. Contrary to Salerno, the 8th Amendment was intended to provide a right to bail for all defendants who posed no threat to the judicial process. In order to protect essential rights of due process and presumption of innocence, Salerno ought to be overturned, a right to bail ought to be found within the Excessive Bail Clause, and this right should be incorporated to the states.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00124
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Illiberal Patria
Title
Illiberal Patria.
Creator
Faris, Andrew, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The democratic rise to power of the movement called the “Citizens’ Revolution” in Ecuador has challenged earlier conceptions of what a democracy should look like. Its leader, Rafael Correa, has run a campaign against the previous system of constitutional liberalism in Ecuador and has done much to fight what he considers the symptoms of the previous system: poverty and inequality. While Correa's government has had success in creating social progress, his movement has also dramatically...
Show moreThe democratic rise to power of the movement called the “Citizens’ Revolution” in Ecuador has challenged earlier conceptions of what a democracy should look like. Its leader, Rafael Correa, has run a campaign against the previous system of constitutional liberalism in Ecuador and has done much to fight what he considers the symptoms of the previous system: poverty and inequality. While Correa's government has had success in creating social progress, his movement has also dramatically increased the power of the central government in Ecuador. This has struck many scholars as dangerous. The term "Illiberal Democracy" has been used to describe Ecuador as a democracy moving in the wrong direction, away from an objective standard of perfect democratic participation. In this thesis I argue that this assumption is misapplied to Ecuador. In cases like Ecuador, expansion of state power may be necessary to overcome structural impediments to democratic participation.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003669
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Immigrant Integration and Assimilation: An Analysis of El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center in Florida
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Immigrant Integration and Assimilation: An Analysis of El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center in Florida.
Creator
Inamoto, Akemi, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
This study provides an overview and assessment of El Sol, Jupiter's Neighborhood Resource Center's influence in adult immigrant assimilation and integration in Florida. Since 2006 the center has provided programs and services for the Jupiter community, with a particular emphasis on its immigrants who come primarily from Guatemala and Southern Mexico. This thesis provides a background on the center's history and development as well as an overview of the leading theories and methods used for...
Show moreThis study provides an overview and assessment of El Sol, Jupiter's Neighborhood Resource Center's influence in adult immigrant assimilation and integration in Florida. Since 2006 the center has provided programs and services for the Jupiter community, with a particular emphasis on its immigrants who come primarily from Guatemala and Southern Mexico. This thesis provides a background on the center's history and development as well as an overview of the leading theories and methods used for measuring immigrant integration and assimilation. Based upon an analysis of this literature and survey data collected by the center, I offer specific suggestions for future survey questions and methods to more accurately evaluate the effectiveness of El Sol’s policies promoting immigrant integration and assimilation.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003645
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Of free markets and caged humans: the ethical and legal implications of for- profit immigration detention
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Of free markets and caged humans: the ethical and legal implications of for- profit immigration detention.
Creator
Corrales, Celeste, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Private prisons are quickly becoming the new hosts for many of the over 400,000 unauthorized immigrants detained annually in the United States. The argument over whether to privatize is one that involves both practical questions of who can produce the most efficient results and philosophical implications. This thesis argues that privatized immigrant detention creates a perverse incentive structure that may lead to multiple problems, including greater risks for constitutional and human rights...
Show morePrivate prisons are quickly becoming the new hosts for many of the over 400,000 unauthorized immigrants detained annually in the United States. The argument over whether to privatize is one that involves both practical questions of who can produce the most efficient results and philosophical implications. This thesis argues that privatized immigrant detention creates a perverse incentive structure that may lead to multiple problems, including greater risks for constitutional and human rights violations of immigrant detainees. I utilize Ira P. Robbins’ Legal Dimensions to Private Incarceration (1998) handbook in order to update and explore the relevance of two legal doctrines as potential challenges to the private immigrant detention industry.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003510
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Out of shadows and into the spotlight: undocumented students in pursuit of higher education and the case of freedom university Georgia
Title
Out of shadows and into the spotlight: undocumented students in pursuit of higher education and the case of freedom university Georgia.
Creator
Smith, Emily, Steigenga, Timothy J., Strain, Christopher B., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Although thousands of undocumented immigrant students graduate from U.S. high schools each year, only a small percentage of those students opt to enroll in higher education facilities following their graduation. While scholars have discussed the impacts of state and federal legislation that limit the financial aid benefits undocumented students have access to, little has been written about the impacts of tangible enrollment bans.
Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003535
Format
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Para el sur: analyzing contemporary Mexican return migration with a case study of Jupiter, Florida immigrants
Title
Para el sur: analyzing contemporary Mexican return migration with a case study of Jupiter, Florida immigrants.
Creator
Adolfson, Dawn Fae, Corr, Rachel, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Recent data show that migration from Mexico to the United States has significantly decreased while return migration to Mexico has increased, producing a net reduction in the total number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. Some argue that the increase in immigration enforcement within the United States is the leading cause for this change because it has altered the cost/benefit balance enough to make migration less appealing and to encourage people to self-deport. The “self-deportation”...
Show moreRecent data show that migration from Mexico to the United States has significantly decreased while return migration to Mexico has increased, producing a net reduction in the total number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. Some argue that the increase in immigration enforcement within the United States is the leading cause for this change because it has altered the cost/benefit balance enough to make migration less appealing and to encourage people to self-deport. The “self-deportation” hypothesis is based on the neo-classical theory of immigration. This case study offers an alternate explanation. Interviews with migrants in Jupiter, FL and returned migrants in Mexico suggest that the reasons for return are more complex. Family reunification, access to networks, and changing demographics are all important reasons driving the recent change in Mexican immigration. These findings suggest that the “self-deportation” approach to U.S. immigration policy may be misguided.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003500
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POLITICAL EFFICACY AND POSTMODERN MULTIPLICITY IN ISHMAEL REED’S FLIGHT TO CANADA
Title
POLITICAL EFFICACY AND POSTMODERN MULTIPLICITY IN ISHMAEL REED’S FLIGHT TO CANADA.
Creator
Smith, Janeen Elizabeth, Hess, John J., Steigenga, Timothy J., White, Daniel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
American writer Ishmael Reed defends literature as a mechanism for effective protest and a form of comment on American politics. In his early works, Reed used postmodern aesthetics to destabilize common assumptions about race and politics. Today, Reed continues to grapple with racial inequality, but he has shifted away from postmodern fiction producing mostly essays and reviews. Reed’s use of various mediums to protest political injustice blurs the line between politics and literature. In...
Show moreAmerican writer Ishmael Reed defends literature as a mechanism for effective protest and a form of comment on American politics. In his early works, Reed used postmodern aesthetics to destabilize common assumptions about race and politics. Today, Reed continues to grapple with racial inequality, but he has shifted away from postmodern fiction producing mostly essays and reviews. Reed’s use of various mediums to protest political injustice blurs the line between politics and literature. In this thesis, I will use a textual analysis of Reed’s novel Flight to Canada, interviews with Reed, and literary criticism to argue that Reed utilizes the concept of multiplicity (the state of being various) to impart a political message that adapts to changing political climates. In turn, Reed’s work is intended to influence the reader’s sense of political efficacy by emphasizing the political power of the individual.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003629
Format
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