Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Thomas, Robert D.

Abstract

This thesis deals with the effects of environmental, biographical and internal structure variables on the policy roles, intergovernmental relations and cohesiveness in decision- making of Florida and Georgia county commissioners. The principal data for this study were derived from a mail questionaire survey of county commissioners. These data, along with selected biographic and demographic data, were drawn from a more extensive research effort by Dr. Robert D. Thomas, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University. The findings of this study suggest that urbanization, modernization and reforms of the internal structure of county governments have not had a significant effect on the perceived policy roles or intergovernmental relations of county commissioners or on their perceived cohesiveness in voting on county issues.

Extent

73 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13815

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