MICHIGAN CONFERENCE

OF

POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

37^TH ANNUAL MEETING

October 20-21, 2005

Hosted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn

Fairlane Conference Center

19000 Hubbard Drive

Dearborn, Michigan

Information: (313) 593-5096

For more information visit: www.apsanet.org/~michigan

All sessions will take place at the UM-Dearborn Fairlane Center located on 19000 Hubbard Ave. west of the AAA Building. There is ample, free, convenient  parking for visitors at the north end of the complex. Please note that there are two main entrances to the Center, North and South. Please drive to the very back of the building complex to the North Entrance to begin the registration process. A map of the UM-Dearborn campus can be found on www.umd.umich.edu for more detailed information about the location of the center and driving directions.

Thursday October 20, 2005

2:00-2:30 PM  Registration                                                                                Fairlane Center

                                                                                                                            North Entrance Lobby

2:30-3:45 PM  Panel: Teaching Political Science                                     Fairlane North

Chair: Dina Krois, Lansing Community College

• Jean Ho Ramel, Delta College, “Crossing Borders: A Combined Approach To General Education and American Government”

• Sheryl Edwards, UM-Dearborn, “Using Simulations to Help Students Understand Real World Problems”

• Gert Croom, Grand Rapids Community College, "The Teaching of a Federal Structure of Government for a Potentially Theocratic Nation: Can the United States Model Apply to Iraq?"

• Don Anderson, UM-Dearborn, and Donna Wasserman, Washtenaw Community College, “Choosing Leaders: A Paradigm for All Courses.”   

3:45-4:00 PM              COFFEE BREAK

4:00-5:30 PM  Panel: Teaching Political Science and Civic Engagement                    Fairlane North

Chair: Anthony Perry, Henry Ford Community College

• Anthony Perry, “Building Civic Action Activities From the Classroom To the Campus to the Community”

• Henry Bowers, Henry Ford Community College

• Mary Duncan, Wayne State University

• Jeffrey Farrah, Wayne State University, “The Urban Agenda/Civic Engagement Model Applied Across Institutional and Geographic Spaces”

• Eric Rader, Henry Ford Community College

• Cynthia Stiller, Henry Ford Community College                                   

• Discussant, Michael Harris, Ferris State University

6:00 – 7:00PM             Social Hour                                          Fairlane SOUTH

                                                                                                Dining Room

7:00-8:30 PM  

Dinner Keynote Address by His Worship Mayor Eddie Francis, Windsor, Ontario:

“Challenges of  An International Border City Mayor in the Aftermath of 9/11”

Friday October 21, 2005

8:00-8:45 AM Registration & Breakfast                                            Fairlane North Lobby

8:45-10:15 AM            SESSION I

Panel A: Comparative Politics                                                             Fairlane North

Chair: Prof. Frank Wayman, UM-Dearborn

• Myron Levine, Albion College, “Crisis in the European Union, 2005”

• Stephane Spoiden, UM-Dearborn, “The Invisible Cultural Identify of the European Union”

• Michael Harris, Ferris State, “Israel’s Withdrawal from Lebanon (2000) and Gaza Pullout (2005: Lessons for U.S. Policy in the Middle East

• Stephen Brooks, University of Windsor, Ontario,  discussant

Panel B: Leadership in Public Administration:

  Political and Policy Considerations

Chair: Dale Nesbary, Oakland University

• David Carlson, Northern Michigan, “City Management and Politics” 

• Claudia Petrescu. Eastern Michigan, “Nonprofit Management”

• Vidu Soni, Central Michigan, “Contemporary Leadership Competencies For Public Administrators”

• Julie Walters, Oakland University, “Administration of Aging Programs”

• Ryan Rynbrandt, “Power in the Shadows: Setting the Action Agenda for Rule Making Agencies”

Panel C: Roundtable on Courts, Politics and the Law             Fairlane North

Chair: Joyce Baugh, Central Michigan

• Don Anderson, UM-Dearborn

• Mark Hurwitz, Western Michigan

• Ashlyn Kuersten, Western Michigan

• Peter Renstrom, Western Michigan

• Christopher Smith, Michigan State University

10:15-10:30 AM          COFFEE BREAK                                                                  Fairlane North

10:30 AM                     SESSION II

Panel A: Making the World Safe for Democracy:                               Fairlane North

                George Bush and American Foreign Policy

Chair: Roger Durham, Aquinas College

• Heather Brown, Purdue University, "(Re)Constructing International Humanitarian Law: US Policy toward Prisoners of War in the 'War on Terror'"

• James Pfister, Eastern Michigan, "Legal Foundation for the Use of Force in Iraq, 2003: Justifications, Criticisms and Legal Analogies"

• Sterling Johnson, Central Michigan, "Bush in Africa: al Qeada, AIDS or Impoverishment?"

• Roger Durham, Aquinas College, "Bush at Home and Abroad: An Analysis of Counter-Terrorism Compared with Counter-Revolution"

Panel B:           Water, Law, and Michigan Politics                              Fairlane North

Chair: Don Roy, Ferris State

• John W. Smith, Henry Ford Community College, “The Political Geography of Michigan’s Waters”

• Sara Marie Hughes, Michigan State University, “The Politics of Groundwater in Michigan”

• Rita Jack, Sierra Club, “Water Issues in Michigan”

• Don Roy “Spring Water Mining: Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation v. Nestle/Ice Mountain (2005)”  

• Lada Kochtcheeva Dunbar, UM-Dearborn, discussant

Panel C:           Religion and Politics                                                    Fairlane North

Chair: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College

• Jared Farley, Miami University (Ohio) “The Politicalization of the Evangelical Press, 1960-1981: A Test of the Elite/Ideological Theory of Social Movement Mobilization”

• Erik Matthews, Kent State University, “Evangelicals and Volunteering:  A Question of Moral Responsibility”

• Robert Postic, Wayne State,  “Religion and Political Tolerance: Attitudes and Beliefs Across Religious Traditions”

12:00 – 1:30 PM          LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING      Fairlane North Dining Room

Luncheon Speaker: Mayor Michael A. Guido, Dearborn:

“20 Years of Governing Dearborn: Theory v. Practice” 

AWARDS AND BUSINESS MEETING

1:45 – 3:15 PM            SESSION III

Panel A: Tolerance, Civic Engagement, and Democracy                     Fairlane North

Chair: Michael Rosano, UM-Dearborn

• Corwin Smidt, “The Role of Religion in Fostering Civic Engagement”

• James Penning, Calvin College, “The Role of Religion in Fostering Civic Skills”

• Doug Koopman, Hope College, “The Role of Religion in Fostering Political Tolerance” 

Panel B: Urban Politics and Policies                                                     Fairlane North

Chair: Jason Booza, Wayne State

• Jason Booza and Jackie Cutsinger, Wayne State, “The Decline of Middle America and Its Impact on the American Landscape” 

• Christine Kelleher, UM-Dearborn, “Metropolitan Institutions and Policy Responsiveness in American Cities”

• Dana Thomas, Wayne State, “The Impact of Structural Factors on High School Dropout Rates in the City of Detroit, 1977-1995”

• John Arnold, UM-Dearborn, “The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Effects on Local Broadcasting: 1999-2004”

• Dale Thomson, UM-Dearborn, discussant

Panel C:           Roundtable on Elections 2006:                                   Fairlane North

Issues, Trends, Prognostications

Co-Chairs: John Parham, Davenport University / John Clark, Western Michigan

• Bill Ballinger, Central Michigan and Inside Michigan Politics

• Dawson Bell, The Detroit Free Press  

• Bernie Porn, President, EPIC/MRA Consulting and Polling    

• Mary Kay Scullin, Lansing Community College

3:15-3:30                    COFFEE BREAK                                                              Fairlane North

3:30-5:00 PM              PLENARY SESSION                                                       Fairlane North

Topic: Arab American Politics and Opinion Post 9/11

Chair: Ron Stockton, UM-Dearborn

• Ron Stockton, “Foreign Policy Attitudes of Arab Americans and Chaldeans: Results of the University of Michigan Public Opinion Study of Arab American Opinions”

• Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, “Dearborn Exceptionalism”

• Attorney Mohammed Abdrabboh, Michigan Civil Rights Commission

5:30 PM  Optional tour of the Islamic Center of America’s new mosque, one of the largest in the United States. Located on 19500 Ford Rd. adjacent to the campus. The tour is contingent on sufficient interest (ten or more) and advance registration. 

Please Direct Questions About the Conference to Panel Chairs or to:

Prof. Don Anderson,

Professor of Political Science,

Department of Social Sciences,

University of Michigan-Dearborn,

4901 Evergreen

Dearborn, MI 48128.

Telephone: (313) 583-6714 or (313) 593-5096.

Email: danderso@umd.umich.edu .

FAX #: (313) 593-5645.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Accommodations  are available at the Ritz-Carlton (888) 709-8081 at the rate of $139.00 plus 14% tax until September 20th. (Request the University of Michigan room block). The Hyatt Regency Dearborn (313) 593-1234 offers a group rate of $105 plus tax until October 6^th.  The Hampton Inn Deaborn (313) 436-9600 offers a group rate of $87.00 plus tax until October 10^th. The Holiday Inn Fairlane-Dearborn  (313) 336-3340 offers a group rate of $85.00 plus tax until September 19^th. Please make your reservations by the dates indicated above for the best rate.

REGISTRATION FORM

NAME:  __________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:  _______________________________________________________

INSTITUTION:  ____________________________________________________

TELEPHONE:  ______________________________________________________

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                                                RATE SCHEDULE

Choose one of the options below. The rates include a registration fee, meals,  and coffee breaks:

1. COMPLETE THURSDAY-FRIDAY PACKAGE                                 $85.00 ______

2. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SOCIAL HOUR, DINNER                       $37.00______

3. COMPLETE FRIDAY PACKAGE (breakfast, breaks, lunch)        $48.00 ______

4. FRIDAY BREAKFAST THROUGH LUNCH                                      $40.00 ______

5. FRIDAY LUNCHEON AND AFTERNOON                                        $34.00 ______

Make checks payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN and return to

Prof. Don Anderson, Department of Social Sciences, UM-Dearborn, Dearborn 48128-1491 by Thursday October 13^th.   FAX# (313) 593-5645. Email:danderso@umd.umich.edu.

Telephone: (313) 583-6714 or 593-5096.