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For Immediate Release: August 21, 2008
Contact: Bahram Rajaee (202-483-2512, press@apsanet.org)

104^th APSA Annual Meeting, World’s Largest for the Study of Politics,
in Boston August 28-31

 Washington, DC—The 104^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) will convene from August 28-31 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston Marriott Copley Place, and Sheraton Boston.  The meeting is the world’s largest gathering of political scientists and observers of politics and 7,000 participants are expected to attend over 1,000 panel sessions and events.

Contemporary public debates feature prominently in the meeting program.  Hundreds of sessions will be convened on questions such as the 2008 U.S. elections, conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, immigration, terrorism, voting behavior, U.S. foreign and security policy, religion, and political polarization.  Journalists can view select listings at www.politicalsciencenews.org.  The full meeting program is searchable and is online at www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program.

The 2008 meeting, which has the theme of “Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities,” will examine the way in which we differentiate ideas, people, institutions, and nations. Changes in the world political economy and forms of social organization—like globalization, democratization, and international migration—underscore how dynamic these phenomena are and the ways in which they pose challenges to interested observers of politics. Some featured speakers and events include:

-- Presidential Address by Dianne Pinderhughes (Univ. of Notre Dame), APSA President, on “The Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in American Racial Politics” which will examine the contrast between American racial politics and the knowledge of it within the discipline of Political Science
-- Roundtables on Forecasting the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election and Forecasting the 2008 U.S. Congressional Elections
-- A panel session on “Racial Attitudes and Voting in the 2008 Election”
--Susan J. Carroll (Rutgers Univ.) on “Reflections on Gender and Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and the Misogynic”
-- A roundtable discussion on “Presidential Character and Temperament: An Evaluation of the 2008 Democratic and Republican Nominees”
-- A special election roundtable on "Encouraging Voter Registration and Turnout: New Experimental Discoveries" featuring data from the 2008 primaries
-- Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) at the New Political Science Plenary on “I Told You So: A Liberal Look at Global Capitalism”
-- A roundtable discussion on Barack Obama and the Election of 2008
-- A panel session on ”Foreign Policy, the 2008 Election, and a New Administration”

Interested members of the media may pre-register for complimentary meeting credentials online at /section_77.cfm until 5 PM EST, Friday, August 22. On-site registration at the Hynes Convention Center will also be available.

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The American Political Science Association (est. 1903) is the leading professional organization for the study of politics and has over 14,000 members in 80 countries. For more news and information about political science research and the APSA meeting visit the APSA media website, www.politicalsciencenews.org.