Northeastern Political Science Association ------International Studies Association-Northeast

Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting

Conference Program

November 11-13, 2004

Omni Parker House Boston, MA

NORTHEASTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Member State Associations

New England Political Science Association Pennsylvania Political Science Association New Jersey Political Science Association New York Political Science Association

Officers

President John Berg, Suffolk University

First Vice President Azzedine Layachi, St. John's University and Program Chair

Second Vice President Joseph Melusky, St. Francis College of Pennsylvania

Third Vice President Bruce Caswell, Rowan University

Immediate Past President Sunil Ahuja, Youngstown State University

Treasurer Thomas C. Brogan, Albright College

Executive Director Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College

Editor, Polity Nicholas Xenos, University of Massachusetts

2004 Program Committee

Program Chair Azzedine Layachi St. John’s University

CONGRESS, PRESIDENCY AND THE COURTS J. Mark Wrighton, University of New Hampshire

STATE-LOCAL GOVERNMENT Joseph R. Marbach, Science Seton Hall University AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, SOCIAL Sean Q Kelly, Niagara University MOVEMENTS AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR

PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Stanley P. Berard, Lock Haven University

POLITICAL THEORY Bruce E. Caswell, Rowan University

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Francine J. D'Amico, Syracuse University Matthew Hoffman, University of Delaware

COMPARATIVE POLITICS Eric N. Budd, Fitchburg State College

GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY Rosanna Perotti, Hofstra University

TEACHING, LEARNING AND THE PROFESSION John O’Rorke, Frostburg State University

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University

CANADIAN POLITICS Melissa Haussman, Suffolk University 2

NPSA Presidents

2004-2005 Azzedine Layachi, St. John’s University 2003-2004 John C. Berg, Suffolk University 2002-2003 Sunil Ahuja, Youngstown State University 2001-2002 Craig M. Wheeland, Villanova University 2000-2001 Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College 1999-2000 Wilbur C. Rich, Wellesley College 1998-1999 Jo Renee Formicola, Seton Hall University 1997-1998 Thomas C. Brogan, Albright College 1996-1997 Nancy E. McGlen, Niagara University 1995-1996 Garrison Nelson, University of Vermont 1994-1995 Russell Harrison, Rutgers University-Camden 1993-1994 Donald Tannenbaum, Gettysburg College 1992-1993 Steven Peterson, Alfred University 1991-1992 Russell Harrison, Rutgers University-Camden 1990-1991 Kal B. Rai, Southern Connecticut State University 1989-1990 Frank Colon, Lehigh University 1988-1989 Sondra Farganis, New School for Social Research 1987-1988 Naomi Wish, Seton Hall University 1986-1987 Douglas I. Hidgkin, Bates College 1985-1986 Donald Buzinkai, Kings College 1984-1985 Susan Lederman, Kean College 1983-1984 Marion R. Just, Wellesley College 1982-1983 Allen B. Lee, Washington and Jefferson College 1981-1982 Carol Greenwald 1980-1981 David Larson, University of New Hampshire 1979-1980 Barbara G. Salmore, Drew University 1978-1979 Franz P. Gross, University of New Haven 1977-1978 Stephen P. Koff, Syracuse University 1976-1977 Peter K. Breit, University of Hartford 1975-1976 Marvin Maurer, Monmouth College 1974-1975 Eugene E. Miller, Ursinus College 1973-1974 James A. Reidel, SUNY-Albany 1972-1973 Victoria Shuck, Mount Holyoke College 1971-1972 Walter Filley, SUNY-Binghamton 1970-1971 Elmer Cornwell, Brown University 1969-1970 William Harvard, University of Massachusetts

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION-NORTHEAST

Governing Council

Past President Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac University President: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, School of International Service American University President-Elect Daniel Green, University of Delaware Vice President/ Matthew J. Hoffmann, University of Delaware Program Chair Secretary Randall E. Newnham, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College

Governing Council Members

Andrea Bertone, University of Maryland Jarret Brachman, University of Delaware Eric N. Budd, Fitchburg State College Matt Hoffmann, University of Delaware Eric Leonard, Shenandoah University Rosemary E. Shinko, University of Connecticut Sean Duffy, Quinnipiac University Christian Harris, The College of New Jersey Janice Bially-Mattern, Lehigh University Daniel Nexon, Georgetown University Bahram Rajaee, American Political Science Association

Presidents

2004-1005 Daniel Green, University of Delaware 2003-2004 Patrick T. Jackson, American University (President-elect) 2002-2003 Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac University 2001-2002 Barbara Lakeberg Dridi , OIC International 2000-2001 Francine D’Amico, SUNY-Cortland and Syracuse University 1999-2000 Lisa Brandes, Yale University 1998-1999 Steven J. Rosow, SUNY-Oswego 1997-1998 John T. Rourke, University of Connecticut 1996-1997 Mark Boyer, University of Connecticut 1995-1996 Robert Denemark, University of Delaware 1994-1995 Meredith Reid Sarkees, Niagara University 1993-1994 Jean M. Stern, Siena College 1992-1993 Vicki Golich, Penn State/California State-San Marcos 1991-1992 Gerry Tyler, University of Rhode Island 1990-1991 Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University 1989-1990 J. Ann Tickner, College of the Holy Cross 1988-1989 John Vasquez, Rutgers University 1987-1988 Allen L. Springer 1986-1987 Deborah N. Miner, Simmons College 1985-1986 Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College 4

PROGRAM SUMMARY Panels Listing by Sections

Section A - CONGRESS, PRESIDENCY AND THE COURTS Chair: J. Mark Wrighton, University of New Hampshire

Panel Title Day Time 10:45– A1 Separate Branches Sharing Power Thursday 12:15 A2 Party Government in the US House of Representatives Thursday 2:00–3:30 A3 Conceptualizing Congressional Representation Thursday 3:45–5:15 A4 Rhetoric in American National Institutions Friday 9–10:30 10:45– A5 Selecting Officeholders in the United States Friday 12:15 Roundtable - Congressional Archives as an Untapped A6 Friday 2 – 3:30 Data Source A7 Presidential Policymaking Friday 3:45–5:15 A8 The Courts and the Constitution Saturday 8–9:30

Section B - STATE-LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Chair: Joseph R. Marbach, Science Seton Hall University

Pane Title Day Time l B1 Public Policy Issues in the States Thursday 9–10:30 10:45– B2 Issues in Federalism Thursday 2:15 Governing New York State in the 21st Century: B3 Thursday 2–3:30 Challenges, Limitations and Possibilities B4 Electoral Issues in the States and Localities Saturday 9:45–11:15 B5 Issues in Local Governance Friday 9–10:30 B6 Local Politics from a Comparative Perspective Friday 3:45–5:15

Section C - PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR Chair: Sean Q Kelly, Niagara University

Pane Title Day Time l C9 New Directions in American Politics Saturday 8– 9:30 C1 Constructing American Politics, Thursday 9:00–10:30 C2 New Approaches in Electoral Studies Thursday 10:45–2:15 C3 Congressional Elections Thursday 2:00–3:30 C4 Parties and the Electorate Thursday 3:45–5:15

C5 Exploring the Quality of American Democracy Friday 9–10:30 10:45– C6 Interest Groups and Social Movements Friday 12:15 C7 Issues in American Politics Friday 2–3:30 C8 Interest Groups and Political Strategies Friday 3:45–5:15

Section D - PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Chair: Stanley P. Berard, Lock Haven University

Panel Title Day Time D1 Economic and Regulatory Policy in the United States Thursday 9:00–10:30 D2 Comparative Analysis of Public Policy Saturday 11:30–1 Urban and Local Policies: Economic Development and D3: Thursday 10:45–2:15 Population Growth Policy Reasoning and Mobilization in Gendered D4: Thursday 2:00–3:30 Domains Devolution and Public-Private Collaboration: D5 Thursday 3:45–5:15 Stakeholder Participation and Policy Outcomes Defining Problems and their Solutions: Events, Symbols, D6 Friday 9–10:30 Stories and Models D7 Theories of Bureaucratic Organization and Motivation Friday 2–3:30

Section E - POLITICAL THEORY Chair: Bruce E. Caswell, Rowan University

Panel Title Day Time E1 Aristotle’s Best Regime, Friday 9 – 10:30 E2 Socratic Education in Plato and Xenophon Friday 10:45–12:15 E3 Philosophy and Politics in Plato’s Laws and Republic Friday 3:45–5:15 E4 Political Theology and Political Theory Thursday 3:45–5:15 E5 Roundtable - Patchen Markell, Bound by Recognition Saturday 8–9:30 E6 Early Modernity and Its Reverberations Saturday 8–9:30 E7 The Limits of Reason in Politics Thursday 9–10:30 E8 Religion and Political Theory, Thursday 9–10:30 E9 Neo-Republicanism and the Economy Friday 3:45–5:15 E10 The Nation State Thursday 2–3:30 E11 Sate Origins, War and Peace, Foreign Policy and Terror, Friday 10:45–12:15 E12 Feminist Theory, Group Theory, Identity and Worldview Friday 9–10:30 E13 Hobbes and Locke Saturday 8–9:30 E14 Visions of Democracy Thursday 3:45–5:15 E15 Democratic Theory, Equality and Pluralism Saturday 9:45–11:15

E16 Deliberative Democracy, Trust, Justice and Policy Friday 10:45–12:15 Democratic Theory, Freedom, Responsibility and E17 Friday 10:45–12:15 Citizenship E18 Continental Theory Friday 3:45–5:15 E19 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Saturday 9:45–11:15 E20 Pragmatism Saturday 11:30–1 E21 Neitzsche, Mann and Weber Saturday 11:30–1 E22 Social Criticism and Political Argument Saturday 11:30–1 E23 The Political: Olmsted, Dewey, Arendt and Wolin Saturday 1:15–2:45 E24 American Political Thought Saturday 1:15–2:45 The American Founding, Jefferson, Rousseau, Roosevelt E25 Thursday 3:45–5:15 and Postmodernism E26 Sartre and Wittgenstein Saturday 1:15–2:45 The Political and the Individual in Mill, Rousseau and E27 Saturday 1:15–2:45 Montaigne E28 Rights, Freedom, Recognition and Respect Saturday 1:15–2:45 E29 Classical Ideas and Modern Theory Saturday 3 4:30 E30 Continental Philosophy Saturday 3–4:30 E31 Marx, Gramsci, Revolution and Utopia Saturday 3–4:30 American Political Thought: Franklin, Education, E32 Saturday 3–4:30 Citizenship and Patriotism E33 Families, Justice, and the Ethics of Care Saturday 3 - 4:30 PM

Section F - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Co-Chair: NPSA: Francine J. D'Amico, Syracuse University Co-Chair: ISA-NE: Matthew Hoffman, University of Delaware

Panel Title Day Time F1 African Conflict and Identity Politics Thursday 9:00–10:30 F2 Diasporas and Ethnic Minorities: Governance and Conflict Thursday 10:45–12:15 F3 The Politics of WMD I Thursday 9–10:30 F4 The Politics of WMD II Thursday 10:45–12:15 F5 Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction I Thursday 10:45– 12:15 F6 Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction II Thursday 2–3:30 Governing the Global Economy I: International F7 Friday 10:45–12:15 Mechanisms Governing the Global Economy II: Transnational F8 Friday 2–3:30 Mechanisms F9 The Quest for Peace I: The Middle East Friday 3:45–5:15 F10 The Quest for Peace II Thursday 9–0:30 F11 Islamic International Relations Friday 9–10:30 F12 Foreign Aid: Context and Consequences Thursday 3:45–5:15 F13 Politics of Development Friday 2–3:30

Domestic and International Influences on Human Rights F14 Friday 2–3:30 Practices F15 Roundtable on Ethics in International Relations Saturday 8–9:30 F16 The Politics of Hegemony Saturday 9:45–11:15 F17 The Politics of Anti-Hegemony Saturday 11:30–1 F18 The Issue of Iraq Saturday 11:30–1 nternational Studies Association -Northeast -Northeast F19 Friday 3:45–5:15 Circle F20 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Thursday 2–3:30 F21 Transnational Security Issues Saturday 8–9:30 International Relations and International Law: An Uneasy F22 Saturday 8–9:30 Alliance F23 Human Rights Issues Saturday 9:45–11:15 F24 Latin American International Relations Saturday 9:45–11:15 F25 Quantitative/Formal Approaches to Conflict Saturday 9:45–11:15 Quantitative and Formal Approaches to International F26 Saturday 1:15–2:45 Relations Analysis F27 Asian Security Saturday 11:30–1 F28 Politics of the Asian Region Friday 2–3:30 F29 US Foreign Policy I: Trade and Security Saturday 1:15–2:45 US Foreign Policy II: Isolationism, Engagement or F30 Saturday 1:15–2:45 Exceptionalism? US Foreign Policy III: Roundtable - The Bush Middle East F31 Friday 2–3:30 Policy: Recipe for Disaster F32 International Relations Theory I: Challenging Modernism Saturday 11:30–1 F33 International Relations Theory II: Power and Revolution Saturday 1:15–2:45 F34 Social Constructivism and Norms Saturday 1:15–2:45 F35 Agency, Preferences and Behavior Saturday 3–4:30 F36 European Security Friday 9–10:30 F37 European Politics and Integration Saturday 3–4:30 F38 Turkey, Greece and Cyprus Saturday 3–4:30 F39 Germany, Poland and Russia Friday 2–3:30 F40 Technology, Politics and Governance Saturday 3–4:30 F41 British International Politics and Diplomacy Saturday 3–4:30 Security in the Post Cold War, Post 9/11 International F42 Thursday 10:45–12:15 System

Section G - COMPARATIVE POLITICS Chair: Eric N. Budd, Fitchburg State College

Pane Title Day Time l G1 Politics in a Changing China Thursday 9–10:30 G2 Civil Society and Public Policy in Asia Thursday 9–10:30 G3 Ethnicity and the State Thursday 2–3:30 G5 The War on Poverty in an Age of Neo-Liberal Economics Thursday 3:45–5:15 State and Society in Latin America: Participation and G6 Friday 10:45–12:15 Power G7 After the Fall: Post-Communist Societies Today Friday 9–10:30 G8 Change and Continuity in Russia Friday 10:45–12:15 G9 Strategies of Resistance: Reform or Revolution? Friday 2–3:30 G10 The Barriers to Democratization Friday 2–3:30 G11 Democratic Consolidation or Reversal? Friday 3:45–5:15 G12 The Politics of Identity in the Middle East Saturday 9:45–11:15 G13 Political Minorities in Comparative Perspective Saturday 8–9:30 G14 European Politics in a Changing World Saturday 8–9:30 G15 Policymaking in the European Union Saturday 9:45–11:15 G16 Party Politics Saturday 11:30–1 G17 A Democratic Institutional Approach to Counter-Terrorism Saturday 1:15–2:45

Section H - GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY Chair: Rosanna Perotti, Hofstra University

Panel Title Day Time

H1 Political Reform and Black Representation Thursday 10:45–12:15 Finding a Political Voice: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the H2 Thursday 2:00–3:30 US H3 Women as Political Actors Thursday 3:45–5:15 H4 Inter-ethnic Relations Thursday 9–10:30 H5 Women and Politics in Comparative Perspective Friday 9–10:30 H6 Gender Equality in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Friday 3:45–5:15

Section I - SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: THE 2004 ELECTIONS IN RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT Co-Chair: Sean Q Kelly, Niagara University Co-Chair: J. Mark Wrighton, University of New Hampshire

Pane Title Day Time l

US Presidential Nomination Politics: The View from the I-1 Friday 9–10:30 Ground

US Presidential Nomination Politics: The View from the 10:45– I-2 Friday Air 12:15 I-3 Realignment: Critical, Incremental, or Non-Existent? Friday 2–3:30 I-4 The Long-Term Implications of the 2004 Elections Friday 3:45–5:15 Roundtable: The 2004 Congressional Elections: What I-5 Saturday 8–9:30 Happened and Why Roundtable: Hindsight is 20/20: Deconstructing the 2004 I-6 Saturday 9:45–11:15 Presidential Election Forecasts Roundtable: A Gaze Into the Crystal Ball: What to Expect I-7 Saturday 11:30–1 from the New Administration

Section J - TEACHING, LEARNING AND THE PROFESSION Chair: John O’Rorke, Frostburg State University

Panel Title Day Time Roundtable - The Popular Media in the Social Science 10:45– J1 Thursday Classroom 12:15 J2 Contemporary Approaches to Teaching and Learning Thursday 2–3:30 Roundtable - Reflects on Academe: What They Never J3 Thursday 3:45–5:15 Taught You in School

Section K - ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY Chair: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University

Panel Title Day Time

The Challenge of Implementation of Environmental Policy 10:45– K1 Thursday in the United States 2:15 The Politics of Environmental Policy-Making: Conflict and K2 Saturday 9:45–11:15 Cooperation in National, Regional and Global Contexts K3 Environmental Politics as a Cultural Dynamic Saturday 11:30 – 1

Section L - CANADIAN POLITICS Chair: Melissa Haussman, Suffolk University

Panel Title Day Time Disputes under NAFTA and WTO Rules: Assessments of 10:45– L1 Thursday the Current Frameworks 12:15 L2 North American Integration in Globalizing Times Thursday 2:00–3:30 L3 Roundtable - The June 2004 Canadian Election Thursday 3:45–5:15

Panel Title Day Time SPECIAL WORKSHOP Publishing in a Professional Journal: David A. Freeman, The Social Science Journal as a Saturday 1:15–2:45 Washburn University Stepping Stone

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DETAILED PROGRAM LISTING

Registration and Employment Services Room: Pre-Function Area Book Exhibit Room: Pre-Function Area Special Meetings and Events

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Luncheon of the Northeastern Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha Speaker: Michael Dukakis, Professor at Northeastern University and UCLA and former Governor of Massachusetts 12:30 – 2 pm

NPSA Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

ISA-NE Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

Business Meeting and Reception of NPSA 6 pm

Dinner of NPSA Guest Speaker: Margaret Levi, President of the American Political Science Association (APSA) 7 pm

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect Organized by NPSA Sections: Congress, Presidency and the Courts Parties, Interest Groups and Electoral Behavior See Panels I-1 to I-4 all day.

Breakfast for NPSA Program Committee and Panel Chairs Sponsored by the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars 7:45 AM

Luncheon of the International Studies Association-Northeast Co-Sponsored By The Carnegie Council On Ethics And International Affairs Guest Speaker: Robert H. Jackson, Boston University Topic: International Responsibility: How Far in Practice? 12:30 – 2 PM

ISA - Northeast Circle: Ordering International Politics: Identity, Crisis, and Representational Force Honoree: Janice Bially-Mattern, Lehigh University 3:45 – 5:15 PM

Tour of the Moakley Archive of the late Joseph J. Moakley (D-Massachusetts), led by Beth Bower, Director of the Moakley Archive and Institute. 3:45 – 5:15 PM

International Studies Association-Northeast Plenary Session Keynote Speaker: Jacek Kugler, Claremont Graduate School, President of The International Studies Association Topic: Why Study Politics? Global and Regional Implications of the War on Terror 6 – 7 pm 12

Reception of the Moakley Archive and Institute and the Department of Government at Suffolk University 6 – 7 PM

Reception of the International Studies Association-Northeast 7:15 – 8:15 pm

Reception of the New York State Political Science Association 7:15 – 8:15 PM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13

Women's Caucus Breakfast 7:30 to 8:45 AM

Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect Organized by NPSA Sections: Congress, Presidency and The Courts Parties, Interest Groups and Electoral Behavior Panels I-5 to I-7

Special Workshop: Publishing In A Professional Journal: The Social Science Journal as a Stepping Stone 1:15 - 2:45 PM

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Registration and Employment Services Room: Pre-Function Area

Book Exhibit Room: Pre-Function Area Special Meetings and Events

Luncheon of the Northeastern Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha Speaker: Michael Dukakis, Professor at Northeastern University and UCLA and former Governor of Massachusetts 12:30 – 2 pm

NPSA Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

ISA-NE Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

Business Meeting and Reception of NPSA 6 pm

Dinner of NPSA Guest Speaker: Margaret Levi, President of the American Political Science Association (APSA) 7 pm

************************* Panels 9:00 – 10:30 AM

B-1 - Public Policy Issues in the States

Chair/Discussant: Wook-Jin Hwang, New York State, Budget Division

Divided We Stand: Big Cities in State Legislatures Joseph P. McLaughlin, Temple University

A Question of Equity: Variations in the Implementation of Medicaid Eligibility Policy Kathleen M. Dalton, SUNY - Albany

The Indirect Effects of Ballot Initiatives on State Fiscal Policy Michael J. New, Harvard University

Legislative-Judicial Relations on Contested Issues: Taxes and Gay Marriage Michele DeMary, Susquehana University

C-1: Constructing American Politics

Chair/Discussant: Arthur Paulson, Southern Connecticut State University

The Smithsonian Remembers: September 11 and the Organization of Collective Memory Amy Fried, University of Maine

Fundamentalist Politics and the Rhetoric of George W. Bush 14

Chris Cronin, , University of Massachusetts at Amherst Luke Perry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Ideology and Theology: Politics, Religion and the American Left Andrew L. Pieper, University of Connecticut

Right Here: Conservatism in Modern American Politics Alison D. Dagnes, Shippensburg University

D-1: Economic and Regulatory Policy in the U.S.

Chair: Bruce A. Wallin, Northeastern University

Citigroup: A Case Study in the Current American Banking Policy Erik M. Filipiak, Cornell University

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (Taxes) Thurman L. Hart, CUNY Graduate Center

The Business Press and the New Deal: 1933-1936 Lisa Ragucci, Wagner College Steve Snow, Wagner College

Reforming the Tort System: A Non-Economic Theory Mark DeAngelis, University of Connecticut

Discussants: Bruce Wallin, Northeastern University Robert B. Hackey, Providence College

E-7: The Limits of Reason in Politics

Chair/Discussant: Christopher Kelly, Boston College

The Limited Rationality of Political Life in Plato’s Meno Stephen Lange, Boston College

The Limited Rationality of Political Life in Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things John Colman, Boston College

Legislating the Sentiments: Rousseau on the Family Bill Bewick, Michigan State University

Aristotle's Magnanimity: the Upper Limit of Reason in Politics Ann Charney Colmo, Dominican University

E-8: Religion and Political Theory

Chair: Robert Roecklein, The Behrend College

Faith and Secular Authority: Re-Reading Luther and Calvin in our Time Robert Bosco, University of Connecticut

Why the Atheists Are Wrong About Hume Anthony D. Bartl, Northern Illinois University

Is Religion a Civic Vice? Religious Integralism and Liberal Autonomy 15

Bryan T. McGraw, Harvard University

Discussant: Sharon Fingerer-Goldman, Ramapo College

H-4: Inter-ethnic Relations

Chair/Discussant: Wilbur C. Rich, Wellesley College

Mapping Multiple Identities: Unity and Diversity in the Case of Contemporary Hajj Hasan Sayim Vural, Ankara University, Turkey

Feelings of Closeness and Interracial Solidarity Thomas Cramer, Stony Brook University

Context and Contact: A Test of Two Hypotheses of Inter-Racial Dynamics Mary Herring, Wayne State University

F-1: African Conflict and Identity Politics

Chair: Alynna Lyon, University of New Hampshire

Explaining Decision-Making in the 1998 Ethiopia-Eritrea Border War Keith E. Noble, Miami University of Ohio

State and Ethnic Conflict in Africa Sherrise Palomino, St. Johns University

Making Racialized Power in International Relations Visible in IR Theory Chaka Uzondu, University of Connecticut

Western Sahara and Self-Determination: ICJ Opinion, Realpolitik and False East Timor Parallels Kimberly Olsen, Syracuse University

Discussant: Sherrill Stroschein, Ohio University/Harvard University

F-3: The Politics of WMD I

Chair: SimonPeter Gomez, Buffalo State College

The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implications for US Foreign Policy in the 21st Century Sean Giovanello, Brandeis University

Why Do States Rollback their Nuclear Weapons Programs? Neerada Jacob, American University

The Applicability and Efficacy of Positive Incentives in Deterring Proliferation K. P. O’Reilly, University of South Carolina

Discussant: Milagros Alvarez, Cornell University and Universitat de Barcelona

F-10: The Quest for Peace II

Chair/Discussant: Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac University

The Impact of Domestic Institutions on Conflict & Cooperation in Early Modern Europe 16

Vivek S. Sharma, New York University

The Democratic Peace Unraveled Michael Mousseau, Koç University, Turkey

The Nobel Peace Prize and Prospects for Democracy: Myanmar and East Timor James Toole, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne April Henning, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

The Institutionalization of Peace in South Asia: Norm Absorption and Altering Belief Systems Samrat Sinha, University of Delaware

G-1: Politics in a Changing China

Chair/Discussant: Fewsmith, Joseph, Boston University

Elite Politics in Post-Mao China: Declining Charisma and the Implications of China's Transition from a Revolutionary to a Ruling Regime John LeJeune, Marquette University

The Role of Corruption in Foreign Direct Investment in China Xiaoxiao Zhan, University of PA

Class Struggles in China? Workers and Local Government in Hunan in the 1990s Wu Zhang, Cornell University

Dependency and Efficacy: An Analysis of the Influence of State Intervention on NGO's efficacy in China Yaping Wang, National University of Singapore

G-2: Civil Society and Public Policy in Asia

Chair/Discussant: Kathleen Hartford, University of Massachusetts–Boston

Confronting Defeat: The Rise of Civic Engagement in Japan after World War II Rieko Kage, Harvard University

Voter Turnout of Rural Areas in Korea and Its Puzzle Dokyung Kim, University of Tennessee Junghyoun Kim, University of Tennessee

Consolidation or Withering of Democracy? Political Changes in Thailand and Indonesia Amy L. Freedman, Franklin and Marshall College

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A-1: Separate Branches Sharing Power

Chair: Donald Brand, College of the Holy Cross

A Crisis of Confirmation? George Bush’s Judicial Nominees and Constitutional Crises Tom Clark, Princeton University

Congressional Delegation Through an "Intelligible Principle": Views of the Supreme Court and Academia Jewerl Maxwell, Miami University, Ohio 17

The Rhetorical Polity: The Erosion of Deliberation in American Politics Wesley Widmaier, Saint Joseph’s University

Discussant: Jeanne Zaino, Iona College

B-2 - Issues in Federalism

Chair/Discussant: Joseph R. Marbach, Seton Hall University

States’ Rights: Dual Definitions of Sovereignty Meredith Bintz, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Bounded Government: Slavery and American National Authority (1815 - 1836) Daniel Mulcare, New School for Social Research

The Metaphors of Federalism Revisited: The Web and Intergovernmental Relations Morris Bidjerano, SUNY - Albany

Shortened Time Horizons: Legislative Term Limits and Economic Policy Helen A. Erler, Yale University

C-2: New Approaches in Electoral Studies

Chair: Stacy G. Ulbig, Southwest Missouri State University

Economic Reductionism and Voting: Generalizing From the State of the State to the State of the Nation Kenneth L. Strickland, Ohio State University

Measuring State and Individual Ideology: A Vermont Case Study of 4 Measures’ Validities Rodney J. Christy, Fitchburg State College

Of Frames and Predispositions: An Examination of Issue and Partisan Cues in a Survey-Based Experiment Scott H. Huffmon, Winthrop University

Urban Regimes and Transportation Referenda: A Comparative, Spatial Approach Hugh Bartling, DePaul University Anne Peterson, University of Washington, Bothell Barbara Kinsey, University of Central Florida

Discussants: Stacy G. Ulbig, Southwest Missouri State University Melanie Springer, Columbia University

D-3: Urban and Local Policies: Economic Development and Population Growth

Chair: Raymond Rushboldt, SUNY-Fredonia

Comparative Public Policy Creation: The Assimilation and Empowerment of Hispanic Groups in Pennsylvania Counties David P. Sosar, Kings College

Redeveloping Urban Policy: A New Perspective on Institutional Relationships Amy Widestrom, Syracuse University

Sports Stadiums as an Effective Revitalization Tool, A Study of Denver Colorado Susan Marie Opp, University of Louisville 18

Sprawl and the Ballot Box: The Use of Direct Democracy in Growth Management Efforts Christopher Borick, Muhlenberg College

Discussants Raymond Rushboldt, SUNY-Fredonia Richard O'Bryant, Northeastern University

F-2: Diasporas and Ethnic Minorities: Governance and Conflict

Chair: Margaret Gonazlez-Perez, Southeastern Louisiana University

Recent Diasporas and Ethnonational Conflict at ‘Home’ Ravinatha Aryasinha, American University

Kurdish Separatism in a Transitional Iraq: The Transnational Politics of Oil and Identity Alynna Lyon, University of New Hampshire

Territorial and Non-territorial Boundaries in the New Europe: Minorities and Governance Sherrill Stroschein, Ohio University/Harvard University

Discussant: James Toole, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

F-4: The Politics of WMD II

Chair: Irini K. Kutoroff, Rowan University

The Consequences of Iranian Nuclear Proliferation Roham Alvandi, Tufts University

The EU Strategy Against The Proliferation of WMD Milagros Alvarez, Cornell University and Universitat de Barcelona

Identity Politics and Nuclear Disarmament: The Cases of Ukraine and Kazakhstan Christopher Stevens, University of Vermont

The Efficacy of Israeli Nuclear Policy Guy Ziv, University of Maryland-College Park

Discussant: James Forest, United States Military Academy

F-5: Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction I

Chair: Demet Yalcin Mousseau, Koç University

The Role of Social Policy in Post-Conflict Reconstruction Fred Cocozzelli, New School University Approaches to Security Dilemma Reduction: Cases of Kosovo and Macedonia Ulas Doga Eralp, George Mason University

Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: “People Power” as a Strategy of Popular Insurgency Maria Stephan, Tufts University/Harvard University

Disengaging from East Timor: Indonesian Identity, Contestation and Domestic Political Structure Lena Tan, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Discussant: David R. Hayes, Troy State University

F-42 Security in the Post Cold War, Post 9/11 International System. Sponsored by the Committee for the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (CAMPOS)

Chair/Discussant: Joao Resende-Santos, Bentley College

The Military Strategies of European Neutral and Non-Aligned States After the Cold War Jean-Marc Rickli, Lincoln College

Identifying the Biological Weapon Threat After 9/11 Thomas Riisager, Booz Allen Hamilton

Great Power Status in the 21st Century Stacy Bergstrom Haldi, Gettysburg College

Thinking Beyond War: Civil Military Operations in Northern Iraq Major Isaiah Wilson III, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

H-1: Political Reform and Black Representation

Chair/Discussant: Wilbur C. Rich, Wellesley College

Changing Values and the Rise of Intra-Racial Politics Ted Davis, University of Delaware

Political Culture and African Americans' Forgiveness of Elected Officials Steven Taylor, American University

Representation, Reform and Race: The Restructuring of the Baltimore City Council Donn C. Worgs, Towson University

J-1: Roundtable - The Popular Media in the Social Science Classroom

Moderator: Kevan M. Yenerall, Clarion University

Participants: Michael Genovese, Loyola Marymount University Mark Sachleben, Western New England College John S. Baick, Western New England College

K-1: The Challenge of Implementation of Environmental Policy in the U.S. and Abroad

Chair: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University

Going Global? The Political Economy of Eco-Tourism in India Abhijit Banerjee, University of Delaware

The Political Economy of Environmental Enforcement David M. Konisky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Effectiveness of Voluntary Partnership Programs in Reducing Carbon Emissions from Passenger Vehicles Sandi Rudenstein, The National Academies and Johns Hopkins University

Discussants: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University Aaron D. Hoffman, Albright College

L-1: Disputes under NAFTA and WTO Rules: Assessments of the Current Frameworks

Chair/Discussant: Melissa Haussman, Suffolk University

Seeing the Forest for the Trees Jessica Service, Ohio University

Evaluating NAFTA: Is It Time for a Canada-US Customs Union? Denis Michaud, Ottawa University,

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A-2: Party Government in the US House of Representatives

Chair: Sam Abrams, Harvard University

The Nature of Conferee Selection in the U.S. House of Representatives James R. Bourbeau, University of Connecticut Jeffrey W Ladewig, University of Connecticut

Party Message Organizations in the US House of Representatives Douglas B. Harris, Loyola College, Maryland

A Place at the Table Revisited: Women's Committee Requests and Assignment in the Republican Congress Scott A. Frisch, California State University - Channel Islands Sean Q. Kelly, Niagara University

Party Leadership, Issue Salience, and the Legislative Role of House Committees Andreas Ringstad, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: David King, Harvard University

B-3 - Governing New York State in the 21st Century: Challenges, Limitations and Possibilities

Chair/ Discussant: Richard Flanagan, CUNY - College of Staten Island

Environmental Policy in New York State Thomas Birkland, SUNY - Albany Sean Madden, SUNY - Albany Jeffrey Mapes, SUNY - Albany Katy Roe, SUNY - Albany Amanda Stein, SUNY - Albany

The Paradox of Medicaid in New York: Expanding Access/Containing Costs Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College

New York Courts: The Perpetual Quest for Unification and Reform Brian J. Nickerson, Pace University Thomas W. Church, University at Albany: State University of New York 21

Regionalism and Education Aid in New York: The Politics of Inequity Robert F. Pecorella, St. John’s University

C-3: Congressional Elections

Chair: Richard M. Skinner, Bowdoin College

The Post-WWII Decline in the Incumbency Effect Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Syracuse University Amy Widestrom, Syracuse University

The Effects of Campaign Debates on Newspaper Coverage of the 2000 Senate Elections John Marion, Indiana University, Bloomington

The Dynamic Behavior of U.S. Senators: 1980-2002 Paul E. Rutledge, West Virginia University

Discussants: Richard M. Skinner, Hamilton College Mark Brewer, University of Maine

D-4: Policy Reasoning and Mobilization in Gendered Domains

Chair: Lilly J. Goren, Lake Forest College

Marriage Counseling: How Gay Rights and Faith-Based Groups Attract and Mobilize Members Peter W. Brusoe, American University

Readiness Isn't Everything: The Integration of Gays, Blacks, and Japanese-Americans into the U.S. Military Erik J. Dahl, Tufts University

Sex is No Longer for Sale: Rethinking Prostitution Policy in America Samantha Majic, Cornell University

Discussants Lilly J. Goren, Lake Forest College Patricia Siplon, St. Michael's College

E-10: The Nation-State

Chair: Dan Mahoney, Assumption College

Plato and Tocqueville Carl Scott, Fordham University

Orestes Brownson Ryan Rakness, University of Virginia

Pierre Manent on the Nation Paul Seaton, Fordham University

Discussants: Dan Mahoney, Assumption College Sam Crowe, Fordham University

F-6: Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction II

Chair/Discussant: Fred Cocozzelli, New School University

Political Reconciliation: A Philosophical Analysis Nir Eisikovits, Boston University

Communicating the Truth: Truth Commission, Communicative Action and Political Cooperation John Gledhill, Georgetown University

Wittgenstein in Rwanda: Narrative Pragmatics in International Relations Eric Grynaviski, George Mason University

Memory, Identity, Conflict Daniel Rothbart, George Mason University

F-20: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Chair/Discussant: Azzedine Layachi, St. John’s University

Defining Terrorism Jarret Brachman, University of Delaware

Terrorism as Coercion: Horizontal vs. Vertical Escalation David R. Hayes, Troy State University

Global Civil Society and the Self-Protection of Society Richard Coughlin, Florida Gulf Coast University

The God of Fire’s Gift: The Shield of Achilles and the War on Terror Chris Erickson, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

G-3: Ethnicity and the State

Chair/Discussant: Frank Cohen, Franklin Pierce College

Sub-State Nationalism and the Welfare State: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration André Lecours, Concordia University, Canada Daniel Béland, University of Calgary/Kennedy School of Government

Elite Strategies in Secessionist Movements: Comparative Study of Croatia and the Basque Country Mila Dragojević, Northeastern University

Things Fall Apart: A Political Opportunity Model of the Chechen Resistance Craig Albert, University of Connecticut

Ethnicity and Politics in Small Plural Societies: A Comparative Study of Trinidad, Guyana and Fiji Stacey-Ann Wilson, Howard University

H-2: Finding a Political Voice: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States

Chair/Discussant: Mary Herring, Wayne State University

Asian-American Civic and Political Participation in Boston Enclaves: The Role of Resources and Community Organizing Chi-Kan Richard Hung, University of Massachusetts Boston 23

Perceptions of Religion Among Bosnian Refugees in Syracuse, New York Fethi Keles, Syracuse University

J-2: Contemporary Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Chair/Discussant: John O’Rorke, Frostburg State University

Teaching and Research in International Politics: Trends in the Past Two Decades Michael Tierney, College of William and Mary Douglas B. McNamara, College of William and Mary

Striding or Stumbling into the 21st Century: The State of Global Studies Chris Harth, Bucknell University

Hello! Are You There? From Attention to Engagement: Techniques for Listening and Doing Erika E. Pilver, Westfield State College

The Game of Politics Simulations: Classroom and Civic Education Applications Donald R. Jansiewicz, Carroll Community College

Developing Concept-Based Interactive Exercises for World Politics Joan Andorfer, Frostburg State University

L-2: North American Integration in Globalizing Times

Chair/Discussant: Mildred Schwartz, New York University

Society Mobilizing Against Continental Integration, 1988-2004 Jeffrey Ayres, St. Michael’s College

Canadian Political Economy and Civil Mapping the New North American Reality-Immigration Deborah Myers, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC Kevin O’Neil, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC

The Impact of Globalization and Federalism on Provincial Social Welfare in Canada Andrew Johnson, Bishop’s University,

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A-3: Conceptualizing Congressional Representation

Chair: Marcus Allen, Wheaton College

Beyond the District and the State: Re-Conceptualizing Representational Boundaries Justin Gollob, Temple University

Congress and Presentation of Self on the WWW Jeff Gulati, Bentley College Susanna Supalla, Wellesley College

Freshmen in the United States House of Representatives: 1968-2002 Jacob Straus, University of Florida

The Effect of Congressional Scandal on Federal Outlays Joe Uscinski, University of Arizona

Discussant: Ken Moffett, University of Iowa

C-4: Parties and the Electorate

Chair/Discussant: Carl Klarner, Grinnell College

Institutional Reform in a Pivotal Nation Gary Bugh, Texas A and M University

A Two-Way Street: Increasing Black Voters in the Republican Party Tasha M. Kersey, New Jersey General Assembly Republican Office

A Partisan Evolution? Party Images and Polarization in the United States Mark D. Brewer, University of Maine

Ballot Roll-off and Split-Ticket Voting in Two Deep South States Douglas G. Feig, Mississippi State University

D-5: Devolution and Public-Private Collaboration: Stakeholder Participation and Policy Outcomes

Chair: John Portz, Northeastern University

An Analysis of Two Abstinence-Only Education Programs: RSVP and CATS Mike Lovette, University of Akron

Offender Reentry Courts: Democratic Policy Formulation and Implementation in Local Government-Nonprofit Partnerships Craig S. McClure, Miami University, Ohio

What's Trust Got To Do With It? The Role of Trust in Racial Relations In American Public Policy Michele Gilbert, Kent State University Eric Matthews, Kent State University

Discussants John Portz, Northeastern University Christopher Borick, Muhlenberg College

E-4: Political Theology and Political Theory

Chair/Discussant: Wilson Carey McWilliams, Rutgers University

Political Theology and the American Framing: Rendering to Caesar Stephen F. Schneck, The Catholic University of America

The Typologies of Judaism and Christianity in Hegel's Early Theological Writings: Implications for Political Theology Aryeh Botwinick, Temple University

Religion within the Fable of Liberalism Joshua Mitchell, Georgetown University

E-14: Visions of Democracy

Chair/Discussant: Benjamin A. Kleinerman, Virginia Military Institute 25

Levinas and Derrida on a Democracy to Come Philip J. Harold, The Catholic University of America

The Origin and Nature of Political Authority and Original Democracy Steven Brust, The Catholic University of America

John Locke's Biblical Hermeneutics and Democracy Joanne Tetlow, The Catholic University of America

The Rosseauean Jefferson Paul Zummo, Catholic University of America

E-25: The American Founding, Jefferson, Rousseau, Roosevelt and Postmodernism

Chair: Amy Fried, University of Maine

The Jeffersonian Understanding and the 14th Amendment Kevin Spiker, Frostburg State University Brandon Butler, Frostburg State University

Some Happiness as a Right? Rousseau, Roosevelt and Post-fordism Alessandra Bufano, CUNY- Brooklyn College

Realizing and Perpetuating Freedom: The American Founding Reconsidered Matthew S. Holland, Brigham Young University

Discussant: Jordon B. Barkalow, Bridgewater State College

F-12. Foreign Aid: Context and Consequences

Chair/Discussant: Janice Bially Mattern, Lehigh University

Human Rights and Foreign Aid Allocation During the Cold War (1980-89) SimonPeter Gomez, Buffalo State College

Foreign Assistance: Multilateral vs. Bilateral Programs Bradford T. Greene, US Agency for International Development

The Impact of Foreign Aid on Democracy Renee Gibson, SUNY Albany

The Logic of World Bank Lending in Post-Communist Transition Countries Matthew Winters, Columbia University

G-5: The War on Poverty in an Age of Neo-Liberal Economics

Chair/Discussant: E. Brooke Harlowe, The College of St. Catherine

Putting poverty alleviation back on its political place Ana Lorena De La O, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Microfinance Programs and the Bottom Line: The Effect of the Invisible Hand on the Social Goals of Rural Development Agencies Abdur-Rahim Syed, Analysis Group, Inc.

Private Profits rom Commonal Lands: The Neoliberal Land Market and the Rural Poor In Ecuador 26

Emilia Gioreva, University of Florida

Women’s Leadership in Microenterprises in Central America Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Siena College

H-3: Women as Political Actors

Chair/Discussant: Rosanna Perotti, Hofstra University

Women Presidents and Prime Ministers: A Comparative Analysis Farida Jalalzai, Allegheny College

Race Identification vs. Gender Identification: Lessons from the Million Woman March Julia S. Jordan-Zachery, Howard University

The Gender Gap and Political Preferences: (Why) Does it Disappear in Retirement? Tassili Pender, Harvard University

J-3: Roundtable - Reflects on Academe: What They Never Taught You in School

Moderator: Frank Le Veness, St. John’s University

Participants: James E. Freeman, CUNY-Bronx Community College John O’Rorke, Frostburg State University Francine J. D'Amico, Syracuse University

L-3: Roundtable - The June 2004 Canadian Election

Moderator: Tony Hill, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Participants: Jane Arscott, Athabasca University Stephanie Mullen, University to Queen's University. Neil Nevitte, University of Toronto Greg Tardi, Canada House of Commons Staff Peter Woolstencroft, University of Waterloo

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NPSA Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

ISA-NE Executive Committee Meeting 4:15 – 5:15 PM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Registration and Employment Services Room: Pre-Function Area

Book Exhibit Room: Pre-Function Area Special Meetings and Events

Breakfast for NPSA Program Committee and Panel Chairs Sponsored by the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars 7:45 AM

Luncheon of the International Studies Association-Northeast Guest Speaker: Robert H. Jackson, Boston University Topic: International Responsibility: How Far in Practice? Co-Sponsored By the Carnegie Council On Ethics And International Affairs 12:30 – 2 PM

ISA - Northeast Circle: Ordering International Politics: Identity, Crisis, and Representational Force Honoree: Janice Bially-Mattern, Lehigh University 3:45 – 5:15 PM

Tour of the Moakley Archive of the late Joseph J. Moakley (D-Massachusetts), led by Beth Bower, Director of the Moakley Archive and Institute. 3:45 – 5:15 PM

International Studies Association-Northeast Plenary Session Keynote Speaker: Jacek Kugler, Claremont Graduate School, President of the International Studies Association Topic: Why Study Politics? Global and Regional Implications of the War on Terror 6 – 7 pm

Reception of the Moakley Archive and Institute and the Department of Government at Suffolk University 6 – 7 PM

Reception of the International Studies Association-Northeast 7:15 – 8:15 pm

Reception of the New York State Political Science Association 7:15 – 8:15 PM

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A-4: Rhetoric in American National Institutions

Chair: Scott L. McLean, Quinnipiac University

Branded: The Use of Symbolic Language in Federal Policy Making Richard P. Barberio, SUNY - Oneonta Brian M. Lowe, SUNY - Oneonta

Truth or Consequences? Character and Swing Voters in the 2000 Election Benjamin Bishin, University of Miami, Florida Daniel Stevens, University of Miami, Florida Christian Wilson, University of Miami, Florida

The US Supreme Court and Patriotic Symbols Scott Johnson, Frostburg State University Brandon Hoover, Frostburg State University

Rethinking the “Malaise” Narrative of the Carter Presidency Elvin T. Lim, University of Tulsa

Discussant: Lara Michelle Brown, Hendrix College

B-5 - Issues in Local Governance

Chair/Discussant: Arthur Holst, City of Philadelphia

Hopes of Seclusion: Negative, Positive Liberty and Gated Communities Carlos Suarez-Carrasquillo, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Priming the Pump to Promote Inter-Municipal Consolidation Kevin R. Hardwick, Canisius College

The Historical Evolution of the CDC: Same Time, Different Path Deborah E. Ward, Seton Hall University

What Is Going On? The Politics of City Council Reform Jason C. Sides, Florida State University

C-5: Exploring the Quality of American Democracy

Chair/ Discussant: Jeffrey Stonecash, Syracuse University

Exploring Regional Trends in Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000 Melanie Springer, Columbia University

Policy, Process, and People: Sources of Trust in Municipal Government Stacy G. Ulbig, Southwest Missouri State University

Voting Turnout: Do Ethnic Subgroups Matter? Beth Ginsberg, New York University

Religious Affiliation and Voter Behavior Santa Falcone, University of New Mexico

D-6: Defining Problems and their Solutions: Events, Symbols, Stories, and Models

Chair: David A. Rochefort, Northeastern University

Community Support for Punitive Correctional Policy Fred Meyer, Ball State University Ralph Baker, Ball State University

Focusing Events: The Role of Gun Violence in New Policy Formation in Four Western Democracies Anthony Fleming, West Virginia University Paul E. Rutledge, West Virginia University Korok Biswas, West Virginia University

Moral Panics, Folk Devils and Patronage: The Boston Globe's Coverage of the Terrorist Attacks of 9-11 Domonic A. Bearfield, University of New Hampshire

Policy Paradoxes of Cellular Phone Regulation Marisa Zito, Providence College Robert B. Hackey, Providence College

Discussants: David A. Rochefort, Northeastern University Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University

E-1: Aristotle’s Best Regime

Chair: Thornton Lockwood, Sacred Heart University

Rethinking the Meaning of the Best Regime in Aristotle's Politics Clifford Angell Bates, Jr., Uniwersytet Warszawski

Political Justice in Aristotle's Best Regime Fred D. Miller, Jr., Bowling Green State University

The aristê politeia and Aristotle’s Intended Audience J.J. Mulhern, University of Pennsylvania

Aristotle’s Prayer P. L. P. Simpson, CUNY Graduate Center

Discussant: Carrie-Ann Khan, CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

E-12: Feminist Theory, Group Theory, Identity, and Worldview

Chair: Richard Dagger, Arizona State University

Critiques of Ecofeminism as Essentialism Patricia S. Misciagno, Manhattanville College

The Razor's Edge: Feminist Theory, Group Representation, and the Promise of Justice Angela D. Ledford, The College of Saint Rose

Judicious Spectators in American Government 30

Dan Dileo, Pennsylvania State University

Discussants: JoAnne Myers, Marist College Sharon Fingerer-Goldman, Ramapo College

F-11: Islamic International Relations

Chair/Discussant: Azzedine Layachi, St. John’s University

Social Justice and Islamic Social Consciousness as a Comparative Variable Deina Abdelkader Kady, Independent

The Road to Globalization Runs though Women’s Struggle: Iran and the Impact of the Nobel Peace Prize Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac University

A Neo-Gramscian Approach to the Rise of Political Islam Ozgur Usenmez, City University of New York

F-36: European Security

Chair/Discussant: Randall Newnham, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College

An Alliance in Crisis Wallace J. Thies, Catholic University of America

Why German-US Relations Still Matter to the Transatlantic Alliance Michaela Hertkorn, Seton Hall University

Theories of European Defense Integration: A Critical Assessment and a Constructive Alternative Johan Eliasson, Syracuse University Braden Smith, Syracuse University

G-7: After the Fall: Post-Communist Societies Today

Chair/Discussant: S. Mohsin Hashim, Muhlenberg College

International Pressure and Elite Divisions: The Cases of Slovakia and the Czech Republic Rachel Vanderhill, University of Virginia

The Supra-State Model of Democratization: The Case of Serbia and Montenegro Milica Golubovic, Northeastern University

Structural and Behavioral Patterns Affecting the Development of Democratic Societies in the Post-Soviet Region Ginta Palubinskas, George Mason University

Two Roads to Recovery? Estonian and Belarussian Transformations Compared Aleksander Lust, Cornell University

H-5: Women and Politics in Comparative Perspective

Chair/Discussant: Farida Jalalzai, Allegheny College

Towards Demobilization with Emancipation: Women and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka Christine Keating, Siena College 31

Rising Tide: Southern African Women, Political Mobilization and Policy Formation Tanisha Dyall, St. John's University

Women's Movements, Party Politics, and the State: Legislating Gender Electoral Quotas in Latin America Andira Hernandez-Monzoy, Yale University

I-1: US Presidential Nomination Politics: The View from the Ground (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Chair: Constantine J. Spiliotes, St. Anselm College

What the Media Giveth, the Media Taketh Away: The Rise and Fall of Howard Dean Iva E. Deutchman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

The 2004 New Hampshire Democratic Primary and Network News Stephen J. Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington S. Robert Lichter, Center for Media and Public Affairs

“Kerry-ing” the Hawkeye State: The Iowa Caucus’ Impact on the Presidential Race, 1976-2004 Christopher Clayton Hull, Georgetown University

Discussants: Andrew E. Smith, University of New Hampshire Terry Neal, Washingtonpost.com

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A-5: Selecting Officeholders in the United States

Chair: Peter L. Francia, East Carolina University

Selection of the Vice Presidential Nominee at National Party Conventions William Adler, City University of New York - Hunter College

Suffrage Reform and the Local Constitution of Popular Sovereignty in the United States Alec Ewald, Union College

Congressional Institutionalization and the Constitution: Situating the Apportionment Act of 1842 Jason Kassel, University of Florida

Hiring Presidents: Career Paths to the White House, 1789 - 2004 Garrison Nelson, University of Vermont

Discussant: Bruce E. Altschuler, SUNY – Oswego

C-6: Interest Groups and Social Movements

Chair/Discussant: Elizabeth C. Matto, Rutgers University

Jesse, Arnold and The Politics of Anger Lilly J. Goren, Lake Forrest University Mary McHugh, Merrimack College

Howard Dean and Democracy for America: Interest Group Origin through Organizational Change Kristofer Frederick, University at Albany

Student Activism, Global HIV/AIDS and the 2004 Election: Lessons for Social Movement Mobilization and Processes Patricia D. Siplon, Saint Michael's College Michael McCarthy, Saint Michael's College

Discounting Politics: The Negative Impact of Larger Retailers on Local Political Activity Dan Hopkins, Harvard University

E-2: Socratic Education in Plato and Xenophon

Chair: Christopher Bruell, Boston College

Socratic Rhetoric of Friendship and Politics in Plato’s Lysis and Menexenus Dustin Gish, the American University of Rome

Socrates and Nicias: The Problem of Socratic Education Linda Rabieh, Tufts University

Socratic Ambition and the Education of Decency in Plato’s Hipparchus, Minos and Crito Stephen Shumaker, Baptist Bible College

True Rhetoric and True Statesmanship in Plato's Gorgias Christopher Whidden, Northern Illinois University

Discussant: Albert Keith Whitaker, Boston College

E-11: State Origins, War and Peace, Foreign Policy and Terror

Chair/Discussant: Kevin Costa, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Penitentiary, Polis, and Genesis: The Mythic Reconstruction of State Origins Sean Walsh, University of Central Florida

Classical Ideas of War and Peace in American Film: A New Approach to the Classics Carly Kinsella, Fordham University

Official Apologies in the Aftermath of Massive Political Violence Ernesto Verdeja, New School University

E-16: Deliberative Democracy, Trust, Justice and Policy

Chair: Timothy Luther, California Baptist University

Political Trust as a Challenge to Deliberative Accounts of Representation Andrew Tucker, Georgetown University

Liberal Sympathies: Compassionate Grounds for a Commitment to Justice Michael L. Frazer, Princeton University

Particularized Trust and Deliberative Democracy: Involuntary Trust Groups and the Deliberative Process Kristen L. Fauson, Georgetown University

Democratic Community, Public Culture and the Centrality of Trust Patti Tamara Lenard, Oxford University 33

Discussant: Tamara Metz, Harvard University

E-17: Democratic Theory, Freedom, Responsibility and Citizenship

Chair: Angela D. Ledford, The College of Saint Rose

Democratic Theory and the Paradox of Modern Freedom Lawrence Olson, University of Maryland - College Park

Political Responsibility and Epistemic Virtues Eric Beerbohm, Princeton University

Dual Citizenship and Liberal Democracy Peter C. Meilaender, Houghton College

The Re-defining of Citizenship Since 9/11 JoAnne Myers, Marist College

Discussant: Alessandra Bufano, CUNY- Brooklyn College

F-7: Governing the Global Economy I: International Mechanisms

Chair: Daniel J. Minnich, University of Georgia

Cooperation for Development: The Euro-Bank for Reconstruction and Development Pamela Bromley, Princeton University

Judicialization and Argument: The World Trade Organization Kevin Buterbaugh, Southern Connecticut State University

Magnanimity and WTO Disputes: Explaining Early Settlement in Trade Disputes Using Theory of Moves Cristiane Carniero, New York University/Arcadia University

Private Authority and the Establishment of the Bank for International Settlements Kevin Ozgercin, City University of New York

Discussant: Mark C. Gentry, St. Francis University

G-6: State and Society in Latin America: Participation and Power

Chair/Discussant: Levitsky Steven, Harvard University

Politics After Reform: Pension Policy-Making in Latin America Shannon O'Neil Trowbridge, Harvard University

Latin Leviathans: Assessing and Explaining the Growth of State Infrastructural Power in Latin America Hillel David Soifer, Harvard University

The Paradox of Primaries: Under-Representing Women in Chile and Mexico Magda Hinojosa, Harvard University

The "Cosmic Race" in the Schools: State Infrastructural Power and Nationalism in early 20th Century Mexico and Peru Matthias vom Hau, Brown University

G-8: Change and Continuity in Russia

Chair/Discussant: Joshua Spero, Fitchburg State College

State Crafting and Limits to Structural Reforms in Putin's Russia S. Mohsin Hashim, Muhlenberg College

Russia and the European Union: “The New Special Economic Relationship” Stergos Kaloudis, Catholic University of America

Russia's Transition to Capitalism: An Unbalanced Scorecard Mikhail Molchanov, St. Thomas University, Canada The Influence of Jews, Russians, and Caucasians in the Moscow Trade Network 1982-1986” Luc Duhamel, Université de Montréal, Canada

I-2: US Presidential Nomination Politics: The View from the Air (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Chair: Douglas B. Harris, Loyola College, Maryland

Ideological Homogenization and the New Nominating Equilibrium in Presidential Primaries Arthur Paulson, Southern Connecticut State University

Secondary Effects of Primaries: How Do the Institutional Effects of Primaries Affect American Democracy? Julia Azari, Yale University

Leeches, Lemmings, and Pet Rocks: The 2004 Democratic Nomination Process Lara Michelle Brown, Hendrix College J. Mark Wrighton, University of New Hampshire

Discussants: Douglas B. Harris, Loyola College, Maryland William G. Mayer, Northeastern University

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A-6: Roundtable - Congressional Archives as an Untapped Data Source

Moderator: Sean Q. Kelly, Niagara University

Participants: Beth Ann Bower, Suffolk University Scott A. Frisch, California State University - Channel Islands Douglas B. Harris, Loyola College, Maryland Rebecca Johnson Melvin, University of Delaware Jessica Kratz, National Archives and Records Administration Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Julian Zelizer, Boston University

C-7: Issues in American Politics

Chair: Amy Fried, University of Maine

Voters: Citizens, Consumers or Crowd? Richard P. Devine

(Re-)Examining the Electoral College: A Comparative Assessment Rogan Kersh, Syracuse University Johan Eliasson, Syracuse University

Public Opinion on Welfare Reform in the American States: A Mandate for What? Eric Chen-Hua Yu, Columbia University

Discussants: Amy Fried, University of Maine Andrew L. Pieper, University of Connecticut

D-7: Theories of Bureaucratic Organization and Motivation

Chair: Marc A. Wallace, Rider University

Executive Reorganization Commissions Marc Bacharach, Miami University, Ohio

Organizational Change Across Several Government Institutions: The Case of Telecommunications Policy John Havick, Georgia Institute of Technology

From Rent-seeker to Power-broker: Why do Chinese Officials "Xiahai"? Wang Yuanyuan, National University of Singapore

Pennsylvania's Professional Local Government Managers and Administrators: Assessing the Ethical Climate Mary Jane Kuffner Hirt, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants: Marc A. Wallace, Rider University Michael J. New, Harvard University

F-8: Governing the Global Economy II: Transnational Mechanisms

Chair/Discussant: Wesley Widmaier, St. Joseph’s University

The Creation of a Cosmopolitan Corporate Culture Christopher Counihan, University of Delaware

SPS Measures andTheir Impact on Global Trade Ed Petronzio, Miami University of Ohio

Politics in the Headlines in Developing Countries: The Response of Financial Markets to Political News Lauren Phillips, London School of Economics

The Impact of NAFTA’s Investor-State Dispute Resolution System on US Public Policy and Jurisprudence John Rosero, Rutgers University

F-13: Politics of Development

Chair/Discussant: Kevin Buterbaugh, Southern Connecticut State University

Narrative and Event in Conceptions of Trade and Globalization 36

Amy Skonieczny, University of Minnesota

Globalization and Women’s Roles in the International Political Economy Margaret Gonzalez-Perez, Southeastern Louisiana University

The Rentier State: Toward a Rigorous Theory of Distributive Development Mark Keida, Miami University

F-39: Germany, Poland and Russia

Chair/Discussant: Frank Le Veness, St. John’s University

From Matka Boska to Matka Polka: The Catholic Church and Women in Poland Jennifer Lobasz, University of Minnesota

The Role of Economic Linkage in Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik Randall Newnham, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College

Role Theory and Foreign Policy Change: The Transformation of Russian Foreign Policy in the 1990s Michael Grossman, Mount Union College

Deadly Chemicals, Domestic Politics and Dissent: Russian Chemical Weapons and Regime Theory Martha Clark, Cornell University

F-28: Politics of the Asian Region

Chair/Discussant: Alice Ba, University of Delaware

Regionalism in East Asia: The Free Trade Agreement Between South Korea and Chile Youngshik Bong, WellesleyCollege Heon Joo Jung, University of Pennsylvania

American Unilateralism and Korean Nationalism: Understanding Forward-Deployed and Host Nation Cooperation Leif-Eric Easley, Harvard University

Networks and Regional Institution Building: The Case of APEC Yasumasa Komori, University of Pittsburgh

F-31. US Foreign Policy III: Roundtable - The Bush Middle East Policy: Recipe for Disaster

Moderator: Abolghassem Sedehi, Seton Hall University

Participants: Eric M. Davis, Rutgers University George Gregoriou, William Paterson University Abdul H. Raoof, Buffalo State University Sirousse Tabriztchi, Old Westbury College Azzedine Layachi, St. John’s University

G-9: Strategies of Resistance: Reform or Revolution?

Chair/Discussant: Jennie Purnell, Boston College

Regime Type and Secessionism Jason Sorens, Yale University 37

Why Do Some Indigenous People Oppose the Zapatistas? Class Formations and the Limits of the Polity Model of Social Movement Politics Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut

Development and Collective Action under Neoliberal Democracy: Argentina, Brazil and Chile Paul Posner, Clark University

Social Networks, Civil Society, and the State: The Instrumental Value of Social Capital in Rio de Janeiro's Squatter Settlements Bryan Williams, University of Florida

G-10: The Barriers to Democratization

Chair/Discussant: Octavius Pinkard, Chistopher Newport University

The Transnational Sources of Stable Authoritarianism in the Arab States Sean Yom, Harvard University

Elite Attitudes and Political Reform in the Arab Region Abdel-Fattah Mady, Claremont Graduate University The Likelihood of Democratization Tatiana Vashchilko, Pennsylvania State University

Haiti's Failed Democracy: A Problem of Counter-Incentives Kathleen Totoonchie, Boston College

I-3: Realignment: Critical, Incremental, or Non-Existent? (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Chair: Costas Panagopolous, New York University

Realignment in the Contemporary Era: 1952-2002 William J. Crotty, Northeastern University

Presidential Mandates and Realignments: Any Relationship? Patricia Conley, University of Chicago

Realignment: Relevance of Alternatives Benjamin Ginsberg, The Johns Hopkins University

Discussant: Arthur Paulson, Southern Connecticut State University

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F-19 International Studies Association -Northeast -Northeast Circle Honoree: Janice Bially Mattern, Lehigh University

Discussants:

Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University Daniel Nexon, Georgetown University Neta Crawford, Brown University 38

Craig Murphy, Wellesley College

A-7: Presidential Policy Making

Chair: Jeanne Zaino, Iona College

Executive Orders from Roosevelt to Roosevelt Graham G. Dodds, University of Pennsylvania

Constitutional Persuasion and the Spacing of Liberal Order: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations Joseph Mink, Mount Holyoke College

The Political Construction of the American Dream: An Analysis of the Johnson and Nixon Inaugurals Cyril Ghosh, Syracuse University Gavan Duffy, Syracuse University

Discussant: Samuel B. Hoff, Delaware State University

B-6 - Local Politics from a Comparative Perspective

Chair/Discussant: Mary Jane Kuffner, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Effectiveness of Local Government in China from a District Perspective Li Dan, National University of Singapore

Social Capital in New Brunswick Joanna Everitt, University of New Brunswick, St. John Don Desserud, University of New Brunswick, St. John Paul Howe, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

Coming of Age: The Blessed Isle’s Struggle Janice McKendrick, University of Prince Edward Island

Resident and Social Activist Relations and Urban Renewal: Hong Kong LO Pui Kwan, Naomi, City University of Hong Kong

C-8: Interest Groups and Political Strategies

Chair: Rogan Kersh, Syracuse University

Interest Group Proliferation: Women’s Interest Factionalism and its Effect on Legislation Susan Drossman, SUNY at Albany

Feminist organizational responses to new reproductive technologies Danielle Gougon, Rutgers University

Business Interests and the Clinton Health Care Plan Joe Corrado, Temple University

Discussants: Rogan Kersh, Syracuse University Jeffrey Selinger, Cornell University

E-3: Philosophy and Politics in Plato’s Laws and Republic 39

Chair: Randall Baldwin Clark, Goodwin Procter LLP

Philosophers as Painters in the Republic Christopher Dustin, College of the Holy Cross

The Myth of the Flood in Plato's Laws: Philosophical Music and Intoxicant Scott Hemmenway, Eureka College

Bringing the Laws Around to the Republic: Aristotle’s Criticism of the Athenian Stranger’s City in Speech Jason Jividen, Northern Illinois University

Philosophy and Citizenship in Plato's Second-Best Regime Denise Shaeffer, College of the Holy Cross

Discussant: Jill M. Budny, University of Notre Dame

E-9: Neo-Republicanism and the Economy

Chair/Discussant: Donald Moon, Wesleyan University

Neo-republicanism’s Civic Economy Richard Dagger, Arizona State University

Republicanism and Democratic Injustice Henry S. Richardson, Georgetown University

The Economics of Republicanism Paul J. Weithman, University of Notre Dame

E-18: Continental Theory

Chair: Jim Josefson, Bridgewater College

The Rule of Law as a Democratic Principle of Legitimacy: The Views of Jürgen Habermas and Otfried Höffe H. Ertuğ Tombuş, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey;

Rethinking 'Democratic Dualism': A critique of Ackerman and Habermas's Theories of Constitutional Deliberation Mariela Vargova, New School University

Taxation and the “Scientization” of Politics Mindy Peden, John Carroll University

Affect and Political Legitimacy: A Critique of Constitutional Contractarianism Annie Stilz, Harvard University

Discussant: John Christopher Carney, Manhattanville College

F-9: The Quest for Peace I: The Middle East

Chair: Abolghassem Sedehi, Seton Hall University

Where Have All the Moderates Gone? The Elusive Search for Peace in the Middle East Eric N. Budd, Fitchburg State College

The Greater Middle East Initiative and the Role of Turkey Brian L. Colbert, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey 40

Post-National Movements: A New Concept in the Post-Material Society? Anat Niv-Solomon, University of Connecticut

Irrelevant Alliance, Intractable Problem: Can NATO Enlargement End the Arab-Israeli Conflict? Micah Zenko, Brandeis University/Harvard University Ehud Eiran, Brandeis University/Harvard University

Discussant: Michael Mousseau, Koç University, Turkey

F-14: Domestic and International Influences on Human Rights Practices

Chair: David A. Reilly, Niagara University

Human Rights and International Relations Theory: An Integrative Approach Anthony Chase, Occidental College

Protecting Human Rights Over Borders David A. Reilly, Niagara University

Heroes or Traitors? Framing Cross-Border Organizing in the Salvadoran Maquilas Lawrence Ladutke, University of Richmond

Human Rights Treaties, Authoritarian Governments and the Potential for Change Iris Mwanza, Johns Hopkins University

Treating Poorly Healed Wounds: Human Rights Policies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay Rebecca Evans, Ursinus College

Discussant: TBA

G-11: Democratic Consolidation or Reversal?

Chair/Discussant: Harriet Applewhite, Southern Connecticut State University

Determinants of Presidential Survival in the Third Wave Democracies Young Hun Kim, Pennsylvania State University

Obedience and Defiance: Military Adherence to Civilian Authority in a New Democracy Leslie Anderson, University of Florida Guillermina Seri, University of Florida

Executive Assaults: Presidents and Political Liberty in Ecuador and Venezuela William Barndt, Princeton University

Democracy and the Effectiveness of Civil Society Advocacy: The South African Civil Society and HIV/AIDS Steven Majors, Rutgers University

H-6: Gender Equality in the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Chair/Discussant: Stefanie Nanes, Hofstra University

The Transition to Gender Equality in Central Asia Irina Liczek, New School University

Reducing Us to One Dimension: The Collapse of Women’s Rights in Post Communist Serbia and Croatia Annemarie M. Spadafore, Miami University, Ohio 41

Women’s Representation: Bridging the East and the West Petra Hejnova, Syracuse University

Qatari Women: A New Generation of Leaders? Louay Bahry, University of Tennessee Knoxville

I-4: The Long-Term Implications of the 2004 Elections (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Chair/Discussant: Mike Hannahan, University of Massachusetts

Money and Politics in the 2004 Election: A Long Term Perspective Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Survey Results and the Election Campaign in Massachusetts Louis DiNatale, University of Massachusetts-Boston

The Structure of the Vote in the 2004 Presidential Election Jonathan Knuckey, University of Central Florida

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13

Registration and Employment Services Room: Pre-Function Area

Book Exhibit Room: Pre-Function Area Special Meetings and Events

Women's Caucus Breakfast 7:30 to 8:45 AM

Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect Panels I-5 to I-7

Special Workshop: Publishing In A Professional Journal: The Social Science Journal as a Stepping Stone 1:15 - 2:45 PM

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A-8: The Courts and the Constitution

Chair: Susan J. Siggelakis, University of New Hampshire

From Words to Worlds: Examining Constitutional Functionality Beau Breslin, Skidmore College

Why the Constitution Isn’t a “Crafty Individual”: Lysander Spooner’s Understanding of Original Intent Helen J. Knowles, Boston University

Beyond an Eye for an Eye: The Philosophy and Practice of Proportional Punishments Alice Ristroph, Columbia Law School

Habeas Corpus and Reconstruction Justin J. Wert, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Steven Lichtman, Dickinson College

C-9: New Directions in American Politics

Chair/Discussant: Sean Q Kelly, Niagara University

Social Conservatives in Court: A Reassessment of US Experience Jeremy Clarke, Queens University, Canada

America’s Experiment with Single-Party Politics: the Threat of Foreign Sponsorship, Anti-partisanship, and the Era of Good Feelings Jeffrey Selinger, Cornell University

The Dual Spiral of Silence 43

Hyun Jung Yun, University of Florida

Changes in the Telecommunications Political Process in the United States: The Impact of the Establishment of the E-rate Shoko Kiyohara, University of Tokyo

E-5: Roundtable - Patchen Markell, Bound by Recognition

Moderator: Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo, CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Participants: Joan Cocks, Mount Holyoke College Uday S. Mehta, Amherst College Falguni A. Sheth, Hampshire College Patchen Markell, University of Chicago

E-6: Early Modernity and Its Reverberations

Chair: Robert Devigne, Tufts University

Contra the Despotism of a Republic: Montesquieu’s References to Machiavelli in The Spirit of the Laws Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University

Francis Bacon’s Critique of Machiavellian Imperialism Michelle Tolman Clarke, Yale University

Montesquieu on the ‘Economics of Religion’ Christopher Nadon, Trinity College

Discussant: Flagg Taylor, Skidmore College

E-13: Hobbes and Locke

Chair/Discussant: Diana M. Judd, CUNY - Borough of Manhattan Community College

Thomas Hobbes' Theory of Equality s As It Appears in De Cive Robert Roecklein, The Behrend College, Penn State, at Erie

Individual Autonomy and the Good Society: Comparing Hobbes and Locke Andrew Dzirkalis, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Locke and Hobbes on Self-Ownership: Reflections on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights David Freeman, Washburn University

Locke’s Treatment of the Relation Between Executive Power and Constitutionalism Benjamin A. Kleinerman, Virginia Military Institute

Locke and the Autonomy of Government: A Model for Reconciling the Works of John Locke Jason Di Gianni, State University of New York at Albany

F-15: Roundtable on Ethics in International Relations

Moderator: Eric Leonard, Shenandoah University

Participants: Rosemary E. Shinko, University of Connecticut Jennifer Sterling-Folker, University of Connecticut Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University Francine J. D’Amico, Syracuse University Sean Duffy, Quinnipiac College

F-21: Transnational Security Issues

Chair: TTBBAA

Norms of Human Security: The Landmine Ban Case Maoko Kumagai, City University of New York

Poppy and Politics: Drugs and Conflict in Afghanistan Vanda Felbab-Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

US Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Policy: A View from Below Gerard Huiskamp, Wheaton College Lanae Ball, Wheaton College

Discussant: David R. Hayes, Troy State University

F-22: International Relations and International Law: An Uneasy Alliance

Chair/Discussant: Alan G. Stolberg, US Army War College

Intervention, Pre-emption and Liberal International Law Linda Bishai, Towson University

The Divide Between International Relations and International Law: A Case Study on War Lisa Danish, SUNY – Buffalo

In Search of Legitimacy: Compliance with International Laws of War During Civil War Jessica Stanton, Columbia University

Shackles Without a Key: Withdrawal Provisions in International Agreements Asif Efrat, Harvard University

G-13: Political Minorities in Comparative Perspective

Chair/Discussant: Molchanov, Mikhail, St. Thomas University

Targeted Policy and Flexible Identity in Brazil Seth Racusen, Anna Maria College

Framing Cultural Clashes: French and British 2004 Legislative Debates on Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities Harriet Applewhite, Southern Connecticut State University

Immigration, Citizenship and Globalization: Comparative Perspectives John Critzer, Southern Connecticut State University

G-14: European Politics in a Changing World

Chair/Discussant: Kirk Buckman, Catholic University of America

Al Qaeda, the Spanish election and the Future of European Anti-Terrorism Policy Anthony Celso, Valley Forge Military College

Post-authoritarian Justice and Cleavage Resilience in Italian Politics (1945-2004) Paola Cesarini, Columbia University

The Greek Military Dictatorship, 1967-1974: Lessons Learned George Kaloudis, Rivier College

The Politics of the Economic and Monetary Union Ophelia Eglene, Middlebury College

I-5: Roundtable: The 2004 Congressional Elections: What Happened and Why (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Moderator: Stephen Medvic, Franklin and Marshall College

Participants: John C. Berg, Suffolk University Jeff Gulati, Bentley College Jennifer Steen, Boston College

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B-4 - Electoral Issues in the States and Localities.

Chair/Discussant: Jennifer M. Jensen, SUNY - Albany

Judicial Elections - Can They Be Successfully Reformed? Aman McLeod, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Race, Power, and Urban Democracy Michael J. Fortner, Harvard University

The Arizona Clean Election Act: Are State Legislative Elections More Competitive? Graham P. Ramsden, Creighton University

Class Bias of Voter Turnout: Polarization and Democratic Gubernatorial Electoral Success Carl Klarner, Grinnell College

E-15: Democratic Theory, Equality, and Pluralism

Chair: Traci Levy, Adelphi University

Difference and Political Judgment: Justice in the Age of Pluralism Timothy Luther, California Baptist University

The Limits of Egalitarianism: A Critique of Brian Barry’s Approach to the Law Stephen On, University of California - Los Angeles

Deliberation and Minimal Multiculturalism 46

Sonu Bedi, Yale University

Democratic Theory in the Face of Economic Inequality Joel Parker, The University of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Alex Zakaras, Princeton University

E-19: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Chair/Discussant: Scott Roulier, Lyon College

“The Man is Dead and the State is Dissolved”: Rousseau’s Body Politic and the General Will Jeffery Zavadil, Arizona State University

Rousseau on Meaning in History Ian A. M. Ward, Princeton University

Pathways to Authenticity in Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker Efrat Waksman, New School University

F-16: The Politics of Hegemony

Chair/Discussant: Daniel Green, University of Delaware

The Bush Administration’s Grand Strategy in Foreign Policy Thomas Redden, Southern Vermont College

The International Criminal Court and US Hegemony Eric Leonard, Shenandoah University

Why Clinton Managed Hegemony Better than Bush: How To Manage An Empire Without Really Trying Peter Howard, American University

Why Does the Foreign Policy of the Hegemonic Power Differ in the Core and Periphery? Y. Hugh Jo, SUNY Albany

F-23: Human Rights Issues

Chair/Discussant: Srinivasan Sitaraman, Clark University

The Economic Requisite of Liberal Democracy and Human Rights Demet Yalcin Mousseau, Koç University, Turkey Michael Mousseau, Koç University, Turkey

The Use of Radio Before and During Genocide: Mass Media and Dehumanization Mark Sachleben, Western New England College

The Trafficking in Persons: Complex Questions Demand Complex Answers John Picarelli, American University

Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region Hidetoshi Hashimoto, Towson University

F-24: Latin American International Relations

Chair/Discussant: Francine J. D’Amico, Syracuse University

Why Nicaragua? Cornerstones of Reagan’s Foreign Policies Greg DeNezzo, University of Connecticut

The OAS and the Unequal Application of Regional Democratic Principles Daniela Donno, Yale University

The Oil Leviathan: Fortunes and Misadventures of the Venezuelan State Marco Cupolo, Trinity College

Cuba-Mexico Relations from Salinas to Fox: Changing the Benchmark of Legitimacy Patricia Olney, Southern Connecticut State University

F-25: Quantitative/Formal Approaches to Conflict

Chair: TTBBAA

Declarations of War: Withering Vestiges or Significant Signals? Marko Djuranovic, Columbia University

Conflict History and Preferential Trading Memberships: A Rational Expectations Test Christina Fattore, Florida State University

Statistical Analysis of Unexpected Events and Interventions in Interstate Wars, 1816-1995 Zachary Shirkey, Columbia University

Reputations for Strength, Stakes and Interstate War Duration Alex Weisiger, Columbia University

Discussant: TTBBAA

G-12: The Politics of Identity in the Middle East

Chair/Discussant: Azzedine Layachi, St. John’s University

Secularism and Minority Rights in Turkey Guliz Dinc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Citizenship and National Identity in Jordan: The Abu Odeh Affair Stefanie Nanes, Franklin and Marshall College

Intersections of Intolerance: Religious Parties and Movements in Israel, Algeria and the Palestinian Territories Annemarie Spadafore, Miami University, Ohio

Identity and Counter-Terrorism Mariya Omelicheva, , Purdue University

G-15: Policymaking in the European Union

Chair/Discussant: Anthony Celso, Valley Forge Military College

Pension Reform in Germany And Austria: System Change vs. Retrenchment Marius Busemeyer, Harvard University

When Employers Are Willing To Pay Labor Costs: The Importance of Industrial Concentration June Park, University of Pittsburgh 48

Historical Institutionalism and European Social Policy: A Reassessment of the Dynamics of European Integration Aaron Boesenecker, Georgetown University

The High Politics and Low Politics of the New Europe Michael Ardovino, Catholic University of America

I-6: Roundtable: Hindsight is 20/20: Deconstructing the 2004 Presidential Election Forecasts (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Moderator: Bruce E. Caswell, Rowan University

Participants: Alan Abramowitz, Emory University James E. Campbell, SUNY - Buffalo Alfred G. Cuzan, University of West Florida Robert S. Erikson, Columbia University Tom Holbrook, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Christopher Wlezien, University of Oxford

K-2: The Politics of Environmental Policy-Making: Conflict and Cooperation in National, Regional and Global Contexts Co-sponsored by NPSA and ISA-NE

Chair/Discussant: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University

Yellow China? -- Dust and Sandstorms Control and Prevention in North and Northwestern China Teng Fu, The Catholic University of America

Urban Sprawl, Global Warming and the Perimeters of Ecological Modernization George A. Gonzalez, University of Miami

Europe and Global Climate Change: Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation Paul Harris, Lingnan University

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SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect See Panels I-5 to I-7

D-2: Comparative Analysis of Public Policy

Chair: Marc Landy, Boston College

Education Provision and Productivity: Do Regime Types Really Matter? Amy Liu, Emory University

Supporting Mothers' Employment: Limits to Convergence or a Regulatory Failure? Olga Avdeyeva, Purdue University

What if Privatization Were Not So Cheap After All? New Evidence from the E.U. 49

Germa Bel, Cornell University Anton Costas, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

The Faith-Based Initiative: The Use of Religious Providers in England and America Amos Zehavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussants Marc Landy, Boston College Scott Allard, Brown University

E-20: Pragmatism

Chair: Bruce Caswell, Rowan University

Critical Reconstructions: John Dewey and the Philosophy of Critical Pragmatism Alison Kadlec, Macalester

American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith Robert J. Lacey, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

No Great Awakening: On the Revival of Pragmatism Jerome Huyler, Seton Hall University

The Pragmatism of Justice as Ethical Consumption Jim Josefson, Bridgewater College Krisin Marino, Bridgewater College

Discussant: Roudy Hildreth, University of Minnesota

E-21: Neitzsche, Mann and Weber

Chair: Antonio L Rappa, National University of Singapore

Max Weber, Western Rationalism and the Alienation of the Subject Andrew Koch, Appalachian State University

The Politics of Encroachment: Thomas Mann’s Critique of Democracy Scott Roulier, Lyon College

Nietzsche, Perspective and Experience Steven Michels, Sacred Heart University

Discussants: Antonio L Rappa, National University of Singapore Paul E. Kirkland, Holy Cross University

E-22: Social Criticism and Political Argument

Chair/Discussant Christopher C. Robinson, Clarkson University

The Philosopher as Critic: Walzer, Strauss and the Socratic Enterprise Abdur-Rahman Syed, University of Chicago

Constitutional Time, Sovereignty and Democratic Legitimation: The Use and Abuse of the Ancient/Modern Distinction Verity Smith, Harvard University

Rehabilitating the Role of Imagination in Contemporary Political Theory Mihaela Czobor-Lupp, Georgetown University 50

F-17: The Politics of Anti-Hegemony

Chair/Discussant: Eric Leonard, Shenandoah University

Rethinking Hegemony: A Gramscian Perspective Tolga Demiryol, University of Virginia

Can We Trust America? An Empirical Analysis of Anti-Americanism in South Korea Myongsob Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea Jun Young Choi, Yonsei University, South Korea

Anti-Hegemonic Discourse in Europe and Russia since 9/11 Irina Papkov, Georgetown University

The Ties that Bind: Handcuffed Hegemony and the Case of France Mark Schaefer, West Virginia University

F-18: The Issue of Iraq

Chair: Thomas Redden, Southern Vermont College

Will Federalism Keep Iraq Together Or Break it Apart? Larry Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

The Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy: Confronting Intractable Conflicts and Nation-Building in Post-War Iraq Timothy M. Cole, University of Maine

Is Iraq Another Vietnam? Irini K. Kutoroff, Rowan University Conflict Theory and the Iraq War Daniel Lieberfeld, Duquesne University

Discussant: Alan G. Stolberg, US Army War College

F-27: Asian Security

Chair: Lawrence Hamlet, Rhodes College

Structural Explanation of Alliance: US-China Relations 1953-1960 Wooseon Choi, University of Chicago

Clarifying the Linkage Between Threat Analysis and Arms Acquisitions: The Case of Taiwan Da-Jung Li, Tufts University

China’s Policy-Making on Space Weapons: Incrementalism and Instrumentalism in Uncertainty Eryn MacDonald, Cornell University

Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Future Asian Security Orders Daniel Barclay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant: Frank Le Veness, St. John’s University

F-32: International Relations Theory I: Challenging Modernism

Chair/Discussant: Daniel Nexon, Georgetown University

We Are Good and They Are Evil: A False and Deadly Dichotomy Laurie Calhoun, Harvard University

Levinas, Derrida ,and the (Im)possibility of “Post-Structuralist Ethics” Olya Gayazova, Rutgers University

Representing Alterity: Why Types (ideal or otherwise) Still Matter in International Relations Theory Rosemary E. Shinko, University of Connecticut

The Limits of Modernism, Realism, Power, and the Study of International Politics Jacob Stump, American University

G-16: Party Politics

Chair/Discussant: John Critzer, Southern Connecticut State University

Forms of Government, Party Discipline and Price-Levels: Challenging the Electoral Systems Approach Athanassios Roussias, Yale University

Co-Optation or Legitimation: How Reactions of Mainstream Parties Affect Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties David Art, Holy Cross, MIT Christopher Wendt, Holy Cross, MIT

The Ties that Bind: Party Finance and Party Organization in Canada and the United States Claire Smith, University of Notre Dame

The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics: Regional Sources of Party System Transformation in Belgium and Canada Kirk Buckman, Catholic University of America Charles Mack, Catholic University of America

I-7: Roundtable: A Gaze Into the Crystal Ball: What to Expect from the New Administration (Special Symposium: The 2004 Elections In Retrospect And Prospect)

Moderator: John C. Berg, Suffolk University

Participants: Walter Dean Burnham, University of Texas- Austin William J. Crotty, Northeastern University Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts-Boston Benjamin Ginsberg, The Johns Hopkins University

K-3: Environmental Politics as a Cultural Dynamic Co-sponsored by ISA-NE

Chair: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University

Transnational Actors, International Negotiations and the Brazilian Amazon Kemi George, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Types of Environmental Narratives and Their Utility for Understanding Israeli and Palestinian Environmentalism Stuart Schoenfeld, York University

International Norms and the World Heritage in Japan: The Case Study of Shirakami-Sanchi 52

Yuko Takahashi, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Transboundaries and Transcultures: The Case of the Nile Riparians Yohannes Woldemariam, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Discussants: Paul A. Barresi, Southern New Hampshire University Maria Rodrigues, College of the Holy Cross

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SPECIAL WORKSHOP: Publishing in a Professional Journal: The Social Science Journal as a Stepping Stone Led by David A. Freeman, Washburn University

Topics to be discussed:  Selecting a journal for publication  Submission/acceptance/rejection rates  Differences between journals  The targeted audience  The review process

E-23: The Political: Olmsted, Dewey, Arendt, and Wolin

Chair: Philip Avila, Rowan University

Arendt, Foucault, and the Politicization of the Self Matthew Goldfeder, University of Virginia

Unlikely Allies: Hannah Arendt and John Dewey on the Eclipse of the Public Roudy Hildreth, University of Minnesota

A Propensity to Ramble: Fredrick Law Olmsted, John Dewey, and the Aesthetics of Public Thought Jason Kosnoski, CUNY Honors College

Beyond Semantics: Interrogating Wolin’s Notion of the Political Lena K. Zuckerwise, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Discussants: Philip Avila, Rowan University Alison Kadlec, Macalester

E-24: American Political Thought

Chair/ Discussant: Matthew S. Holland, Brigham Young University

Continuity in American Political Thought: Christianity, Liberalism and America’s Revolutionary Dialogue Jordon B. Barkalow, Bridgewater State College

Democracy in America and the Possibilities for Law Without the State Brian Smith, Georgetown University

C. Wright Mills and the Theory of Mass Society: The Occlusion of Thought in America? James E. Freeman, CUNY-Bronx Community College

E-26: Sartre and Wittgenstein

Chair: Antonio L Rappa, National University of Singapore

Reason and Madness: Sartre’s Influence on Kariel's Agonistic Political Philosophy Antonio L Rappa, National University of Singapore

Sartre’s Early Theory of Alienation as Critique of De-Ontological Political Thought John Christopher Carney, Manhattanville College

Wittgenstein and Pluralism Matthew J. Moore, University of Vermont

Seeing As It Happens: Theorizing Through the Eyes of Wittgenstein Christopher C. Robinson, Clarkson University

Discussant: Philip Avila, Rowan University

E-27: The Political and the Individual in Mill, Rousseau and Montaigne

Chair/Discussant: Kenneth M. De Luca, Hampden-Sydney College Publicity and Public Opinion in J. S. Mill Alex Zakaras, Princeton University

Rousseau, Mill and the Problem of Consensual Domination Frank Lovett, Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health

The Origins of Political Individualism in the Thought of Montaigne Benjamin Storey, University of Chicago

Montaigne: An Ambivalent Skeptic Dana Blander,Hebrew University, Jerusalem

E-28: Rights, Freedom, Recognition and Respect

Chair/Discussant: Bruce Auerbach, Albright College

Freedom as Action that Cannot be Fully Known or Controlled Bruno Macaes, Harvard University

National Self-determination in Iraq: Ethical considerations Barbara C. Buckinx, Princeton University

“Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”: Military Service and the Franchise Jenny Diamond Cheng, University of Michigan

Is Recognition What it Seems? On the Distinction between Recognition and Respect Alexander Moon, Ithaca College

Backlash Against Liberal Society: Rawls´s Political Liberalism vs. Mill´s Comprehensive Liberalism Meelis Kitsing, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

F-26: Quantitative and Formal Approaches to International Relations Analysis

Chair: TTBBAA

A Theoretical and Empirical Revisiting of the Civil War Onset Literature Harris Mylonas, Yale University

Modeling Ethnic Conflict Diffusion Oana Tranca, Université Laval, Canada

Democratic Institutional Context and Conflict Initiation Daniel J. Minnich, University of Georgia

The Small State in the International States System, 1648 to the Present Matthias Maass, American University of Paris

Discussant: SimonPeter Gomez, Buffalo State College

F-29: US Foreign Policy I: Trade and Security

Chair: Wallace J. Thies, Catholic University of America

US National Security and Energy Security in West Africa: A Chance to Get It Right James Forest, US Military Academy Matthew Sousa, US Army, Office of US Defense Attaché, Cameroon

Making Myths: A Narrative Theory of US Civil-Military Relations Hiroshi Nakazato, Boston College

Founding the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee: The Politics of US Export Promotion Policy Mark C. Gentry, St. Francis University

Strategic Trade Protectionism: The Bush Steel Tariffs Alex Khachaturian, University of Connecticut Law School

Discussant: Timothy M. Cole, University of Maine

F-30: US Foreign Policy II: Isolationism, Engagement or Exceptionalism?

Chair/Discussant: Julie Mueller, University of Delaware

Social Deconstruction: Explaining the Changing US Foreign Policy Towards South Africa Scott Creamer, University of Connecticut

Quiet Revolution: NATO, Congress, and American Isolationism, 1949-1998 Jennifer L. Erickson, Cornell University

International Treaty Regimes and American Exceptionalism Srinivasan Sitaraman, Clark University

When Humanitarianism Matters: Liberalism and Commitment Termination in Democratic Foreign Policy C. William Walldorf, Gordon College

F-33: International Relations Theory II: Power and Revolution

Chair/Discussant: Rosemary E. Shinko, University of Connecticut

Concordance Theory: US Post-Revolutionary Period Rebecca Schiff, Harvard University

Servant Politics: Changing the Machiavellian World Through Political Servanthood Robin Weinstein, Eastern University

Competing Conceptions of Leadership for Global Politics Joseph Masciulli, St. Thomas University

China: Living on Borrowed Time Tony Frye, Miami University of Ohio

F-34: Social Constructivism and Norms

Chair/Discussant: Jennifer Sterling-Folker, University of Connecticut

Norm Contestation Game Kaori Lindeman, Johns Hopkins University

The Importance of Norm Complexes in Tobacco Control Ruth Norman, University of Delaware

Norm of International Judicature: Latin America and the International Criminal Court Emily Novick, Syracuse University

The World Bank and Norm Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis Joanna Watkins, College of William and Mary Douglas B. McNamara, College of William and Mary

G-17: A Democratic Institutional Approach to Counter-Terrorism

Chair: William J. Crotty, Northeastern University

Elections, Legislation, and Terrorism Liubomir Topaloff, Northeastern University

A Paradigm of Judicial Activism in an Era of Political Terror Benjamin Lampe, Northeastern University

Discussants: David Schmitt, Northeastern University Kimberly Jones, Northeastern University

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SATURDAY 3 – 4:30 PM

E-29: Classical Ideas and Modern Theory

Chair: Thornton Lockwood, Sacred Heart University

Hegel’s Catharsis: Greek Tragedy and the Ethos of Reconciliation Derek W. Barker, Rutgers University

Towards a Speech Act Theory of Roman Politics: Republicanism as an Anti-Democratic Ideology Daniel Kapust, University of Wisconsin, Madison

The Truth Behind Athens’ False Self-Consciousness: A Study of Thucydides’ Pericles Kenneth M. De Luca, Hampden-Sydney College

A Critical Analysis of the Construction of Political Identity in Aristotle’s Ethics Frank Vander Valk, College at Oneonta

Reasons and Rationalizations for Repressions in Aristotle’s Ethics Kevin Costa, University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Discussant: Thornton Lockwood, Sacred Heart University Michael L. Frazer, Princeton University

E-30: Continental Philosophy

Chair: Jim Josefson, Bridgewater College

The Meaning of Bildung in Gadamer's Hermeneutics Devrim Sezer, Carleton University, Ottawa

Art and the Now-Time: Benjaminian Thesis in Dialectic of Enlightenment Gaye Ilhan, Yale University

Escaping the Boomerang:What ‘Ideology’ Can and Cannot Do Scott Morrison, Columbia University

Discussant: Brent Lollis, Lander University

E-31: Marx, Gramsci, Revolution and Utopia

Chair/Discussant: Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo, CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Hegemony and Rhetoric in Gramsci Benedetto Fontana, Baruch College/CUNY

Marx and the Possibility of ‘Peaceful Revolution’: Text, Context and Interpretation Constantin Davidescu, University of Manchester, UK

Contestability of Utopias Nivedita Bagchi, University of Virginia

Exploitation in an Age of Globalization Kathleen Arnold, Harvard University

E-32: American Political Thought: Franklin, Education, Citizenship and Patriotism

Chair: Alice Ristroph, Columbia University

Benjamin Franklin, the Neo-Liberal University and the Education of Youth Howard L. Lubert, James Madison University

Liberalism's Twilight: The Tragedy of the Political Death of Liberalism in America Diana Judd, CUNY-Borough of Manhattan Community College

The “Virtue" in American Patriotism Bernadette N. Jaworsky, Wellesley College

Patriotism, American Thought and the Election of 2004 Scott McLean, Quinnipiac University

Discussant: Jenny Diamond Cheng, University of Michigan

E-33: Families, Justice, and the Ethics of Care

Chair: TBA

Family, Work, and the Crisis in Caregiving Mona Harrington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Re-writing the Legal Family: Beyond Exclusivity to a Care-based Standard Matthew M. Kavanagh, Harvard,

Uneasy Union: Marriage and the State in Liberal Thought Tamara Metz, Harvard University

Lawrence v. Texas: Sexuality, Individuality and Relationships Mary L. Shanley, Vassar College

Theorizing Caregiver Rights Traci Levy, Adelphi University

Discussant: TBA

F-35: Agency, Preferences, and Behavior

Chair/Discussant: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University

Negotiating with Style: Perceptual Assumption and Choice in Simulated International Negotiations Mark Boyer, University of Connecticut Joseph Young, University of Connecticut Natalie Florea, University of Connecticut Scott W. Brown, University of Connecticut Anat Niv-Solomon, University of Connecticut Brian R. Urlacher, University of Connecticut

Beyond Rationalism and Constructivism: An Agentic Approach to Preference Formation 58

Dingding Chen, University of Chicago

Agency, Structuration and Sociological Analysis of Serbian Violence Talha Kose, George Mason University

Constructivism and the Evolution of Global Business Behavior Michael MacLeod, George Washington University

F-37: European Politics and Integration

Chair: James Toole, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Europe is Our Playground: Deconstructing European Public Opinion Ivailo Kotzev, University of Connecticut

To the EU through NATO: The Complex Political-Economic and Security Strategy of Romania Doru Tsaganea, Metropolitan College of New York Sanctions and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia: Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy in France, Germany and Italy Pietro Pirani, University of Western Ontario Germany and Poland in Light of US Intervention in Iraq: A Theoretical Perspective William Rose, Connecticut College Dejan Duzevik, University of Chicago

Discussant: Michael Grossman, Mount Union College

F-38: Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

Chair/Discussant: Brian L. Colbert, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey

The EU and the Prospects of Turkey’s Development Hasan Yonten, University of Delaware

Memories Conflict over the Aegean Havva Karakas-Keles, Syracuse University

Political Militaries, Militarized Politics: Civil-Military Relations in Greece and Turkey Evangelos Liaras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Contesting Patriarchy: Cypriot Women’s Experiences, Un-awareness and Contradictions Maria Hadijipavlou, University of Cyprus

F-40: Technology, Politics and Governance

Chair/Discussant: Arthur A. Goldsmith, University of Massachusetts - Boston

Political Participation in Cyberspace: the Internet as a Tool of Emergence Micky Hingorani, Rutgers University

Civil Society Influence on Governance of Networked Digital Technologies by Inter-Governmental Organizations Thomas Ruddy, Independent (Switzerland)

International Relations, Domestic Institutions and the Politics of Technological Progress Mark Zachary Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Independence of Nonstate Actors: IOCC Host City 59

Paul Poast, Ohio State University

Secretariats as Symbols: The Politics Behind the Location of Secretariats of International Institutions Lawrence Hamlet, Rhodes College Frank O. Mora, National Defense University

F-41: British International Politics and Diplomacy

Chair: TTBBAA

On the Outside Looking Out? Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party and the EU Constitution Paul Hamilton, Brock University

Institutional Adaptation and the British Diplomatic Service Roger Murphy, Western Kentucky University

Blair’s Foreign Policy after Iraq: The Damage Done and the Road Ahead Daniel Green, University of Delaware

Discussant: Johann Eliasson, Syracuse University

NORTHEASTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

2003 Best Paper Awards

Every year, NPSA gives an Award to the Best Faculty Paper and the Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the previous conference.

Process: At every NPSA conference, each Panel Chair may nominate a paper from his/her panel for consideration for the award and submits the nominated paper to a committee of faculty which evaluates all contending papers and designates the winner in each category.

Criteria: The Award Committee looks for a winning paper that is well written, addresses new theoretical grounds or makes an important theoretical contribution to the discipline and is relevant to the political process.

2003 Best Faculty Paper

The Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award for the 2003 conference went to

Kathleen Arnold Harvard University Paper: “Asceticism, Bio-Power and the Poor”

Congratulations!

The Best Graduate Student Paper Award is graciously funded by Lanahan Publishing. There was no winner last year