Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2004 November 4—6, 2004 Portland, Oregon

All rooms located on 2nd Floor unless otherwise indicated

Thursday, November 4

5:00 — 7:00 pm Registration

Welcoming Reception to PNWPSA Members and Graduate Students — Brighton Room

Friday, November 5

7:15 — 8:20 am   Executive Council Breakfast Meeting — Wine Room (Lower level)

7:30 am — 4:00 pm   Registration — Suite 227

SESSION I    8:30 — 10:00 am                      

1. CURRENT POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ROUNDTABLE — Brighton Room
   Moderator, Clive S. Thomas, University of Alaska Juneau
   Participants:
   Alaska — Clive Thomas
   Idaho — Doug Nilson, Idaho State University
   Montana — Jerry W. Calvert, Montana State University
   Oregon — William M. Lunch, Oregon State University
   Washington — D.W. "Sid" Olufs, Pacific Lutheran University
2. POLITICAL THEORY I — Windsor Room
   Chair, Tim Jeske, Yakima Valley Community College
   Paper Presenters: 
   Robert Farkasch, University of Washington — Bothell
   "Transcendant Appeals and International Relations: Insights from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War."
   Steve On, University of California — Los Angeles
   "The Limits of Egalitarianism: A Critique of Brian Barry's Approach to the Law"
   Mark Stephan, Washington State University — Vancouver
   "Representing the Self: Blurring the Distinctions Between Direct and Representative Democracy"
   Amy Gould, Northern Arizona University
   "Social Differences and Management Styles: A Study of Conformity"
   Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University
   "Natural Law and Natural Selection: An Ancient Theory in a Contemporary Context"
   Discussant, Tom Hawley, Eastern Washington University

SESSION II     10:15 — 11:45 a.m.

1. POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AS DEANS ROUNDTABLE — Brighton Room
   Moderator, Curtis Johnson, Dean of the College, Lewis & Clark College
   Participants: 
   Peter Steinberger, Dean of the Faculty, Reed College
   Steve Shaw, Dean, Arts & Humanities, Northwest Nazarene University
   Richard Moore, Former Dean, Professor of Political Science, Lewis—Clark State College
   Priscilla Southwell, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon
2. POLITICAL SCIENCE PUNDITS' ROUNDTABLE — Cambridge Room
   Moderator, Russ Dondero, Pacific University
   Participants: 
   Bill Lunch, Oregon State University
   Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
   Robert Eisinger, Lewis & Clark College
   Jim Moore, Pacific University
   Clive Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau
3. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WAR & TERRORISM — Windsor Room
   Chair, Richard Moore, Lewis—Clark State College
   Paper Presenters: 
   Terrance Cook,Washington State University
   "Surprise Tactics in the War on Terror"
   Paper Presenters
   Louis Hayes, University of Montana
   "The War on Terror and Japan's Evolving Security Policy
   Gregory Raymond,Boise State University
   "The Preemptive War Strategy of the Bush Administration"
   Discussant, Keith Leitich, Independent Scholar

12:00 — 1:15 pm       Lunch — Crystal Ballroom (Main Level)

Sidney Verba, the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor of Government, Harvard University,
         "What's Interesting About Interest Representation?"

SESSION III    1:30 — 3:00 pm

1. POLICIES AND ISSUES IN STATE POLITICS — Brighton Room    
   Chair, Lance LeLoup,Washington State University
   Paper Presenters:
   Jeff Dense,Eastern Oregon University
   "State Lotteries and Public Finance"
   April B. Brinkman,University of Washington Law School
   "Going to School on Choice: How to Spend Scarce Educational Resources Efficiently"
   Steven Rothman,University of Oregon
   "Tax Preferences of Oregon Voters"
   T.M. Sell, Highline College
   "Reform Report Card: Effects of Campaign Finance Reform in Washington State"
   Jerry Calvert, Montana State University
   "New West Politics: Has Population Change Contributed to Montana's Transition from Competitive to a One—Party Dominant Systspan, 1980—2004?
   Discussants, Mathew Manweller, Central Washington University,
   and Christopher A. Simon, University of Nevada — Reno
2. ROUNDTABLE ON THE SUPREME COURT — Cambridge Room
   Moderator, Steve Shaw, Northwest Nazarene University
   Participants:
   Donald Crowley, University of Idaho
   Cornell Clayton, Washington State University
   Robert Langran, Villanova University
   Todd Lochner, Lewis & Clark College
3. GRADUATE STUDENT PANEL — Windsor Room
   Chair and Discussant, Stefanie Wickstrom, Central Washington University
   Paper Presenters: 
   Samuel Affolter, Western Washington University
   "Rescuing Choice: A Different Approach to Rationality"
   Paul Lenze, Washington State University
   "Democracy and Iraq"
   Lada Kochtcheeva Dunbar, University of Oregon
   "Institutions and Instruments: Policy Innovation and Environmental Protection in the U.S. and Russia"
   Amy Gould, Northern Arizona University
   "Heaven, Hell & Presidential Impeachment: Representatives' Religion and the House Judiciary Committee       

SESSION IV    3:15—4:45 pm

1. TRANSITIONS: FROM STUDENT TO PROFESSIONAL IN THE NEW MILLENIUM ROUNDTABLE — Brighton Room
   Moderator, Stefanie Wickstrom, Central Washington University
   Participants: 
   Rex Wirth, Central Washington University
   Tim Jeske, Yakima Community College
   Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon
   Nick Lovrich, Washington State University
2. TRENDS IN VOTING AND ELECTIONS ROUNDTABLE — Cambridge Room
   Moderators, Russ Dondero, Pacific University and Robert Eisinger, Lewis & Clark College
   Participants: 
   Phil Keisling, Former Secretary of State, Oregon
   Shaun Bowler, University of California at Riverside
   Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
   Paul Gronke, Reed College
   Mark Stephan, Washington State University — Vancouver
3. COMMUNITY COLLEGES ROUNDTABLE: PEDAGOGIES FOR STUDENTS IN TRANSITION — Windsor Room
   Moderator, Michael Sonnleitner, Portland Community College
   Participants: 
   T.M. Sell, Highline Community College
   Steve Candee, Lane Community College
   Lauretta Frederking, University of Portland
   Carolyn Long, Washington State University — Vancouver

5:00 — 6:00 pm — No Host Social Hour — Fireplace Room (Main Level)

6:00 pm — Don Balmer Election Post Mortem Dinner — Crystal Ballroom (Main Level)

Saturday, November 6

7:30 — 8:00 am Continental Breakfast — Crystal Ballroom (Main Level)

8:00 — 9:00 am General Membership Meeting:

                                    Election of Officers & Other Business

SESSION V    9:00 — 10:30 am

1. POLITICAL THEORY II— Brighton Room
   Chair,Tim Jeske, Yakima Valley Community College
   Paper Presenters: 
   Sammy Basu, Willamette University
   "Stooping to Conquer or Speaking Mirth to Power: The Status of Political Humor" 
   Breanna Forni, Western Washington University
   "Liberty for All: A Critical Analysis of Sir Isaiah Berlin's Two Concepts of Liberty"
   Francois deSoete, University of British Columbia
   "Modern Police Power and Fanon's Account of Colonialism: Understanding North American Police Power as a Post—Colonial Phenomena"
   David W. Livingstone, Northeastern State University
   "Lacking the Wit to Wonder: Jean—Jacques Rousseau's Speculative  Anthropology in the Second Discourse"
   Peter Prontzos, Langara College, British Columbia
   "Collateral Damage: The Human Costs of Structural Violence"
   Discussant, Steve Shone, University of Montana — Western
2. POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE NORTHWEST  — Cambridge Room
   Co—Chairs, Doug Nilson, and Ralph Maughan, Idaho State University
   Paper Presenters:
   Jerry Calvert,Montana State University
   "Keeping Up Appearances: The Role of Candidate Attractiveness and Contextual Information in Voter Choice"
   Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon
   "A Longitudinal Analysis of the Turnout Effects of All—Mail Elections, 1960—2004"
   Patrick Wilson, University of Idaho
   "Forward to the Past: State Governments, the ESA and Delisted Species"
   Ralph Maughan, Idaho State University
   "Fear and the Politics of Wildlife Management"
   Discussant: Alana Jeydel, Oregon State University
3. COMPARATIVE POLITICS — Windsor Room
   Chair:  Stefanie Wickstrom, Central Washington University
   Paper Presenters: 
   Lui Hebron, Eastern Washington University
   "China's Democracy Movement: The Third Long March"
   Jeff Seward, Pacific University
   "What's Democratic About Democracy? Reflections on Two Brazilian Case Studies"
   Ronald B. Mitchell, University of Oregon
   "The Influence of Regimes: Regime Design, Compliance, Effectiveness and Endogeneity"       
   David Palkki, University of California, Los Angeles
   "Preventive War and the Irrelevance of Regime Type"
   Discussant,  Paul Thiers, Washington State University

SESSION VI     10:45 — 12:15 pm 

1. Margaret Levi, University of Washington — Seattle
   President, American Political Science Association — Cambridge/Oxford Rooms
   "Making APSA Work For You"
2. U.S. POLITICS — Windsor Room  
   Chair, Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
   Paper Presenters:
   John Bretting, University of Texas at El Paso, and Barbara Morris, University of Redlands
   "Frybread Federalism: American Indians, Federalism and Public Policy"
   Erin E. Richards, Washington State University
   "Predicting the Pool: The Presence of Potential Female Candidates"
   David Brockington, University of Plymouth
   "The Effect of Relaxed Registration and Voting Rules on Increasing Turnout and Inequality"
   Jeffrey A. Karp, Texas Tech University/Universite Twente
   "Support for Second Generation Term Limits Initiatives"
   Todd Donovan, Western Washington University and Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside
   "Did Gay Marriage Elect George W. Bush? Ballot Measures and the Composition of the Electorate"
   Discussant, Sara Singleton, Western Washington University

12:15 p.m. Annual Meeting Adjourned