New York State Political Science Association 55th Annual Conference, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Program - Friday May 4, 2001

11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Registration
Book Exhibits/Paper Room
Placement Service
 
12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
CP 3  PERCEPTION, CHANGES AND EVOLUTION OF POLITICS
Chair: Jane Marcus-Delgado, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Papers: The Evolution of the Excluded Actor: The Discursive Construction of Women in Post-Communist Hungary
Melinda Kovacs, Rutgers University
  Women in Combat Units
Heidi Brockmann, United States Military Academy
  Party Games: Explaining Political Party Change as the Outcome of Internal Conflict
Juan M. Attoyo, Cornell University
Discussant: Jane Marcus-Delgado, College of Staten Island, CUNY
 
IR 1  CURRENT ISSUES IN GLOBAL POLITICS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Sharon Murphy, Nazareth College of Rochester
Papers: Globalization in Political Perspective
Jonathan Strand and Kristy Smith, Niagara University
  Confucius and Max Weber: A Dialectical on China's Developmental World
Mark Fung, Johns Hopkins University
  African Armies: Continuing Legacy of Colonialism
Joseph Rakanshagiza, The Sage Colleges
Discussant: Sharon Murphy, Nazareth College of Rochester
 
PP 3  POLITICS AND THE POLICY PROCESS
Chair: Michael Licari, SUNY Binghamton
Papers: The Effect of HCFA's 1115 Waiver on Community Health Centers in the State of Maryland
Alice M. Jackson, Morgan State University
  The Constitution and the Environment: Ecological Principles and Liberal Policy Making
Franklin A. Kalinowski, Warren Wilson College
  Testing Rival Internal and External Change Budgetary Decision-Making Models: The Cases of Canada, Great Britain and the United States
Chris Reddick, Murray State University
  Privatization of Education and Consumer Behavior in the Market for Schooling
Jack Buckley, SUNY Stony Brook
Discussant: Michael Licari, SUNY Binghamton
 
PT 3  NEW DIRECTIONS IN POLITICAL THEORY
Chair: Lisa Gurley, New School University
Papers: The People and the Globe: Habermas, Laclau and the Changing Face of Popular Sovereignty
Adam Lupel, New School University
  Derridean Democracy: Deconstruction as Justice
Tim Luther, California Baptist University
  Forever Children: Narcissm and the Resiliency of Modern Capitalism
Alessandra Bufano, New York University
  Narratives of Political Modernity: Capitalism, Colonialism and Human Rights in Eric Hobsbwam and Partha Chatterjee
Marcus Soler, Hofstra University
  Beyond New Historicism: Methodological Remarks on the History of Political Concepts
Joao Feres, CUNY Graduate Center
Discussant: Lisa Gurley, New School University
 
TL 5  TEACHING ACROSS DISCIPLINES
Chair: Pamela Mason, John Carroll University
Papers: Enrichment Through Diversity-- Retrofitting Tradition: Using Women's Suffrage as a Vehicle for Teaching Politics
Erika Pilver, Westfield State College
  Teaching Criminal Law to Undergraduate Students
Margaret Ryniker and Celia Sgroi, SUNY Oswego
  Dreams versus Reality: Why Do They Make Us Take Those General Education and Core Courses?
Rosalie R. Young, SUNY Oswego
Discussant: Pamela Mason, John Carroll University
 
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
CP 4  DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
Chair: Luba Racanski, St. John's University
Papers: Consolidation of Democracy in the Midst of Economic Crises: The Case of Latin America
Saika Uno, University of Notre Dame
  When Stylized Facts Harm Understanding: Revising Interpretations of Brazilian Development Strategy
Eduardo R. Gomes
Jeffrey Cason, Middlebury College
  Pobladores and Parties Under Pinochet: The Case of Fresno and Silva Henriquez
Margot Olavaria, New School University
  The Rise and Fall of Alberto Fujimori: A Study of Presidential Legitimacy
Jane Marcus-Delgado, The College of Staten Island, CUNY
Discussant: Luba Racanski, St. John's University
 
IR 2  MANAGING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT: PREVENTION, SANCTIONS, INTERVENTION, AND REFUGEES
Chair: Harvey Strum, The Sage Colleges
Papers: "Domestic" Conflict Prevention by the UN and State Sovereignty States' Views as Reflected in Statements at UN Security Council Meetings
Taysir Nashif, The United Nations
  Military Operations in Post-Conflict Stability Missions
Lawrence Cline, American Military University and SUNY Buffalo
  Bosnian Refugees and Political Realities
Barbara Franz, Syracuse University
  Logic of Multilateral Economic Sanctions: Expectations and Reality in the Case of Iraq
Erica Cosgrove, Princeton University
Discussant: Jonathan Strand, Niagara University
 
PT 4  PROBLEMS OF MODERN LIBERALISM
Chair: Tim Duvall, St. John's University
Papers: Political Docility and Political Self-Reliance
Jason Scorza, Fairleigh Dickinson University
  The Liberal Tension: J. S. Mill and Political Thought
Christopher Price, SUNY Albany
  John Rawls and Kant's Tragic Problem
Nicholas Tampio, Johns Hopkins University
  Anit-Procrustean Liberalism: Isaiah Berlin on Inner Complexity and Political Conduct
Jonathan Allen, Princeton University
Discussant: Tim Duvall, St. John's University
 
SL 1  ROUNDTABLE: THE 2001 NEW YORK CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE BIG APPLE TURNS OVER
Convener: Richard Flanagan, The College of Staten Island, CUNY
Participants: Ester Fuchs, Columbia University
  Douglas Muzzio, Baruch College, CUNY
  Wilbur Rich, Wellesley College
  Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College
 
TL 1  TEAM TEACHING, MENTORING AND THE PROCESS OF ACTIVE LEARNING: A WORKSHOP FOR COLLEGE FACULTY
Workshop Leaders: Lorrie Clemo and Karen Wolford, SUNY Oswego
 
3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
AG 2  CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
Chair: Sean Q. Kelly, Niagara University
Papers: Separation of Powers v. Mixed Government: An Unexamined 1787 Paradox
H. Mark Roelofs, New York University
  Trampling Out the Vintage: American Stasis in the Post-Agricultural World
J. Joseph Jordan, St. John's University
  To Be Announced
Steven Koczak, New York State Senate Research Service
  The Use and the Impact of the Internet on Electoral Politics
William Perkins, United States Military Academy
Discussant: Sean Q. Kelly, Niagara University
 
IR 3  UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY AND THE VIETNAM WAR
Chair: Simon Peter Gomez, SUNY Buffalo
Papers: Commitment to U. S. Foreign Policy: The Aid to South Viet Nam
Jon Lines, SUNY Buffalo
  Vietnam as Viagra
Timothy Dzierba, Medaille College
  Eisenhower and Vietnam
Edward Cuddy, Daemen College
Discussant: Michael S. Pendleton, SUNY Buffalo
 
PT 5  FEMINISM AND POLITICS
Chair: JoAnne Meyers, Marist College
Papers: Liberal Versions of Multiculturalism, Identity and the Politics of Recognition: Some Thoughts From a Feminist Perspective
Tova Moscoe, University of Toronto
  The Romantic Individualism of Emma Goldman
Sandra Marshall, Rutgers University
  Theorizing Female Bodies: Making Mothers Visible
Marsha Merotta, Westfield State University
  Polyandrogyny and Performativity: Feminism, Essentialism and Irigary
Lisa Gurley , New School University
Discussant: JoAnne Meyers, Marist College
 
SL 2 MOTIVES, INCENTIVES, AND PARTICIPATION IN STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS
Chair: Martin Shefter, Marist College
Papers: Voter Turnout in New York State from 1982-1998: A Geographic, Political and Cultural Analysis
Raymond J. Rushboldt and Ann Deakin, SUNY Fredonia
  Between Coercion and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Intervening Influences on Political Participation
Raymond Smith, Hunter College, CUNY
  The Exploration of Urban Regime Theory in Relation to the Implementation of a Federal Urban Revitalization Grants Program
Melissa Pavone, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
  Americans or Citizens, Immigrants in Transition
Karin Anderson, New School University
Discussant: Martin Shefter, Marist College
 
TL 4  BRINGING STUDENTS UP TO SNUFF: WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW BUT DO NOT
Convener: Douglas Dixon, University of Scranton
Presentation: A Plan for Rapidly Upgrading Critical Thinking and Communication Skills of Political Science and Public Administration Students with a Gold Focused, Structured Class
Patrick O'Hara and Judy-Lynne Peters, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
  John Donnangelo, Fort Lee High School
  Arthur Galub, Bronx Community College, CUNY
 
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
NYSPSA President's Roundtable
The Clinton Presidency: A Retrospective
Covener: Rosanna Perotti, Hofstra University
President, New York State Political Science Association
Panelists: Nacy Kassop, SUNY New Paltz
  Bruce E. Altschuler, SUNY Oswego
  Richard P. Barberio, SUNY Oneonta
 
6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
NYSPSA Reception
 
7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
NYPSA Executive Council Meeting