Annual Conference, 1998

Pacific Northwest Political Science Association
Annual Conference
October 22-24, 1998
Victoria Conference Centre


Preliminary Program--Please note that changes may occur in the final program.

Thursday, October 22

4:30-6:00 p.m.--Registration

6:00-7:30 p.m.--ROUNDTABLE AND OPEN DISCUSSION UNDERSTANDING THE CRISIS IN THE PRESIDENCY

Chair: Kenneth R. Hoover, Western Washington University
Donald Balmer, Lewis and Clark College
Colin Bennett, University of Victoria
Kara Shaw, University of Victoria
Friday, October 23

7:15-8:20 a.m.--Executive Council Breakfast Meeting

8:00-11:00 a.m.--Registration

SESSION 1 8:30-10:00 a.m.

  1. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION


    2. Chair, Stephanie Witt, Boise State University

    W. David Patton, Boise State University, The Good the Bad, and the Ugly of Government Reinvention

    Patricia Frederickson, Boise State University and Rosanne London, Eastern Washington University, Who's in Charge: Affordable Housing in the Hollow State

    Roger Durand, Durand Research and Marketing Associates, LLC and Gregory R. Weiher, University. of Houston, Welfare-to-Work as a Strategy for Addressing Homelessness

    Discussant: Stan Buchanan, Midwestern State University

    B. POLITICAL THEORY (I)

    Chair, Avigail Eisenberg, University of British Columbia

    Colleen Mack-Canty, Montana State University, Bozeman, When Our Notions of the Political Fail to Explain: Examples of Women Activists Reweaving the Webs

    Peter Ives, York University, Translating Political Situations: Gramsci's Linguistic Metaphors as Political Analysis

    Ramona Grey, University of Montana, Erich Fromm and His Critics: Resuming the Dialogue

    Discussant: Avigail Eisenberg, University of British Columbia

    SESSION 2 10:15-11:45 a.m.

    A. UNDERSTANDING STATE POLITICS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

    Chair: Clive S. Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau

    ALASKA: Clive S. Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau

    IDAHO: Stephanie Witt, Boise State University, and James Weatherby, Boise State University

    MONTANA: Kenneth L. Weaver, Montana State University

    OREGON: William M. Lunch, Oregon State University

    WASHINGTON: Nicholas P. Lovrich, Washington State University, and Brent S. Steel, Oregon State University

    Discussant: Douglas Nilson, Idaho State University
     
     

  2. COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
Chair: D.W. Olufs, Pacific Lutheran University

Marcella Becker, Oregon State University, Late Capitalism and its Implications for the United States

Todd Donovan, Western Washington University, Structural Determinants of Third Party Mobilization and Voting in Australia: 1928-1996

Elizabeth Frombgen, Purdue University, The Occurrence of Political Violence: A Comparative Analysis of Quebec , Northern Ireland and the Basque Region

Ronald Hrebenar, University of Utah, The New Japanese Party System: In Transition from the First Party System of 1955 to the Second Party System of 1993

Discussant:
 
 

 12:00-1:15 p.m.--Lunch: Professor Terry Morley, University of Victoria "New Developments in Canadian Politics" SESSION 3 1:30-3:00 p.m.
  1. POLITICAL THEORY (II)
Chair: Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, Whitman College

Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University, Secular Natural Law and the Problem of Political Authority

Terrence Cook, Washington State University, Sebastian Castellion and Principled Free Speech

Peter Steinberger, Reed College, The Argument of Locke's 'Letter on Toleration'

Discussant: Curtis Johnson, Lewis & Clark College
  1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Chair: Brad Blitz, Lewis and Clark College

Carol L. Rice, Independent scholar, Reconsidering China: From Pacific Power to Eurasian Superpower

Karl Fields, University of Puget Sound, Political Business and Asian Development: Partisan Gonglomerates in Taiwan, Malaysia, and China

Lisa Carlson, University of Idaho, International Trade and Conflict

Robert W. Farley, U of Washington, Analysis of Security Regimes with

Realist/Game Theoretic and Social Constructivist Approaches

Robert Farkasch, York University, Hubris and human agency: Polybius, Classical Realism, and Historical Recurrence

 SESSION 4 3:30-5:00 USING NEW RESOURCES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY

This session meets in the Bagley Room of the Union Club. Our reception at the Club is a gift to the Association from Donald and Betty Balmer.

Chair: Donald Balmer, Lewis and Clark College

Wayne Morse, James Moore, University of Portland

Warren Magnuson, David Sousa, University of Puget Sound

Albert Rosellini, Steve Stehr, Washington State University

Tom McCall, Russell Dondero, Pacific University

David Barrett and Michael Harcourt, Norman Ruff, University of Victoria

 Saturday, October 24

7:30-8:00 a.m.--Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:00 a.m.--General Membership Meeting

SESSION 5 9:00-10:30 a.m.

A. ROUNDTABLE ON THE SUPREME COURT (I)

Chair: Stephen Shaw, Northwest Nazarene College

Don Crowley, University of Idaho

Stephen Wasby, SUNY-Albany

Elliott Tenofsky, Linfield College
 
  1. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY
Chair: Lance T. LeLoup, Washington State University

David Ray, University of Oklahoma, Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations for Director of Central Intelligence

Stan Buchanan, Midwestern State University, The Local Connection: The Influence of District Characteristics on House Banking Committee Assignments in the 1980's

Todd Schaefer, Central Washington University, When the Critic has a Part in the Show: Media Coverage of Presidential-Press Relations

Dennis Donoghue, Boise State University, Senior Citizens and their Voting Behavior as we Begin the 21st Century

Discussant:

 SESSION 6 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

A. ROUNDTABLE ON THE SUPREME COURT (II)

Chair: Stephen Shaw, Northwest Nazarene College

Daniel Leger, University of Notre Dame

Bryan Dubin, University of Oregon

Cornell Clayton, Washington State University
 

 B. VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON Chair: Keith Hamm, Rice University

Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon, Electoral Reform in the State of Oregon: An Update on Vote-By-Mail and the Double Majority Requirement

Jerry F. Medler, University of Oregon, Are Oregon Voters Abandoning the Primary System?

Christopher A. Simon, University of Nevada, Reno, Washington State School District Levy Elections: The Applicability of Theories of Economic Self-Interest and Voter Discontent

Discussant: Johnny R. Peel, Western Washington University, Keith E. Hamm, Rice University