Volume 9 No. 1 November, 2000

Caucus for a New Political Science

Newsletter of the New Political Science Section of APSA

IN THIS ISSUE

FROM THE EDITOR………………………………………………page 2

NPS NEWS………………………………………………………….page 3

UPCOMING CONFERENCES/CALLS FOR PAPERS………...page 17

RECENT PUBLICATIONS……………………………………….page 21

ACTIVISM…………………………………………………………..page 22

NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE………………………….…………page 27

CHAIR SECRETARY-TREASURER/NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Laura Katz Olson Carl /Swidorski

Lehigh University The College of Saint Rose

Bethlehem, PA 18015-1380 Albany, NY 12203

LKO1@Lehigh.edu swidorsc@mail.strose.edu

APSA PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2001

Michael Forman

University of Washington-Tacoma

Tacoma, Washington 98402-3100

Forman@u.washington.edu

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FROM THE EDITOR

This issue of the Newsletter features reports on our annual business meeting and the executive committee meeting of our journal, New Political Science Individuals are encouraged to send information about upcoming conferences and events, book announcements, calls for papers, professional journal information, and activism to:

Carl Swidorski

Department of History and Political Science

The College of St.Rose

Albany, NY 12203

Tel. (518) 458-5325

Fax (518) 458-5446, e-mail: swidorsc@mail. strose.edu

Please send all information in either hard copy, via E-mail, or Microsoft WordPerfect or

ASCII Diskette formats. The deadline for the next newsletter is January 15, 2001

NPS Listservs

Michael Forman has set up a list for the dissemination of Caucus discussions, particularly in regard to the journal, and other caucus business. The list is unmoderated but people do have to sign up.

To sign up for the list send e-mail to: listproc@u.washington.edu Leave the subject line blank. In the body write: Subscribe newpolsci<your name> Do NOT use<> but do write your first name and your last name. What will happen is that Listproc will send you an e-mail asking if you really mean to subscribe to this list. You need to reply making sure that the “cookie” number in the Listproc message appears within the first couple of lines of your message. At this point, Michael will receive a message from Listproc telling him that you want to sign up and asking for his approval.

If you have further questions or want more info, go to:

http://www.washington.edu/computing/listproc/

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NPS NEWS

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Report on Annual Business Meeting

The New Political Science section held its annual business meeting at 5:30PM on August 31, 2000 at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association with Laura Katz Olson, Section Chair, presiding. The agenda included the following items:

Announcements

Laura Olson announced that nominations for Section Chair should be forwarded

to her by June 1, 2001. She encouraged self-nominations as well as nominations by third parties. Laura also informed the meeting that the Caucus has a listserv operating

(newpolsci@washington.edu) thanks to the work of Michael Forman at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She encouraged people to sign up and join in its discussions. Michael briefly told people how to register and Carl Swidorski agreed to run the information in the Fall newsletter.

Executive Committee

Laura proposed that an executive committee be formed to make decisions that could not be made at the annual meeting. The executive committee also would serve as the nominating committee for section offices. She indicated two main reasons for her proposal. First, some matters needed to be acted on during the year prior to the annual business meeting. Second, the limited time (one hour) available for the annual business meeting frequently made it impossible to act on all items on the agenda. She suggested that the executive committee consist of the chair, secretary/treasurer, past chair, and the two Caucus representatives to the journal. The proposal was unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s Report

Carl Swidorski, Caucus Treasurer distributed copies of the 1999-2000 financial report. The section’s ending balance as of June 30, 2000 was $1339.55. Expenses for the year were $1449.75 while income totaled $1425.78.

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Report of 2000 Program Coordinator

Claire Snyder reported that the section had been allocated nine panels for the 2000 meeting. We also co-sponsored two panels with Foundations of Political Theory,

one with Normative Theory, and one with Women and Politics. In additions, we offered a short course on Left political movements, co-sponsored a walking tour of Washington with Transformational Politics, and co-sponsored our plenary with the Women’s Caucus.

Ninety-six paper proposals were submitted with sixteen accepted. Six of thirteen panel proposals were accepted. All individuals who had their paper proposals rejected were invited to present a poster session as an alternative. Of the sixty people who participated on panels this year, fifty-three had PhD’s and twenty-six were Caucus members. Claire indicated she used five criteria for making her decisions on accepting panels and papers: 1) the quality of the proposal; 2) whether it kept with the progressive purpose of the Caucus; 3) balancing subfields, approaches, and issues; 4) whether the requests were by active Caucus members; and 5) whether the request was from a member of the Caucus. A discussion followed about the criteria for accepting panel and paper proposals. Some individuals expressed concern about having senior members of the Caucus dominate panels. The need to have more graduate students on the panels was raised. At the same time, others made the point that the number of panels we are allocated depends on attendance at the panels and therefore we needed to have enough “name” people to get sufficient panels for the following year. After further discussion the meeting agreed to have members send further suggestions for criteria for panels/papers to next year’s program coordinator, Michael Forman. The group also agreed to continue this discussion on the listserv over the course of the year with the possibility of presenting a motion on criteria to next year’s business meeting.

Professional activity Within APSA

Laura Olson reported on her efforts to “infiltrate” APSA by nominating Caucus members for various APSA committees. She nominated fifteen individuals and was successful in having one appointed - Steve Bronner to the Franklin L. Burdette Pi

Sigma Alpha Committee, which selects the best paper presented at the annual meeting. She urged future chairs to continue this practice and make it a “tradition.” She also encouraged members to self-nominate themselves to the Caucus chair for membership on these committees.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Laura Olson proposed that the Caucus establish a lifetime achievement award to be given to a member near the end of his/her career. She suggested that it might be named after Charles A. McCoy, a founding member of the Caucus. After further discussion, the meeting agreed to establish the award and have the chair appoint a committee to make the selection. The decision on the name of the award was postponed until further discussion on the listserv. Many people also were uncomfortable with the “near the end of their career” criteria and suggested “lifetime achievement” as a substitute. The meeting decided to continue the discussion of criteria over the listserv. Finally, the group decided that the award would be annual unless the selection committee determined that the award should not be made in a given year.

Wine and/or Coffee

Laura Olson suggested that the section adopt a practice used by some other sections in which graduate students get the opportunity to have coffee/wine with a “distinguished” senior member of the caucus. The group decided to continue discussion of this proposal over the listserv.

New Political Science Journal Report

George Katsiaficas, journal editor, introduced Helen Rennie, managing editor from Taylor and Francis. Helen gave a positive report on the journal. While there had been a slight decline in personal subscriptions, institutional subscriptions had grown about 10%

in the past year. She also reported that Taylor and Francis had increased their marketing efforts during the previous year. He indicated that he was very pleased with our relationship with Taylor and Francis. George also stated that the executive committee meeting of the journal the evening before had been very productive and cordial. He briefly reported on the book series with Routledge. All three previous books were still in print and three more were in the production pipeline. Laura Olson reported on the new procedures for selecting the editor of the journal, which had been approved at the journal’s executive committee meeting.

Relationship Between the Caucus and the Journal

A discussion ensued of the relationship, actual and desired, between the Caucus and the journal. Some individuals felt that the Caucus representatives to the journal’s executive committee had no clear understanding of what the relationship was/should be

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and needed some guidance. Given the limited time available, some suggested this discussion be continued on the listserv. However, others felt that such a discussion should be done person-to-person. A suggestion was made to devote one of our panels to this issue next year but there was reluctance among those present to give up a panel for this topic. A breakfast meeting also was proposed as a possible discussion venue. However, no consensus was reached about how best to proceed. Laura Olson and Michael Forman, 2001 Program Coordinator, agreed to make a special effort to get APSA to allot extra time for out business meeting so that a fuller discussion of this important issue could take place.

Membership

Laura Olson stated that she had reached a reciprocal agreement with the Ecological and Transformational Politics section in which people sign up for membership in both sections. Twenty-five people in attendance agreed to join Ecological and Transformational Politics and twenty-five of their members will join New Political Science.

Program Chair for 2002

Nominations for program chair for the 2002 annual meeting were made from the floor. Sally Bermanzohn. and Christine Kelly were nominated but declined. John Martin accepted his nomination and was unanimously approved.

The meeting concluded with new members introducing themselves. The meeting adjourned at 6:30P.M. and those in attendance were invited to proceed to the journal reception being held next door.

Report on Annual Executive Committee Meeting of NPS Journal

The executive Committee met at the Café Ghana in Washington, D.C. at 7:00PM. Present: George Katsiaficas, John Berg, Laura Olson, Kent Worcester, John Ehrenberg, Sally Bermanzohn, Victor Wallis, Beth Kelly, Rudy Torres, Carl Boggs, David Singer, John Bokina, and Carl Swidorski.

1. John Berg submitted the minutes from last year’s Executive Committee meeting in

Atlanta. The minutes were approved without correction.

2. Editor’s report. George Katsiaficas reported on the current state of affairs with the

journal and the book series. He provided information on the next three scheduled

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issues, 22:3, 22:4, and 23:1. Approximately 35 to 40 submissions had been received

during the past year with about one-third to one half accepted for publication. The

journal had begun to have an article backlog with articles now accepted for the June 2001 issue. Because of the increased submissions and the success of the special issues, George indicated that there was some preliminary discussion with Taylor and Francis about the possibility of going to bimonthly production. However Taylor and Francis did not believe the article backlog yet warranted such a move. The Executive Committee had a brief discussion of the matter and agreed with this assessment for the present time. George also reported that the paid journal circulation had increased to approximately 200 (with about another 180 complimentary subscriptions) and we had begun to receive royalties from Taylor and Francis.

George’s report led to a discussion of the balance between “regular” and special issues of the journal. George reported that there had been one special issue each of the past two years (2000 and 1999) and two special issues in 1998 and 1997. He pointed out that the special issues were connected to the Routledge book series, which had been quite successful. The books from this series sell about 2000 copies while the journal subscription was 700. The possibility of moving to a separate book series and regular non-theme issues of the journal was raised. After considerable discussion, the sense of the group was that there were still significant benefits in keeping the relationship between the journal and the book series. For now, the annual Executive Committee meeting will decide on a yearly basis the balance between regular and special issues with the expectation being that the number of special issues would be one or occasionally two in a given year. The projected special issues for the next two years were one in 2001 and one in 2002.

George informed the committee that in our effort to make the journal more visible, we had sponsored two panels at the 2000 Socialist Scholars Conference in

New York City. A panel organized by John Berg and sponsored by the Marxism Specialist Group also had been presented a the Political Studies Association (the British equivalent of the APSA) and another panel would be presented at the Rethinking Marxism conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Fall 2000. Finally, George stated that Camille Czerkowicz, a Boston University student, had been hired at $10 an hour as editorial assistant.

Laura Olson extended the thanks of the entire Executive Committee to George for the splendid work he was doing with the journal.

3. Reviews Editor’s report. John Berg reported that the number of books being

reviewed has expanded to nine or ten an issue. One review essay is now being included in each issue along with a mixture of short and medium length reviews. John also is starting a “book received” list.

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The review section will continue to appear in special issues. If the editors of the special theme issues want to arrange for the review of particular books connected to the issue’s theme, they should contact John and he will accommodate their preferences to the greatest degree possible.

A discussion ensued about whether we should review books from our own Routledge book series or books by members of the editorial board or Executive Committee because of a possible conflict of interest. If we do, should people close to the Caucus or journal do the reviews? The group concurred that there is a significant need for the critical review of left scholarship and it would be self-defeating to exclude so many people from reviewing this scholarship. Therefore, the group decided to leave this issue to the discretion of the reviews editor operating under two general guidelines. First, if we include reviews of books from our Routledge series there should be a disclaimer informing readers that it is one of our own books. Second, people mentioned in the acknowledgements or writing “blurbs” for a book should not review it.

Laura Olson extended the thanks of the entire Executive Committee to John for

the equally splendid work he was doing editing the reviews section.

4. Secretary/Treasurer’s report. John presented two issues for discussion – newsstand/

bookstore distribution and the reserve fund. John stated that we received one hundred free copies of each issue of the journal, which are distributed to bookstores and newsstands through a distributor we use in New Jersey. He did not know how successful the distribution was but did report that we are basically receiving no money from the distributor. Based on the discussion which followed, Laura Olson volunteered to look into this issue and see if there was a more effective way of getting the journal into bookstores. John also stated that we had started the practice of creating a reserve fund for the journal so that we would have sufficient funds to self-publish for one year if our agreement with Taylor and Francis ends. We had set aside $1,200 for each of the past two years and would continue to do so. The committee formally endorsed this practice.

John recommended that Carl Swidorski assume the duties of Secretary/Treasurer effective immediately and that he and Carl would work out the transition. The committee approved this recommendation.

5. George Katisiaficas reported on the Routledge book series. Three new volumes will

be appearing – on African philosophy, the Black Panther Party, and the Year 1989. Three additional special issues of the journal and probable books are in the pipeline - on violence, the Sudan, and militarism. George reminded the committee that all special issue journals are peer reviewed. Routledge has agreed to now pay a $1,500 advance on books although not all money has been paid up to date. Finally, George presented a proposal for the distribution of book series royalties (proposal follows minutes).

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A discussion of the proposal followed and amendments were approved.

Item #1 was amended to include a statement that five (5) copies of the book would be provided to the author(s) paid for by the journal. Item #2 was amended to provide for a distribution of revenues after expenses (including the advances) in which one-third would go to the caucus and two-thirds to the editors of the book to be divided a s they thought appropriate. The last part of the proposal included recommendations to be made to the business meeting of the Caucus regarding the distribution of excess monies. After considerable discussion, the committee agreed to ask Laura Olson to take the recommendations to the Caucus, to either be put on the agenda of the business meeting, if possible, or to be dealt with through the new listserv of the Caucus during the year.

6. A discussion followed on the need for the journal to have a cyberspace editor in the future. Some individuals thought that given the level of cyberspace expertise around the table, this might be a good opportunity for a graduate student or younger member of the Caucus to become involved in the journal. The committee recommended that an effort be made to recruit a cyberspace editor.

7. Another discussion followed on advertising in the journal. Suggestions were made abut exchanging advertisements with other journals or encouraging people with books coming out to ask their publishers to put an ad in the journal. John Berg pointed out that ads are handled by Taylor and Francis, not by us, and therefore, although Taylor and Francis has always been cooperative, we can only recommend policy. While the committee agreed that ads were a good idea, no specific proposals were made about pursing this idea.

8. George Katsiaficas presented a proposal for rotation of the editor of the journal (proposal follows minutes) The committee thought the proposal was an excellent idea and thanked George for taking the time to think through a process for providing continuity in the editing of he journal. The executive unanimously approved the proposal with the following amendments: 1) the date for submitting nominations in paragraph 3 was changed form May 1 to March 1; 2) the Chair of the Caucus would set up a nominations committee instead of carrying out all responsibilities by herself/himself. The nominations committee would consist of the chair, one of the Caucus representatives to the Executive Committee, and one of the editorial board representatives to the Executive Committee; 3) wording in paragraph 4 was changed from “copies of publications” to “representative examples of copies from relevant publications” and from “a commitment to progress politics” to a commitment to progressive politics and the Caucus,” and 4) a sixth criterion was added to the list of criteria for assessing a nominee’s qualifications -the nominee would include a letter from his/her president/dean/provost/academic vice-president stating the level of institutional support that would be provided to the nominee.

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Suggestions for institutional support included released time for the editor; money for mailings, phone, copying, and Internet usage; office space; and student or administrative aides.

9. The Executive Committee then considered a series of proposals for special theme issues of the journal. Carl Boggs updated his previously accepted proposal for a special issue on “U.S. Militarism in the Era of Globalization.” George Katsiaificas’ proposal for “Contemporary Korean Politics” was approved. Two proposals –one by Rudy Torres on

“The Politics of Education” and one by George Katsiaficas and Leon Cort on “A Critique of the War on Drugs” – were discussed favorably but the editors were asked to sharpen

them up and bring them back to the committee next year. George Katsiaficas also presented a proposal on behalf of Grace Lee Boggs for a second issue on the Black Panther Party but the committee decided not to approve it. However, George was asked to see if Grace wanted to submit a response article as an alternative.

The committee discussed E-mail voting as an alternative to trying to handle so much business at one annual dinner meeting. It resolved that more effort should be made during the coming year to deal with some of these matters through E-mail voting

10. The committee then elected new Executive Committee members. Victor Wallis was elected to a three-year term as editorial board representative to replace Kent Worcester whose term has expired. The terms of associate editors Chris Toulouse and Teodros Kiros as members of the executive committee expired and Laura Olson in capacity as associate editor and chair of the Caucus, had two votes on the committee. Therefore, the Executive Committee decided to elect Rudy Torres as associate editor and member of the Executive Committee and renewed John Berg’s term as reviews editor and elected him to a three-year term on the Executive Committee.

12. Four individuals were chosen to serve on the editorial board: Joseph Kling, Winston

Langley, Susanne Peters, and Teodros Kiros.

The meeting concluded in jovial spirits a t 10:30PM.

Proposal for Distribution of Book Series Royalties

Already we have monies coming in from advances on royalties from the book series. The next three titles (African philosophy, BPP, and 1989) will each receive $1,500 in advance and possibly more if sales are brisk or long-term. As the book series continues to generate revenues, we need to have in place a schema for distrubution/ allocation of these assets.

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Generally speaking, the editor of an edited volume receives anywhere from 8-10%

of the net receipts from the publisher. In our case, Routledge is paying 10% of the net. Because we are seeking to build participatory relationships and strengthen the Caucus, we need to calculate the split between the Caucus and the authors/editors. Also, the book series demands a budget line to cover its expenses (secretarial fees, office help, Xeroxing, postage, etc.), and these monies should be replenished from each volume. Currently the journal budget is being used to fund the book series.

The proposal is:

1. Each contributor will be paid a one-time fee of $100 no matter how many pieces they have in any one particular anthology. Introductions count as one piece. Contributor agreements specify authors receive two free copies of the book and may purchase more. This $100 fee will be used in many cases for more copies. Any advance money remaining will go to the Caucus.

2. If the book generates revenues beyond the advance, the revenues will be split

equally between the editor(s) and the Caucus with each party receiving one share

(i.e. if there are two editors, the split is 33, 33, 33%; with three editors’ the split

would be 25, 25, 25, 25%,etc.).

3. Editor(s) will be notified of sales/royalty within 30 days of the Caucus treasurer

receiving the royalty report from Routledge.

Then, we need to recommend to the business meeting of the Caucus, how the Caucus might use excess monies.

The proposal is:

1. First the book series budget is reimbursed at $500/book.

2. If the budget permits, the Michael Harrington award should be funded at $150 and the Christian Bay award at $100. The honorarium for the plenary speaker should be reduced from $500 to $250 to meet this if the revenues to the Caucus in any one year from the book series do not exceed $250.

3. If there are remaining monies, a local activist group in the city where the convention takes place (preferably - if not any activist group) should receive an award from the Caucus.

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Proposal for Rotation of Journal Editor

The editor of the journal is the single most important position in its present structure. Being editor involves as much or more work than a full-time teaching job does, so we need to consider carefully our selection process. We have already approved a provision for 2 three-year terms as the maximum term for anyone to be editor. Some more precise procedure for rotation needs to be agreed upon in advance in order to maintain continuity of production, to insure the availability of qualified people foe the position, and to integrate the energies of past editors into the journal. Moreover there should be clear criteria for what kind of person(s) should be editor(s). this proposal is formulated to meet these goals.

The past history of rotation has not resulted in integration of past editors and maintenance of continuity of publication. A key reason for this is that the actual decision – making has been rushed and sudden due to the time constraints of our single meeting per year. Therefore, one of the ways to make better changes should be to have more time involved in the decision. Another would be to structure more precisely the provisions for rotation.

Besides giving everyone time to contemplate the future, such provisions could help minimize personality conflicts from being the key reasons for peoples’ motivations (as I think might well have been the case in the past). Moreover, when the decision is made in a single meeting, those who talk the loudest, the longest and the most often at that meeting have the most say – even if during the rest of the year that have had little to do with the journal. And if a member of the Executive Committee has a sudden emergency and cannot attend the one meeting, their vote is nullified and their possible nomination weakened. Therefore:

PROPOSAL 1: Rotation of the editor should begin with nominations that all members of the executive committee receive long before the annual Labor Day meeting. Anyone wishing to become editor – or nominations for the position – should be made to the chair of the Caucus by May 1. That date would give the Chair time to contact the person being nominated to see if they are interested and obtain a statement of their qualifications that can be circulated to everyone by mid – July at the latest. If the current editor wishes to run for a second term, he/she should notify the chair by May 1 and he/she would be judged based upon upon his/her performance. If the second term of the editor is up and there are no new nominations, the Chair of the caucus should solicit them! In exceptional cases and only by a 2/3 vote of the executive committee, an editor whose second terms has expired may be asked to continue on a year-by–year basis.

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The statement of qualifications for individuals who wish to become editor should include (at a minimum) a vita copies of publications, letters form Caucus member and others speaking to the individual’s ability to perform the key functions of the editor, and a statement of the person’s idea about what they would like to do with the journal, why they want to be editor should include prominently the individuals ability to:

1. insure regularity of publication

2. obtain a high quality of articles

3. be meticulous enough to provide Carfax with clean copy

4. meeting the Carfax space budget and working with them on all matters

5. including a variety of views reflective of the caucus and the profession

(We may want to discuss and amend these criteria.)

As well as having nominees’ supporters write to the chair (with advance copies to the Executive Committee), members of the editorial board should be informed by June 1 at the latest of nominations and the coming election, and their opinions should also be solicited by the chair and circulated in advance to the executive committee.

Proposal 2: If any member of the executive Committee so desires, the ballot at the Labor Day meeting should be secret. If an emergency prevents any member from attending, they should be able to cast their vote by contacting the Chair of the Caucus.

Once a new editor is selected at the Labor Day meeting, the work of the transition should begin. Since at least two future issues are probably (hopefully!) already in the hands of Carfax (one in proofs stage and another being prepared for proofs), the new term would begin in January. The transition is actually; not as simple as it appears, since transfer of the tittle is only the beginning of he processes. In order to insure continuity and to integrate the energies and knowledge of he past editor.

Proposal 3: The editor–elect should serve as co-editor for the first year of the new editors’ term to insure regularity of publication and to transfer everything to the new editor.

These proposals are designed to provide integrity and dignity to the process of change at the journal. Discussion should be similarly maintained. In the past our process has broken down and backroom decisions have replaced open democratic decision–making. That should be our goal!

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New Political Science Journal

Treasurer’s Report

July1, 1999-June 30, 2000

Balance June 30, 1999 $6360.81

Income

Carfax (editorial expenses) $3900.00

Carfax (royalties) 2,635.38

Routledge (advance) 750.00

Carfax (for reception) 200.00

Sales as SSC 45.00

Total income $6780.38

Expenses (amount budgeted)

Telephone ($300) 60.00

Editorial assistance ($500) 410.00

ExCom dinner ($3000) 900.00

Reception ($300) 750.90

Travel ($500) 730.40

Miscellaneous (1400) 2799.64

Payment to Caucus (500) 500.00

Total expenses ($6,153.94)

Balance June 30, 2000 $6,987.25

Added to Reserves ($1,200.00)

(total reserves=$2,400)

Operating balance $5,787.25

Respectfully submitted,

John C. Berg, Treasurer

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Michael Harrington Award

The Section’s annual Michael Harrington Award for 2000 was awarded to John Ehrenberg of Long Island University for Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea.

The award is given for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world. The prize, which is named in recognition of the scholarship and activism of the late Michael Harrington, was presented at the APSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

The Caucus invites nominations for the 2001 Harrington Award. Nominations can come from any New Political Science members, including the author. Book written by non-Caucus members will be considered as well. The letter of nomination should briefly describe the book and its significance. It must include the basic publishing information. Only books published in 2000 will be considered.

The deadline for nominatins is March 15, 2001. Questions and letters of nomination should be sent to:

John Ehrenberg

Department of Political Science

Long Island University

University Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Christian Bay Award

The Christian Bay Award, presented annually in honor of the late Christian Bay, a founding member of Caucus for a New Political Science, is given annually to the best paper presented at a section panel during the previous year’s meetings. The 2000 Award was presented to Carl Swidorski of the College of St. Rose for his paper “Political Science and the First Amendment: Ignoring Labor’s Role in the Struggle for Freedom of Expression.” Carl will chair the committee selecting the 2001 award winner from papers nominated by chair of panels at last year’s meeting

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MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

The second edition of the Caucus for a New Political Science Member Directory, compiled and edited by Mark Mattern, was sent out in early summer. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER AND DID NOT RECEIVE A COPY, OR IF YOU DID BUT DID NOT RETURN THE DATA SHEET, PLEASE FILL OUT THE DATA SHEET ON PAGE 25 AND RETURN IT TO MARK AT THE ADDRESS BELOW.

Return Data Sheets To: Mark Mattern

Department of Political Science

Baldwin Wallace College

Berea, OH 44017

Mmattern@bw.edu

SYLLABUS AND PROGRESSIVE GRADUATE PROGRAM PROJECTS

Between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, Caucus ran a syllabus project. Individuals submitted their syllabi to a central coordinator who then distributed them to other individuals who requested syllabi in particular areas of study and/or teaching responsibility. The project was seen as being particularly useful for graduate students and people in the early stages of their careers. Members of the Caucus also have discussed a project of identifying “progressive” graduate programs with a core of progressive faculty. Anyone who is interested in working on either of these two projects should contact our Chair, Laura Olson (lkol@lehigh.edu).

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES/

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Call for Essays

LITERATURE AND PEACE

PEACE REVIEW

SUMMER 2001: Volume 13, Number 2

Special Editor: Tracy Seeley, University of San Francisco

Deadline for Submission: January 7, 2001

Poetry makes many things happen: from narrative and poems which give voice to the oppressed or name the oppressor; to poetry whose apolitical lyricism resists the artistic mandates of an oppressive state; to works in which language itself is a revolutionary act. This issue of Peace Review will explore literature and the arts of peace, understood in their broadest sense. We welcome essays that explore such matters as aesthetics and the politics of peace; literature’s role in peace and justice movements; and writers’ relation to the state and human rights. We also welcome poetry or short fiction related to peace review’s focus in this special issue.

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational journal of research and analysis, focusing on current issues and controversies that underline the promotion of a peaceful world. We define peace research to include human rights, development ecology, culture, race, gender and related issues. Our task is to present he results of this research and thinking in short (no more than 3500 words), accessible and substantive essays.

Please send for Peace Review’s Writer’s Guidelines by emailing watkinsr@usfca.edu or by calling (415) 422-2910.

Send essay submissions by email attachment to: watkinsr@usfca.edu.

Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts and disks can be sent to Robert Elias, Peace and Justice Studies, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, and USA. Tel: (415) 422-5671, or (415) 388-2631, Attn. Elias.

Email: Eliasr@usfca.edu.

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THIRD INTERNATIONAL MARX CONGRESS

Capitol and Humanity

University de Paris-X Nanterre – Sorbonne

Wednesday 26^th September-Saturday 29^th 2001

We hereby launch a worldwide appeal to researchers, research centers, academic reviews and other interested groupings, inviting them to participate in the Third International Marx Congress, which follows on from the First Congress, held in 1995, and the Second Congress, held in 1998. Like the earlier congresses, the meeting will take the form of a series of commissions, each dealing with a specific field of research. The fields addressed will include sociology, culture, political science, anthropology, and psychology. Each evening, plenary sessions will bring together all the participants in the congress, for debates dealing with transversal themes such as socialism, feminism, and ecology.

The theme, which has been chosen, is intended to direct the work of the congress towards a challenging inquiry into the conditions prevailing at the start of the new millennium in 2001. The third millennium begins under the aegis of capital, the agent of a process of globalization which has effectively brought to its completion the economic, political, and cultural unity of the human species, with the result that all local or particular issues have, henceforth become issues involving everyone, with the result that the future is now a common future. The process of unification and division which has been under way, at a constantly-accelerating pace, since the beginning of the modern era, reaches its culmination in the generalized exploitation of all human and material resources with a view to profit, within the context of a globalizes market organized in terms of the domination exercised by the center over its various peripheries.

It nevertheless remains that it is within the context of such a predicament that we can note the emergence of new agents of change, able to take on and to call into question the dominant order: proletarians, peoples, women, city-dwellers, intellectuals, peasants, technicians, scientists, and thinkers. Such possibilities have been evident in Seattle, in Chiapas, in Brazil, in Korea, in the various Euromarches and Eurostrikes, and in the grassroots movements which proliferate across all continents. On all sides, the idea of changing the world is again arising. In the era of instantaneous communication, science and technology, which have seen a momentous increase in their power, remain nevertheless ambivalent potentialities. The contours can however be deciphered of a possible overcoming of the division between intellectual and exceptional work, of a greater commonness in the sharing-out of the human condition, involving the emergence of a new ordinary man and a new generation of citizens of the world.

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There remains the task of uncovering potentialities and deciphering signs, the task of giving a name to the future. Our will is to contribute to the emergence of a universal awareness of shared responsibilities.

E-mail: Actuelmarx@u-Paris10.fr

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Columbia Seminar

A faculty seminar will be held monthly this year at Columbia University. The Seminar is entitled “The Political Economy of War and Peace.” It will be concerned with political economy and domestic issues; its name is a reflection of its founding during the Vietnam War.

The remaining sessions are:

November 30. Professor William K. Tabb, Economics, Queens College, CUNY, “Struggle over the Rules to Run the World Economy.” Room 1512 International Affairs Building.

December 14. Professor Frederick Neuhouser, Philosophy, Cornell University, “Foundations of Hegel’s Social Theory.” Room. 1512 International Affairs Building

Feb. 1 TBA, March1, TBA, March 29 TBA

April 26. Professor Stephen Munzer, Law, UCLA, probably on “What is ‘Male’ and What is Female’?” Rm. 1512 International Affairs Building

Members of New Political Science who are interesting in attending any of the sessions should contact Ross Zucker by email at zucker@attglobal,net or by phone at (212) 779-7603 or Nancy van Itallie at NLVI1@aol.com or (212) 721-6786.

Dinner: All dinners will be held at 6:30pm, drinks at 6:15pm at Faculty House, 400 West 117^th St. Contact Nancy van Itallie to reserve a place at dinner.

Co-Chairs

Ross Zucker

Carol Gould

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Niebel-Proctor Research Archives

The Niebel–Proctor Marxist Library for Social Research in Oakland, California has an extensive collection of archival material on left political and social movements. The collection includes the following.

1.Books

Holdings have expanded greatly since we opened our doors in 1988. We now have over 15,000 books including writings by and about Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Trotsky and other philosophers as well as arts and letters, women’s studies, labor, struggles for peace, equality and socialism, US history, American ethnic studies, historical materials about countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, German and Spanish language collections and much more.

2. Pamphlets

Pamphlets are more fragile than books. Some of the older ones sold for as little 1 or 5 cents. People carried them in their pockets, and they tended to fall apart and get lost. We have lovingly preserved thousands of these pamphlets and classified them by subject. They were issued oriented: the unemployed movement of the 1930’s, the Spanish Civil War, Trotsky, Stalin, Cuba and Vietnam, trade union struggles, poetry, an on and on.

3. The Archives

Our archival material includes minutes of trade union meetings, unpublished scholarly manuscripts, and documents from every continent on a variety of social issues.

4. Periodicals

We have long runs of periodicals such as The African Communist, Beijing Review, The Black Scholar, Freedomways, Marxism Today, Masses and Mainstream, Monthly Review, Political Affairs, Science and Society Socialist Review, and World Marxist Review. Most of these journals are not indexed, but we have prepared bibliographies from them on a wide range of subjects to help researchers in a hurry.

5. Audio–Visual Resources

Among other audiotapes we have a large assortment of tapes of Niebyl’s seminars, on everything from art to zoology, including money and banking, and a Marxist approach to dance. The Proctor tapes are a verbal history of African–American affairs. We also have a number of videos on trade union and progressive issues-e.g. Salt of the Earth, Matewan, the Strike of ‘34, The Radical Elders Oral History Project and more.

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6. ACCESS AND SERVICES We are open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4pm or by appointment. Our holdings do not circulate, but we have a copy machine for which we charge a fee of 5¢ per sheet (more for fragile materials). Our staff and volunteers will do searches, assist with German and Spanish language materials and answer inquires in person, by written correspondence, or by e-mail. Our facilities are also available for holding daytime or evening meeting and lectures and showing videos (yours or ours) for a small fee.

Executive Director: Robert Patenaude

Secretary Treasurer: Edith Laub

6501 Telegraph Ave.

Oakland, CA 94609-1113

Phone: 510/595-7417

Fax: 510/595-7748

E-mail: nieprolibr@aol.com

Website: www.marxistlibr.org

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

***Manfred Steger. Gandhi’s Dilemma: Nonviolent Principles and Nationalist Power. St.Martin’s Press. 2000

Throughout his long career as a political thinker and activist, Mahatma Gandhi

encountered the dilemma of either remaining faithful to his nonviolent principles and

risking the failure of the Indian nationalist movement, or focusing on the seizure of

political power at the expense of his moral message. Putting forward his vision of a

nonviolent nationalism, Gandhi argued that Indian self-rule could be achieved without

sacrificing the universalist imperatives of his nonviolent philosophy. Conceived as a

study in the history of political thought, the study examines the origins, meaning, and

unfolding of Gandhi’s dilemma as it played itself out in both theory and political practice.

This discussion is inextricably linked to significant and timely issues that are critical for

the study of nationalism, for Gandhi’s vision raises the important question of whether it is

indeed possible to construct a benign type of nationalism that is rooted in neither physical nor conceptual forms of violence.

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ACTIVISM

The Center for Campus Organizing did not have their Fall schedule of campus activist events available as of press-time. You can check their website at www.cco.org for up-to-date information.

Presented below are several reports from Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) on human rights violations in the United States.

Unfair Advantage: Worker’s Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards.

Workers’ basic rights are routinely violated in the United States because U.S. labor law is so feebly enforced and so filled with loopholes, Human Rights Watch said in this report. The 217-page report was based on field research in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Louisiana, Michigan, New New York, North Carolina, Washington and other states. Human Rights Watch examined workers’ rights to organize, to bargain collectively, and to strike under international norms. It found widespread labor rights violations across regions, industries and employment status. The U.S. government has called for “core labor standards,” including workers’ freedom of association, to be included in the rules of the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. But Human Rights Watch charged that the United States itself violates freedom of association standards by failing to protect workers’ right to organize. (2513) 8/00, 220pp., $15.00

Fingers to the Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers

Hundreds of thousands of child farmworkers are laboring under dangerous and grueling conditions in the United States. HRW found that child farmworkers often work twelve-fourteen hour days, and risk pesticide poising, heat illness, injuries and life-long disabilities. The vast majority of child farmworkers are Latino. The laws governing minors working in agriculture are much less stringent than those for other sectors of the economy, allowing children to work at younger ages, for longer hours, and under more hazardous conditions than children in other jobs. The report focuses on children aged thirteen to sixteen. Some of these young workers told Human Rights Watch that they work as many as seventy or eighty hours a week. Often their workdays begin before dawn.

(2491), 6/00 112pp. ISBN 1-56432-2491, $10.00

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Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs

http://www.hrw.org/hrw/pubweb/Webcat-104.htm

Many prisoners are incarcerated with pre-existing psychiatric illnesses. Human Rights Watch examines in this report two prisons in Indiana that exemplify conditions

and practices in super-maximum security facilities around the country. While recognizing legitimate security considerations in the housing of prisoners who break prison rules, Human Rights Watch concludes that security cannot justify conditions that constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Warehousing mentally ill prisoners in super-maximum security facilities is particularly reprehensible: it exacerbates their illness and can inflict such great suffering as to constitute torture under international human rights law. This report is the first comprehensive assessment under international human rights law of super-maximum security facilities in the United States which house prisoners who will someday be released back into society. The report illuminates some of the key issues that correctional authorities confront in confining difficult prisoners.

(1754) 10/97, 92pp., ISBN 1-56432-175-4, $10.00

Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States

Police brutality is one of the most serious, enduring and divisive human rights violations in the United States. Unjustified shootings by police, severe beatings, fatal choking and unnecessarily rough treatment of detainees occur in cities throughout the country. Despite promises of reform following high-profile incidents, abusive treatment by police officers persists because systems presumably designed to hold officers accountable instead, In practice, often allow them to escape punishment of any kind. In addition to violating U.S. law and police department policies, police brutality violates international human rights treaties by which the U.S. is bound. The failure of U.S. institutions to hold police accountable is also a breach of international human rights standards. This report represents more than two years of research in fourteen U. S.

cities – Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Providence, San Francisco, and Washington D. C. Human Rights Watch urges wide-ranging reforms to address police abuse, including national and local data-collection, with federal aid to police departments conditioned on compliance with reporting requirements and on improvements in oversight and discipline; stronger police and political leadership; adequate funding and political support for civilian review agencies; and special prosecutors in each state to handle criminal prosecutions of police.

(1835) 07/98, 450pps, ISBN 1-56432-183-5, $20.00

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New Political Science is the journal of the Caucus for a New Political Science.

The focus of New Political Science is on developing analyses, which reflect a commitment to progressive social change as well as those which are within exploratory phases of development in political science. Thus, the editors seek manuscripts that make contributions to critical thinking and progressive politics and which fit the following criteria:

1. Five copies of all manuscripts must be submitted.

2. Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced on one side of 81/2 by 11 paper.

3. Submitted works should not normally exceed forty pages.

4. Submitted works should be accompained by an abstract of approximately 150 words.

5. Submitted works should be accompanied by a brief autobiographical sketch of author(s) of around 25 words.

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BOOKS: David Helvarg, The War Against the Greens (San Francisco:

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ARTICLES: Edward P. Morgan, “America’s Post-Vietnam Stress Disorder,”

Peace Review 8:2 (1996), pp. 237-38

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