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Title: Civil government in Florida under state and federal constitutions.
Creator: Yocum, Wilbur Fisk, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Examines and explains the articles and sections of the Constitution of the State of Florida for the purpose of providing instruction on civil government. This is followed by a briefer examination of the Constitution of the United States. Each part includes a "Topical analysis" which arranges the provisions of the constitutions according to subject matter.
Date Issued: 1905
Identifier: AAA6250QF00004/30/200308/12/200320964BfamIa D0QF, ONICF169- 0, FCLA url 20030810xOCLC, 52834001, CF00001607, 2569630, ucf:12770
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001607.jpg

Title: Speech of Hon. William A. Howard of Michigan.
Creator: Howard, William Alanson
Date Created: 1858-03-23
Identifier: DP0012824
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012824

Title: Examining presence and influence of linguistic characteristics in the Twitter discourse surrounding the women's right to drive movement in Saudi Arabia.
Creator: Sahly, Abdulsamad, Kinnally, William, Neuberger, Lindsay, Miller, Ann, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been popular tools for social and political movements in non-democratic societies in which traditional media outlets are under government control. Activists in Saudi Arabia, particularly women, have launched several campaigns through social media to demand the right to drive for women. This study used framing theory as the foundation for looking at the degree to which cognitive, emotion, and religious or moral language has been used to...
Show moreSocial media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been popular tools for social and political movements in non-democratic societies in which traditional media outlets are under government control. Activists in Saudi Arabia, particularly women, have launched several campaigns through social media to demand the right to drive for women. This study used framing theory as the foundation for looking at the degree to which cognitive, emotion, and religious or moral language has been used to frame discussion of this issue on Twitter. Additionally, this study observed the relationship between these linguistic attributes in Twitter and retweeting behavior to understand the characteristics of the discourse that relate to the potential influence of the message. The results suggested that, within the sociopolitical discussion in social media, cognitive language was expressed the most often, particularly insight and causation language. The results also suggested that tweets containing cognitive language are more likely to be retweeted than those with emotion language. However, among the components of cognitive and emotion language, anger was the strongest specific predictor of retweeting behavior. The implications of the presence of linguistic attributes and their relationship to retweeting behavior and suggestions for future communication research within the context of social and political movements are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFE0006386, ucf:51535
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006386

Title: Manifesto of the Fourth International to the workers and peasants of India.
Creator: Fourth International, Socialist Workers Party
Date Issued: 1942
Identifier: 2669153, CFDT2669153, ucf:4996
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669153

Title: The war in Vietnam.
Creator: Deane, Hugh
Date Issued: c1963
Identifier: 2660257, CFDT2660257, ucf:4976
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660257

Title: The Cuban episode and the American press: April 9-23, 1961.
Creator: Mintz, Norbert L
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 2660249, CFDT2660249, ucf:4972
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660249

Title: History will absolve me.
Creator: Castro, Fidel
Date Issued: c1961
Identifier: 677395, CFDT677395, ucf:5600
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/677395

Title: China and the U. S. A.
Creator: Browder, Earl Russell
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: 361645, CFDT361645, ucf:5264
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/361645

Title: From socialism to communism in the Soviet Union: Report on the work of the Central Committee to the Eighteenth Congress of the C.P.S.U.(B.) delivered March 10, 1939.
Creator: Stalin, Joseph, T︠S︡K KPSS
Date Issued: 1939
Identifier: 2180034, CFDT2180034, ucf:4933
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2180034

Title: Problems of the development of the U. S. S. R: Draft of the thesis of the International left opposition on the Russian question.
Creator: Trotsky, Leon, Lewitt, Morris, Shachtman, Max
Date Issued: 1931
Identifier: 367857, CFDT367857, ucf:5364
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/367857

Title: The New phase in the Soviet Union: Report to the enlarged Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, February 25, 1930.
Creator: Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, Communist International Executive Committee
Date Issued: 1931
Identifier: 369422, CFDT369422, ucf:5445
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369422

Title: The world situation, the internal and international position of the Soviet Union.
Creator: TSK KPSS, Stalin, Joseph, Kommunisticheskaiia partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza
Date Issued: c1934
Identifier: 369238, CFDT369238, ucf:5407
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369238

Title: EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE IN SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATOR RUBIO IN THE 2016 ELECTION IN FLORIDA.
Creator: Miguez Devesa, Florencia, Jewett, Aubrey, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: What explains the difference between the county level vote received by President Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio in the 2016 Florida general election? Over the last couple of decades, Florida has earned a reputation for being a highly competitive state that impacts control of the White House and congress. As Florida's electorate becomes increasingly diverse, will the Democratic Party begin to win more often as their usual base grows, or will the Republican Party figure out a way to...
Show moreWhat explains the difference between the county level vote received by President Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio in the 2016 Florida general election? Over the last couple of decades, Florida has earned a reputation for being a highly competitive state that impacts control of the White House and congress. As Florida's electorate becomes increasingly diverse, will the Democratic Party begin to win more often as their usual base grows, or will the Republican Party figure out a way to remain competitive? The 2016 general election presents an opportunity to analyze the structure of support for two Republican candidates who represent different paths for the future of the Republican Party: Trump, who won Florida by just one percent, and seemingly alienated Hispanics and women with his comments and policy proposals; or Rubio, who won by about eight percent, a Cuban-American thought to be a fresh voice for the GOP and a bridge to Hispanic voters. Regression analysis is used to examine support for Trump and Rubio and also the difference in support between the candidates. The results indicate Trump did better in counties with larger percentages of lower educated whites, lower income households, and higher unemployment rate. Rubio performed better than Trump in counties with larger numbers of Cuban and non-Cuban Hispanics, women, and voters not registered with either major party. These results suggest that Democrats may gain ground in Florida over time if the Trump wing of the GOP takes over the party and if current population trends continue.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: CFH2000373, ucf:45781
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000373

Title: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DOMESTIC IMPLICATIONS.
Creator: Serrano, Manuel A, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The intent for this thesis is to explain and inform the process of the Iranian Nuclear Program throughout the last decades. The stand of the Islamic Republic of Iran has brought very delicate issues and confrontations to the international community. This thesis discusses the history of key countries that play an important part into developing the Iranian nuclear program. These countries being the United States, Israel, Russia and other countries part of the UN Security Council. This thesis...
Show moreThe intent for this thesis is to explain and inform the process of the Iranian Nuclear Program throughout the last decades. The stand of the Islamic Republic of Iran has brought very delicate issues and confrontations to the international community. This thesis discusses the history of key countries that play an important part into developing the Iranian nuclear program. These countries being the United States, Israel, Russia and other countries part of the UN Security Council. This thesis also attempts to analyze and focuses on the domestic policies the government of Iran and its people have interacted with the nuclear deal. The nuclear deal between the UN Security Council members and the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown an array of acceptance and rejection within, specially, the United States, Arab countries in the region and Israel. The implementations of the solution to future confrontation are probably the main ideal to a healthy international community who can adapt to new measures and policies to a safer world. Using classical realist theory, based on Hans J. Morgenthau realist theory, the Iranian nuclear program could be explained with a different perspective. There are other international relations theories that could help explaining Iran's government behavior and how it interacts with the international community. Iran's move in the past years has shown progress towards the international community and has lowered the potential military action against Iran. Some countries like Israel continue on the dissatisfaction against the nuclear deal signed by Iran and the UN Security Council member countries. This thesis will show the behavior the country of Iran has had towards other countries based on their domestic policy.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFH2000137, ucf:45961
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000137

Title: WHITE OPINIONS OF UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION: TESTING RIVAL HYPOTHESES, 2004.
Creator: Bulkley, Celeste, Knuckey, Jonathan, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Few issues in the contemporary American political and social environments are as salient and emotionally charged as the debate over immigration. The thesis tests several competing hypotheses concerning the determinants of public opinion – among white respondents – on immigration issues. These include: the contextual considerations of southern residence and proximity to large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, as well as the individual-level factors of economic insecurity, political...
Show moreFew issues in the contemporary American political and social environments are as salient and emotionally charged as the debate over immigration. The thesis tests several competing hypotheses concerning the determinants of public opinion – among white respondents – on immigration issues. These include: the contextual considerations of southern residence and proximity to large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, as well as the individual-level factors of economic insecurity, political knowledge, national identity, group pride, and racism. Using data from the 2004 American National Election Study, the thesis provides a critical test of the competing hypotheses using multivariate analysis. Furthermore, conditional relationships are posited, facilitating a more refined analysis of the structure of attitudes on immigration issues. The results indicate that racism, group pride, symbolic patriotism, ideology, and isolationism are the most consistent and significant predictors of immigration policy preferences. The use of four distinct dependent variable questions also highlights the inconsistency in public opinion regarding immigration and the division between public perception of documented and undocumented entries. Future research should focus on the interrelationship between variables that are used by the individual to define group associations, as well as the change in national and personal identity brought about by the events of September 11th, 2001.
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Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: CFE0001407, ucf:47075
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001407

Title: ADAPTIVE SELF-REGULATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS: INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION.
Creator: Howell, Sharon, Peggy D. Dwyer, Robin W. Roberts, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate whether or not perceptions of organizational politics mediate the relationships between accountants' personality and interpersonal traits and their perceptions of a superior's leadership ability and performance. An accountant who has a higher degree of confidence in his or her superior's abilities is more likely to be committed to a given project, resulting in a better project outcome. This benefits the client and ultimately society as a...
Show moreThe purpose of this dissertation is to investigate whether or not perceptions of organizational politics mediate the relationships between accountants' personality and interpersonal traits and their perceptions of a superior's leadership ability and performance. An accountant who has a higher degree of confidence in his or her superior's abilities is more likely to be committed to a given project, resulting in a better project outcome. This benefits the client and ultimately society as a whole. This study contributes to the accounting and psychology literatures because extant research views perceptions of leadership ability and performance from the perspective of the individual agent, with little or no recognition that social action and interaction shape and mold both the individual agent's actions and perceptions of those actions. Perceived leadership and perceived performance are important in accounting for several reasons. First, individuals act in part in relation and response to the expectations of others. Thus, the perception of effective leadership and performance is gained by meeting the expectations of others. Secondly, accountants with reputations for effectiveness have been found to be more successful in their careers. Finally, the reputation for effectiveness in performance and leadership ability has been shown to increase those abilities. This study draws on the adaptive self-regulation framework as well as other theoretical models of perceived performance. The study results indicate that certain manageable personality, interpersonal, and contextual variables affect how accountants view the level of organizational politics within the workplace. In turn, the accountant's view of the organizations' politics is shown to very strongly affect how the accountant perceives his or her superiors' performance and leadership ability.
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Date Issued: 2005
Identifier: CFE0000507, ucf:46458
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000507

Title: DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF BRAZIL IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
Creator: Ribeiro, Henrique, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: As Brazil develops into the first South American world power many changes in its society, economy and political system are necessary for a successful transformation. Nevertheless this is no easy task as the country battles corruption, vast inequality and a severe problem with freedom of information within the media. For decades the Brazilian mainstream media has been controlled by elite political forces together with elite families influencing and controlling many factors that are responsible...
Show moreAs Brazil develops into the first South American world power many changes in its society, economy and political system are necessary for a successful transformation. Nevertheless this is no easy task as the country battles corruption, vast inequality and a severe problem with freedom of information within the media. For decades the Brazilian mainstream media has been controlled by elite political forces together with elite families influencing and controlling many factors that are responsible for social, economic and political development. As new developments and implementations in the last fifteen years have been ongoing within Brazil, such as welfare programs, social reforms, hosting of international sporting events and the emergence and popularity of social networking technology, millions within the Brazilian Nation have been able to ascend out of poverty and into a new era of diversity of information, political participation and greater awareness of the problems within their own society. The time has finally come of when the Brazilian people have the ability to react and mobilize against the forces and factors that for decades have perpetuated several unfavorable conditions within Brazil.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: CFH0004897, ucf:45411
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004897

Title: COGNITIVE THEORY: A QUALITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE BARACK H.OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
Creator: Urbanovich, Shelley, David, Houghton, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Although Republicans and Democrats frequently disagree ideologically, the leaders of both parties share one commonality in particular - they inevitably make flawed judgments. To adequately understand the extent to which psychological filters act as a fundamental factor in decision making, this thesis shall analyze current political events and observe how partisans within both administrations deal with information incompatible with their own values and beliefs. Specifically referencing the war...
Show moreAlthough Republicans and Democrats frequently disagree ideologically, the leaders of both parties share one commonality in particular - they inevitably make flawed judgments. To adequately understand the extent to which psychological filters act as a fundamental factor in decision making, this thesis shall analyze current political events and observe how partisans within both administrations deal with information incompatible with their own values and beliefs. Specifically referencing the war in Iraq, weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), civil unrest, national security, the national economic climate, and the housing market, this study examines the way leaders deal differently with conflicting information. Although all subjects in the latter shall be discussed, the primary focus is directed towards weapons of mass destruction during the Bush administration and the economic climate during the Obama administration. During their presidencies, both administrations faced different circumstances and congruently possessed different ideologies in respect of how to resolve current problems. Therefore, both President Obama and Bush shall equally be observed in order to adequately compare the extent to which each succumbs to cognitive biases when faced with dissonant information. In addition, groupthink theory, schema theory, and self-justification shall be discussed as complimentary forces which impair political members' decisions. Overall, qualitatively assessing both Republican and Democratic parties in one comprehensive examination breaks the bounds of usual political science studies because both partisans are linked more by their similarities than differences.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: CFH0004199, ucf:44813
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004199

Title: Predicting Gun Ownership in America: Birth Cohort, Political Views, and Attitudes Towards Gun Control Legislation.
Creator: Adams, Jared, Gay, David, Donley, Amy, Corzine, Harold, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: With mass shootings occurring with frightening regularity, research into gun ownership behavior is becoming increasingly important for public policy creation and public safety. While extant research tells us that firearm ownership is woven deep into the historical fabric of American culture, scholarship has yet to fully explore predictors for gun ownership. Employing 2015 Pew Research Center political survey data, this study examines the predictive effects of birth cohort, political ideology,...
Show moreWith mass shootings occurring with frightening regularity, research into gun ownership behavior is becoming increasingly important for public policy creation and public safety. While extant research tells us that firearm ownership is woven deep into the historical fabric of American culture, scholarship has yet to fully explore predictors for gun ownership. Employing 2015 Pew Research Center political survey data, this study examines the predictive effects of birth cohort, political ideology, and attitudes towards gun control legislation on gun ownership, with and without controls, using hierarchical binary logistic regression models. The presented models examine three separate cohorts: The Millennials, Generation X, and the Baby Boomers. Findings reveal that Millennials, liberal political ideology, attitudes which stress the importance of controlling, as opposed to protecting, gun ownership are significantly less likely to own a firearm. Furthermore, gender, household income, population density, southern residency, and race were also found to significantly influence gun ownership. Implications, limitations, and recommendations for future research are also discussed. While this research cannot perfectly predict individual gun ownership, it does effectively highlight several important facts to consider. From the fog of media speculation, political grandstanding, and overly simplistic and unwarranted assumptions, the results of this study bring into full view the inherent complexity of American gun ownership.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: CFE0006706, ucf:51913
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006706

Title: RAWLS'S THEORY OF JUSTICE: A NECESSARY EXTENSION TO ENVIRONMENTALISM.
Creator: Greene, Andrew, Kiel, Dwight, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: John Rawls's stated intergenerational justice scheme, known as the just-savings principle, does not include an institutional concern for the environment and is therefore incomplete and incapable of maintaining meaningfully just relations between generations. The theory's emphasis on economic theory and capital accumulation demonstrates a misinterpretation of environmental issues and concerns as well as their underlying causes and repercussions. This lapse in Rawls's intergenerational scheme...
Show moreJohn Rawls's stated intergenerational justice scheme, known as the just-savings principle, does not include an institutional concern for the environment and is therefore incomplete and incapable of maintaining meaningfully just relations between generations. The theory's emphasis on economic theory and capital accumulation demonstrates a misinterpretation of environmental issues and concerns as well as their underlying causes and repercussions. This lapse in Rawls's intergenerational scheme exposes flaws in his larger theory of justice by leaving the stability of society in question and placing arbitrary burdens on generations and peoples without institutional recourse. However, by supplementing justice as fairness (JAF) with Rawls's other writings, such as The Law of Peoples, a more satisfactory outline for justice between generations can be achieved and a more comprehensive scheme of intergenerational justice can be incorporated into Rawls's theory of justice.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: CFE0004025, ucf:49176
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004025

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