Thursday, November 9

5:00 ­ 7:00 pm
Registration ­ Cambridge Room

5:00 ­ 8:00 pm
Evening Reception ­ Cambridge Room

Friday, November 10

7:15 - 8:20 am Executive Council Breakfast Meeting ­ Wine Room

8:00 - 11:00 am Registration ­ Suite 227

8:30 ­ 10:45 am Federal Courthouse Tour ­ Tour of the new U.S. Federal Courthouse conducted by a District Court Judge. Space is limited to 20 persons. Contact Nancy Curran

SESSION I 8:30 - 10:00 am

A. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ­ Cambridge Room
Chair and Discussant, Lisa J. Carlson, University of Idaho
Paper Presenters
Terry Cook, Washington State University
"Game Theory and the Kashmir Conflict"
Louis Hayes, University of Montana
"The New Great Game: Power Politics in South Asia"
Adam Resnick, Western Washington University
"Bureaucrats, Activists, and NAFTA"
David Watkins and Robert Farley, University of Washington
"International Cooperation and the Mobilization of Shared Identity"

Friday Morning Sessions continued

B. CONTINUING ISSUES IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION ­ Brighton Room
Chair, Jerry Calvert, Montana State University
Paper Presenters
Jerry Calvert, Montana State University
"2000 Congressional Elections"
Richard Ellis, Willamette University
"Direct Democracy in the 2000 Election"
Mark Henkels, Western Oregon University
"Referenda and Referral: The Legislative Boxscore"
Ed Dover, Western Oregon University
"Mediated Incumbency: The Vice President as Surogate"
Mike Sonnleitner, Portland Community College
"The Future of Minor Parties and the Five Percent Rule"
Russ Dondero (Discussant), Pacific University
"Frequent Flyers: Bush and Gore Travel Destinations"

SESSION II 10:30 - Noon

A. SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE NORTHWEST ­ Windsor Room
Chair, Bill Lunch, Oregon State University
Paper Presenters
Bill Lunch, Oregon State University
"Social Issues in Oregon"
Clive Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau
"Social Policy in Alaska"
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
"The Defense of Marriage Acts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and the Nation; Cultural Politics in Our Time"
Discussant: Les Alm, Boise State University

B. POLITICAL BEHAVIOR: VOTERS, ELECTIONS AND CITIZENSHIP ­ Cambridge Room
Chair, Jacqueline Switzer, Northern Arizona University
Paper Presenters
Michael Bucklley, Eastern Washington University
"Hispanic Voting Behavior"
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
"Voters and Proposition I-695"
Dave Brockington, University of Washington
"A Cognitive Demand Model and Low Information Voting"
Pamela Carriveau, Purdue University
"Learning Social and Political Citizenship"
Kevin Pirch, University of Oregon
"Parties and Candidate-Centered Elections"
Discussant: Patricia Southwell, University of Oregon

C. COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT - Brighton Room

Chair, Phil Wittman, Carroll College
Paper Presenters
Suresht Bald, Willamette University
"The Discourse of Weaving and the Erasure of Women: Women Weavers in India"
Anel Bulatova, Washington State University
"Democratization or Pluralization of Civil Society? Women's Organizations in Kazakhstan"
Michael Vogler, Northern Arizona University
"Are EU Accessions Taking Longer? A Case Study of a Possible Trend
in Expansions"
Discussant: Elizabeth Frombgen, Purdue University

12:00 ­ 1:30 pm
Lunch ­ Parliament Room
Tony Stewart, Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and North Idaho College
"Trial of the Aryan Nations"

Friday Afternoon
SESSION III 1:30 ­ 3:00 pm

A. STATE AND PROVINCIAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT - Windsor Room
Chair, Doug Nilson, Idaho State University
Paper Presenters
Bill Kirtley, Central Texas College
"The Library Referendum"
Stan Buchanan, Midwestern State University, and Tom Schuman,
University of New Hampshire
"Institutional Features of State Legislatures and Re-Election Efforts"
Matthew Manweller, University of Oregon
"Article IV, the Guarantee Clause and Referendum-Embedded Initiatives: Should the 'Sleeping Giant' Be Roused?"
Joe Morris and Mark McBeth, Idaho State University
"Bison Politics: Narratives, Trust and Economics"
Discussant: Keith Hamm, Rice University

B. POLITICAL THEORY ­ Cambridge Room
Chair, Gene T. Straughan, Lewis-Clark State College
Paper Presenters
Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University
"Backward-looking and Forward-looking Approaches to the Law"
Colleen Mack-Canty, Montana State University
"Third-Wave Feminism: Some Defining Characteristics"
Michael Ross, Graduate Student?
"The Ivory Tower Comes Crashing Down"
Chana Cox, Lewis & Clark College
"Agonists and Antagonists: A Critique of Plato's Biological Analogy"
Discussant: Darin Nesbitt, Douglas College, New Westminister, British Columbia

C. ROUNDTABLE: GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS: LOCAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REACTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Brighton Room

Moderator, Patricia Keilbach, University of Oregon
Patricia Keilbach, University of Oregon
Richard P. Suttmeier, University of Oregon
Hu Tao, State Environmental Protection Administration
(SEPA)
Paul Thiers, Washington State University, Vancouver

SESSION IV 3:15 ­ 4:45 pm

A. ROUNDTABLE: OREGON POLITICS IN THE NEW MILLENIUM
Cambridge Room
Moderator, Richard Clucas, Portland State University

Russ Dondero, Pacific University
Richard Ellis, Willamette University
James Foster, Oregon State University
Mark Henkels, Western Oregon University
Alana Jeydel, Oregon State University
Bill Lunch, Oregon State University
Jerry Medler, University of Oregon
Jim Moore, University of Portland
Doug Morgan, Portland State University
Melody Rose, Portland State University
Brent Steel, Oregon State University

B. ROUNTABLE: THE DOMESTIC FACE OF HUMAN RIGHTS: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - Brighton Room

Moderator, Vernon Damani Johnson, Western Washington University
Vernon Damani Johnson, Western Washington University,
The Whatcom Human Rights Task Force,
Bellingham, Washington
Pat McGuire, The Northwest Coalition for Human Dignity,
Portland, Oregon
Kelley Weigel, The Rural Organizing Project, Scappoose, Oregon

C. ROUNDTABLE: IDENTITY AND CONFLICT ­ Windsor Room

Moderator, Ken Hoover, Western Washington University
Ken Hoover, Western Washington University
"Identity-Driven Violence: Reclaiming Civil Society"
Catherine Smith, Syracuse University
"The Great White North: Narratives and the Construction of Identity
in the Canadian Racist Right"
Elizabeth Frombgen, Purdue University
"Contested Identity in a Post-Communist Order: The Case of Russia"

5:00 ­ 6:00 pm No Host Social Hour ­ Fireplace Room
6:00 Election Post Mortem Dinner - Crystal Ballroom

Saturday, November 11

7:30 ­ 8:00 am Continental Breakfast ­ Crystal Ballroom
8:00 ­ 9:00 am General Membership Meeting:
Election of Officers & 2002 Site Selection

SESSION V 9:00 ­ 10:30 am

A. THE POLITICS OF LAW AND COURTS ­ Cambridge Room
Chair and Discussant, Michael Bowers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Gene Hogan, Western Washington University
"Linking the Commerce Cases with Substantive Due Process"
Jeffrey D. Hockett, The University of Tulsa
"Attitudes, Institutions and Brown v. Board of Education"
Mark J. Richards, Grand Valley State University
"Doctrines and Supreme Court Justices' Policy Goals in a Neoinstitutional Framework of Decision-Making"
Gene T. Straughan, Lewis-Clark State College
"The Religion Clauses, Political Theory, and School Vouchers"
Stephen L. Wasby, University at Albany ­ SUNY
"The District of Oregon in the U.S. Supreme Court"

B. SOCIAL CAPITAL ROUNDTABLE ­ Brighton Room
Moderator, John Anderson, University of Nebraska, Kearney
Chris Simon, University of Nevada, Reno
John Pierce, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Nick Lovrich, Washington State University
Maria Chavez-Pringle, Doctoral Candidate, Washington State University

C. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Windsor Room
Chair, Dave Patton, Boise State University
Paper Presenters
Charles Davis, Colorado State University, and
Brian Ellison, Southwest Missouri State University
"Timber Harvesting Decisions and Organizational Autonomy Within the U.S. Forest Service"
Sharon Barrios, California State University, Chico
"Is the Immigration and Naturalization Service Unreformable? Past Experience and Future Prospects"
Paula Hoene, Lewis-Clark State College
"Organizational Integrity"
Discussant: Douglas Morgan, Portland State University

SESSION VI 10:45 ­ 12:15 pm

A. ROUNDTABLE ON THE SUPREME COURT ­ Cambridge Room
Moderatorr, Steven K. Shaw, Northwest Nazarene College
Don Crowley, University of Idaho
David Adler, Idaho State University
Gene T. Straughan, Lewis-Clark State College
David May, Eastern Washington University

B. POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY ­ Windsor Room
Chair, John Orbell, University of Oregon
Paper Presenters
Tomonori Morikawa, Waseda University, Japan, and
Nicholas Allen, University of Melbroune, Australia
"The Evolultion of Political Intelligence; Simulation Results"
James Hanley and John Orbell University of Oregon, and Tomonori
Morikawa, Waseda University, Japan
"Conflict, Interpersonal Assessment, and the Evolution of Cooperation; Simulation Results"
David Goetz, Utah State University, and
Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, San Diego
"Reports of Ethnic Massacres as Triggers to Ethnic Conflict"

C. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC POLICY ­ Brighton Room
Chair and Discussant, Bill Lunch, Oregon State University
Paper Presenters
Elizabeth Hirsh, Western Washington University
"Political Construction of Ethnic Minority School Success"
Les Alm, Boise State University
"Scientists and Environmental Policy Making"
Victoria Hotson, Western Washington University
"Race and Inequality in Washington: Education Funding and Policy"

12:30 ­ New Executive Council Meeting ­ Suite 227