Comparative Democratization
\nSection 35 of\u00a0the American Political Science Association<\/i><\/p>\n
Newsletter
\nVolume 2, Number 3, November 2004<\/p>\n
Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.<\/b> Current Section Officers Chair (2003-2005) Vice-chair (2004-2006)<\/b> Secretary (2004-2006)<\/b> Treasurer (2003-2005)<\/b> Newsletter Editor (ex officio)<\/b> 2.\u00a0<\/a>REPORT FROM THE CHAIR<\/b><\/p>\n First, many thanks to all the Section members who did so much to advance our Section last year. Our outgoing Vice-Chair Nancy Bermeo, and our outgoing Secretary, Harry Blair, were terrific, regularly offering sage advice and assuming responsibilities way beyond their job descriptions. In particular, Nancy (working with Jonathan Hartlyn and Nicolas van de Walle) chaired our Nominations Committee; the Committee’s candidates were outstanding, and the election impeccable.<\/p>\n Program Chair John Harbeson assembled an outstanding array of panels. Participation at our panels was strong, and, as a result, APSA has allocated twenty panels for our Section for 2005, up from eighteen in 2004 and seventeen in 2003. (As we will again in 2005 be consporing a considerable of panels, our total may well top thirty.)<\/p>\n Congratulations to our 2004 award winners: Nancy Bermeo for best book, Quan Li and Rafael Reveny for best article, and Emilia Gioreva for best field work! Further information is available below in minutes of the business meeting.<\/p>\n We’re very grateful to the Section members who served on our award committees (Chair Richard Vengroff, Sharon Wolchik, and Shaheen Mozaffar, for Best Book; Chair Valerie Bunce, Joseph Klesner, and Gretchen Casper, for Best Article; and Chair Nancy Bermeo, Michael Foley, and Mike Hanshard, for Best Field Work).<\/p>\n Now, we’re busy preparing for 2005 in Washington. We’re confident that many of you are contacting other Section members to propose a panel, or drafting your paper proposal. Don’t forget that all proposals are due to APSA November 14. We are delighted that Eva Bellin (Hunter College) is this year’s program chair; this challenging and pivotal job is in great hands.<\/p>\n Also, if you have suggestions for plenary speakers, please e-mail me and\/or Eva. Especially given that the theme of the overall theme of the 2005 meeting is “Mobilizing Democracy,” we can expect that the APSA Program Committee will be sponsoring plenaries of interest to us. Still, our recommendations could matter, and the earlier we’re in touch with APSA, the better. The Washington venue should facilitate securing participation by major keynoters.<\/p>\n We’re also assembling our 2005 award committees. Please let me know if you would like to serve, as there are still some openings. The committee for Best Book is: Steve Fish (University of California at Berkeley, Chair), William Case (Griffith University), and Wendy Hunter (University of Texas).<\/p>\n The committee for Best Article is: Ellen Lust-Okar (Yale University, Chair), Timothy Frye (Ohio State University), and Mark Jones (Rice University). Jonathan Hartlyn (University of North Carolina) will chair our inaugural committee for the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy. Joseph Klesner (Kenyon College) will chair the committee awarding the prize for Best Field Work.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, to date we have not been able to award a prize for Best Paper presented at APSA the previous year. We very much hope to do so in 2005. Please submit your nominations for Best Paper for 2004 to our 2004 Program Chair, John Harbeson, at\u00a0jwharbeson@aol.com<\/a>. If there are sufficient nominations, John will select the winning paper for our Section and also forward the paper to APSA for consideration for APSA’s Burdette Best Paper award. The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2004. I’m very much looking forward to working with our new and continuing Section officers. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Tom Skladony has been doing a spectacular job compiling and synthesizing information for our newsletter, as well as managing our Web site. Treasurer Bill Reisinger has kept us in the black, and has very efficiently kept tabs on the funds for our Juan Linz Prize. Incoming Secretary Carrie Manning prepared the notes for our 2004 Business Meeting, even though she was not yet officially on board. When we feared that we would need a Section member to present one of the awards at the 2004 business meeting, incoming Vice-Chair Gretchen Casper agreed to pitch in, as she has so often in the past.<\/p>\n To continue to promote the study of democratization among nations in all regions of the world, we need your support and input. Please don’t forget to send recent syllabi on democratization (either globally or region-specific) for our Web site to\u00a0tom@ned.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n And please contact me with your thoughts and recommendations for our Section.<\/p>\n Cynthia McClintock<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>EDITOR’S NOTE<\/b><\/p>\n I am pleased to join Cynthia in expressing my thanks to outgoing section officers Nancy Bermeo and Harry Blair, with whom it has been a great pleasure to work, and in welcoming incoming officers Gretchen Casper and Carrie Manning. I also wish to thank all of you who made the four visiting scholars from Colombia, Ghana, Romania, and South Korea who participated in the roundtable on think-tanks in new democracies at the 2004 APSA meeting feel so welcome at our meeting and reception.<\/p>\n A number of members have written to notify me of changes of e-mail addresses. Please note: the CompDem Section does not maintain a database of its membership. The APSA maintains all section membership lists. Shortly before publishing each newsletter, we obtain the latest membership file from the APSA, and we use the e-mail addresses in that file to mail you this newsletter. To change your e-mail address (or any other contact information), you must log in to the members’ section of the APSA Web site (www.apsanet.org\/member\/<\/a>) and make your changes there.<\/p>\n As always, this newsletter includes a long listing of recent journal articles on democracy. I am pleased to note that in the next several months these articles (and those from previous issues) will become available as part of a larger database of democracy research that will be available on the Web site of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. This database will also include links to many historical and current documents, books, and other scholarly resources on democracy. And it will permit searches by author, subject, country or region, journal, date of publication, and other fields.<\/p>\n Finally, it gives me great pleasure to thank David Ben-Nun and Sarah King, interns at the International Forum, for their expert work in compiling and proofreading this issue of the newsletter<\/p>\n Tom Skladony<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>SECTION NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n Proposing a Paper or Panel for the 2005 APSA Annual Meeting:<\/strong>\u00a0As in 2004 the APSA will use an online system for submitting paper and panel proposals for the 2005 annual meeting in Washington, D.C. For complete information visit\u00a0www.apsanet.org\/mtgs\/divisions\/index.cfm<\/a>\u00a0and click on “Proposal Submission Guide.”<\/p>\n The overall theme of the 2005 meeting is “Mobilizing Democracy,” and thus we should expect that many other organized sections will sponsor panels on democracy; all the more reason for the Comparative Democratization Section to offer an exceptionally robust range of panels. Toward that end, program chair Eva Bellin (Hunter College) encourages panel and paper submissions that demonstrate methodological diversity, that explore the institutional, cultural, social, structural, or institutional determinants of democracy, and that explore the explanatory range of each of these across time and\/or space.\u00a0All paper or panel proposals must be submitted through the APSA Web site by<\/em>\u00a0November 14, 2004<\/strong>\u00a0at 12:00 midnight Eastern Time.<\/em><\/p>\n Report on the 2004 APSA Meeting<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0The Comparative Democratization Section sponsored or cosponsored twenty-seven panels at the 2004 APSA annual meeting in Chicago. For a listing visit\u00a0www.apsanet.org\/mtgs\/program\/divisions.cfm<\/a>\u00a0and scroll down to Section 45. Papers presented at the meeting are available at\u00a0http:\/\/archive.allacademic.com\/publication\/browse.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Section’s annual business meeting and reception were held on Saturday evening, September 4. Highlights of the meeting included the installation of new officers; the awarding of prizes for the best book, article, and field work; and the announcement of the launching of the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in Comparative Study of Democracy. For complete details see the minutes prepared by Carrie Manning (Georgia State University) and the statement of Juan Linz, below.<\/p>\n Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, September 4, 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n Welcome to the meeting.<\/strong>\u00a0Section president Cynthia McClintock (George Washington U.) called the meeting to order and thanked the officers of the section for their work during the year. The meeting was held at 6 p.m. in Boulevard B of the Chicago Hilton Hotel, and was attended by approximately 45 people.<\/p>\n Previous minutes.<\/strong>\u00a0Minutes of the 2003 meeting were distributed at the beginning of the meeting.<\/p>\n Treasurer\u6100 report.<\/strong>\u00a0Section treasurer Bill Reisinger (U. of Iowa) gave the report on the section’s finances. We have collected $2,120 in section dues. After subtracting expenses for the reception, the speaker at this year’s meeting, and prize money, the section ends the year with a net balance of $1,017.15. In addition, the section has collected roughly $12,000 in donations to the Juan Linz fund to endow the section’s prize for best dissertation. Anyone interested in making a donation to the fund should contact Bill.<\/p>\n Visiting scholars.\u00a0<\/strong>Tom Skladony (NED) introduced this year’s visiting scholars, whose attendance at the annual meeting was once again sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. The Comparative Democratization section sponsored a roundtable, “Bridging the Gap,” at the APSA meeting, bringing together four scholars representing think tanks from a network of democratic research institutes supported by NED. The visiting scholars were from Korea, Romania, Ghana, and Colombia.<\/p>\n OLD BUSINESS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Chair’s report.<\/strong>\u00a0Cynthia McClintock reported that membership in the section was steady at around 620 members. The section sponsored or cosponsored 27 panels at this year’s meeting. Three issues of the section’s electronic newsletter, put together by Tom Skladony, were issued since last year’s meeting, in October, January, and June. January’s newsletter featured the first bibliographic review essays on democracy in a particular region, an essay by John Harbeson (CUNY) on Africa. The section plans a series of these essays by section members. Cynthia also pointed out that the section Web site is up and past issues of the newsletter can be found there. An appeal was made for members to post their syllabi for both general and region-specific courses relevant to the section theme. These should be emailed to Tom Skladony at\u00a0tom@ned.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Program chair’s report.<\/strong>\u00a0This year’s program chair, John Harbeson, noted with satisfaction that the percentage of papers and panels submitted to the section by graduate students was very high. He said that 22 panel propsals were received and 10 accepted. 150 individual paper proposals were submitted. John urged section members to attend the section’s sponsored panels at next year’s annual meeting, as attendance counts toward the following year’s allotment of sponsored panels for the section.<\/p>\n Next year’s program chair Eva Bellin (Hunter College) pointed out that next year’s APSA meeting theme is comparative democratization. She appealed for panel and paper submissions for next year’s conference and especially welcomed panel submissions that demonstrate methodological diversity, that explore the institutional, cultural, social, structural, or institutional determinants of democracy, and that explore the explanatory range of each of these across time and\/or space.<\/p>\n Newsletter.<\/strong>\u00a0Tom Skladony appealed to members for news items and for more volunteers to write book notes or bibliographic review essays. He said that the News from Members section was working well, and noted that a good bit of information on fellowship and job opportunities had been passed along. He asked whether there was interest among members in posting exchanges of queries and requests for all section members. Finally, Tom pointed out that the mailing list for the newsletter is given to the section by APSA from APSA’s list of dues-paying members for the section. New mailing lists are sent from APSA for every new mailing. Anyone who is not receiving the newsletter should get in touch with Tom.<\/p>\n Best book award.<\/strong>\u00a0The award for best book on comparative democratization was presented to Nancy Bermeo for her book,\u00a0Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy<\/em>\u00a0(Princeton University Press, 2003). Richard Vengroff (U. Connecticut) chaired the panel and presented the award. The other members of the panel were Sharon Wolchik (George Washington U.), and Shaheen Mozaffar (Bridgewater State College).<\/p>\n Best article award.<\/strong>\u00a0The section’s award for best article was presented to Quan Li (Penn State) and Rafael Reuveny (Indiana) for “Economic Globalization and Democracy: An Empirical Analysis.” Val Bunce (Cornell, committee chair), who presented the award, worked with Joseph Klesner (Kenyon College) and Gretchen Casper (Penn State) on the selection panel.<\/p>\n Best field work award.<\/strong>\u00a0The prize for best field work was awarded for the first time this year, in an effort to reward and encourage graduate students to undertake field work. The selection committee included Nancy Bermeo (Princeton, chair), Michael Foley (Catholic U.) and Mike Hanshard (Northwestern U.). Emilia Gioreva, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Florida supervised by Leslie Anderson, earned the award for field work on rural women in Bulgaria and Ecuador.<\/p>\n Best dissertation prize.<\/strong>\u00a0The first Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy will be awarded at next year’s annual meeting. Larry Diamond (Hoover Institution) described the section’s success in getting the Linz prize up and running, and provided details on the award, which will consider dissertations in the area of comparative democratization that examine the transitions, consolidation, breakdowns, and crises of democracy. The work may compare different countries, or apply theoretical and comparative insights to single case studies. It must be empirical but contribute to the advancement of theory. This is the 10th endowed prize to be established by a section of the APSA. Larry gave an overview of Linz’s career, emphasizing his work with graduate students. Jonathan Hartlyn (UNC Chapel Hill) then read a statement from Juan Linz thanking the section for the honor.<\/p>\n NEW BUSINESS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n New officers.<\/strong>\u00a0Cynthia McClintock announced the installation of the section’s new officers: Gretchen Casper (Penn State) as vice chair and Carrie Manning (Georgia State U.) as secretary.<\/p>\n New proposals.<\/strong>\u00a0There was a brief discussion of the fact that APSA itself does not have competitive elections for its leadership positions. This was followed by calls for the section to back a nominee for the APSA Council.<\/p>\n Shaheen Mozzaffar proposed that the section consider offering its members a discounted rate for a subscription to the\u00a0Journal of Democracy<\/em>\u00a0as part of section dues. Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner said they would look into the possibilities, but Larry said he preferred to make a discounted subscription an option to members, if possible, rather than to add it automatically to section dues.<\/p>\n The section meeting adjourned at 7 pm for the annual reception, cosponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy.<\/p>\n Carrie Manning, Section Secretary<\/strong>\u00a0Statement of Juan Linz on the Announcement of the Juan Linz Dissertation Prize I regret very much not to be here with many former students, colleagues, and friends who are meeting to announce the dissertation prize that has been created in my name. I am moved by their initiative and decision and want to express to them, the Section on democratization, and APSA, my heartfelt thanks. I am sure the prize will stimulate and reward students to make great contributions to the themes mentioned in the announcement.<\/p>\n It is not only a honour but a great pleasure since I always have considered directing dissertations a most important and pleasing part of my academic life. I am also happy that the prize is working on democracy in all its variety, its successes and failures, a topic on which my students have done outstanding dissertations and to which I have devoted much of my work since preparing in 1950 a presentation at a colloquium at a French Science Po student summer camp based on the classic work of Hans Kelsen. My essay on Robert Michels, the work on the breakdown of democracy, the research on the Spanish transition to democracy, and the book with Alfred Stepan on transitions and consolidations are part of that continuing interest. More recently, my focus has been on the types of democratic regimes: presidentialism and now federalism and democracy. There is much work to be done on democratic institutions and their consequences, on the selection of democratic political elites, the tensions between their responsiveness and responsibility, the quality of democracy, without limiting attention to participation, the limits of what democracy can do in the government of states and the “fragility” of democracy.<\/p>\n I feel that there is an urgent need to do serious empirical and theoretically oriented research on how democracies work in many countries, both country and comparative studies. We need to go beyond the worldwide analysis of conditions for and performance of democracies and microanalysis of specific institutions in advanced democracies that tend to dominate the field. I find that we know too little. The task involves keeping distinct the implications of democratic political processes from the performance of states, their bureaucracies, and their economies, without ignoring the linkages with the more specific democratic institutions and processes of democratization. The study of democratic politics should not become dominated by the political economy of democratic countries. We have to know what difference does democracy make, what it can do and what it fails to do. The failures of democracies lead to breakdowns which are not only the results of the strength or cunning of their antagonists, but of the failures or low quality of democratic leadership. We need to know more about by what processes, in which institutional setting, such leaders have obtained power democratically and exercise it.<\/p>\n Although I tend to believe that the majority of voters rarely destroy democracies and generally make reasonable decisions, we should ask ourselves why they make choices detrimental to democracy. Certainly, institutions frame and limit their choices, for example referenda, in undesirable ways, but there are signs of deterioration of the “quality” of voters we cannot ignore. Politicians responsive to such voters rather than changing-educating-their preferences, should resist to respond to such an electorate. I have devoted much effort to public opinion research, but increasingly find it disturbing that politicians should respond to and follow public opinion rather than shaping the political discourse, educating the voters, and making them aware of the complexity of issues.<\/p>\n I cannot emphasize enough the “fragility” of democracy. I hope that future holders of the prize will contribute to our knowledge and understanding of the questions I have raised.<\/p>\n And again, thanks for the initiative, the efforts, the generosity, of so many friends and the honour. Best wishes to future recipients, I hope they will enjoy their work as much as I did.<\/p>\n Juan J. Linz 5.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>NEWS FROM MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Archie Brown<\/strong>, professor of politics, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, edited\u00a0The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia<\/em>\u00a0(Palgrave\/Macmillan, 2004), a collection of essays on the ideas that contributed to the downfall of Communism. Mr. Brown also wrote “The Soviet Union: Reform of the System or Systemic Transformation?” (Slavic Review<\/em>, Fall 2004), a study of reform processes in the final years of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n Michael Coppedge<\/strong>, associate professor of political science, Notre Dame, published “Explaining Democratic Deterioration in Venezuela Through Nested Inference” in\u00a0The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America<\/em>. Frances Hagopian and Scott Mainwaring edited the book, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2005.<\/p>\n Mr. Coppedge also published “Venezuela: Popular Sovereignty versus Liberal Democracy,” in\u00a0Constructing Democratic Governance<\/em>, 2nd ed. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), edited by Jorge I. Dom\u74afguez and Michael Shifter. His recent conference papers include “The Conditional Impact of the Economy on Democracy in Latin America” (presented in June at an Uppsala University conference on “Democratic Advancements and Setbacks: What Have We Learnt?”) and “Two Persistent Dimensions of Democracy” (written with Angel Alvarez and Claudia Maldonado and presented in May at the Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame).<\/p>\n John P. Entelis<\/strong>, professor of political science and director of the Middle East Studies Program, Fordham University, published “L’h\u5ee8itage contradictoire de Bourguiba: modernisation et intol\u5ee8ance politique,” in\u00a0Habib Bourghuiba: La Trace et l’Heritage<\/em>\u00a0(Karthala, 2004), edited by Michel Camau and Vincent Geisser. In September he presented a paper entitled “The Democratic Imperative versus the Authoritarian Temptation: The Maghreb State Between Transition and Terrorism” at a conference on “Islamism, Authoritarian Retrenchment, and Democratization in the Muslim World,” organized by the Naval Postgraduate School and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies, University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n Jonathan Fox<\/strong>, a 2004-2005 Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, was recently awarded the Latin American Studies Association’s 2004 LASA\/OXFAM America Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship for his work on democratization and civil society in Mexico.<\/p>\n Venelin I. Ganev<\/strong>, assistant professor of political science, Miami University, published “History, Politics, and the Constitution: Ethnic Conflict and Constitutional Adjudication in Postcommunist Bulgaria.” The article appeared in the Spring 2004\u00a0Slavic Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n James L. Gibson<\/strong>, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government, Washington University in St. Louis, recently completed\u00a0Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?<\/em>\u00a0(Russell Sage Foundation, 2004). In May Mr. Gibson presented the book at a panel discussion in New York organized by the International Center for Transitional Justice. In August he also presented the book in Cape Town at an event organized by the Human Sciences Research Council Press, where his commentators included principal actors in the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa.<\/p>\n Henry E. Hale<\/strong>, assistant professor of political science, Indiana University (Bloomington), published “The Origins of United Russia and the Putin Presidency: The Role of Contingency in Party-System Development” in the Spring 2004\u00a0Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization<\/em>. Mr. Hale also published “Divided We Stand: Institutional Sources of Ethnofederal State Survival and Collapse” in the January 2004\u00a0World Politics<\/em>. And he wrote “Russia’s Presidential Election and the Fate of Democracy: Taking the Cake” for the May 2004\u00a0AAASS NewsNet<\/em>, the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.<\/p>\n Marc Morj\ufffd Howard<\/strong>, assistant professor of government, Georgetown University, has won two awards for his book\u00a0The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe\u00a0<\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2003): the 2004 APSA Award for the Best Book on European Politics (presented by the European Politics and Society Section) and the 2004 Virginia Hodgkinson Research Prize (presented by Independent Sector).<\/p>\n Terry Lynn Karl<\/strong>, professor of political science, Stanford University, was named the Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies at that university in June. With Ian Gary she published\u00a0Bottom of the Barrel: Africa’s Oil Boom and the Poor<\/em>\u00a0(Catholic Relief Services, 2003), a research monograph on how the current oil boom in sub-Saharan Africa-and the surge in foreign investment generated by the boom-are being managed by African states.<\/p>\n J. Ray Kennedy<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed vice chair of the Joint Electoral Management Body, the part of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan responsible for overseeing voter registration and election processes in Afghanistan during the transition period.<\/p>\n Lawrence Michael Ladutke<\/strong>, assistant professor of political science, University of Richmond (Virginia), recently completed\u00a0Freedom of Expression in El Salvador: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy<\/em>\u00a0(McFarland, 2004). The study examines the results of the 1992 peace accords, including recent government actions that may undermine them, and makes recommendations for expanding freedom of expression in countries like El Salvador.<\/p>\n Andrew Lawrence<\/strong>, lecturer in government and politics, University of Virginia, published “From Collective Action to Institutionalized Labor Rights: Parallel and Diverging Logics of Collective Action in Germany and South Africa” in the June 2004\u00a0New Political Science<\/em>. The article focuses on the comparative democratization of the labor movements in the two countries.<\/p>\n Staffan I. Lindberg<\/strong>, Ph.D. candidate, department of political science, Lund University (Sweden), advises section members that in recent years his department has recruited a number of junior scholars working on democratization in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The group constitutes an informal Third World Studies Center and would welcome increased contact, visits, and lectures by U.S.-based democracy scholars. For more information write to Mr. Lindberg at\u00a0staffan.lindberg@svet.lu.se<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bruce Bueno de Mesquita<\/strong>, professor of politics, New York University, and senior fellow, Hoover Institution, along with coauthors Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, and James D. Morrow, received the 2004 Best Book Award of the APSA Conflict Processes Section for\u00a0The Logic of Political Survival<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Press, 2003). The work develops a theory of governance tied to institutional forms and the incentives they produce to provide good or bad policy from leaders motivated to retain their jobs.<\/p>\n Riccardo Pelizzo<\/strong>\u00a0recently moved from Johns Hopkins University to Singapore Management University to take up a position as assistant professor of political science. His dissertation, “Cartel Parties and Cartel Party Systems,” received an honorable mention in the 2004 best dissertation competition of the ASPA’s European Politics and Society Section. Mr. Pelizzo’s article, “Party Positions or Party Direction?” (West European Politics<\/em>, April 2003), received one of two Vincent Wright Awards for the best article published by that journal in 2003.<\/p>\n Richard Rose<\/strong>, director, Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, published “Russian Responses to Transformation: Trends in Public Opinion since 1992” (Centre for the Study of Public Policy, 2004), an analysis of how Russians have responded to the postcommunist political and economic transformation of their society. The research is based on thirteen nationwide opinion surveys, including a postpresidential-election study from March 2004. With Neil Munro and William Mishler, Mr. Rose also wrote “Resigned Acceptance of an Incomplete Democracy: Russia’s New Political Equilibrium” (Post-Soviet Affairs<\/em>, September 2004).<\/p>\n Sebastian Royo<\/strong>, associate professor of government, Suffolk University, published “From Authoritarianism to the European Union: The Europeanization of Portugal” in the Summer 2004\u00a0Mediterranean Quarterly<\/em>. He also contributed “Los Retos de la Ampliaci\u93ee de la Uni\u93ee Europea para Espa\u9399” to\u00a0Perspectivas Exteriores 2004: Los Intereses de Espa\u9399 en el Mundo<\/em>\u00a0(Fundaci\u93ee para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Di\u5aeeogo Exterior, 2004). With Paul C. Manuel he also edited\u00a0Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years<\/em>\u00a0(Frank Cass, 2003).<\/p>\n J. Mark Ruhl<\/strong>, professor of political science, Dickinson College, published “Curbing Central America’s Militaries” in the July 2004\u00a0Journal of Democracy<\/em><\/strong>. The article argues that since the end of the Cold War, Central America has seen a region-wide diminution of military influence that bodes well for democratic governance and healthier civil-military relations.<\/p>\n Andreas Schedler<\/strong>, professor of political science, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE, Mexico City), published “Arguing and Observing: Internal and External Critiques of Judicial Impartiality” in the September 2004\u00a0Journal of Political Philosophy<\/em>. The article analyzes methodological differences that separate the internal logic of argumentation, which evaluates the validity of legal judgments, and an external logic of association, which examines observable correlates of legal decision making.<\/p>\n Gregory D. Schmidt<\/strong>, professor of government, Northern Illinois University, recently published\u00a0Peru: The Politics of Surprise<\/em>, a monograph in the McGraw-Hill Comparative Governance series edited by W. Phillips Shively. Mr. Schmidt and Kyle L. Saunders contributed “Effective Quotas, Relative Party Magnitude, and the Success of Female Candidates: Peruvian Municipal Elections in Comparative Perspective” to the August 2004\u00a0Comparative Political Studies<\/em>.<\/p>\n Carsten Q. Schneider<\/strong>, assistant professor of political science, Central European University (Budapest), and\u00a0Philippe C. Schmitter<\/strong>, professor emeritus of political science, European University Institute (Florence) will publish “Liberalization, Transition, and Consolidation: Measuring the Components of Democratization” in the December 2004\u00a0Democratization<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mark Ungar<\/strong>, associate professor of political science, Brookyn College, City University of New York, is a 2004-2005 fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he is conducting a comparative study of police reform in Latin America.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy and the Third Sector is pleased to announce the third annual Visiting Faculty Fellowship competition for the 2005-2006 academic year. Fellowships provide support for scholars, researchers, and specialists with experience equivalent to a Ph.D. to pursue research on all aspects of the relationship between, and interactions among, democratic governance and the third sector.<\/p>\n The Center will award a maximum of two visiting faculty fellowships. The term of the fellowship is for one academic year, from August to May. Fellows are required to teach one graduate level seminar during their tenure at the Center. For more information, download an Application Package (pdf) at\u00a0www.georgetown.edu\/centers\/cdats\/CDATSApplicationForm.pdf<\/a>. All application materials must be received by CDATS by January 15, 2005.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0<\/a>RECENT CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n epsNet\u00a0<\/strong>held its 2004 plenary conference, “Political Science after the EU Enlargement: Challenges to the Discipline,” in Prague on June 18-19. More information, including a complete listing of papers presented at the conference, is available at\u00a0www.epsnet.org\/Publications\/2004Proceedings\/papers2004.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n On September 10-12 the\u00a0EPOP (Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties)<\/strong>\u00a0section of the\u00a0Political Studies Association of the UK<\/strong>\u00a0held its annual conference at the University of Oxford. The conference included a number of panels and roundtables addressing such topics as devolution, heterogeneity in voting behavior, electoral systems, the extreme right, and voter turnout. For a complete list of events and more information on the conference, visit\u00a0http:\/\/epop2004.politics.ox.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n SGIR (Standing Group on International Relations)<\/strong>\u00a0held the Fifth Pan-European International Relations Conference on September 9-11 at The Hague, entitled “Constructing World Orders.” The conference, which is held every three years, featured numerous panels dealing with such topics as “Conflict Resolution in the Context of World Order,” “Democratic Peace,” and “Governance, Power, and Territory.” For a complete listing of sections, panels, and papers visit\u00a0www.sgir.org\/conference2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Australian Political Studies Association<\/strong>\u00a0held its 2004 annual meeting at the University of Adelaide on September 29-October 1. It featured panels on Australian and New Zealand Politics, Gender and Sexuality, International and Comparative Politics, Media and Popular Culture, Political and Social Theory, and Public Policy. More information is available at\u00a0www.adelaide.edu.au\/apsa<\/a>.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0<\/a>FUTURE CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Northeastern Political Science Association<\/strong>\u00a0holds its 2004 annual meeting in Boston on November 11-13. Panel sessions will include topics ranging from civil society in Asia to postcommunist societies. More information, including a preliminary program, is available at\u00a0http:\/\/facpub.stjohns.edu\/~layachia\/NPSA\/NPSA_2004.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n On November 11-14 the\u00a0African Studies Association<\/strong>\u00a0will hold its annual meeting in New Orleans. The theme for this year’s event will be “The Power of Expression: Identity, Language, and Memory in Africa and the Diaspora.” Among the many subthemes being addressed are “The Power of Expression: Political Transitions, Civil Conflict, and Democracy” and “Languages of Movement: Grassroots Activism and Popular Mobilization.” For more details visit\u00a0www.africanstudies.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Middle East Studies Association<\/strong>\u00a0will be hold its 2004 annual meeting in San Francisco on November 20-23. The meeting will include panels devoted to the Ottoman Empire, the relationship between Islam and political life, and other topics. A detailed preliminary program can be found at\u00a0http:\/\/fp.arizona.edu\/mesassoc\/MESA04\/mesa04.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies<\/strong>\u00a0will hold its annual conference in Boston on December 4-7. More information and a preliminary program are available at\u00a0www.fas.harvard.edu\/~aaass\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Southern Political Science Association<\/strong>\u00a0will hold its annual meeting in New Orleans on January 6-8, 2005. Visit\u00a0www.spsa.net\/conference05.htm<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0<\/a>NEW RESEARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n Democratization<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The June 2004 (Volume 11, no. 3) issue of\u00a0Democratization<\/em>\u00a0features studies of democracy theory, South Africa, constitutions, and democracy promotion. For abstracts of articles listed below, visit (www.frankcass.com\/jnls\/index.htm<\/a>).<\/p>\n “How Important Are New Constitutions for Democratic Consolidation? Lessons from the Post-communist States” by Allison Stanger<\/p>\n “Democracy Promotion: The Relationship of Political Parties and Civil Society” by Carl Gershman<\/p>\n “Post-conflict Elections and the Process of Demilitarizing Politics: The Role of Electoral Administration” by Terrence Lyons<\/p>\n “Party Research: Western European Bias and the ‘African Labyrinth'” by Gero Erdmann<\/p>\n “Predatory versus Development Rule in Africa” by Arthur A. Goldsmith<\/p>\n “Democratic Theory, the Courts and the Press” by Irwin P. Stotzky<\/p>\n “The Building of the Democratic Tradition in South Africa’s Trade Unions after 1973” by Sakhela Buhlungu<\/p>\n The August 2004 (Volume 11, no. 4) issue is a special edition on religion and democracy. It features studies of the relationships between democracy and each of the world’s major religions-Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. For abstracts of articles listed below, please visit (www.frankcass.com\/jnls\/index.htm<\/a>).<\/p>\n “Introduction: Religion, Democracy, and Democratization” by John Anderson<\/p>\n “Did Protestantism Create Democracy?” by Steve Bruce<\/p>\n “Evangelical Protestantism and Democratization in Contemporary Latin America and Asia” by Paul Freston<\/p>\n “Weber in Latin America: Is Protestant Growth Enabling the Consolidation of Democratic Capitalism?” by Anthony Gill<\/p>\n “Religion and Democratization in Africa” by Jeff Haynes<\/p>\n “Islam, Muslim Polities, and Democracy” by Anoushiravan Ehteshami<\/p>\n “The Islamist Discourse of the FIS and the Democratic Experiment in Algeria” by Claire Heristchi<\/p>\n “Democracy and Hindu Nationalism” by Chetan Bhatt<\/p>\n “Buddhism, Democracy, and Identity in Thailand” by Duncan McCargo<\/p>\n “Churches and the Consolidation of Democratic Culture: Difference and Convergence in the Czech Republic and Hungary” by Zsolt Enyedi and Joan O’Mahony<\/p>\n Journal of Democracy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The October 2004 (Volume 15, no. 4) issue of the Journal of Democracy features a cluster of seven articles on the quality of democracy, studies of Latin American presidencies, the Philippines, Serbia, and Africa, as well as a debate on democracy in the Muslim world. For selected online articles and the tables of contents of all Journal issues, visit\u00a0www.journalofdemocracy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Latin American Presidencies Interrupted” by Arturo Valenzuela The Quality of Democracy II. “Why the Rule of Law Matters” by Guillermo O’Donnell III. “The Ambiguous Virtues of Accountability” by Philippe C. Schmitter IV. “Freedom as the Foundation” by David Beetham V. “Addressing Inequality” by Dietrich Rueschemeyer VI. “The Chain of Responsiveness” by G. Bingham Powell, Jr. VII. “A Skeptical Afterword” by Marc F. Plattner “Philippine Politics and the Rule of Law” by Steven Rogers
\n2.<\/b> Report from the Chair
\n3.<\/b> Editor’s Note
\n4.<\/b> Section News
\n5.<\/b> News From Members
\n6.<\/b> Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
\n7.<\/b> Recent Conferences
\n8.<\/b> Future Conferences
\n9.<\/b> New Research
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\n1.\u00a0<\/a>CURRENT SECTION OFFICERS<\/b><\/p>\n
\nCynthia McClintock
\nProfessor of Political Science
\nGeorge Washington University
\ne-mail:\u00a0mcclin@gwu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGretchen C. Casper
\nAssociate Professor of Political Science
\nPennsylvania State University
\ne-mail:\u00a0gcasper@psu.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCarrie Manning
\nAssociate Professor of Political Science
\nGeorgia State University
\ne-mail:\u00a0polclm@panther.gsu.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWilliam Reisinger
\nProfessor of Political Science
\nUniversity of Iowa
\ne-mail:\u00a0william-reisinger@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThomas W. Skladony
\nSenior Program Officer
\nInternational Forum for Democratic Studies
\nNational Endowment for Democracy
\ne-mail:\u00a0tom@ned.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>At its business meeting on September 5, 2004 the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association announced the inauguration of the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy, to be awarded beginning in 2005. Professor Linz, who could not be present at the meeting, sent the statement below, which was read by Jonathyn Hartlyn (UNC\/Chapel Hill).<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHamden, August 29, 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver the last two decades, Latin America has seen more than a dozen presidencies come to a premature end. It is time to consider changing constitutional designs that promote conflict rather than more consensual ways of doing politics.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I. “An Overview” by Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino
\nSince most of the world’s sovereign states are now democracies, there is a growing scholarly focus on “good” or “better” democracy, and on how improvements can not only be measured, but encouraged.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLaw-based rule means a set of basic conditions that make civic life possible. A democratic rule of law requires all that and more, however.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nA key to “modern representative political democracy” is accountability, but the task of assessing it must be carefully thought through.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFreedom has always been integral to democracy. How to guard liberty is a question every democratic regime must answer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDemocracy requires robust political equality, but the persistence of social, economic, and cultural inequality complicates its realization.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nResponsiveness may be conceived as a series of linkages intended to ensure that governments respect the preferences of the governed.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAsking what makes a good democracy is a noble and sensible enterprise, but it will always point beyond the borders of empirical political science.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s election as president in her own right capped a campaign that spoke well of Philippine democracy, but yawning gaps in the rule of law obstruct the road to consolidation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n