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Home  › Conferences  › Annual Meeting and Exhibition  › Call for Papers 2010 Call for Proposals Review the Call The 2010 APSA Annual Meeting Call for Proposals is now closed. Submitters will be notified in of their acceptance status in March. The Politics of Hard Times: Citizens, Nations, and the International System under Economic Stress Program Chairs: Andrea Campbell, MIT, and Lisa Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison The 2010 APSA Annual Meeting Program Chairs Andrea Campbell and Lisa Martin ask political scientists to consider what political science has to offer during economically hard times: Periodically the world economy experiences “hard times” such as the last quarter of the 19th century, the Great Depression,and the ups and downs of the 1970-1980s oil crises and inflations. It is commonly believed that during these periods, governments become much more interventionist; populism, fascism, or communism develop and prosper; democracies are prone to give way to authoritarianism; international conflict increases; the international economic system is reconfigured; and international institutions fail or are refashioned. What does political science have to say about these claims? Do governments become more interventionist? What kinds of interventions do they consider... View Full Theme Statement (PDF) APSA ANNUAL MEETING DIVISION CALLS FOR PAPERS Participation Rules Submission Guidelines Division Calls for Proposals  Submission Deadline: December 15, 2009 Notification: early March 2010 APSA RELATED GROUP CALLS FOR PAPERS APSA related groups also sponsor panels and roundtables at the Annual Meeting. For the 2010 meeting, submissions to the related groups will follow the same submission timeline as the divisions and will use the same online submission system. Related Groups Calls for Proposals Submission Deadline: December 15, 2009 Notification: early March 2010