PS: Political Science & Politics articles from September 1999

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from September 1999

Impeachment Lite.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 1, 1999... William Jefferson Clinton was the first elected president to be impeached by the United States Congress. Though the Senate could not muster sufficient votes to convict Clinton, it is not unreasonable to surmise that the national drama of a...

FORUM.
September 1, 1999... Cal-Irvine Not Overrated by NRC The University of California, Irvine was ranked as the #1 political science department in terms of per capita citations according to the citation data set used by the National Research Council to create...

The Clinton Scandal in Retrospect.
September 1, 1999... On December 19, 1998, the House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton. The first article, passed by a vote of 228-206, charged that the president had given "perjurious, false and misleading...

Clinton's lmpeachment Will Have Few Consequences for the Presidency.
September 1, 1999... The Clinton crisis that dominated news headlines in 1998 and early 1999 yielded no dearth of emphatic pronouncements about its consequences for the institution of the presidency. While some commentators downplayed its likely adverse...

Starr's Record as Independent Counsel [*].
September 1, 1999... Kenneth Starr's performance as independent counsel from 1994 to 1999 drew ceaseless, scathing attacks. That is nothing new for this position. Archibald Cox's investigation of Watergate and Lawrence Walsh's work on Iran-Contra also attracted...

Something to Hide: Clinton's Misuse of Executive Privilege.
September 1, 1999... During the Lewinsky scandal, President Bill Clinton and several of his advisers made extensive use of executive privilege. Although nowhere mentioned in the Constitution, executive privilege is an implied power that enables presidents and...

Forgiving and Forgetting: Public Support for Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky Scandal.
September 1, 1999... In January 1999, President Bill Clinton was, paradoxically, the most publicly shamed president of modern time and one of the most popular. He had admitted having an improper sexual relationship with a young White House intern. He had been...

Clinton's Legacy: The Clinton Persona.
September 1, 1999... When historians look back on the Clinton presidency, I think they will be more fascinated by Clinton himself than by the accomplishments and failures of his administration, the impact of his foreign and domestic policy on the country, or even...

The Size and Composition of the Anti-Nazi Opposition in Germany.
September 1, 1999... This document, titled "The Size and Composition of the Anti-Nazi Opposition in Germany," was found among the reports of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSB) of the U.S. Air Force in the National Archives. The finder was Professor...

Observations on a Post-Gingrich House [*].
September 1, 1999... The U.S. House of Representatives is in the midst of its second operational transformation in five years. Compared to the post-1994 "Gingrich-led revolution" (Drew 1996), Republican leadership strategies are considerably different in the 106th...

Scholar, Witness, or Activist? The Lessons and Dilemmas of an AIDS Research Agenda [*].
September 1, 1999... The study of AIDS, as a disease, a social problem, or, in my case, as a political phenomenon is necessarily difficult and invasive. Learning about AIDS requires invasion of the most private spheres of peoples' lives, involves watching people at...

U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke and Governor L. Douglas Wilder Tell Political Scientists How Blacks Can Win High-Profile Statewide Office [*].
September 1, 1999... The number of black elected officials has increased steadily since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Prior to that time, less than 150 blacks had been elected to public office. By 1993, there were over 8,000 black elected officials....

The Bosnian War Crimes Trial Simulation: Teaching Students about the Fuzziness of World Politics and International Law.
September 1, 1999... How are political scientists supposed to teach about historical war crimes trials and their current relevance? Moreover, how can they explain to students the importance of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),...

Teaching Process and Product: Crafting and Responding to Student Writing Assignments [*].
September 1, 1999... A long with the classroom setting and lecture format, essay exams and term papers are often the norm in undergraduate political science courses. But are either conducive to learning the intricacies of political science, critical inquiry, or...

The Thucydides Tapes.
September 1, 1999... Ranking with the Rosetta Stone and Dead Sea Scrolls, the recently discovered transcripts of the Hellenic Political Science Association Conferences represent a scholarly find that opens up new avenues of understanding into the ancient past....

APSA & Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Political Science Faculty Who Received Campus-Wide Teaching Awards 1998-1999.
September 1, 1999... Robert B. Anderson, Ben and Janice Wade Outstanding Teaching Award, Bridgewater College, Fred Baumann, Trustee Award for Distinguished Teaching, Kenyon College, Dr. Thomas J. Bickford, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of...

The Secondary Consequences of Conducting Polls in Political Science Classes: A Quasi-Experimental Test.
September 1, 1999... Who benefits most when students conduct public opinion polls in political science classes, the students or the professors? In this article we examine whether students who participate in public opinion polls derive any secondary benefits from...

Teaching Ph.D. Students to Teach Political Science: The Emory TATTO Program [*].
September 1, 1999... Until fairly recently, political science graduate students at Emory University received little formal training before entering the classroom. This changed in the fall of 1991, when the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences inaugurated the...

PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
September 1, 1999... Activities Michael Barnett, University of Wisconsin, has received funding from the Smith Richardson Foundation and the United States Institute for Peace to pursue research on power and pathologies in international organizations. Mark...

Corrections.
September 1, 1999... In the June issues of PS, Joyce Geib was incorrectly noted as being a faculty member in the Women's Studies Program at Hunter College. While within the city limits of New York, Geib is actually on faculty at the City University of New York's...

Oliver Earl Benson.(Obituary)
September 1, 1999... From his matriculation in 1929 until his retirement in 1980, Oliver Benson's name was associated with political science at the University of Oklahoma. He was a among a select number of university faculty to attain national stature. George...

Alfred G. Meyer.(Obituary)
September 1, 1999... Alfred G. Meyer, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan, died at the age of 78 on April 22, 1998. Al had been on the Michigan faculty for 24 years, before retiring in June 1990. Even after his retirement, Al...

Abramo Fimo Kenneth Organski.(Obituary)
September 1, 1999... Abramo Fimo Kenneth Organski, professor of political science and senior research scientist, Center for Political Studies, passed away on March 6 in Denver, Colorado. He was 74 and lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cause of death was a heart...

Myron Weiner.(Obituary)
September 1, 1999... Myron Weiner, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, the nation's leading authority on Indian political studies and a specialist in the fields of political development, political demography, migration, ethnic conflict, and...

Robert O. Keohane: The Study of International Relations [*].
September 1, 1999... In electing Robert Keohane APSA president, members have made an interesting intellectual statement about the study of international relations. Keohane has been the major theoretical challenger in the past quarter century of a previous...

Executive Director's Report.
September 1, 1999... Directing this cooperative society continues to be an exhilarating, rewarding experience, though the pace of change can be disconcerting. The sources underlying APSA's increasingly rapid evolution are several: new technical possibilities in...

Gabriel A. Almond, Doris A. Graber, Malcolm E. Jewel and Thomas E. Mann TO RECEIVE 1999 GOODNOW AWARD.
September 1, 1999... Gabriel A. Almond, Doris Graber, Malcolm Jewell, and Thomas E. Mann will be honored for their significant contributions to the political science profession and the American Political Science Association at the 1999 Honors Reception, Wednesday,...

You and Planned Giving.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Robert J-P. Hauck, APSA You may be contemplating giving for the first time to APSA's Centennial Campaign or to such worthy APSA programs as the Congressional Fellowship Program, the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, or the Minority...

APSA Helps Organize Congressional Briefing.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... To determine the reality of the perception that Americans have lost interest and trust in government, the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) sponsored a July 16, congressional briefing entitled "Do Americans Care About and Trust...

Enter Your Data Now for Centennial Biographical Directory.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... The Centennial Biographical Directory of Members is currently being compiled. All Association members, and only Association members, will be listed in this first update of the world's most comprehensive and useful listing of political...

APSA Names 1999 Centennial and Small Research Grant Winners.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... In May, APSA named the winners of the 1999 Centennial and Small Research Grants. The selection committee, composed of members of the APSA Committee on Education and Professional Development and the APSA Research Support Advisory Board, selected...

Minority Identification Project Benefits Students, Shows Survey.
September 1, 1999... APSA's Minority Identification Project, begun in the mid-1980's as a means for attracting talented minority undergraduate students to graduate study in political science and increasing diversity in the political science profession, appears to...

1999-2000 APSA Minority Fellows Choose Graduate Schools.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... APSA funded All Africian-American and Lation fellows who applied to graduate schools were accepted by a graduate program and received outside or departmental funding. Native American Fellow Mark Allen Davis, will receive a $6,000 APSA stipend....

Encouraging the Brightest: The 1999 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Fourteen gifted undergraduate students from colleges across the country attended the thirteenth annual Ralph Bunche Summer Institute at the University of Virginia this summer. Their mission: To learn more about graduate study in political...

Diversity and Internationalism Characterize 1999-2000 Congressional Fellows.
September 1, 1999... Continuing to benefit from the very generous MCI WorldCom endowment of several years ago, the ongoing support of Congressional Quarterly, Inc., and a recently received three-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the AIPSA...

The APSA Congressional Fellowship: A Job With Options.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... An APSA Congressional Fellow-sip should not be confused with other internships and fellowships that used to combine career-building experience with low-end salaries--or those in today's world that simply skip the salary. In that context, the...

1998-99 APSA Congressional Fellows.
September 1, 1999... Legislative Assistant Responsibilities Political Science Fellows David Auerswald, Assistant Professor, The George Washington University, DC; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, minority staff member on detailed by Senator Joe Biden...

Copyright Office Issues Report on Distance Education and Copyright Law.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... As mandated in 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (H.R. 2281), the U.S. Copyright Office has issued "Copyright and Digital Distance Education" (www. loc.gov/copyright/disted/). The 348-page report surveys the practical and legal issues...

Little Good News Concerning Federal Declassification Efforts.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... May was generally a bad month far declassification. On May 11, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson announced that his agency would not be able to meet an April 2000 deadline for declassification of all but its most sensitive records over 25...

Faculty at Ohio State Schools Denied Right to Negotiate Workload.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Pending further U.S. Supreme Court review of a 1993 Ohio law requiring "the Ohio board of regents jointly with all state universities . . .[to] develop standards for instructional workloads," faculty at state-funded universities in Ohio will no...

People on the Move.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Craig Calhoun, chair of the sociology department at New York University and editor of the journal Sociological Theory, has been named the new president of the Social Science Research Council. A. Lee Fritschler, president of Dickinson College,...

At the Click of a Mouse: APSR's Most Downloaded Articles.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... What are the most frequently read articles in political science? the most cited? the most influential? the best? No one knows, and probably no one ever will. Even the much-referenced Social Science Citation Index provides only a trace of any...

Pi Sigma Alpha Names Award Winners.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, is pleased to announce its program award winners for 1998-99. Eleven students, four political science faculty members, and six local campus chapters of the honor society are being...

ERRATUM.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 1999... Due to an unfortunate oversight the acknowledgment of the role B. Welling Hall Played in the initial conception of the idea of a hyper text web prosentation was omitted from the article entitled "The World Wide Web and Active Learning in the...