The primary justification for this study rests on the tragic fact that although empirical studies of political participation and behavior have proliferated over thirty years, there are few extensive analyses of black political behavior, and the best of these (Matthews and Prothro, 1966) is based on macro data for the southern region collected almost two decades ago. Thus, social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular, have barely begun to scratch the surface in attempting to understand why blacks, especially in the South, have failed to maximize their political potentialities despite the removal of extra-legal obstacles. A second importance of this study is related to the fact that it deals with black political behavior in Florida. The last thorough empirical study to deal with black political behavior in Florida was done by Hugh D. Price in the 1950's. / This study involves a research design to examine the impact and relationship of three factors--income education, and SES (social-economic status)--on black political participation. The main focus of the research is on measurement. In measuring the three concepts impact on the dependent variable, black political participation, nine predictors are employed. The data in the study are analyzed in three stages. The first stage examines each individual predictor variable to determine the impact of the single predictor on voting participation. The second stage considers the collective impacts of the education and economic factors, and also the sum of the two on voting participation. Finally, the impact of the regional differences on black political participation is examined. / The primary statistical procedures are descriptive and inferential for each stage of the analytical process. The descriptive procedure is constituted of univariate statistics--such as means, standard deviations and histograms, and bivariate statistics including the Pearson correlation and the plots of dependent variable vs. independent variables. / In general, the data provided statistical support explaining black political participation as a function of county socioeconomic status in Florida. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-10, Section: A, page: 3407. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74945 |
| Contributors | BURT, JOHN, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 149 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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