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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: THE CHAIRMEN OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION: THEIR CONCEPT OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
Creator: DUL, KATHLEEN., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research is to investigate the concepts of representation and the public interest. The specific focus is on the Chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission from 1934 to the present. The basic proposition states that when the Chairman was favorable to the broadcast industry, he would espouse a Self- Regulatory philosophy in which government regulation of the industry was at a minimum. Two types of data were used: socioeconomic data and the Chairmen's statements...
Show moreThe purpose of this research is to investigate the concepts of representation and the public interest. The specific focus is on the Chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission from 1934 to the present. The basic proposition states that when the Chairman was favorable to the broadcast industry, he would espouse a Self- Regulatory philosophy in which government regulation of the industry was at a minimum. Two types of data were used: socioeconomic data and the Chairmen's statements concerning the public interest. The Chairmen ' s perceptions of the public interest were categorized in terms of their philosophical orientations and the extent of government control they deemed necessary to implement their philosophies . The two types of data were studied in order to obtain a profile of the Chairmen and to examine their perceptions of the public interest as they related to their socio- economic data. The study concluded that the Chairmen's legal training (82 per cent are lawyers) accounted for an attitude of medition and conciliation which carried over into the way they represented the public interest. While most Chairmen espouse a Self-Regulatory philosophy, the more recent Chairmen perceive the need for a stronger government with positive rule-making powers to regulate industry.
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Date Issued: 1971
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13465
Subject Headings: United States--Federal Communications Commission--History
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Title: INTRAGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ASPECTS OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator: DAVIS, NOREEN SNYDERMAN., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis was prepared to ascertain how the activities of the county, state, and federal governments, affected the attitudes of top level Broward County officials who have formal responsibilities in the area of water pollution control in Broward County. Their attitudes were determined by their responses to questions on intra-governmental and intergovernmental cooperation in both general and specific areas. The specific areas were: program development and/or implementation, sharing...
Show moreThis thesis was prepared to ascertain how the activities of the county, state, and federal governments, affected the attitudes of top level Broward County officials who have formal responsibilities in the area of water pollution control in Broward County. Their attitudes were determined by their responses to questions on intra-governmental and intergovernmental cooperation in both general and specific areas. The specific areas were: program development and/or implementation, sharing information, sharing equipment, sharing manpower, sharing funding. The findings showed that in both the general and specific areas, county officials felt the intra-county relationship to be cooperative. In all categories but that of funding, the intra-county cooperative ratings were equal to or higher than the inter-level ratings. The high intra-county cooperative rating was attributed to the homogeneity of the respondents, and to their perceptions of the nature of the county, state, and federal water pollution control programs.
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Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13474
Subject Headings: Water--Pollution--Florida--Broward County, Broward County (Fla)--Officials and employees--Attitudes
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Title: RECREATION AS AN ISSUE OF URBAN PUBLIC POLICY IN TWELVE SOUTH FLORIDA MUNICIPALITIES.
Creator: BERTALAN, JOHN J., Florida Atlantic University, DeGrove, John M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis was undertaken to empirically investigate the reason or reasons for some municipalities to pursue a "high effort" per capita allocation for recreation while proximate communities demonstrate a "low effort." Twelve communities along the Florida Gold Coast satisfied four criteria and were selected in this comparative study, including Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Beach. Comparable per capita recreation allocations were computed from the adopted 1971- 72 municipal budgets....
Show moreThis thesis was undertaken to empirically investigate the reason or reasons for some municipalities to pursue a "high effort" per capita allocation for recreation while proximate communities demonstrate a "low effort." Twelve communities along the Florida Gold Coast satisfied four criteria and were selected in this comparative study, including Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Beach. Comparable per capita recreation allocations were computed from the adopted 1971- 72 municipal budgets. The Spearman rank order statistical test was performed on twelve demographic, social and economic independent variables to measure their association with the per capita allocations for recreation. Results: the percentage of the population with an income of $15,000 or more, and the tax quotient independent variables were positively associated, whereas the density and percentage of population 18 and under independent variables were negatively associated with the per capita recreation allocation.
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Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13495
Subject Headings: Recreation--Florida--Management, Recreation--Economic aspects--Florida
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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
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Title: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AS SEEN BY FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATORS: LAND-USE AND WATER RESOURCE PROBLEMS.
Creator: HAMM, KEITH EDWARD., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The major purposes of this study are (1) to ascertain legislators' perceptions of intergovernmental relations for policy issues and (2) to seek an explanation for these perceptions. The central focus of this thesis is on the 1972 Florida Legislature. Specifically, the focus is on the legislators' perceptions with regard to land use and water resource problems in Florida.
Date Issued: 1973
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13572
Subject Headings: Legislators--Florida--Attitudes, Land use--Law and legislation--Florida, Water resources development--Law and legislation--Florida, Water--Pollution--Law and legislation--Florida
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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
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Title: A NEW FOCUS FOR THE STUDY OF PERSONAL INFLUENCE: PUBLIC SCHOOL DESEGREGATION.
Creator: ATHOS, DEBORAH E., Florida Atlantic University, Gatlin, Douglas S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this thesis was to test hypotheses associated with the "two-step flow of communication." The uniqueness of this study rests in the new type of issue used as a data base--public school desegregation. This study relied on a larger effort by Drs. Douglas S. Gatlin, Everett F. Cataldo, and Micheal W. Giles in which over 6,000 respondents from eight Florida counties were interviewed. The extremely narrow context of personal influence and the overwhelming importance of personal...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis was to test hypotheses associated with the "two-step flow of communication." The uniqueness of this study rests in the new type of issue used as a data base--public school desegregation. This study relied on a larger effort by Drs. Douglas S. Gatlin, Everett F. Cataldo, and Micheal W. Giles in which over 6,000 respondents from eight Florida counties were interviewed. The extremely narrow context of personal influence and the overwhelming importance of personal experiences in explaining why people change their minds suggest that successful community adjustment to integrated schooling will become a reality only through careful re-evaluation of existing desegregation policy.
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Date Issued: 1974
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13657
Subject Headings: Segregation in education, Communication--Research
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Title: PREDICTING INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIOR: THE EMPIRICAL RELEVANCE OF FIVE THEORIES.
Creator: BAKER, ROGER JOHN., Florida Atlantic University, Vincent, Jack E., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This study empirically tests two new theories of international relations elaborated by Jack E. Vincent as "Relative Status-Field Theory" and "Distance Theory." The findings are compared with empirical results for R. J. Rummel's "Attribute," "Social Field," and "Status-Field" Theories. The cowman philosophical foundation of the theories is discussed, and the basic assumptions and expectations of each theory are specified. The data and methodological procedures necessary for testing the...
Show moreThis study empirically tests two new theories of international relations elaborated by Jack E. Vincent as "Relative Status-Field Theory" and "Distance Theory." The findings are compared with empirical results for R. J. Rummel's "Attribute," "Social Field," and "Status-Field" Theories. The cowman philosophical foundation of the theories is discussed, and the basic assumptions and expectations of each theory are specified. The data and methodological procedures necessary for testing the theories are considered. Suggestions for further theoretical development and testing are given. An elementary knowledge of statistics is required, although some knowledge of multi-variate analysis would be helpful.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13697
Subject Headings: International relations--Research
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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
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Title: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY POWER AND THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL STYLE ON PUBLIC POLICY.
Creator: MANUEL, JOHN WILLIAM, III., Florida Atlantic University, DeGrove, John M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes the anatomy of political power in a small urbanized community. In addition, it relates the effects of political style or typology of power to public policy decisions affecting the community. The study is unique in that it analyzes the various power structures from a developmental approach relating to such variables as degree of partisan political activity and demographic characteristics. The research revealed that power structures may change over time and that various...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the anatomy of political power in a small urbanized community. In addition, it relates the effects of political style or typology of power to public policy decisions affecting the community. The study is unique in that it analyzes the various power structures from a developmental approach relating to such variables as degree of partisan political activity and demographic characteristics. The research revealed that power structures may change over time and that various political styles are significantly related to public policy decisions.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13734
Subject Headings: Municipal government--United States--Case studies
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Title: HETEROGENEITY, ELECTORAL COMPETITIVENESS AND CONGRESSIONAL VOTING BEHAVIOR.
Creator: WIENER, DON EDWARD., Florida Atlantic University, Huckshorn, Robert J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This represents a study of the relationships between congressional district demographic characteristics, electoral competitiveness and representative voting behavior. Census data is used to compute heterogeneity scores for all congressional districts. Literature dealing with the effect of urbanization on electoral competitiveness and studies on the impact of competitiveness on congressional voting behavior are discussed. A hypothesis on the relationship between heterogeneity and electoral...
Show moreThis represents a study of the relationships between congressional district demographic characteristics, electoral competitiveness and representative voting behavior. Census data is used to compute heterogeneity scores for all congressional districts. Literature dealing with the effect of urbanization on electoral competitiveness and studies on the impact of competitiveness on congressional voting behavior are discussed. A hypothesis on the relationship between heterogeneity and electoral voting behavior is presented. Two hypotheses on the relationships between heterogeneity and congressional voting behavior are presented. Congressional behavior is measured by party unity and conservativeness. Correlational techniques arc used to study all three suggested relationships and some knowledge of such techniques is advised.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13744
Subject Headings: United States--Congress--House--Election districts
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Title: URBAN INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY PROGRAMS: A CASE STUDY OF JEWISH INSURGENCY IN PALESTINE, 1943-1948.
Creator: SIMON, RONALD DAVID, Florida Atlantic University, Stetson, Dorothy M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This paper explores the phenomenon of urban insurgent warfare. A case study concerning the use of urban insurgent and counter-urban insurgent warfare in Palestine by the British Mandatory Government and Jewish urban insurgent organizations (the Irgun Zvei Leumi and the Lohmey Heruth Israel) from 1943 to 1948 is employed as a means to both test and create hypotheses concerning the use of urban insurgent and counter-insurgent warfare. The Palestine case is reviewed and then classified within...
Show moreThis paper explores the phenomenon of urban insurgent warfare. A case study concerning the use of urban insurgent and counter-urban insurgent warfare in Palestine by the British Mandatory Government and Jewish urban insurgent organizations (the Irgun Zvei Leumi and the Lohmey Heruth Israel) from 1943 to 1948 is employed as a means to both test and create hypotheses concerning the use of urban insurgent and counter-insurgent warfare. The Palestine case is reviewed and then classified within the terminology of revolutionary change. The terms revolution, revolutionary war, guerrilla warfare and insurgent terrorism are defined for the above purpose. T he Palestine case is shown to be an example of urban guerrilla revolutionary warfare. The traditional hypothesis concerning the ability of an urban insurgent organization to operate against the repressive abilities of a modern government is presented and shown to be in contradiction to the historical data of the Palestine case. New hypotheses are then formulated to account for the events of the Palestine case. The Palestine case is analyzed as to both the reasons for the failure of the governmental counter-urban insurgent campaign and the reasons for the success of urban insurgent actions in Palestine.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13778
Subject Headings: Insurgency--Palestine--History--1917-1948
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Title: DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF SENATORS' ROLL-CALL VOTING POSITIONS ON FOREIGN AID LEGISLATION, 1947-1974.
Creator: DEMACK, GARY CLARK., Florida Atlantic University, Gatlin, Douglas S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: Political scientists have attempted to determine why legislators vote as they do on proposed legislation. An integral part of this research is how selected demographic characteristics influence legislators on roll-call votes. Party, region, and senators' service on the Foreign Relations Committee are found here to be related to senators' votes on foreign aid legislation, the issue perhaps most representative of voting on foreign policy in general. While these relationships are significant in...
Show morePolitical scientists have attempted to determine why legislators vote as they do on proposed legislation. An integral part of this research is how selected demographic characteristics influence legislators on roll-call votes. Party, region, and senators' service on the Foreign Relations Committee are found here to be related to senators' votes on foreign aid legislation, the issue perhaps most representative of voting on foreign policy in general. While these relationships are significant in several sessions of the Congresses studied here, none of them remain statistically significant throughout the eight sessions of the four Congresses studied. Even where significant relationships have been hypothesized here on the basis of past research findings, findings from the present study do not altogether support earlier findings. In particular, service on the Foreign Relations Committee ceases to be a significant determinant in later sessions and representing Eastern states is the strongest regional determinant.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13800
Subject Headings: Legislators--United States, Economic assistance--Law and legislation, Voting
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Title: THE ETHNIC DILEMMA: A CASE STUDY OF PATHAN REGIONALISM IN PAKISTAN.
Creator: KHAN, SYED MAHMOOD., Florida Atlantic University, Wright, Gerald C. Jr., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The study begins with the hypothesis that economic and political variables are the salient determinants of ethnic conflicts in developing societies. The purposes of the thesis are threefold: (1) to explore the influence of inequitable revenue allocations and unequal distribution of political power among ethnic groups of Pakistan; (2) to assess the influence of elites on the political development of that polyethnic society; and (3) to identify the alternatives open to elites in dealing with...
Show moreThe study begins with the hypothesis that economic and political variables are the salient determinants of ethnic conflicts in developing societies. The purposes of the thesis are threefold: (1) to explore the influence of inequitable revenue allocations and unequal distribution of political power among ethnic groups of Pakistan; (2) to assess the influence of elites on the political development of that polyethnic society; and (3) to identify the alternatives open to elites in dealing with the problem of political integration raised by Pathan regionalism in Pakistan. Literature dealing with the elite approach to such problems and the outcomes of such approaches are examined. Elite attitudes and structures of their approaches to similar conflicts in other developing societies were related to problems of political integration in Pakistan. Drawing on this discussion the conclusion outlines certain alternative options and their probable outcome for the task of national integration in Pakistan.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13808
Subject Headings: Pakistan--Politics and government
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Title: COUNTY GOVERNMENT: SOME PERCEPTIONS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Creator: SPEARING, JAMES MONTGOMERY., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis deals with the effects of environmental, biographical and internal structure variables on the policy roles, intergovernmental relations and cohesiveness in decision- making of Florida and Georgia county commissioners. The principal data for this study were derived from a mail questionaire survey of county commissioners. These data, along with selected biographic and demographic data, were drawn from a more extensive research effort by Dr. Robert D. Thomas, Associate Professor of...
Show moreThis thesis deals with the effects of environmental, biographical and internal structure variables on the policy roles, intergovernmental relations and cohesiveness in decision- making of Florida and Georgia county commissioners. The principal data for this study were derived from a mail questionaire survey of county commissioners. These data, along with selected biographic and demographic data, were drawn from a more extensive research effort by Dr. Robert D. Thomas, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University. The findings of this study suggest that urbanization, modernization and reforms of the internal structure of county governments have not had a significant effect on the perceived policy roles or intergovernmental relations of county commissioners or on their perceived cohesiveness in voting on county issues.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13815
Subject Headings: County government--Florida, County government--Georgia, County officials and employees--Florida, County officials and employees--Georgia
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Title: TOWARD A MORE RESPONSIBLE USE OF UNIDIMENSIONAL DETERMINISTIC SCALING.
Creator: HERB, JAMES ALLAN., Florida Atlantic University, Thomas, Robert D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of employing unidimensional deterministic scaling in a multidimensional probabilistic world. The best known unidimensional deterministic scaling method is Guttman scaling. The scope of inquiry is limited to scaling with four dichotomous scale items. As a consequence of this examination, the paper offers two contributions to the study of scaling. First, it identifies two paradoxes of existing unidimensional deterministic scaling methods....
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of employing unidimensional deterministic scaling in a multidimensional probabilistic world. The best known unidimensional deterministic scaling method is Guttman scaling. The scope of inquiry is limited to scaling with four dichotomous scale items. As a consequence of this examination, the paper offers two contributions to the study of scaling. First, it identifies two paradoxes of existing unidimensional deterministic scaling methods. Second, it suggests a general framework, called segment analysis, from which to approach unidimensional deterministic scaling with dichotomous scale items.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13826
Subject Headings: Psychometrics, Scale analysis (Psychology)
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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
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Title: GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIVENESS AND RIOT CONDUCIVENESS: THE IMPACT OF ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE ON URBAN RIOTS.
Creator: WEINBERGER, ELEANOR., Florida Atlantic University, Giles, Michael W., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes the legal institutional structure of the urban community, as symbolized by the police, to determine if differences in the capacity to function effectively was a significant factor in the urban racial violence of the mid-1960's. Performance capacity was operationalized by the following objective measures for pre-riot "normal" times: quality of manpower potential, municipal governmental structure, confrontation potential, and potential resources of the community. Additional...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the legal institutional structure of the urban community, as symbolized by the police, to determine if differences in the capacity to function effectively was a significant factor in the urban racial violence of the mid-1960's. Performance capacity was operationalized by the following objective measures for pre-riot "normal" times: quality of manpower potential, municipal governmental structure, confrontation potential, and potential resources of the community. Additional independent variables were the city's total population and socio-economic measures of absolute and relative deprivation. Although the results were not conclusive, only a community's confrontation potential, potential resources , and total population size were found to significantly contribute to an explanation of a community's riot potential.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13900
Subject Headings: Riot control, Riots, United States--Race relations
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Title: THE EFFECT AND IMPACT ON EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.
Creator: SAVIA, STEVEN ALFRED., Florida Atlantic University, Gatlin, Douglas S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: Congress, through enactment of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, has injected management tools and techniques into it's division of the labor of the budgetary process. This has changed the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government in regard to the budgetary process. Previous to the 1974 budget reform, Congress had altered the budgetary process significantly in 1921, giving extensive responsibility in budget preparation to the...
Show moreCongress, through enactment of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, has injected management tools and techniques into it's division of the labor of the budgetary process. This has changed the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government in regard to the budgetary process. Previous to the 1974 budget reform, Congress had altered the budgetary process significantly in 1921, giving extensive responsibility in budget preparation to the President and his staff. While during the succeeding years the Executive branch had utilized new management tools and techniques in budget preparation, the same could not be said for t.he legislative branch in budget evaluation. Two attempts at reform, in 1946 and also in 1950, failed and criticism continued. After a confrontation with President Nixon in the early 1970's Congress moved to create the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13922
Subject Headings: Budget--United States, United States--Appropriations and expenditures
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