PS: Political Science & Politics articles from September 2000

PS: Political Science & Politics archives from September 2000

FORUM.(Critical Essay)
September 1, 2000... Comment on Michael C. Munger's "Political Science and Fundamental Research" Professor Munger's suggestion (PS, March 2000) that "the fundamental human problem" lies in the potential for inconsistency between self-interested behavior and...

Latino Politics in the United States: An Introduction.
September 1, 2000... At some unknown moment within the next seven years, the Latino population in the United States will surpass 40 million, and the nation will cross a profound political threshold. Across that transformation lies a national polity where, for the...

Latino Participation, Partisanship, and Office Holding.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... The Latino population in the United States is growing rapidly, and one possible consequence is increased political participation and empowerment. Another consequence may be that Latino communities, voters, and interests face increasing...

Latino Immigration and Citizenship.
September 1, 2000... Immigration figures prominently in I Latino politics in both historical and contemporary terms. It underlies the formation and development of a longstanding Latino presence in the United States. Indeed, the very heritage of the Latino people is...

Representation by Other Means: Mexican American and Puerto Rican Social Movement Organizations.
September 1, 2000... Electoral participation is only one of a larger pattern of Latino political engagement. As the oldest Latino communities in the United States, Mexican Americans (since 1848) and Puerto Ricans (since 1898) have a long history of organizing to...

Latino Interests in Education, Health, and Criminal Justice Policy.
September 1, 2000... In many ways, America, as a nation, is becoming "Latinoized." In significant parts of the country, breakfast tacos are preferred to biscuits and gravy, futbol to football, and salsa to ketchup. At the same time, Latino artists like Carlos...

Latina Politics: Gender, Participation, and Leadership.
September 1, 2000... The Invisible Latina in "Latino Politics" Political scientists have tended to neglect or discount Latina leadership and participation in electoral (i.e., elite) and community politics. The mainstream literature tends to focus on the social...

Latina/o Identities: Social Diversity and U.S. Politics.
September 1, 2000... Among its many aspects, racialization involves the attribution of singular group identities, cultures, and behaviors to members of racialized groups (Omi and Winant 1994; Torres, Miron, and Inda 1999). Members of dominant, and especially...

Life Before Polls: Ohio Politicians Predict the 1828 Presidential Vote.
September 1, 2000... Candidates covet votes. They exert extraordinary effort and expend vast resources seeking to win as many votes as possible. Yet, the costly pursuit of votes occurs under great uncertainty concerning both the strategic correctness of their...

The Congressional Budget Process in an Era of Surpluses [*].
September 1, 2000... How the federal government's fiscal health has improved! As recently as 1992, the United States experienced its largest ever current-dollar annual unified budget deficit of $290 billion. [1] At the close of its last fiscal year, on September 30...

Linking Public Administration to Comparative Politics.
September 1, 2000... Imagine students of comparative politics giving their professors the following examination questions: 1. Why is it that autocratic governments are sometimes more effective in promoting development than their more democratic counterparts?...

Treatment of First Ladies in American Government and Presidency Textbooks: Overlooked, yet Influential, Voices.
September 1, 2000... Lady Bird: You want to listen for about one minute to my critique, or would you rather wait until tonight ? LBJ: Yes, ma'am. I'm willing now. Lady Bird: I thought you looked strong, firm, and like a reliable guy. Your looks were...

Student Attitudes toward Instructional Technology in the Large Introductory U.S. Government Course.
September 1, 2000... Instructional technology--computer-based lectures, email, World Wide Web resources, multimedia, the Internet--has become a pervasive part of the political science classroom (Crawford 1998; Garson 1998; Kiasatpour 1999; Kuzma 1998; Jerome Young...

Service Learning as Justice Advocacy: Can Political Scientists Do Politics?
September 1, 2000... In a 1997 APSA plenary address, Ralph Nader questioned the value of political science. "You all study power," he noted. "And yet, how strange it is that I don't know anyone in power who is the least bit afraid of a political scientist! With the...

Service Learning in Political Science: An Introduction.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Over a decade has passed since the practice called "service learning" began its ascendance in higher education. While internships have long been used as an experiential teaching tool in the discipline, it is only recently that political...

Service Learning in College Political Science: Queries and Commentary.(Community service)
September 1, 2000... Community service is widely advocated as a method for advancing civic awareness and citizen responsibility in both secondary schools and colleges. Use of service learning in higher education has been promoted nationwide by academic, political,...

The Impact of Service Learning on Democratic and Civic Values [*].
September 1, 2000... Throughout the twentieth century, American scholars and political pundits have argued that the survival of democratic political institutions and an ethic of concern for the welfare of others in the political community depended on ensuring all...

Theorizing Citizenship and Evaluating Public Achievement.
September 1, 2000... Researcher (R): How has doing Public Achievement (PA) changed the way you think about yourself? Casey (pseudonym for an elementary school student): I am less lonely now that I have done Public Achievement. R: Really, that's...

What Should Be Learned through Service Learning?
September 1, 2000... Service learning is typically distinguished from both community service and traditional civic education by the integration of study with hands-on activity outside the classroom, typically through a collaborative effort to address a community...

Service Learning and Political Socialization [*].
September 1, 2000... Social scientists' initial forays into the field of political socialization were directly linked to goals of creating good citizens beginning in childhood (Merriam 1931, 1934; Sears 1990; Wallas 1908). With the advent of behavioralism, however,...

Social Capital and Service Learning.
September 1, 2000... Trends in the political engagement of America's high school students present a paradox. At the same time that an unprecedented number of opportunities exist for American adolescents to get involved in activities with a political flavor like...

The Service/Politics Split: Rethinking Service to Teach Political Engagement [*].
September 1, 2000... Over the past few years, I have experimented with a classroom exercise that encourages students to think about how they perceive service and politics. I ask the students to create lists of service activities and political activities in which...

PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
September 1, 2000... Activities Mark A. Boyer, professor, department of political science, University of Connecticut, has been named editor of International Studies Perspectives. The journal is published by the International Studies Association. William...

Pendleton Herring.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Honoring a Career of Distinguished Service Pendleton Herring, a long-time member and former president of the American Political Science Association, was recently honored with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service by...

Carnegie Corporation Names First Class of Carnegie Scholars.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Four APSA members were among the first class of 12 Carnegie Scholars named earlier this year. The program supports innovative scholarship and policy-focused research in education, international development, democracy, and international peace...

Political Scientists Elected to American Academy.(the Council of the American Academy of Arts and Science)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... On April 15, 2000, the Council of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected 154 new Fellows and 15 Foreign Honorary Members. Seven political scientists were among the group. The new members, chosen in recognition of their distinguished...

Society for Comparative Research Names 2000 Winners.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Society for Comparative Research recently named winners for its 2000 prizes. They included three political scientists. SCR is an international scholarly organization that brings together the most distinguished comparativist scholars from...

Samuel H. Beer.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Samuel H. Beer, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, has been awarded the first Sir Isaiah Berlin prize by the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom for his lifetime contribution to political studies.

John Bokina.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... John Bokina, professor, department of political science, University of Texas, Pan American, received a 2000 Fulbright German Studies Seminar for "History and Memory: Jewish Past and Present in Germany."

Meena Bose.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Meena Bose, department of political science, Hofstra University, has been selected for a time-in-residence grant at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland. Bose will work on project titled "Cold War Leadership...

Mark A. Boyer.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Mark A. Boyer, professor, department of political science, University of Connecticut, was named the 2000 recipient of the Rowman & Little-field Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science.

Walter Broadnax.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Walter Broadnax, dean, School of Public Affairs, American University, received the National Public Service Award from the American Society of Public Administration.

Matthew Burbank.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Matthew Burbank, department of political science, University of Utah, received the Superior Teaching Award of the College of Social and Behavioral Science.

Jeffrey S. Dixon.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Jeffrey S. Dixon, doctoral candidate in political science, Rice University, has received a National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant to continue his work on "Capabilities, Costs, Intervention, and Civil War Outcomes."

Jean Bethke Elshtain.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Jean Bethke Elshtain, professor of political science, University of Chicago, has been named a fellow at the National Humanities Center for 2000-01. She will concentrate on a project titled "Sovereign God, Sovereign State, Sovereign Self."

Amy Fried.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Amy Fried, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Maine, has been awarded the John C. Donovan Prize, for the best paper presented at the 1999 New England Political Science Association's meeting. The paper, "The...

Michael M. Gunter.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Michael M. Gunter, professor of political science, Tennessee Technological University, was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in Teaching prize at Tennessee Tech.

Jeanne Heffernan.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Jeanne Heffernan, department of government and international studies, University of Notre Dame, won the Alumni Association's Distinguished Graduate Student Award.

Jeremy Hunsinger.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Jeremy Hunsinger, instructor of political science, Virginia Tech, was presented an Award for Excellence in Online Teaching by the Online Academy and E-Learning Design Lab of the Center for Research and Learning at the University of Kansas....

Patricia Ingraham.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Patricia Ingraham, professor of public administration and political science, Syracuse University, has been awarded the first Herbert Simon Award for excellence in public administration research, given by the public administration section of the...

Pei-te Lien.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Pei-te Lien, department of political science, University of Utah, received the university's Superior Research Award of the College of Social and Behavioral Science.

Arend Lijphart.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Arend Lijphart, research professor of political science, University of California, San Diego, has been named a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar for 2000-01.

George Lopez.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... George Lopez, department of government and international studies, University of Notre Dame, received a grant from the Canadian Foreign Ministry to conduct a review of the UN's progress on sanctions reform during the year 2000.

Timothy W. Luke.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Timothy W. Luke, University Distinguished Professor, department of political science, Virginia Tech, was presented an Award for Excellence in Online Teaching by the Online Academy and E-Learning Design Lab of the Center for Research and...

A. James McAdams.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A. James McAdams, professor and chair, department of government and international studies, University of Notre Dame, received Notre Dame's President's Award.

James McGuire.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... James McGuire, department of government, Wesleyan University, has been awarded two national fellowships to work on a book tentatively titled "Social Policy and Human Development in East Asia and Latin America." One is a residential fellowship...

Martha Merritt.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Martha Merritt, department of government and international studies, University of Notre Dame, won a Kennan Research Scholarship from the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Brad Roth.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Brad Roth, assistant professor of political science and legal studies, Wayne State University, has received a 2000 Wayne State University Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award. The award recognizes the publication of Roth's book,...

Philip Schrodt.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Philip Schrodt, professor of political science, University of Kansas was awarded a W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. The fellowship recognizes outstanding teachers and advisers at KU. Schrodt specializes in foreign policy decision...

Peri Schwartz-Shea.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Peri Schwartz-Shea, department of political science, University of Utah, received a faculty fellowship and a Tanner Humanities Center Fellowship from the university to pursue her research on graduate training in methodology and epistemology.

Jeff Straussman.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Jeff Straussman, professor of public administration, Syracuse University, was named a Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence in recognition of his sustained contributions to the Maxwell School's students and teaching community.

Rudolf L. Tokes.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Rudolf L. Tokes, was awarded the Presidential Gold Medal of Merit by Arpad Goncz, President of Hungary. Tokes was being honored and thanked for his assistance in facilitating the democratic transformation of Hungary.

Bruce Wallin.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Bruce Wallin, associate professor, department of political science, Northeastern University, was awarded one of only two university wide Excellence in Teaching Awards for 1999-2000.

Stephen Zunes.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Stephen Zunes, associate professor, department of politics, University of San Francisco, received the College of Arts and Sciences Service Award for outstanding service contributions to the department, the university, and the community.

IN MEMORIAM.
September 1, 2000... Milton Feder Milton Feder, Professor of Government Emeritus at Beloit College, died March 19, 2000, at the age of 77. Milt was a New Yorker; born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn. He served in Air Force Intelligence during World War II,...

Robert Jervis: Illuminating the Dilemmas of International Politics.
September 1, 2000... APSA President Robert Jervis stands out among contemporary scholars of international politics for his highly original, multifaceted contributions to understanding the dilemmas of conflict and cooperation, especially in the nuclear age. He has...

Executive Director's Report.
September 1, 2000... This year, members have shown how deeply they care about the Association's future. Admittedly, when President Robert O. Keohane first suggested that a Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) be formed, no groundswell of enthusiasm could be detected...

The Job Market for Political Scientists in 1998: The Good News and The Bad.
September 1, 2000... Ph.D. political science departments reported an overall placement rate of 71% for 1998. That is good news, inasmuch as it indicates that 1998 job candidates found work at about the same rate as their predecessors. In addition, the percentage of...

A FORCE MORE POWERFUL A CENTURY OF NONVIOLET CONFLICT.
September 1, 2000... DESMOND TUTU "WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE THEY WANT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP THEM." INTRODUCTION One Friday night in December 1981, Lech Walesa and other leaders of Solidarity were arrested after a meeting in Gdansk. For 16 months...

APSA Names Research Grant Winners, Assesses Program's Impact.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Earlier this summer, APSA awarded research grants to 16 scholars for projects as diverse as studying school reform in Cleveland and describing the role women play in local governance in Senegal. A complete list of grant recipients and their...