A case study of a county level aging-based advocacy organization--the Coalition of Condominium and Home Owners Associations of Broward County--which (1) describes the origin, structure, and operation of the Coalition; (2) describes the political organization and operation of the member owners associations; (3) describes the socioeconomic status and demographics of the representatives to the Coalition from the member owners associations; (4) compares the preretirement and postretirement political involvement of the representatives to the Coalition; (5) analyzes the factors which led to a significant increase in the political involvement of the representatives; and (6) studies the ability of the Coalition to deliver a cohesive bloc of aging voters. The results showed a loosely structured confederation of primarily condominium owners associations which engaged in lobbying activities and served as a forum for information exchange and alliance building. The representatives to the Coalition were middle and upper-middle class retirees from the northeastern U.S., who after retirement and relocation to south Florida became complete political activists. The evidence suggested that increased feelings of community responsibility and the impact of active organizational memberships were the two primary factors which led to dramatic postretirement increases in political participation. The results of the voting study provided no evidence that the aging mass membership of the Coalition differed electorally from the general aging population of Broward County, that is, there was no evidence that the Coalition represented a cohesive aging-based voting bloc. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2724. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75864 |
| Contributors | RUEFLE, WILLIAM JOSEPH, II., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 213 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
Page generated in 0.0023 seconds