PS: Political Science & Politics articles from March 1993

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from March 1993

The significance of the 1992 election. (US presidential elections)
March 1, 1993... The 1992 election was influenced by a number of factors. The personalities, or characteristics, of the candidates clearly played a role, as did the kind of campaign they ran. Economic conditions were particularly important. However, it is...

Forewarned before forecast: presidential election forecasting models and the 1992 election.
March 1, 1993... Forecasting presidential elections has become a growth industry in political science. Econometric models used to predict the presidential election that were once viewed as part of "recreational political science" are now being taken seriously....

Feminism vs. family values: women at the 1992 Democratic and Republican conventions.
March 1, 1993... The 1992 conventions of the Democratic and Republican Parties saw the culmination of trends that have been developing for 20 years. The two major political parties have now completely polarized around feminism and the reaction to it. Each party's...

Elections 1992 and the Thomas appointment. (US preseidential elections; Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas)
March 1, 1993... It is tempting to look at the results of the 1992 election season and to observe women candidates' successes and say, yes, it was the "year of the woman." It might also be inviting to attribute women's electoral gains to the attention that the...

The end of the mega constitutional politics in Canada. (Quebec's separatist efforts) (The Canadian Constitutional Crisis)
March 1, 1993... On October 26, 1992, the Canadian people, for the first time in their history as a political community, acted as Canada's ultimate constitutional authority -- in effect, as a sovereign people. In the referendum conducted on that day, a...

The Quebec challenge to Canadian unity. (The Canadian Constitutional Crisis)
March 1, 1993... The current Canadian constitutional crisis has many roots: the alienation of the western provinces, the increasing difficulties of the federal government in funding poorer provinces, aboriginal renewal, the intrusion of a Charter of Rights and of...

An inverted logroll: the Charlottetown Accord and the referendum. (Quebec separatist movement) (The Canadian Constitutional Crisis)
March 1, 1993... In the constitutional referendum held on October 26, 1992, Canadian voters said "No" to a constitutional package, the "Charlottetown Accord," contrived explicitly to win pan-regional support. Instead, it evoked pan-regional opposition. The...

The state of American political science: Professor Lowi's view of our discipline. (response to Theodore J. Lowi, American Political Science Review, March 1992)(includes reply)
March 1, 1993... This note questions both some of the premises and some of the conclusions of Theodore J. Lowi's diagnosis, in the March 1992 American Political Science Review, of the state of the political science discipline. Since I am given a prominent, if...

From arguments to Supreme Court opinions in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. (Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania)
March 1, 1993... It is June 30, 1992. The Supreme Court handed down its decision yesterday in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and now the analysis and debate over its immediate and long-term impact on abortion law and reproductive rights will begin for legal...

The troubled reunification of Korea.
March 1, 1993... The Winds of Change In this era of superpower reconciliation, European Community harmonization, and German reunification, the reunification of Korea is a distinct possibility. South Korea has pursued the "Northern Policy" for several years to...

Come to the edge: role playing activities in a Constitutional law class.
March 1, 1993... How can I get my students to read their assignments carefully? How can I develop the writing abilities of my students? How can I get students interested in the course and excited about learning? Answers to these questions are obviously not easy,...

Why is it difficult to teach comparative politics to American students.
March 1, 1993... As we move through the last decade of the century, one of the most encouraging developments on university campuses is an effort to internationalize curricula. In political science this trend has fostered improvements in comparative politics...

Teaching political science in a foreign language.
March 1, 1993... Trying a New Approach The most direct, comprehensive way to integrate foreign languages into the U.S. political science curriculum is to teach undergraduate political science courses in a foreign language. This author has taught three such...

Teaching international relations in a changing world: four approaches.
March 1, 1993... Since the late 1980s, teaching an introductory course of international relations has become a challenging assignment, given the rapid changes that have occurred in international relations in the last few years. The way instruction lags behind the...

Easing the transition: from doctoral student to academic professional.
March 1, 1993... While it is increasingly being recognized that most doctoral students receive little or no training to prepare them for assuming the role of faculty member, few graduate institutions have undertaken comprehensive programs designed to prepare...

Asia in the core curriculum.
March 1, 1993... The 1980s witnessed the growing recognition on U.S. campuses of the importance of increasing education about Asia at the undergraduate level in order to prepare American students who will lead the nation in the 21st century, often called "the...

Where do you get your ideas? (Transcript)
March 1, 1993... Editor's Note: This article was given as a speech on May 1, 1992, at the centennial of the University of Chicago. The subject of this symposium is so vast and so interesting I have had some difficulty deciding how to focus my own contribution....

Tips for writing papers.
March 1, 1993... Every year I read graduate students' papers, many of which are very good. (Some of these, fewer than I would like, are submitted to journals and published.) Whether good, bad, or indifferent, the papers often have certain weaknesses. After 30...

Uncle Wuffle's advice to the assistant professor.
March 1, 1993... 1. At faculty meetings and elsewhere, assistant professors should be seen but not heard. Wuffle says: "Assistant professor like turtle, what not stuck out can't be chopped off." The reason that assistant professors should not make waves and...

Congress passes law to clarify fair use of unpublished copyrighted material.
March 1, 1993... Just prior to adjourning, the Senate passed H.R. 4412, a bill to clarify the "fair use" of unpublished copyrighted material, which had been passed by the House in August. The Senate had passed a similar bill almost a year ago; but in the interest...

Changes in the General Society Survey. (GSS)
March 1, 1993... In 1994 two major innovations will be introduced to the GSS. First, the traditional core will be substantially reduced to allow for the creation of mini-modules (i.e., blocks of about 15 minutes devoted to some combination of small to medium...

Survey of journals: report of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Professions.
March 1, 1993... In 1990, the APSA's Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession (CSWP) requested information about the participation of women on the editorial boards and in the pages of political science journals. The CSWP also sought information about...

Karl W. Deutsch. (Czechoslovak political scientist) (Obituary)
March 1, 1993... When Karl Wolfgang Deutsch died of cancer in November 1992 the worldwide social scientific community lost a friend at once innovative, productive, and, as those who worked with him will attest, tireless. Deutsch's interest in politics came from...

Charles B. Hagan. (American political scientist) (Obituary)
March 1, 1993... Charles B. Hagan died on October 12, 1991 in Houston, Texas at the age of 87. He was a member and former chair of the department of political science at the University of Illinois from 1935 until his retirement in 1967. He then taught for eight...

Thomas Ralph Solomon. (American political scientist) (Obituary)
March 1, 1993... Thomas Ralph Solomon, professor emeritus of political science at Prairie View A&M University, died on September 28, 1991 at the age of 87 in Houston, Texas. He was born March 18, 1904 in Macon, Georgia and attended private and public schools...

Jean G. Walen. (American Political Science Association member) (Obituary)
March 1, 1993... Jean G. Walen, who served in a range of administrative positions at the American Political Science Association from 1957 to 1991 when illness caused her retirement, died at her home in Rockville, Maryland, on November 5, 1992. Jean was born in...

Report on the first meeting of Committee on the Status of Lesbians and Gays in the profession.
March 1, 1993... The Committee on the Status of Lesbians and Gays held its first meeting at Hunter College in New York City on December 11. Committee members are Mark Blasius, CUNY-LA Guardia, chair; Martha Ackelsberg, Smith College; Shane Phalen, University...

Participation by women in the 1992 APSA meeting. (American Political Science Association)
March 1, 1993... For 21 years I have been reporting in PS on the gender participation balance at our annual meetings. While 1991 marked the best year yet for women as participants, 1992 saw a slight falling off. Year Total Women % Chairpersons...

A letter from Beijing on reform of China's public institutions.
March 1, 1993... Introduction In January 1992, China's senior leader Deng Xiaoping made a rare public appearance by travelling to the heart of China's economic reform: to the city of Shenzhen and to other key special economic zones in southern China. His trip...

Archives initiates national conference. (Public Affairs Video Archives)
March 1, 1993... The Public Affairs Video Archives hosted its first national research conference November 15-17 at Purdue University. This research conference brought together educators from political science and communication to discuss the first research...