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Title: Personal dictatorships and the breakdown of authoritarianism: Cuba and the third wave of democratization.
Creator: Velez, Jared., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: From 1974-1990, more than thirty of the world's authoritarian regimes transitioned to democracy in what Samuel Huntington terms the third wave. Sixteen years following the conclusion of the third wave of democratization, the Castro regime remains the official government of the Cuban state. I examine what factors led to the continued existence of the Castro administration. Several factors account for the prolonged tenure of the Castro administration. Fidel was able to increase his political...
Show moreFrom 1974-1990, more than thirty of the world's authoritarian regimes transitioned to democracy in what Samuel Huntington terms the third wave. Sixteen years following the conclusion of the third wave of democratization, the Castro regime remains the official government of the Cuban state. I examine what factors led to the continued existence of the Castro administration. Several factors account for the prolonged tenure of the Castro administration. Fidel was able to increase his political power through the monopolization of information. The ability of the Castro regime to maintain authority was further exacerbated as a result of the country's dependence on Soviet financing, the repositioning of a weakened Catholic Church, contradictory foreign policies of external actors such as the United States, and a powerless civil society.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11576
Subject Headings: Democracy, History, Democratization, Castro, Fidel, 1926-, Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Free markets and free governments in Latin America.
Creator: Rossknecht, Timothy L., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Latin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil...
Show moreLatin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil rights and freedoms, poverty, inequality, and popular support for democratic institutions and practices. The tests were repeated within two in-depth case studies, Argentina and Mexico. In all three cases, neoliberalism was statistically linked with increased political rights and freedom, but failed to improve levels of poverty and inequality, and was shown to be partially responsible for downturns in popular support for democratic institutions (i.e. Parliament) and practices (i.e. labor unions, legal protests).
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11582
Subject Headings: Neoliberalism, Latin America, Economic conditions, Economic stabilization, Social aspects, Democratization, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "...At the ear of Eve": hearing, gender, and the physiology of the fall in John Milton's Paradise lost.
Creator: Pollari, Niina., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The organ of hearing, in John Milton's Paradise Lost, is inextricably connected with both the physical and the spiritual; it is the point of entry through which Satan's words enter Eve's brain, subsequently process, and lead eventually to the fall of mankind. Its symbolic importance is also indisputable, as it is a metaphor for the feminine passivity and penetrability that make Milton's Eve a particularly vulnerable target. There is, however, already a pre-existing connection between the ear...
Show moreThe organ of hearing, in John Milton's Paradise Lost, is inextricably connected with both the physical and the spiritual; it is the point of entry through which Satan's words enter Eve's brain, subsequently process, and lead eventually to the fall of mankind. Its symbolic importance is also indisputable, as it is a metaphor for the feminine passivity and penetrability that make Milton's Eve a particularly vulnerable target. There is, however, already a pre-existing connection between the ear and its role in Paradise Lost. The seventeenth-century medical texts of Milton's contemporaries gender the physiology of the ear and the process of hearing and therefore contribute to its importance in the pivotal temptation scene; that is, the rhetoric surrounding the physiology of the ear is the down fall of humankind in the epic poem. As a result of the dangerous connection between science and language, Milton's characters are already predestined to sin.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11583
Subject Headings: Symbolism in communication, Fall of man, Body, Human, in literature, Literature and science, History
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Title: January 9, 1964, the day of the martyrs: tragedy in Panama at U.S. hands.
Creator: Perry, Tina, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The relationship between the United States and Panama had been a precarious power struggle from 1821 until the Canal Zone reverted to Panamanian control in 1999. In 1903, the United States aided Panama in seceding from Gran Colombia, and both parties signed a treaty allowing the United States to build a canal. The Panamanians were concerned with the sovereignty of the Canal Zone and wanted the Panamanian flag to fly alongside the U.S. flag in the Canal Zone. On January 9, 1964, Panamanian...
Show moreThe relationship between the United States and Panama had been a precarious power struggle from 1821 until the Canal Zone reverted to Panamanian control in 1999. In 1903, the United States aided Panama in seceding from Gran Colombia, and both parties signed a treaty allowing the United States to build a canal. The Panamanians were concerned with the sovereignty of the Canal Zone and wanted the Panamanian flag to fly alongside the U.S. flag in the Canal Zone. On January 9, 1964, Panamanian students rebutted by marching the Panamanian flag into the Canal Zone and rioting broke out. This thesis explores the impact of this violent occurrence in light of the fact that the U.S. media glosses over it, whereas, together with other international events following the riots, it prompted the revision of the canal treaty. Subsequently, a new treaty was signed in 1977, becoming effective almost a hundred years after the creation of the Latin American country.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11584
Subject Headings: Riots, History, Nationalism, History, History, Relations, Relations
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Title: Urban space and the birth of punk.
Creator: Fletcher, Paul., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: While the general public agrees that the Sex Pistols were punk--they were dirty, vile, low-class, and they sang crass lyrics--their aesthetics were originally brought into punk by the New York Dolls, by bringing the street into their performance. The New York Dolls were from the New York City streets; they were mediocre musicians, unglamorous, and not at all phantasmagorical. They removed the hierarchy and the bourgeois elements from their performances that had been established by previous...
Show moreWhile the general public agrees that the Sex Pistols were punk--they were dirty, vile, low-class, and they sang crass lyrics--their aesthetics were originally brought into punk by the New York Dolls, by bringing the street into their performance. The New York Dolls were from the New York City streets; they were mediocre musicians, unglamorous, and not at all phantasmagorical. They removed the hierarchy and the bourgeois elements from their performances that had been established by previous New York City bands like the Velvet Underground--who performed as high-class, elitist artists. The New York Dolls destroyed this hierarchy, allowing the audience to join them. So, all the aesthetics that are associated with punk are the physical, visual, and auditory manifestations of the original scene and unity that began with the New York Dolls.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11586
Subject Headings: Rock musicians, Music, Philosophy and aesthestics, Counterculture, History, Punk rock music, History and criticism, Punk culture, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Touched by the Holy Spirit: the Pentecostalization of Venezuela and the 1998 presidential election.
Creator: Grant, Jensen, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Despite the fact that when surveyed 92.4% of the Venezuelan population self identified as Catholic, a large swath of Venezuelans stand Pentecostalized. Pentecostalization in Venezuela seems to take the form of growth in the Catholic Charismatic Movement. The study shows Châvez gained a majority of those whose self identified affiliation is evangelical as well as a majority of those who hold Pentecostal beliefs. The relationship between religion and voting patterns in the 1998 Venezuelan...
Show moreDespite the fact that when surveyed 92.4% of the Venezuelan population self identified as Catholic, a large swath of Venezuelans stand Pentecostalized. Pentecostalization in Venezuela seems to take the form of growth in the Catholic Charismatic Movement. The study shows Châvez gained a majority of those whose self identified affiliation is evangelical as well as a majority of those who hold Pentecostal beliefs. The relationship between religion and voting patterns in the 1998 Venezuelan Presidential case has not been explored. The study does this, concluding that although Venezuela is by and large Pentecostalized, a desire in political and governmental change was the most salient reasons for Venezuelans when they voted for President in 1998.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11590
Subject Headings: Elections, History, Religion and politics, History, Pentecostalism, History, Pentecostal churches, Presidents, Election, Politics and government
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Title: The commodification and militarization of American public space: from a genealogy of the public to a politics of place.
Creator: Case, Timothy., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites....
Show moreThe history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites. After tracing a genealogy of the public and public space, this thesis will focus on two examples of New Urbanist design that illustrate the corporate nature of community politics: the Disney Corporation's Celebration, Florida and DreamWorks' Playa Vista, California. Discussing the ideological basis for both communities, this thesis will suggest possible lessons to be learned for the creation of a public based on an ethic of common ground made possible by organized resistance to corporate manipulation of place.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11591
Subject Headings: Cities and towns, Regional planning, Sustainable development, Land use, Urban, History
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Title: Spanish River papers, Volume 1 (January 1973), Number 1.
Creator: Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1973, 9999
Subject Headings: History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 2 Numbers 1 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2415803
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 2 Numbers 3 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2415907
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 3 Issues 1 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416013
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 3 Issues 3 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416114
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 4 Issues 1 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416216
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 4 Issues 3 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416324
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 5 Issues 3 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416433
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 6 Issues 1 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416548
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 6 Issues 3 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416654
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 7 Numbers 1 and 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416769
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 7 Numbers 3 and 4.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416868
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

Title: Broward legacy.: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2.
Creator: Broward County Historical Commission
Date Issued: 1976, 9999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/2416977
Subject Headings: History, Periodicals, History
Format: Serial component

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