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Explaining the Support of the British National Party (BNP) in the 1999, 2004, and 2009 European Union Elections
Title
Explaining the Support of the British National Party (BNP) in the 1999, 2004, and 2009 European Union Elections.
Creator
Willis, Jonathan, Kinsey, Barbara, Kim, Myunghee, Wilson, Bruce, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in extreme right Western European parties. Well-established parties such as the National Front (FN) in France, Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok) in Belgium, and Lega Nord in Italy have been scrutinized. However, extreme right parties that have just recently begun to experience electoral successes such as the British National Party (BNP) have received less evaluation and discussion in the literature. Therefore, this study examines the...
Show moreIn the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in extreme right Western European parties. Well-established parties such as the National Front (FN) in France, Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok) in Belgium, and Lega Nord in Italy have been scrutinized. However, extreme right parties that have just recently begun to experience electoral successes such as the British National Party (BNP) have received less evaluation and discussion in the literature. Therefore, this study examines the BNP's electoral fortunes in the European elections of 1999, 2004, and 2009. I explore the support for the BNP using the traditional variables of unemployment, education, income, and immigration. In addition to these variables, I examine how support for other parties present in Great Britain, such as the right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the center-right Conservative Party affects electoral support for the BNP. I find that support for other right-wing parties in Great Britain do exert an influence on BNP electoral fortunes (the UKIP a positive one, and the Conservative Party a negative one). I also find a strong negative link between BNP support and education and a weak positive one between BNP support and unemployment. However, income and immigration rates appear to have no effect on voter support for the BNP.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
CFE0004179, ucf:49068
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004179
Instructor Response to Uncivil Behaviors in the Classroom: An Application of Politeness Theory
Title
Instructor Response to Uncivil Behaviors in the Classroom: An Application of Politeness Theory.
Creator
Yrisarry, Natalie, Miller, Ann, Neuberger, Lindsay, Katt, James, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study examines levels of politeness in real time instructor responses to classroom incivility behaviors. Student participants were randomly assigned to view a video of an instructor responding to either passive or active student incivility behaviors in various ways. The responses were based on politeness theory conceptualizations of avoidance, mid-level politeness, or bald on record responses. A 2 (i.e., passive, active student incivility) x 3 (i.e., avoidance, mid-level, or bald on...
Show moreThis study examines levels of politeness in real time instructor responses to classroom incivility behaviors. Student participants were randomly assigned to view a video of an instructor responding to either passive or active student incivility behaviors in various ways. The responses were based on politeness theory conceptualizations of avoidance, mid-level politeness, or bald on record responses. A 2 (i.e., passive, active student incivility) x 3 (i.e., avoidance, mid-level, or bald on record instructor response) experimental design formed six conditions. High quality video simulations of a classroom environment, portraying one of the six conditions, were created to specifically address these dimensions. Participants took a web based survey and evaluated the instructor with respect to effectiveness, credibility, and impact on student motivation. Results demonstrate students had most positive responses to bald on record instructor responses to active student incivility. When responding to passive student incivility, a less harsh response (i.e., avoidance, mid-level), while not significantly different from a bald on record response, indicate better outcomes. Therefore, in accordance with politeness theory, instructors should consider the level of imposition created by uncivil student behavior when calibrating responses, as student perceptions can be greatly affected. Theoretical and practical considerations as well as avenues for future research are presented.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005746, ucf:50084
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005746
Literature and Marxism: A controversy
Title
Literature and Marxism: A controversy.
Creator
Flores, Angel
Date Issued
c1938
Identifier
1927048, CFDT1927048, ucf:4801
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927048
The New Czechoslovakia: Program of the Provisional Czechoslovak Government
Title
The New Czechoslovakia: Program of the Provisional Czechoslovak Government.
Creator
Ludovy Dennik
Date Issued
c1945
Identifier
2072174, CFDT2072174, ucf:4886
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2072174
Tito's plot against Europe: The story of the Rajk conspiracy
Title
Tito's plot against Europe: The story of the Rajk conspiracy.
Creator
Kartun, Derek
Date Issued
1950
Identifier
1927051, CFDT1927051, ucf:4804
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927051
Trotskyism against world peace
Title
Trotskyism against world peace.
Creator
Browder, Earl
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
2684135, CFDT2684135, ucf:5141
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2684135
Defense policy in the Minneapolis trial.
Title
Defense policy in the Minneapolis trial. 1. A criticism by Grandizo Munis. 2. An answer by James P. Cannon.
Creator
Munis, Grandizo, Cannon, James Patrick
Date Issued
1942
Identifier
2683644, CFDT2683644, ucf:5096
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683644
Rifle rule in Cuba
Title
Rifle rule in Cuba.
Creator
Beals, Carleton, Odets, Clifford, Provisional Committee for Cuba
Date Issued
1935
Identifier
886194, CFDT886194, ucf:5605
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/886194
The architect of socialist society
Title
The architect of socialist society.
Creator
Radek, Karl
Date Issued
c1935
Identifier
369414, CFDT369414, ucf:5437
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369414
Heroic China, fifteen years of the Communist party of China
Title
Heroic China, fifteen years of the Communist party of China.
Creator
Mif, P. (Pavel)
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
370345, CFDT370345, ucf:5478
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370345
The People's Front in France
Title
The People's Front in France.
Creator
Cachin, Marcel, Marty, André Pierre, Thorez, Maurice, Communist International (7th Congress : 1935 : Moscow)
Date Issued
1935
Identifier
370367, CFDT370367, ucf:5480
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370367
Socialism and war
Title
Socialism and war.
Creator
Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich, Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich
Date Issued
1930
Identifier
369433, CFDT369433, ucf:5456
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369433
Programme of the world revolution
Title
Programme of the world revolution.
Creator
Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich
Date Issued
1920
Identifier
358315, CFDT358315, ucf:5193
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/358315
An eye-witness at the wreckers' trial
Title
An eye-witness at the wreckers' trial.
Creator
Darcy, Sam A
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
360093, CFDT360093, ucf:5251
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360093
Crime Against Kansas
Title
The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner. In the Senate of the United States,19th and 20th....
Creator
Sumner, Charles
Date Created
1856
Identifier
DP0012822
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012822
FLORIDA NONPARTISAN TRIAL COURT ELECTIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF VOTER TURNOUT AND BALLOT ROLL-OFF
Title
FLORIDA NONPARTISAN TRIAL COURT ELECTIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF VOTER TURNOUT AND BALLOT ROLL-OFF.
Creator
Fagan, Shannon L, Jewett, Aubrey, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This research explains the variance in voter turnout and ballot roll-off in county and circuit nonpartisan judicial elections in Florida from 2014 and 2016. Based on theory, a collection of constituent (demographic and socioeconomic), candidate, competition, and contextual variables is gathered to construct four regression models. Two full regression models were constructed for turnout and roll-off and analyzed using SPSS software, in addition to two best regression models analyzing five...
Show moreThis research explains the variance in voter turnout and ballot roll-off in county and circuit nonpartisan judicial elections in Florida from 2014 and 2016. Based on theory, a collection of constituent (demographic and socioeconomic), candidate, competition, and contextual variables is gathered to construct four regression models. Two full regression models were constructed for turnout and roll-off and analyzed using SPSS software, in addition to two best regression models analyzing five statistically significant variables found within each full model. Presidential year elections and higher populations age 65 and up had positive impacts on voter turnout, while primary elections, campaign expenditures, and populations of minor (other) party registered voters had statistically significant negative effects on turnout. Increases in ballot roll-off were associated with presidential year elections, and populations with more college degrees, higher median household income, and higher percentages of voters registered with no party affiliation or minor political parties. Roll-off decreased in primary elections. While various contextual, competition, and constituent variables had significant impact on both turnout and roll-off in Florida judicial elections, candidate characteristic variables had no significant impact on differences in voter turnout and ballot roll-off.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000296, ucf:45840
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000296
CURES TO STALLED DEVELOPMENT: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Title
CURES TO STALLED DEVELOPMENT: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
Creator
Thiboutot, Monika, Jungblut, Bernadette, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate some of the contending issues associated with economic underdevelopment in sub-Saharan African states. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the combined effects of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic austerity programs, the increased spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the continuous democratic deficit on the sluggish economic performance within four sub-Saharan African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Botswana and the...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate some of the contending issues associated with economic underdevelopment in sub-Saharan African states. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the combined effects of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic austerity programs, the increased spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the continuous democratic deficit on the sluggish economic performance within four sub-Saharan African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The research questions are: are there any unique political, cultural, and economic issues that underscore and determine the path of sub-Saharan African development? What are the potentials for sub-Saharan Africa going beyond its present state of socioeconomic and political underdevelopment? Can sub-Saharan African nation-states truly claim the 21st century? It is hoped that what is learned from examining the situation in these four countries may be generalizeable to other sub-Saharan African states. This thesis has been written with the conviction that sub-Saharan Africa, although it has missed opportunities over the past thirty years, has not completely closed the door on economic development. Although sub-Saharan African conditions have not favored development and there is no simple solution for sub-Saharan Africa's economic and social ills, there are a number of 'common sense' approaches toward sustainable economic and social development. This thesis examines why sub-Saharan Africa's economic crisis has persevered for three decades, and why efforts to establish and uphold more effective economic policies and functioning public institutions have been so much more difficult in sub-Saharan Africa than elsewhere. My account concentrates on political and institutional factors: I explore how the predicament has progressed over the last thirty years, and the repercussions of the long-term nature of this predicament. The focal purpose is to identify and explain the causes which have kept sub-Saharan Africa for several decades mired in an ostensibly permanent crisis. The general theme of the thesis emphasizes that politics and economics are interconnected in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, the thesis focuses on the changing role of politics and markets in the process of economic development since the 1970s – and prospects for the future of this region.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
CFE0001476, ucf:47086
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001476
EXPLAINING CHURN: MASS SOCIETY, SOCIAL CAPITAL, & COMMUNITY CHURN
Title
EXPLAINING CHURN: MASS SOCIETY, SOCIAL CAPITAL, & COMMUNITY CHURN.
Creator
Edelen, Delores, Wright, James, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Population churn--the population turnover experienced by a community--can have differential effects on a community. Mass society theory suggests that because the churn rate experienced by communities can contribute to their uprooting, fragmentation, and isolation, churn is a potent threat to the stability of our modern day communities. Social capital theory, to the contrary, suggests otherwise. Social capital theory suggests that churn can have positive effects on communities by bringing new...
Show morePopulation churn--the population turnover experienced by a community--can have differential effects on a community. Mass society theory suggests that because the churn rate experienced by communities can contribute to their uprooting, fragmentation, and isolation, churn is a potent threat to the stability of our modern day communities. Social capital theory, to the contrary, suggests otherwise. Social capital theory suggests that churn can have positive effects on communities by bringing new migrants with valuable human capital skills and experiences to communities. These migrants bring to their new communities the potential for creating new jobs, spurring economic development, and for initiating housing starts that expand housing options for the poor and minorities. In so doing, they help create and sustain vibrant, growing modern day communities. Yet in spite of the significant role churn may play in determining the health and viability of modern day communities, it has been overlooked in the migration literature, which is mostly dominated by individual-level research on the causes and effects of migration, particularly the pecuniary benefits to movers. Using county-level data and multivariate analyses, this research seeks to fill this gap in the literature by examining the relationship between the community and churn, from the perspectives provided by social capital and mass society theories.
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Date Issued
2004
Identifier
CFE0000224, ucf:46257
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000224
SAUDI ARABIA AND EXPANSIONIST WAHHABISM
Title
SAUDI ARABIA AND EXPANSIONIST WAHHABISM.
Creator
Baroni, Samiah, Handberg, Roger, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis examines the development of Wahhabism as an ideology into a rapidly expanding, transportable, contemporary Islamic political system. Serving as the territorial foundation, individuals maintain allegiance to Makkah, the center of the Islamic world, through symbolic Islamic prayer. Along with a central, globally financed economic distributive mechanism, and Wahhabi social and educational institutions emerging from the traditional mosque, Wahhabism serves the demand for an Islamic...
Show moreThis thesis examines the development of Wahhabism as an ideology into a rapidly expanding, transportable, contemporary Islamic political system. Serving as the territorial foundation, individuals maintain allegiance to Makkah, the center of the Islamic world, through symbolic Islamic prayer. Along with a central, globally financed economic distributive mechanism, and Wahhabi social and educational institutions emerging from the traditional mosque, Wahhabism serves the demand for an Islamic political system in a late capitalist world. Wahhabism is fluid within contemporary dynamic political systems and rapidly changing international relations. Wahhabism continues to expand at a global level, at times, providing a foundation for new forms of contemporary terrorism.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
CFE0001005, ucf:46838
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001005
"This Stuff Is Finished": Amiri Baraka's Renunciation of the Ghosts of White Women and Homosexuals Past
Title
"This Stuff Is Finished": Amiri Baraka's Renunciation of the Ghosts of White Women and Homosexuals Past.
Creator
Stone-Lawrence, Susan, Rusnock, Joseph, Harris, Lani, Listengarten, Julia, Boyd, Belinda, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study examines auto/biographical, theoretical, critical, literary, and dramatic works by and about LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, primarily focusing on the eruption of (")Hate Whitey(") sentiment and rhetoric that characterized a decadelong cultural nationalist phase of the henceforth self-declaredly Black poet-playwright's career. As a black militant, LeRoi Jones left his white wife and other white associates in Greenwich Village, moved to Harlem, changed his name to Amiri Baraka, converted...
Show moreThis study examines auto/biographical, theoretical, critical, literary, and dramatic works by and about LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, primarily focusing on the eruption of (")Hate Whitey(") sentiment and rhetoric that characterized a decadelong cultural nationalist phase of the henceforth self-declaredly Black poet-playwright's career. As a black militant, LeRoi Jones left his white wife and other white associates in Greenwich Village, moved to Harlem, changed his name to Amiri Baraka, converted to Islam, and started the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. This thesis contends that Baraka's Black Arts Movement era plays emphasize negation of the value of white women and gay men, who had formed his most intimate prior cohorts, and use extreme imagery to malign, belittle, and abjure representatives of both groups as evil, ridiculous, and disgusting archetypes in an attempt to affirm the political stance of the author and preempt doubt about his level of commitment to his chosen cause during that period. Through these plays written from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, Baraka denies his own personal history and appears to protest too much the virtues of corrective Afrocentric relationships which his works fail to affirm as much as he condemns their alternatives. However, after the purgative effect of these revolutionary works, Baraka's evolution arrived at a place where he could once again acknowledge and promote a diverse equality that included respect for the partners and peers he had abnegated. Conclusions of this research suggest connections between the personal implications of Baraka's individual journey and prominent themes stressed in the broader field of identity politics. ?
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFE0005062, ucf:49948
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005062

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