PS: Political Science & Politics articles from June 1996

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from June 1996

Ranking research doctorate programs in political science. (includes ranking)(Departmental Rankings: Much Ado About Something?)
June 1, 1996... The National Research Council released its long awaited report, Research-Doctorate Programs In The United States, Continuity and Change, on September 12, 1995. This is an extensive, comprehensive, and systematic assessment of the quality,...

Ranking political science programs: a view from the lower half.(Departmental Rankings: Much Ado About Something?)
June 1, 1996... In an age of diminished resources for higher education, the ranking of programs takes on special significance, particularly for programs that rate poorly in the eyes of their peers. Before cost-conscious administrators use the apparent precision...

Rating the rating: an analysis of the National Research Council's appraisal of political science Ph.D programs.(Departmental Rankings: Much Ado About Something?)
June 1, 1996... Not surprisingly, the ratings of doctoral programs in the United States by the National Research Council (NRC 1995) are controversial. Some interpret the ratings as an indicator of relative program quality; others view them as little more than a...

A rising tide lifts all boats: political science department reputation and the reputation of the university.(Departmental Rankings: Much Ado About Something?)
June 1, 1996... The publication of the latest rating of doctoral programs by the National Research Council (NRC 1995) has sparked great interest among university faculties. For some, the results vindicated years of focused efforts to improve their department's...

Schematic politics.
June 1, 1996... Can philosophically inclined political scientists, as well as quantifying behavioralists, use diagrams? Of course . . . and have at least since Plato depicted Socrates drawing lines in the sand below the walls of Athens.(1) Nothing will more...

Improving teaching and its evaluation: a survey of political science Departments.
June 1, 1996... The Department of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University has long viewed undergraduate instruction as a critical element of its mission, and teaching effectiveness has been a key criterion in its hiring decisions over the past...

Gender and generations: let's talk. (Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... More and more often there is embarrassment all around when the wish to hear a story is expressed. It is as if something that seemed inalienable to us, the securest among our possessions, were taken from us: the ability to exchange experiences....

We've come a long way...? (sexual discrimination in the academe)(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... You may not believe it, but we've come a long way in 20 years. To appreciate how much things have changed for women, you need to know what they were like when women were oddballs in the profession and feminism was a dirty word. Let me begin by...

It was twenty years ago today. (political science and gender issues)(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... Twenty years is supposed to be a generation's worth of time. I can't say it feels that long ago. Exactly 20 years ago I was finishing my dissertation at the University of Michigan and was afflicted with the usual jitters about finding a position....

Shifting feminist perspectives.(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... I grew up in a small town in Montana, raised by parents who had fled East Coast society for the vastness of the West. In the early 1970s, I keenly felt the oppressively sexist norms of a small-town high school. Luckily, competitive skiing gave me...

The struggle continues. (political science and marginal politics)(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... As I prepared for graduate school at the University of Michigan, former professors and soon-to-be graduate colleagues called to ready me for the difficulties ahead. Despite the thoroughness of these conversations, what I found to be the most...

The role of the Historical Advisory Committee, 1990-1994, in the declassification of US foreign policy documents and related issues.(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) volume, Iran, 1952-54, published in 1990, contained no mention of U.S. involvement in the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mosadegh, and the subsequent installation of the Shah as Head of...

A look at the 'Beliefs in Government' study.(Annual Meeting Program Preview)
June 1, 1996... The Beliefs in Government study is probably the most exhaustive analysis of mass political beliefs and attitudes carried out in the West.(1) It is both intensive and extensive - intensive, because it analyses and reanalyses all the major...