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Call for Presentations
83rd Annual Conference 2011
Wilfrid Laurier University
Chairperson, Programme Committee -
Debora VanNijnatten (WLU)
Local Representative - Programme Committee - Andrea Perrella (WLU)
The Programme Committee invites proposals for participation in the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) to be held at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, May 16-18, 2011.
Individuals are invited to submit their proposal by 3 November 2010. Proposals received after this date will not be considered. The Committee welcomes proposals from all areas of political science and hopes to produce a programme reflecting the breadth and diversity of the discipline. There are several ways you may propose to participate in the conference. The Committee invites proposals for single papers, multiple paper panels, roundtables and posters. Panel proposals, including discussants, are especially welcomed.
General Information: TO ENSURE A POSITIVE CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE, PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE SECTION BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL.
1) Each CPSA conference participant must register for the CPSA conference. Anyone who does not causes a loss of revenue for the CPSA and is responsible for any increase in registration fees. By not paying, participants only serve to withhold much needed support for the conference and penalize their paying colleagues with higher fees.
2) For accepted presentations by single authors or multiple authors, each author must be a member in good standing in CPSA by 31 March 2011. Membership exemptions will be provided by the CPSA secretariat to invited guests of the programme committee, and on request, to foreigners who can provide confirmation of a membership in their national association or individuals from other scholarly disciplines. Please contact the CPSA secretariat for confirmation of status if necessary. Chairpersons, discussants and roundtable participants are not required to be members but are more than welcomed to join.
3) The CPSA receives a travel grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to assist members to come to the annual meeting from distant places. These funds are intended to especially facilitate participation by junior members. Please read the Travel Grant Policies before submitting your proposal to see if you are eligible.
4) The CPSA proudly announces the ninth competition for the Jill Vickers Prize. The 2012 award will be made to the author or authors of the best paper presented at the 2011 CPSA conference on the topic of gender and politics. Further information will be available at a later date at Jill Vickers Prize.
5) Presenters must be prepared to attend the conference and to make their presentations in person.
6) Presenters may be considered as possible chairpersons or discussants for other sessions.
7) Each programme committee section head groups and assigns presentations to particular sessions, taking into account the type of session desired by the presenters and the overall programme balance. Research in progress is encouraged in roundtables or poster sessions.
8) Papers should be SINGLE SPACED, not exceeding the CJPS manuscript submission word count of 8,000 and should not have been previously published. It must be completed by 2 May 2011 and e-mailed to the relevant section head and the other participants in the session. E-mail addresses will be available in the on-line programme. Please also forward an electronic copy (pdf format) to the CPSA secretariat for uploading to the conference website. Authors are reminded to add a note on their on-line paper indicating that their paper not be cited until a final version is uploaded.
Failure to comply with the 2 May 2011 deadline can result in the chairperson excluding the presentation from the session. Further, the discussant will have no obligation to comment on the paper if he/she has not seen it previously. Such an action would be a loss to all attending the session.
9) It is recommended that authors bring copies of a one-page outline of their session to their presentation for the benefit of their audience.
10) Non-presenters willing to act as a chair and/or discussant are asked to contact the CPSA secretariat at cpsa-acsp @ cpsa-acsp.ca.
11) All the session rooms will be equipped with a computer for powerpoint, a data projector and an overhead projector. Presenters are also welcome to bring their laptops, which are easily plugged into the multi-media consoles.
12) General inquiries or difficulties with the submission process should be addressed to the CPSA secretariat at cpsa-acsp @ cpsa-acsp.ca.
13) Names of section heads and workshop organizers of the Programme Committee:
Canadian Politics – Alain Noël (Montréal)
Comparative Politics – André Lecours (Ottawa) / Kimberly Manning (Concordia)
CPSA/ISA-Canada section on International Relations – Samantha Arnold (Winnipeg, ISA-Canada) / Timothy Donais (WLU, CPSA/ISA-Canada)
Local and Urban Politics – Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly (Victoria)
Political Behaviour/Sociology – Laura Stephenson (UWO)
Political Economy – Marjorie Griffin Cohen (SFU)
Political Theory – Colin Farrelly (Queen’s) / Loren King (WLU)
Provincial and Territorial Politics – Douglas Brown (St.FX)
Public Administration – Carolyn Johns (Ryerson)
Law and Public Policy – Gerard Boychuk (Waterloo)
Women, Gender, and Politics – Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics – Ravi de Costa (York)
Teaching and Learning Politics (pilot section) – Heather Smith (UNBC) / Janice Newton (York)
Workshop 1 – Teaching and Learning Politics - Heather Smith (UNBC) / Janice Newton (York)
Workshop 2 – Canadian Politics: Thinking Canada with or without Quebec? -
François Rocher (Ottawa)
Workshop 3 – Comparative Politics: Studying Chinese Politics in an International Age: Implications for Scholars in the PRC and Canada -
Kimberly Manning (Concordia) / André Lecours (Ottawa)
Workshop 4 – CPSA/ISA-Canada section on International Relations: The Future of Peacebuilding: Haiti, Afghanistan, and Beyond - Timothy Donais (WLU, CPSA/ISA-Canada) / Samantha Arnold (Winnipeg, ISA-Canada)
Workshop 5 – CPSA/ISA-Canada section on International Relations: Canada’s Northern Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Contradictions - Samantha Arnold (Winnipeg, ISA-Canada) / Timothy Donais (WLU, CPSA/ISA-Canada)
Workshop 6 – Political Behaviour/Sociology: Public Opinion in Canada - Laura Stephenson (UWO)
Workshop 7 – Political Economy: What Does Political Economy offer a World in Crisis? The Economy/The Environment/Social Reproduction & Labour - Marjorie Griffin Cohen (SFU)
Workshop 8 – Political Theory: Global Justice and Global Governance - Colin Farrelly (Queen’s) / Loren King (WLU)
Workshop 9 – Public Administration: International/Development Studies and Public Administration - Carolyn Johns (Ryerson)
Workshop 10 – Public Policy: The Transnational Dimensions of Domestic Public Policy - Gerard Boychuk (Waterloo)
Workshop 11 - Women, Gender, and Politics: Feminism and Institutions: Theory, Practice and Power - Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
Workshop 12 – Women, Gender and Politics and Political Behaviour/Sociology: Quantitative Analysis of Women, Gender and Politics - Laura Stephenson (UWO) / Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
Workshop 13 - Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics: The State, Indigenous Self-determination and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Ravi De Costa (York)
14) Only web submissions will be considered. Presentations will not normally be considered for inclusion in the CPSA conference unless they meet all of the requirements.
15) A proposal must be submitted to only one section. The section head of your choice will forward your proposal to another section head if necessary. The individual submitting the proposal, the CPSA secretariat and the section head will receive notification of the submitted proposal. If, after submitting your proposal, you have not had confirmation that your proposal has been received, please check with the secretariat at cpsa-acsp @ cpsa-acsp.ca. Section heads will acknowledge acceptance or rejection of the proposal in December 2010.
16) Individuals will be limited to 3 presentations of which two can be papers. This does not affect chairs and discussants.
17) Criteria for Acceptance (as approved at the CPSA Board of Directors meeting of 3 Dec 2005):
a) Normally, submissions by MA students will not be considered. Only those submitted in conjunction with an academic supervisor will be considered.
b) If a proposal does not fit, it will be considered for the poster session or rejected.
c) The content of the proposal must include a clear question, analytical rigor, originality and a scholarly contribution.
d) Proposals by junior scholars or proposals that do not fit in the established programme will be considered for the poster session.
e) If a proposal has much data or is clearly better presented as a poster, it will be considered for the poster session.
f) It the programme committee receives more quality proposals than it can accommodate in the programme slots, some may be considered for the poster session.
18) A single paper proposal must include a 250 word abstract. The submission form will not accept any text beyond the stated limit. The abstract should outline the argument or inquiry to be developed, identify the method of analysis to be used, show the theoretical significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field, and locate what is proposed within the wider research interests of the author(s). Once your proposal has been submitted, you will be able to access your proposal until 3 November 2010 to make any necessary changes. If your paper proposal is accepted, the submitted abstracts will be made available on the CPSA web site.
19) A multiple paper panel proposal must be submitted by one individual. The proposal must include the title and a 250 word abstract of the session and a 250 word abstract for each paper. The submission form will not accept any text beyond the stated limit. Each abstract should outline the argument or inquiry to be developed, identify the method of analysis to be used, show the theoretical significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field, and locate what is proposed within the wider research interests of the authors. Once your proposal has been submitted, you will be able to access your proposal until 3 November 2010 to make any necessary changes. If the panel proposal is accepted, the submitted abstracts for the papers will be made available on the CPSA web site.
Multiple paper panel proposals with an entire panel of presenters from the same department are not permitted as these types of sessions can easily be organized in the departments. Multiple paper panels with two out of three or four presenters from the same department are acceptable. Chairs and discussants can be from any institution.
20) A roundtable proposal must include a 250 word abstract. The submission form will not accept any text beyond the stated limit. The abstract should include a description of the argument or inquiry to be developed, the theoretical significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field, and locate what is proposed within the wider research interest of the roundtable participants. Once your proposal has been submitted, you will be able to access your proposal until 3 November 2010 to make any necessary changes.
In order to allow sufficient time for each presentation and a good discussion during the one hour and 45 minutes session, it is recommended that a maximum of 4 presenters participate on a roundtable.
21) A poster proposal
The poster session is for work that relies heavily on tables/graphs/figures, or work that is still at a conceptual stage (although the poster must include at least preliminary results). The poster session will give presenters an opportunity to discuss their work with interested conference attendees.
The poster session will be held in one room at the conference. Presenters will be able to start setting up at 4 pm on the day of the session. Presenters will be asked to be present at the poster session. A discussant will be assigned to each poster. However, to facilitate discussion, poster presenters must provide for the discussant a 2000 word abstract/summary in advance of the meeting. These are to reach the section head and discussant by the 2 May 2011 deadline.
A poster board surface, 4' high and 6' wide will be provided for poster presenters. On this surface, the author(s) will attach the following: the title of the presentation and authors; a copy of the abstract (in large type); an introduction, methods, results, and a short bibliography; and any tables or figures that communicate the results of the research. These items should be mounted on the poster boards before the session and remain until the end of the conference or until the day the author leaves the conference. Poster presenters should note that visual representations of results will be more effective than text.
Individuals may submit proposals as either papers or posters. Once your proposal has been submitted, you will be able to access your proposal until 3 November 2010 to make any necessary changes. In addition, the Programme Committee may decide that some proposals would be more appropriate as posters, and will notify potential presenters by 15 December 2010 if they are to present their work as posters.
A prize for the best poster will be awarded by the Programme Committee and the following criteria, approved at the CPSA Board of Directors meeting of 3 Dec 2005 are used to evaluate the posters and choose a winner: visual impact, clarity and scholarly contribution. The award of a three-year membership in the CPSA (including three years of the CJPS) will be presented to the recipient at the conference dinner.
The poster that won the 2006 prize is available on the CPSA website at http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2006/Bastien.ppt as reference.
22) A proposal within a workshop
The programme will include a number of half-day and full-day workshops, each organized around a particular theme. Proposals within a workshop should meet all of the conditions set out above in 17), 18) or 19). Please be sure to provide an abstract, including a description of how the proposal fits within the workshop theme. All conference registrants may attend the workshops. Once your proposal has been submitted, you will be able to access your proposal until 3 November 2010 to make any necessary changes.
Workshop 1 – Teaching and Learning Politics
Organizers: Heather Smith (UNBC) / Janice Newton (York)
We are pleased to announce the inaugural workshop for "Teaching and Learning Politics". The workshop will include a panel of excellence in teaching award winners and a series of panels/presentations.
Appropriate topics range from discipline-specific themes to broader themes found in the scholarship of teaching and learning. These include: innovative assignments related to key political science concepts such as democracy, federalism or security; reflections on pedagogy and the politics of teaching; teaching intersectionality; designing teaching dossiers; tips on teaching for new teachers; teaching millennial students; teaching philosophies; designing and implementing learning outcomes; integrating the international into our classroom; and active learning in large classrooms.
We welcome paper proposals, panel proposals and interactive teaching and learning session proposals. We ask that all proposals indicate what type of session is to be delivered. In cases of interactive teaching and learning sessions, we ask that the submission include information related to the types of activities that will be included in the session. The papers are to be delivered in the traditional style and panels would be organized in the standard manner. The interactive teaching and learning sessions are to include interactive teaching and learning techniques and these sessions will be organized to fit the time slots of the CPSA meeting.
Workshop 2 – Canadian Politics: Thinking Canada with or without Quebec?
Organizer: François Rocher (Ottawa)
From the aftermath of the Quiet Revolution and the early constitutional negotiations of the 1960s to the failed Meech and Charlottetown accords, Québec occupied a prominent position in research on Canadian politics. In the last 20 years, attention given to Québec in many research areas of Canadian politics seems to have progressively declined as new themes have come to the forefront: health care, Canadian foreign policy, the impact of the Charter on political institutions, social movements, globalization, the environment, etc. In this context, this workshop has a twofold objective: to assess the importance given to Québec, whether as a dependent or independent variable, in the research on Canadian politics; and, to stimulate the production of scholarly works on the place of Québec within the Canadian federation. Themes that could be developed include:
• The ‘Québec model’ and policy-making in Canada;
• Federal-provincial relations;
• Relations with Aboriginal communities;
• Political parties and elections;
• Citizenship and identity;
• Canada’s political and constitutional future.
Workshop 3 – Comparative Politics: Studying Chinese Politics in an International Age: Implications for Scholars in the PRC and Canada
Organizers: Kimberly Manning (Concordia) / André Lecours (Ottawa)
Over the last few years the number of scholars studying Chinese politics within Canada has expanded rapidly. At the same time, the discipline of political science within the People’s Republic has diversified, internationalized, and indigenized. At this workshop we hope to bring together scholars based in Canada and China (as well as those interested in the relations between the two countries) to present our current scholarship and exchange views on our shared field of study.
Scholars from any of the subfields of political science and from the related disciplines of political history and political sociology are invited to propose papers and panels for a workshop that address any one of a range of issues including: political processes related to China’s globalization (domestic or international), emerging developments in China’s on-going project of economic and political reform, and the internationalization of political science in both China and Canada. We especially encourage proposals that address issues of theory, method, and cross-national collaboration, as well as those that probe the relationship between academic research and the forging of government policy in China and Canada.
The workshop will consist of a one-day session prior to the commencement of the conference (May 15, 2011) and will follow with a series of panels running through the conference itself.
Workshop 4 – International Relations: The Future of Peacebuilding: Haiti, Afghanistan, and Beyond
Organizers: Timothy Donais (WLU, CPSA/ISA-Canada) / Samantha Arnold (Winnipeg, ISA-Canada)
It is increasingly argued that contemporary peacebuilding is in crisis. In recent years, the empirical record of international efforts to shepherd war-torn societies from open conflict to sustainable peace has been poor, and while the theoretical challenge to the dominant liberal peacebuilding model has been gaining strength in recent years, it remains unclear what, if anything, can replace it.
The proposed workshop will explore the contemporary state of, and future prospects for, post-conflict peacebuilding through three interlinked panels, drawing both on Canadian experiences and on cases in which Canada has been deeply involved. The first panel will focus on Haiti, on lessons learned from recent peacebuilding experience there and on the prospects for a more stable peace emerging in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake. Panel two will focus on Afghanistan, and on the possibilities for reversing a deteriorating political and security situation in that country through a more coherent and consistent focus on peacebuilding. The final panel will explore official Canadian policies and perspectives on peacebuilding, particularly in light of Canada’s extensive involvement in efforts to bring peace and stability to both Haiti and Afghanistan.
Paper proposals focusing on one or more dimensions of the broader workshop theme are welcome, as are proposals that deal with issues that cut across all three of the panels. Such cross-cutting themes might include: the balance between military and civilian roles in peacebuilding contexts; the viability of ‘peacebuilding through statebuilding’; the role, and meanings, of local ownership in peacebuilding processes; and the political economy dimensions of peacebuilding.
Workshop 5 – International Relations: Canada’s Northern Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Contradictions
Organizers: Samantha Arnold (Winnipeg, ISA-Canada) / Timothy Donais (WLU, CPSA/ISA-Canada)
As the Cold War was coming to a close, Canada worked quickly to institutionalise the vision of the Arctic as a cooperative and demilitarised space called for by President Mikhail Gorbachev in his famous Murmansk speech in 1987. Advanced in this context, Canada’s work to establish the Arctic Council was not simply understood to have been a Canadian initiative; it, and other multilateral undertakings in the region, have been characterized as reflecting a particularly Canadian vision of the Arctic, expressed through the idea that cooperative partnership with indigenous northern peoples represented a specifically ‘Canadian and Northern’ contribution to circumpolar governance. This more than anything else has become the basis of Canada’s claims to be well-suited to assume a leadership role in the development of a cooperative, inclusive, and rule-based regime in the north.
Canada’s northern foreign policy statements reveal the extent to which this ‘partnership’ with northern indigenous peoples has become, rhetorically at least, the animating principle of Canada’s engagements in the north. Most recently the Harper government’s Northern Strategy (2009) has established four pillars upon which Canada’s northern policy is founded – sovereignty, sustainable development, environmental protection, and devolution. Together, these very clearly reflect the important domestic dimension of Canada’s northern policies.
Contradictions are not difficult to find, however. At the same time that Canada actively cultivates an image of region as a cooperative space, Canadian policy is also animated by an image of ‘our north’ under siege. In this context, Minister Cannon’s recent comments regarding Canada’s intentions to affirm “our leadership, stewardship and ownership of the region” based on our status as both an Arctic nation and an Arctic power are illustrative.
Another contradiction between Canada’s stated agenda in the north and the actions it undertakes can be seen in the Government’s failure to fully implement the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, even while a key argument informing Canada’s assertion of sovereign rights in these waters is that they are internal to Canada precisely because they have been historically occupied and used by the Inuit. Still other tensions are evident in the Canadian enthusiasm for meetings of the ‘Arctic 5’ (the 5 coastal states) to discuss key northern issues, by-passing not only indigenous partners, but also the Arctic Council and the broader international community.
The Workshop organisers invite proposals addressing these themes, tensions, and contradictions, to be organised across three panels. The first panel, “Canada and the Circumpolar Region: Cooperation and Conflict” is envisioned as an opportunity to set the context for the Workshop through an examination of the key geostrategic issues and regional concerns from a Canadian perspective. Papers exploring the political, legal, and social aspects of ongoing sovereignty disputes in the region, bilateral and multilateral partnerships, security (broadly defined), foreign, and defence policies, and potential sites of international conflict/cooperation in the region are particularly welcome.
The second panel, “The Domestic/International Nexus,” recognises that issues facing Canada (and Canadians) in the north have domestic and international aspects and implications that complicate the development of a coherent northern policy in either context. Papers exploring this issue with respect to northern development, the ‘new spirit of partnership’ with northern indigenous peoples, nordicity and national unity, sovereignty, public diplomacy, or related issues are invited.
Appreciating that Canada’s role in the north is significantly shaped and constrained by tensions operating both in and between the domestic and international spheres, the third panel, “Canada’s Leadership Bid in the Circumpolar Region,” provides an opportunity to critically evaluate the actual and potential accomplishments and failings of Canada’s self-proclaimed leadership role in the international north. Papers examining Canada’s contributions to the development of regional governance structures and norms, partnerships with indigenous peoples, commitment to environmental sustainability and economic development, and related topics, are encouraged.
Workshop 6 – Political Behaviour/Sociology: Public Opinion in Canada
Organizer: Laura Stephenson (UWO)
Public opinion can have a significant impact on politics. Whether it be the fate of a scandal-ridden MP, the success of a controversial piece of legislation, or the progress of bilateral negotiations, the mood of the public cannot be taken for granted or ignored. Yet, there are limits to what we know about public opinion in Canada. This workshop is intended to showcase papers that provide insight into the nature and consequences of Canadian public opinion.
Several questions motivate this workshop. On the nature of public opinion: How do Canadians feel about individual policy areas, such as immigration, trade, health care and abortion? Is there consensus or are opinions mixed? Perhaps even more importantly, why do Canadians feel the way they do? Do we see systematic variation on the basis of region, demographics, values or partisanship? On the consequences of public opinion: What role does public opinion play in elections? How are electoral campaigns influenced by public opinion, if at all? Do politicians pay attention to public opinion? If so, on which issues and under which circumstances does public opinion have an impact?
Scholars that are interested in any aspect of these questions, especially those that consider Canadian public opinion from a comparative perspective, are encouraged to submit a proposal to this workshop.
Workshop 7 – Political Economy: What Does Political Economy offer a World in Crisis? The Economy/The Environment/Social Reproduction & Labour
Organizer: Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Simon Fraser)
The global economic crisis and the challenges that arise from the current tendency to destroy the environment are recognized as twin and competing issues of contemporary political economy. Less prominent, but equally significant are the issues affecting social reproduction and labour that arise from attempts to deal with economic and environmental problems. The most recent attempts to find solutions to the financial crisis and climate change tend to ignore their social impacts and do almost nothing to change the current inequalities that relate to class, gender, race, and other categories associated with the disadvantaged in the world.
This workshop is designed to discuss and debate contemporary approaches to political economy. It is hoped that, in addition to providing analyses for the reasons for system failure, there will be some debate about what approaches would lead to a synchronization of solutions so that each separate sphere (i.e., economy, politics, environment, and the social) are not treated independently and in isolation from each other.
The focus of the workshop will deal with the future of political economy, not only in Canada, but also in a global perspective. The following are some issues the workshop might consider, although other topics related to the main theme will be welcome: In what ways have the recognized approaches to political economy been affected by the economic crisis of 2008? What are the major disagreements and debates among political economists today? Considering the massive failure of the dominant paradigm, why does significant change in political and economic institutions appear so impossible? Does Canadian political economy have insights that might be useful in the global context of problem solving? Can coordinated market economies offer more scope for diversity and success among capitalist systems in the future? What state actions globally have ventured beyond the mere containment of crises and demonstrated new ideas for the future? What should be used as ‘success criteria’ for evaluating systems of political economy? How does political economy deal with the emergence of new powers in the global system, powers that challenge Western hegemony?
The workshop will be organized with a series of panels that reflect the key themes that emerge from the paper proposals. Paper proposals are most welcome!
Workshop 8 – Political Theory: Global Justice and Global Governance
Organizers: Colin Farrelly (Queen’s) / Loren King (WLU)
The workshop organizers invite political theorists to submit proposals that explore the themes of global justice and global governance. What obligations and duties do we have to non-nationals? Which principles and (existing or possible) global institutions are best suited to address the diverse concerns that arise in the world today? And which historical figures in the canon of political theory (e.g. Aristotle, Hobbes, Kant, etc.) promote ideas and concepts that can help us address the challenges of today’s interdependent and complex world?
We seek papers that cover these themes, and related issues, from all areas of political theory (e.g. normative theory, history of political thought, applied theory, etc.) that bring precision and reflection to the topics of global justice and global governance. From cosmopolitanism and nationalism, to concerns of global health, immigration and international institutions, we invite papers that link theory to the practical concerns that arise in an era of globalization.
The workshop will consist of a number of panels with three papers and a commentator in each panel.
Workshop 9 – Public Administration: International/Development Studies and Public Administration
Organizer: Carolyn Johns (Ryerson)
In the past decade the growing scholarly interest in international/development studies has challenged the traditional comparative focus of public administration and the traditional boundaries of public administration theory and research. This workshop will focus on the research frontiers presented at the growing interface of these two interdisciplinary fields and the challenges of integrating international/development studies with public administration in terms of theory, research, teaching, and practice. It will examine the central role of the administrative state and public administration in international relations/development, the implications for those whose traditional focus has been on Canadian and comparative public administration, the influence of international organizations and global social movements, and more current topics related to the global financial crisis, public sector reform, capacity and democratic administration.
This half or full-day workshop may involve both formal sessions, with paper presenters and discussants, as well as more informal roundtables where researchers and students can discuss issues and themes related to international/development studies and public administration. While individual paper submissions are welcome, full panel proposals are also strongly encouraged.
Proposals on international/development/public administration research in specific countries, regions and various jurisdictions are also welcome.
Workshop 10 – Public Policy: The Transnational Dimensions of Domestic Public Policy
Organizer: Gerry Boychuk (Waterloo)
Analysis of the transnational dimensions of domestic public policy have, to date, tended to focus on the domestic effects on policy of various aspects of cross-national integration – especially cross-national economic integration. This workshop will assess the state of the art in the study of domestic effects of cross-national integration but will strive to push the research agenda further in considering the external effects of domestic public policy more fully.
The workshop will consider various transnational dimensions of domestic public policy and policy-making across a range of policy areas including environmental policy, tax and spending policy, social policy, health policy and migration policy, among others. First, it will examine the domestic policy effects of cross-national integration, including the degree to which cross-national integration generates policy problems as well as the extent to which these problems require supranational solutions. It will investigate the domestic public policy effects of cross-national economic integration, the cross-national flows of policy ideas, and the influence of international organizations, global social movements, and global civil society. It will also explore the effects of supranational policy and policy-making on domestic policy. Secondly, it will consider the external effects of domestic public policy in easing or exacerbating cross-national policy problems, in fostering or impeding further cross-national integration, and the ways in which these cross-national impacts are taken into account in domestic policy-making processes.
While individual paper submissions are very welcome, full panel proposals are also strongly encouraged. Both paper and panel proposals may examine thematic issues across various policy areas or may consider the multifaceted transnational dimensions of domestic public policy in specific areas including, but not limited to, the substantive policy areas outlined above.
Workshop 11 - Women, Gender, and Politics: Feminism and Institutions: Theory, Practice and Power
Organizer: Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
Until recently, gender and politics scholars in Canada and elsewhere largely ignored the impact on women's politics of state architectures and institutions. However, several international networks, including the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and the Feminist International Network on State Architectures (FINSA), have emerged, linking scholars whose work focuses on formal institutions and on the informal institutional practices, ideas and norms that structure political life. In 2009, the journal Politics and Gender published critical perspectives papers on “feminist institutionalism” (vol. 5, 2) exploring intersections between feminism and theories of institutionalism. Publications also are slated to appear in 2010 which explore federalism and multilevel governance from a gendered perspective.
This workshop will focus on this increasingly influential area of feminist political research by encouraging scholars engaged in the field to propose papers which examine the potential and limits of institutionalism as an approach to the study of gender and politics. Papers should consider why and how specific state structures and institutional arrangements and norms affect interactions between gender and politics; and/or assess how gender-focused research will expand the boundaries of “mainstream” institutional scholarship. Proposers might also consider the parameters of emerging feminist institutional approaches; the impact of institutional characteristics such as age; and possible relations between institutional restructuring and changes in global/regional political economies. Proposals may address formal or informal institutions and focus on single country or comparative cases.
Workshop 12 – Women, Gender and Politics and Political Behaviour: Quantitative Analysis of Women, Gender and Politics
Organizers: Laura Stephenson (UWO) / Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
The study of women, gender and politics fits into many of the traditional fields in political science and incorporates a variety of methods both qualitative (a predominant choice in the field according to a 2006 study by Childs and Krook) and quantitative. We have learned much about how gender influences political decisions, how representative our institutions are, and how one’s gender can lead to notable cleavages in opinion. In each of these cases and in a growing number of others, the use of quantitative analysis has been a significant and valuable tool for illuminating the extent of inequities, imbalances and progress. While certainly not the only approach that can be used to investigate the role of gender in societal relations, quantitative methodology provides a unique way of addressing and analyzing the issues, either alone or in conjunction with qualitative approaches.
We encourage scholars who employ quantitative approaches to address current women, gender and politics research questions to submit proposals to this workshop. Given the numerical advantage women have in societies (particularly in Canada as 52% of the population), and the plethora of survey data that is available, there are still many questions that have not, and yet could, be addressed using quantitative methodologies. We hope this workshop will help to facilitate a dialogue about how to best utilize these methods, the feminist challenges associated with their incorporation into this type of research, and the various benefits associated with their use in opening up new spaces for women, gender and politics research to speak to the larger political science discipline.
Workshop 13 - Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics: The State, Indigenous self-determination and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Organizer: Ravi De Costa (York)
It has now been three years since the overwhelming endorsement of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIPS) by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Canada remains one of two nation-states that have not endorsed the Declaration. In this workshop, we aim to bring scholars, activists and policy professionals together with Indigenous community members for a sustained consideration of the importance of the document to the aspirations of Indigenous communities, as well as its potential role in changing the landscape for state policy-making on Indigenous issues.
We propose a series of panels, with discussants, as well as a roundtable discussion. Possible papers may cover: comparative studies of developments in countries that have endorsed UNDRIPS; Indigenous rights in Canadian diplomacy and foreign policy, and the prospects for endorsement by Canada; implementation of the Declaration; Indigenous mobilization strategies using UNDRIPS; the reshaping of Indigenous-state relations and consequences for the self-determination of Indigenous peoples; the implications of UNDRIPS for existing land and resource issues such as specific/comprehensive claims, resource development or privatization of Indigenous lands, as well as social and cultural policy fields such as health, education or reconciliation; and, the perils and opportunities that rights-based strategies present for Indigenous peoples.
23) Responsibilities of presenters
Presenters must be current members of CPSA (see #2 above). ALL presenters must register for the conference. Presenters should prepare comments outlining the major points of their papers. In the event of unforeseen circumstances and you are unable to attend, you are asked to notify the respective section head as soon as possible. Your professionalism in this regard is appreciated.
A good presentation is a must for a successful session. Listed are some guidelines for preparing an oral summary of a paper: No paper should ever be read verbatim from the text. Such presentations are often not only dull but also incomplete due to time constraints imposed by the chairperson; an author reading from text may be cut off by the chairperson before reaching the most significant aspects of his/her presentation. Highlights may be given covering such points as purpose of the study, description of the sample, methodology, problems, major findings, conclusions, or recommendations. The amount of time devoted to each highlight may vary depending upon the author’s evaluation of the importance of each area related to his/her paper. Inexperienced extemporaneous speakers are advised to prepare a “reading text” of approximately 5 typed pages.
Presenters at round tables and poster sessions are requested to bring copies of their project summaries to the sessions. Doing so will enable participants to discuss the topic more effectively.
24) Responsibilities of chairpersons and discussants
The chair is responsible for monitoring the entire session. The success of a session often depends upon the chair's ability to restrict the time of speakers' presentations and temper the discussions from the floor in order to allow sufficient time for inter-action within the presentation. Some of the most important responsibilities of the chair are to:
• Open the session at the scheduled time and set the context with a few brief introductory remarks;
• Introduce the participants before their presentations;
• Maintain strict time limits for each speaker and discussant;
• Moderate panel or floor discussions; and,
• Adjourn the session in time to allow the room to clear before the next session begins.
Chairs are requested to report the name(s) of any no shows and the session number to the section head. In sessions where discussants are expected to prepare comments in advance, the CHAIR has the option to drop from the programme any author not submitting a copy of his/her presentation to the appropriate discussant two weeks before the meeting.
Discussants are to prepare, in advance, appropriate analytical or critical commentaries of the significance and contribution of the papers presented in a session. Time constraints on the length of the discussions are established by the chairs. Discussants are under no obligation to comment on papers they have not received prior to the meeting.
25) Instructions for Submitting a Proposal
Please read/print the Instructions for Submitting a Proposal before submitting your proposal. Please note that, at 3 November 2010, if you have not filled in all the required information, your proposal will be marked as incomplete and section heads may not process your submission.
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