PS: Political Science & Politics articles from March 2000

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from March 2000

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2000... In the December 1999 issue, the caption for the cover photo misidentified former Women's Caucus President JoAnn Aviel. A professor of political science at San Francisco State University, Aviel served as president of the Women's Caucus in...

America Should Be Benign, if not Necessarily Hegemonic.
March 1, 2000... Kenneth N. Waltz's "Globalization and Governance" (PS, December 1999) makes a persuasive argument that the resilient state is far from withering away in the international system. This finding contrasts with the fashionable and influential...

Perceptions of Value.
March 1, 2000... In 1969, authors of The Behavioral and Social Sciences: Outlook and Needs, a joint report of the National Academy of Sciences and the Social Science Research Council, observed, "The rate of growth of the behavioral and social sciences will...

Evaluating Political Science Research: Information for Buyers and Sellers [*].
March 1, 2000... Science is important. It discovers fundamental properties of complex systems and it provides us with new tools for human benefit. As David A. Hamburg, president of the Carnegie Corporation, explains: Science is not a separate entity, remote...

Strategies for Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: Scholarship for Policymaking [*].
March 1, 2000... During the long period of the Cold War, the scholarly community accumulated much knowledge bearing on the problems of managing conflicts typical of that era. Unfortunately, quite a bit of this knowledge and experience does not fit very well the...

Government Formation and Public Policy.
March 1, 2000... When we think about the ways in which research in political science has contributed in a very direct and policy-relevant way to our understanding of the world in which we live, it is clear that research into the making and breaking of...

Political Science and Fundamental Research.
March 1, 2000... In my Presidential Address to the Public Choice Society in 1997 (Munger 2000), I challenged my audience, claiming that the fundamental human problem is not currently being addressed in any coherent way by the social sciences. While this...

The Danger of Self-Evident Truths [*].
March 1, 2000... Self-evident truths are frequently invoked when scholars and policymakers propose political reforms. We often hear: "It is obvious that X is true, therefore we need to do Y." The implication of this assertion is that common sense dictates our...

Contributions of Survey Research to Political Science [*].
March 1, 2000... Accurate portraits of the political world are not easy to come by. Occasionally an Alexis de Tocqueville captures the spirit of an age, but the anecdotes and personal experience of even the most perspicacious observers are usually unequal to...

A Glass Half-Full? No, but Perhaps a Glass Filling: The Contributions of International Politics Research to Policy [*].
March 1, 2000... The contribution of international relations research to public policy is not a new topic for discussion. Indeed, it has been the subject of repeated commentary and analysis. Most considerations of the topic, alas, are not sanguine with respect...

Teaching Politics Abroad: The Internationalization of a Profession? [*].(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The dismal state of the American academic job market is a favorite topic of commiseration among political scientists looking for work. In this case, misery has plenty of company. In one recent year, only 37% of political science doctoral...

The Environmental Science/Policy Interface: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries with a Team-Teaching Approach.
March 1, 2000... Introduction: The Problem It is no secret that few policymakers are well versed in the sciences, and it should come as no surprise that many scientists are unfamiliar with the process of formulating and implementing public policy. In fact,...

PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Activities W. Lance Bennett, professor of political science, University of Washington, served as the Visiting Professor in the Laurence M. Lombard Chair during the fall semester of 1999 at Harvard University. He taught a course on...

HERE'S THE NEXT STEP FOR YOUR MOST POLITICALLY MOTIVATED STUDENTS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... We offer something unusual: a graduate program for students who love politics. Politics is not popular these days. It certainly needs reform. But a career in politics will let your students spend their working hours (sometimes long hours!)...

IN MEMORIAM.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Edward C. Banfield Edward C. Banfield, the George D. Markham Professor of Government Emeritus at Harvard University, died September 30, 1999. He was 82. A 1938 graduate of Connecticut State College at Storrs (now the University of...

Manfield and Sisson to Lead 2001 Meeting.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... APSA is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward D. Mansfield and Richard Sisson, both of Ohio State University, as Program Co-Chairs for the 2001 Annual Meeting. APSA will gather for its 97th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California,...

APSA Produces Political Science Careers Video.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Working to provide departments with new resources for attracting students to the benefits of a political science major, APSA has teamed with Davis Gray, Inc. to produce Career Encounters: Political Science. The half-hour video features 10...

APSA Names 2000-2001 Minority Fellows.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... In recognition of their outstanding academic and personal achievements, APSA has awarded the following students fellowships for graduate study in political science. Fellows with Stipend African-Americans Monique Angle,...

State Politics and Policy Section Launches Journal.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... APSA's Organized Section on State Politics and Policy proudly announces the establishment of a new journal: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. SPPQ, the official journal of the section, will be published out of the Illinois Legislative...

CORRECTION.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2000... The December 1999 issue of PS noted that Nathaniel Beck was presented the 1999 Harold Gosnell prize of APSA's Organized Section on Political Methodology for the best paper on political methodology delivered during a 1999 professional...

A Rewarding Year: The Congressional Fellowship Experience.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The goal of APSA's Congressional Fellowship Program is simple: to help participants better understand Congress. Few scholars claim that the institution is transparent, especially when there are contentious debates in the literature about...

IHAP Section Establishes Jervis-Schroeder Prize.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... At its most recent council meeting, APSA's Organized Section on Interdisciplinary Approaches to International History and Politics agreed to establish an annual book award honoring the best book in international history and politics. In keeping...

Summer Institute on the U.S. Political System Held at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The 1999 USIA Summer Institute on the American Political System, held from June 25 to August 7, 1999, was the sixth held on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC). Each participant in the 1999 SIUC institute has...

Northeastern Political Science Association.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The Northeastern Political Science Association gathered for its 31st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, November 11--13, 1999. Program Chair Wilbur Rich of Wellesley College oversaw the meeting, which featured over 400 paper presentations. Among...

Electronic Analogue of Library of Congress Proposed.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The National Research Council has proposed the development of an official international archive for digital publications. In a November 1999 report titled "The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age"...

Federal Funding for Social and Behavioral Research Up for FY2000.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... All but a few of the federal agencies that fund research in the social and behavioral sciences will have more money to distribute this year than last. Making good on bipartisan promises to increase federal support for basic and applied research...

Important Washington People.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Wanda E. Ward has been named acting Assistant Director for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate of the National Sciences Foundation. She replaces outgoing Bennett Bertenthal. Robert D. Reischauer assumed the presidency of...

Follow Ups.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... --In light of reports that several agencies would not be able to comply with his 1995 order to declassify a majority of their old records by April 2000, and evidence that others were unwilling to comply, President Clinton extended the deadline...