Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 28-01, Section: A, page: 0279. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1967.

What core sources shape West European public opinion on security? The answer to this question is particularly salient both because European security preferences appear to be in flux, and because public preferences for security arrangements substantially influence the future of the Atlantic alliance. This dissertation empirically explored the security opinion formation process within the British, French and West German populations. / Basic theory assumed two sources of security opinion. First, the actions and official statements of political elites furnish strong but transient influence in forming public attitudes, which, in turn, are a basis for opinions. Second, attributes predispose individuals to adopt attitudes, and thus opinions. The influence of attributes is less forceful than are elite cues, but attributes give some stability to opinion--attributes being immutable or slow to change. / The analysis of the influence of attributes and attitudes on opinion was based on results of 1976-1982 public opinion surveys. The dissertation tested the relationships between seven attributes--age cohort, education, cognitive mobilization, partisanship, ideology, values and class--with four attitudes--transnational regional trust, trust in the superpowers, threat perception and preference for the current Atlantic alliance, an independent European force or independent national security forces was tested. The findings of bivariate and multivariate analysis were related to elite cues and to scholarly theory addressing public formation of opinion on foreign policy. / The findings both supported the assumptions on the opinion forming roles of attributes and elite cues and addressed related issues of current interest. The probable security predisposition of the contemporary West European "successor generation," an altered role for Europeans holding post-material values, and the functional--as opposed to geographic--nature of the supranationalist attitude were among major topics addressed. The dissertation ended with a prediction on mid-term stability and change in the role and functioning of the Atlantic alliance. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-10, Section: A, page: 3149. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

The main objective of this study was to test two competing propositions on the relationship between the distribution of power and international stability: parity model (a relatively equal distribution of power leads to stability) versus preponderance model (a relatively unequal distribution of power leads to stability). These two competing models were tested for the 102 minor-minor power crises, drawn from the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) data set, for the period 1946-1985. / The framework of analysis was conceptualized based on the following three theoretical backgrounds: (1) the locus of minor-minor dyads within the hierarchical structure of international relations; (2) the differentiation of three different thresholds of escalation--violence, lethal violence, and war--in a scale of increasing intensity; and (3) crisis learning theory in recurrent crises. The independent variable, dyadic power disparity, was measured as a power ratio. Each of three different thresholds of conflict was served a respective dependent variable, being dichotomized. The analyses were conducted in the following fashion. First, simple bivariate analysis with no control factor was run. Second, I conducted a series of bivariate analyses with controlling for each of five contextual factors--regime type, subsystemic power concentration, mutual membership in a regional security organization, superpower climate (cold war/detente), and superpower commitment. Finally, multivariate analysis incorporating all five contextual factors was run. The results were presented in terms of logit analyses and 2 $\times$ 2 tables. / The results supported the preponderance hypothesis. The higher the threshold was, the more statistically significant and stronger the support for the preponderance hypothesis was. The preponderance hypothesis was more likely to be supported in the context in which there exist no mechanisms of conflict resolution. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-10, Section: A, page: 3715. / Major Professor: Dale L. Smith. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.

One of the leading issues in the literature of political economy is the disparity in 'quality of life' across states. This is an important issue for students of international relations for both theoretical and practical reasons. This dissertation was intended primarily to find out how domestic and international political and economic factors that influence quality of life might be synthesized in an explanatory model. Such a synthesis of international and domestic determinants of quality of life provides a more comprehensive understanding of quality of life than what has been espoused to date, as well as a 'blueprint' of key ingredients for states to follow if they are interested in helping their populations move beyond poverty. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-03, Section: A, page: 1112. / Major Professor: Patrick James. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 31-03, Section: A, page: 1345. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1969.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 31-09, Section: A, page: 4869. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1970.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 32-10, Section: A, page: 5868. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1971.

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