The PNWPSA has traditionally welcomed the attendance and participation of our political science colleagues, who for one reason or another, location, size of department, budget, community college status, or whatever do not have a regular opportunity to meet with colleagues from other schools in the area who share the same teaching and scholarly interests. The PNWPSA provides an atmosphere where such encounters can take place in a congenial social and scholarly environment.

Progam panels were scheduled for all day Friday and Saturday morning. The conference concluded around 1:00 pm Saturday. We enjoyed a Lake Coeur d'Alene cruise on Friday evening. Hors d'oeuvres were provided, and a no-host bar on board. The Business Meeting for the Association members was held on Saturday morning with a continental breakfast. At the annual Business meeting on Saturday morning there was an election of officers.

SESSION I  8:30 - 10:00 am

A.  THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION
 Board Room 2

Chair, David Gray Adler, Idaho State University
Paper Presenters
Cornell Clayton and Jim Giordano, Washington State University
"The Rehnquist Court and the Constitution: The Politics of Pragmatism"

Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University
"The Argument from Contingent Realities: The Constitutional Case Against Capital Punishment"

Paul Pavlich, Southern Oregon State University
"The Antifederalist Revival: Lopez and Seminole Tribe Make the Rounds in the Circuit"

Steve Shaw, Northwest Nazarene College
"The Supreme Court and the Religious Free Exercise Doctrine After Boerne v. Flores"

Discussants:  Don Crowley, University of Idaho and David Adler

B.  CURRENT ISSUES IN NORTHWEST POLITICS
   Board Room 3

Chair, Russ Dondero, Pacific University
Paper Presenters
William Lunch, Oregon State University
"The Christian Right and Gays in the Northwest"

Lorna Stefanick and Kathleen Wells, University of Lethbridge
"Alberta Special Places 2000: Conservation, Conflict, and the Castle-Crown Wilderness"

Discussant: Russ Dondero
 

C.  ROUNDTABLE ON FIGHTING THE FEAR: The Human Rights
Movement in the Pacific Northwest - Bayview, North Cape Bay

Convener, Vernon Johnson, Western Washington University

Jonathan Mizzocki, Coalition for Human Dignity

Tarso Ramos, Western States Center

Bill Wassmuth, Executive Director, Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment
 

SESSION II  10:15 - 11:45 am
 

A.  PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
   Board Room 2

Chair, Robert M. Eisinger, Lewis & Clark College
Paper Presenters
Michael Buckley and Andrew Appleton, Washington State University
(presenter Michael Buckley)
"Parties and Participatory Linkage: What do we do with Nonparticipation."

Jerry W. Calvert, Montana State University
"Does the National Voter Registration Act Work?: An Examination of Registration, Turnover, Class Bias, and Partisan
Advantage in the 1996 Election"

Robert Jackson, Washington State University
"Group Components of Presidential Voting Across the States"

Stuart Shulman, University of Oregon
"The Farm Press and Rural Credit, 1912-1916"

David Sousa, University of Puget Sound
"The Labor Bloc and the New Deal Order: Organized Labor in the Electorate, 1952-1996"

Discussant: Robert Eisinger

B.  POLITICAL REFORM IN AMERICA - Board Room 3

Chair, Richard A. Clucas, Portland State University
Paper Presenters
Brantley Smith, Portland State University
"An Assessment of Campaign Finance Reform in Oregon"

Todd Donovan, Western Washington University and
Dave Brockington, University of Washington
"Beyond Representation: Consequences of Cumulative Voting Elections"

Jennifer Eller, Portland State University
"Term Limits and the Election of Women to State Legislatures"

Lance T. LeLoup, Washington State University-Pullman,
Carolyn Long, Washington State University-Vancouver,
James Giordano, Washington State University-Pullman
"Clinton, Congress, and the Balanced Budget Agreement"

Discussant: Donald Balmer, Lewis & Clark College

C.  ISSUES IN GLOBAL POLITICS - Bayview, North Cape Bay

Chair, Lisa Carlson, University of Idaho
Paper Presenters
Terrence C. Cook, Washington State University
"The Decline and Disintegration of Political Institutions: Domestic and International Regimes"

Otwin Marenin, Washington State University
"Policing the World and the New Security Agenda"

Carol L. Rice, Private Scholar
"From Westphalia to Beijingthe Evolving International System"

Steven S. Sallie, Boise State University
"Globalization, Regionalism, Nationalism, and the Middle East Peace Process in the New World Order"

Discussant: Richard Moore, Lewis-Clark State College
 

12:00 - 1:15 pm
Lunch - Board Room 5ABC

Professor Michael Clarke, Head of the School of Public Policy at
University of Birmingham
"Governmental Devolution in Great Britain: Scotland and Wales"
 

SESSION III  1:30 - 3:00 pm

A . FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY - Board Room 2

Chair, Nancy Hartsock, University of Washington
Paper Presenters
Timothy Kauffman-Osborn, Whitman College
"Sensible Bodies"

Colleen Mack-Canty & Sue Wright, University of Montana
"Family Values as Practiced by Feminist Parents: Bridging Third Wave Feminism and Family Pluralism"

Jean Morefield, Cornell University
"Grown Up Eyes: Reason, Gender, and the International Mind, 1920-1946"

Discussant: Anne-Marie Pecha, University of Washington

B.  ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Board Room 3

Chair, Larry Luton, Eastern Washington University
Paper Presenters
Eldon Kenworthy, Whitman College
"Where do campesinos fit into sustainable development? Reflections from Central America"

Roe Roberts, Eastern Washington University
"Public Health and Grass Burning in the Inland Northwest"

Brent Steel, Washington State University
"Politics of Pacific Salmon Recovery"

Gabor Zovinyi, Eastern Washington University
"Politics in Growth Management"

Discussant: Larry Luton

3:30 - 5:00pm

ROUNDTABLE ON THE WORK OF PROFESSOR CHUCK SHELDON,  Claudius O. and Mary
W. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Washington State University -
Conference Center, Bay 4

Convener, Honorable Wallis Friel, Whitman County Superior Court

Honorable Charles W. Johnson, Washington State Supreme Court

Nicholas Lovrich, Washington State University

Honorable Charles Z. Smith, Washington State Supreme Court

Stephen L. Wasby, State Univ. of NY-Albany, Univ. of Toronto

Roundtable Organizer, Cornell W. Clayton, Washington State Univ.
 

5:30 - 6:30 pm
Reception for Professor Chuck Sheldon - Conference Center Bay 6

Saturday, October 18

7:30 - 8:00 am
Contenental Breakfast - Kidd Island Bay

8:00 - 9:00 am
General Membership Meeting - Kidd Island Bay

SESSION V  9:00 - 10:30 am

A.  THE SOCIAL CAPITAL DEBATE IN PUBLIC POLICY
   Bayview, North Cape Bay
Chair, Nicholas Lovrich, Washington State University
Paper Presenters
Mark Correia, University of Nevada-Reno
"Social Capital and Community Policing"

Patricia Fredericksen, University of Texas-El Paso
Rosanne London, Eastern Washington University
"Community Leadership Training: Investing in Human Capital"

Catherine Grott, Montana State University-Billings
"Social Capital and County-Level Public Health Planning"

Bob Scarfo, Washington State University-Spokane
"Social Capital and Sustainable Urban Area Communities"

Steven Stehr, Washington State University
"Community Cohesion and Disaster Recovery"

Discussant: Nicholas Lovrich

B.  ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY - Board Room 2

Chair, Phil Wittman, Carroll College
Paper Presenters
Robert Geroux, University of Minnesota
"Whoever Prophecies Builds Up the Church: Towards a Delineation of Foundational and Heroic Action in Religious
and Political Thought"

Kenneth Hoover, Western Washington University
"Identity and Ideology: Maynard Keynes and the Maturation of Progressivism"

Discussant: Paul Apostolidis, Whitman College

C.  ROUNDTABLE ON THE CONTEMPORARY CONGRESS
   Board Room 3

Convener, Ralph Miner, Western Washington University

Eugene Hogan, Western Washington University

Lance LeLoup, Washington State University

Douglas Nilson, Idaho State University
 

SESSION VI  10:45 am - 12:15 pm

A.  COMPARATIVE POLITICS - Board Room 2

Chair, Chair, Ian Robinson, Reed College
Paper Presenters
Marcella Becker, Oregon State University
"The Shift to the Right in Contemporary U.S. Politics: A Comparative Historical Analysis"

Rose Bettencourt, Portland Community College
"A Gramscian Analysis of the Catholic Church in Brazil and Poland"

Elizabeth Frombgen, Purdue University
"Secession, Ethnic Conflict, and Violence in Tatarstan and Chechnya: A Theoretical Perspective"

Jason Hansen, Western Washington University
"The Afrikaner Question: The Politics of Cultural Hegemony and the Transition to Democracy in South Africa"

Discussant: Richard Moore, Lewis-Clark State College

B.  LAW, COURTS, AND POLITICS - Board Room 3

Chair, Kate Chiste, University of Lethbridge
Paper Presenters
Cornell Clayton and David May, Washington State University
"New Institutionalism, Political Regimes, and Supreme Court Decisionmaking"

Sue Davis, University of Delaware
"The Chief Justice & Judicial Decision-making: The Institutional Basis of Leadership on the Supreme Court"

Gene T. Straughan, Lewis-Clark State College
"Taking Religious Liberty Seriously: Moving Beyond Smith, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and Flores"

Stephen L. Wasby, State Univ. of NY-Albany/Univ. of Toronto
"The Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court: Whats Going On? Some Preliminary Thoughts on Relations Between Higher and Lower Courts"

Discussant: James C. Foster, Oregon State University