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PACIFIC NORTHWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
October 13-15, 2005
Thursday, October 13
5:00 - 7: 00 Registration and Opening Reception – Club Concierge, 17th Floor Co-hosted by the PNWPSA and Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate, the Institute for Human Rights Education, and the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations
Friday, October 14
7:15 - 8:20 am - Executive Council Meeting – Cabin 5
7:30 - 4:00 pm - Registration – East Conference Center Lobby
Session I: Friday, 8:30 - 10:00 am
A. Roundtable on Higher Education In The Public Policy Process In The Pacific Northwest – North Cape Bay
Chair, Richard Foster, Idaho State University fostrich@isu.edu
Alaska - Clive Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau jfcst@uas.alaska.edu
Idaho - Doug Nilson, Idaho State University nilsdoug@mail.isu.edu
Oregon - William Lunch, Oregon State University BLunch@orst.edu
Washington - Todd Donovan, Western Washington University Todd.Donovan@wwu.edu
B. Environmental Politics – Casco Bay
Chair David Laycock, Simon Fraser University laycock@sfu.ca
"An Introduction to the Cultural Politics of Water Resource Management in the Americas," Stefanie Wickstrom, Green Mountain College wickstroms@greenmtn.edu
"Environmentalism and Postcolonial Feminism: Examples of Third World Women's Resistance," Colleen Mack-Canty, University of Idaho colleenm@uidaho.edu
"Collaborative Policymaking: An Assessment of the Washington State Watershed Planning Act (1998)" Tetyana Lysak, Washington State University tlysak@wsu.edu
Discussant: George Gonzalez, University of Miami ggonzale@exchange.sba.miami.edu
C. U.S. Politics: The Workings of American Political Institutions – Kidd Island Bay
Chair: Mark Smith, University of Washington masmith@u.washington.edu
"Early Executive Orders," Graham Dodds, Concordia University gdodds@alcor.concordia.ca
"The Politics of Chicago School Reform: Forces of Change Through the Interactions of Institutions and Politics," Jennifer Hehnke, University of Oregon jhehnke@darkwing.uoregon.edu
"Bureaucrat in Chief: Presidential Usurpation of Foreign Affairs Powers", Paul Pope, Idaho State University popepaul@isu.edu
Discussant: Erin Richards, Washington State University eotte@mail.wsu.edu
Session II: Friday, 10:15 - 11:45 am
A. Roundtable on Current Politics And Political Issues In The Pacific Northwest – Kidd Island Bay
Chair: Lance LeLoup, Washington State University leloup@wsu.edu
Alaska - Clive Thomas, University of Alaska, Juneau jfcst@uas.alaska.edu
Idaho - Jasper LiCalzi, Albertson College of Idaho Jlicalzi@albertson.edu
Montana - Jerry Calvert, Montana State University upojc@montana.edu
Oregon - William Lunch, Oregon State University BLunch@orst.edu
Washington - T. M. Sell, Highline College TMSell@aol.com
B. Law and the Courts – North Cape Bay
Chair: James Foster, Oregon State University-Cascades James.Foster@osucascades.edu
"The Politics of Criminal Justice: How the New Right Regime has Shaped the Rehnquist Court," Cornell Clayton and Mitch Pickerill, Washington State University cornell@mail.wsu.edu mitchp@wsu.edu
"Explanation in Tort Theory," Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University jjohnson@eou.edu
"Assisted Suicide & the Court," Elizabeth Mazzara, Washington State University events@savinoslounge.com
Discussant: Carolyn Long, WSU-Vancouver long@vancouver.wsu.edu
C. Voting and Elections I – Casco Bay
Chair: Tim Jeske, Yakima Valley Community College tjeske@yvcc.edu
"Electoral Systems And The Determinants Of Voter Turnout," Ekaterina Rashkova, Washington University, St. Louis, MO errashko@artsci.wustl.edu
"Political Parties and Direct Democracy in America," Shaun Bowler, University of California-Irvine, shaun.bowler@ucr.edu and Todd Donovan, Western Washington University Todd.Donovan@wwu.edu
Discussant: Nick Lovrich, Washington State University faclovri@wsu.edu
12:00 - 1:15 pm Luncheon – Bay 4
Guest Speaker, Prof. Margaret Levi, University of Washington, Immediate Past President, American Political Science Association, "Why We Need A New Theory of Government"
Session III 1:30 - 3:00 pm
A. Race and American Politics Roundtable – The Aftermath of the Aryan Nation: Fighting the Far Right in the 21st Century – North Cape Bay
Chair: Vernon Johnson, Western Washington University, Gonzaga Institute for Action Against Hate Vernon.Johnson@wwu.edu
Tony Stewart, North Idaho College, Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations dtstewart@nic.edu
John Schneeberger, Montana Human Rights Network
Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center
Devin Burghart, Center for New Community
B. Public Policy in the Pacific Northwest – Casco Bay
Chair and Discussant: Patrick Wilson, University of Idaho pwilson@uidaho.edu
"International Economic Regimes and Canadian Provinces: Determinants of BC Foreign Trade Policy During the NDP Era (1991-2001)," Chris Kukucha, University of Lethbridge Christopher.Kukucha@uleth.ca
"Evaluating Grand Claims in Oregon Health Care Reform via the Health Services Commission: Deliberative Democracy or Normal Politics?" Ryan Atkinson Smith, University of Oregon rsmith5@darkwing.uoregon.edu
"Democratic Ethics, Environmental Groups and Symbolic Inclusion: The Case of Global Warming," George Gonzalez, University of Miami ggonzale@exchange.sba.miami.edu
C. Voting and Elections II - Kidd Island Bay
Chair and Discussant: Mary Jane Burns, Idaho State University burnmary@isu.edu
"The Political Effects Of Election Day Registration," Jerry Calvert, Montana State University upojc@montana.edu
"Revisiting Duverger: Reunification of States and Its Impact on Party Formation," Kevin Grisham kegrisham32@walla.com and Tanya Polley, University of California-Riverside Tanya.Polley@gmail.com
Session IV: Friday, 3:15 - 4:45 pm
A. The Rise of the Right: A Roundtable With Three Authors – North Cape Bay
Chair: Mark Smith, University of Washington, Shifting Rightward in America: Intellectuals Communication, Strategies, and Political Responses to Economic Insecurity (forthcoming) masmith@u.washington.edu
Ken Hoover, Western Washington University, author of Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek and the Creation of Contemporary Politics (Rowman & Littlefield 2003) Ken.Hoover@wwu.edu
David Laycock, Simon Fraser University, author of The New Right and Democracy in Canada (Oxford 2002) laycock@sfu.ca
B. Supreme Court Roundtable – Casco Bay
Chair: James Foster, Oregon State University-Cascades James.Foster@osucascades.edu
Cornell Clayton, Washington State University cornell@mail.wsu.edu
Don Crowley, University of Idaho crowley@uidaho.edu
Elizabeth Mazzara, Washington State University events@savinoslounge.com
C. International Relations I – Kidd Island Bay
Chair: Terrence Cook, Washington State University tcook@wsu.edu
"Meeting New Challenges and Solving Old Dilemmas: Evaluating UN Security Council Work," Mark Sachleben, Miami University of Ohio sachlemd@muohio.edu
"Organization Matters to Institutions: Understanding the United Nations and World Trade Organization as Legal, Rational and Coactivational Organizations," Christopher Balding and Daniel Wehrenfennig, University of California at Irvine cbalding@uci.edu daniel.wfg@gmx.de
"Taiwan's Quest for Independence: Progress on the Margins for Recognition of Statehood," Cameron Otopalik, Central Washington University otopalic@cwu.edu
Discussants: Terrence Cook, Washington State University tcook@wsu.edu ; Jason Blazevic, Dept. of History, Washington State University ea55@wsu.edu
5:00 - Board Lake Coeur d'Alene Cruise Boat – Boardwalk Marina
5:30 - 7:00 – Cruise Lake Coeur d'Alene (By Reservation) Hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar
Saturday, October 15
7:30 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast - Casco Bay
8:00-9:00 am General Membership Meeting
Election of Officers and Other Business
Session V: Saturday, 9:00 - 10:30 am
A. Political Theory: Imaginaries of Modern Progressive Politics – Bay 1A Chair: Erik Olsen, Seattle University, eolsen@seattleu.edu
"Writing for Political Change: Public Culture, Women, and Citizenship Rights in France," Sandra Reinke, University of Idaho, sreineke@uidaho.edu
"Sidney Hook and the Neo-conservatives," Gary Bullert, Columbia Basin College, garybullert1@msn.com
"Enacting Marx's Vision of Freedom," Blaine Garvin, Gonzaga garvin@calvin.gonzaga.edu
"Freedom and Persuasion: The Role of Music in Rousseau's Political Thought," Matthew Voorhees, Whitman College voorhemj@whitman.edu
Discussant: Kristy King, Rutgers University kking@rci.rutgers.edu
B. Comparative Politics – Beauty Bay
Chair: Stefanie Wickstrom, Green Mountain College, wickstroms@greenmtn.edu
"Big Fish in Small Ponds: A Comparison of Dominant Parties in the Canadian Provinces and German Lånder," Amir Abedi, Western Washington University, amirabedi@hotmail.com ; Steffen Schneider, Universitåd Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Steffen.Schneider@sfb597.uni-bremen.de
"Comparative Issue Definition in Rights Based Policy: The Case of Autism, Neurological Disability and Neurodiversity," Dana Lee Baker, Washington State University bakerda@vancouver.wsu.edu
"Women in the World in Power: A Comparative Analysis of Women in Governance," Alexis Broncatello, University of California, Riverside abroncat@sbcglobal.net
'The Constitutional Codification of International and European-policy Objectives: a Comparative Matrix of EU Member State Constitutions with a Focus on Germany," Bryan Ruppert, University of Birmingham b.k.ruppert@bham.ac.uk
Discussant: Brian Hesse, Northwestern Missouri State, bhesse@mail.nwmissouri.edu
C. International Relations II: Impassioned Ethnic Clashes in International Relations – Bay 1B
Chair: Lui Hebron, Eastern Washington University lui.hebron@mail.ewu.edu
"Internationalized Ethnic War: A Mosaic of Ethnic Composition, Affective Ties and Strategic Calculations," Ada Hyso, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, adahyso@uwm.edu
"Territorial Imperatives of Al Quaeda," Sean Anderson, Idaho State U. andesean@isu.edu
"Globalization and Democracy: Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations Thesis," Kunihiko Imai, Elmira College kimair@elmira.edu
Discussant: Jonathan Isacoff, Gonzaga University isacoff@gonzaga.edu
Session VI: Saturday, 10:45 - 12:15 pm
A. The Politics of Public Discourse – Bay 1A Chair: Regina Lawrence, Portland State University
"None Dare Call It Torture: Indexing and the Limits of Press Independence in the Abu Ghraib Scandal," Regina Lawrence, Portland State University, and Lance Bennett, University of Washington lawrencer@pdx.edu
"Lotty-Dodd: Explaining Varying Media Responses to Racially Insensitive Comments," Mathew Manweller and Todd Schaefer, Central Washington University, manwellerm@cwu.edu , Schaefet@cwu.edu
"The Wicked West: Natural Resource Management Planning, Wicked Problems, and the Application of Discourse Theory," Ruth Arnell, Idaho State University, arneruth@isu.edu
Discussant: Curtis Johnson, Lewis and Clark johnson@lclark.edu
B. Comparative Politics II – Beauty Bay
Chair: Stefanie Wickstrom, Green Mountain College wickstroms@greenmtn.edu
"Power between North and South: External Influence and State-Making in the Modern Middle East," Jonathan Isacoff, Gonzaga University isacoff@gonzaga.edu
"Political Process and the Development of Labor Insurgency in Turkey, 1945-1980," Brian Mello, Seattle University bmello@seattleu.edu
"Neighbors and Homeowners Negotiating Change in Urban China," Kristen Parris, Western Washington University Kristen.Parris@wwu.edu
Discussant: Lui Hebron, Eastern Washington University lhebron@mail.ewu.edu
12:15 pm - Annual Meeting Adjourned
On behalf of the Association, our thanks to the following panel organizers:
Canadian Politics, David Laycock, Simon Fraser University
Comparative Politics, Stefanie Wickstrom, Green Mountain College
Environmental Politics, Sara Singleton, Western Washington University
International Relations, Terrence Cook, Washington State University
Media and Politics, Regina Lawrence, Portland State University
Political Theory, Erik Olsen, Seattle University
Politics in the Pacific NW, Clive Thomas, University of Alaska - Southeast
Public Policy in the Pacific Northwest, Patrick Wilson, University of Idaho
Race & American Politics, Vernon Johnson, Western Washington University
Supreme Court Roundtable, James Foster, Oregon State Univ. - Cascade
U.S. Politics, Mark Smith, University of Washington
Voting & Elections, Shaun Bowler, University of California-Riverside
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