The impact of the Miami Cuban exile's political culture on the 1996 fiscal crisis of the City of Miami
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Major/Program
Public Administration
First Advisor's Name
Donald. E. Klingner
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Anthony P. Maingot
Third Advisor's Name
Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
Date of Defense
2001
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if the political culture of the Miami Cuban exile community was a significant factor in creating the environment that led to the 1996 fiscal crisis of the City of Miami. The study performed an ethnographic case study that utilized a triangulation strategy which included both qualitative and quantitative methods. Focus groups were conducted to ascertain qualitative and quantitative data as to differences among ethnic and generational groups regarding notions of governance, public administration practices, and overall political values and core beliefs. Quantitative data was obtained through a five year and seven month review of newspaper articles from two periodicals based in Miami-Dade County. A review was also conducted of secondary data in audit and management reports, blue ribbon commission studies, Certified Public Manager (CPM) enrollment, and legal case decisions to examine the administrative practices of the City of Miami leading up to and subsequent to its fiscal crisis. The study found that a political subculture of caudillismo was present in Cuban exile core areas of Miami that appears to have had an influence on the administrative practices and notions of governance that led to the fiscal crisis. The author concludes that an imported foreign political culture has imposed itself as a subculture in core areas of the exile community and that the operationalization of this subculture has manifested itself in non-mainstream notions of governance and public administration practices.
Identifier
FI15101438
Recommended Citation
Franco, Alexander, "The impact of the Miami Cuban exile's political culture on the 1996 fiscal crisis of the City of Miami" (2001). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3411.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3411
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