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 3 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 5 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 6 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