Section Members: Don't miss these important events!
BUSINESS MEETING - Friday, 12:30 PM
RECEPTION and AWARDS PRESENTATION - Saturday, 6:30 PM

The Race, Ethnicity, and Politics section of the American Political Science Association is pleased to announce our division's seventeen panels and roundtables for the APSA's 1997 Annual Meeting. In keeping with this year's overall conference theme -- "New Institutions for a New Century" -- our members have produced an outstanding body of research examining how political institutions have shaped and perpetuated racial and ethnic, and racially-gendered, inequalities. Many of our panels this year present cutting-edge research built on interdisciplinary scholarship. Among this work you'll find new treatments of familiar themes in racial and ethnic political studies, including racial identity, urban political incorporation, legislative redistricting and representation, political economy, and the media. You'll also find exciting new research exploring cross-national comparisons, Indigenous sovereignty, patterns of community memory and racial resistance, spatial mobility, and intersections of racial stratification and democratic theory. On our four roundtables, panels of distinguished scholars will lead open discussions about the racial dimensions of public policy, implications of important changes in the U.S. Census, and the exclusionary process of nation-state formation. Graduate students may be particularly interested in a special roundtable presented by our section's Committee on Graduate Student Issues, "On Being a Person of Color in the Profession." As we near the end of the 20th century, renewed interest in the study of racial and ethnic politics promises to transform the discipline of political science. It is our hope that the work of our section members will also contribute to a more inclusive future, in which democratic societies finally transcend centuries of racial and ethnic inequality. We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC at this year's APSA! Manuel Avalos, Arizona State University West Hoda Zaki, Hood College Program Organizers 1997 Division 45 Race, Ethnicity and Politics

DAILY PROGRAM SUMMARY Click on for details.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 7:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 8:45 am Panel 45-15 Race, Collective Memory and Public/Private Institutions Panel 45-17 Minority Politics and the Media 10:45 am Panel 45-6 Roundtable on Race, Racial Politics and the Shape of American Public Policy 1:30 pm Panel 45-12 The Politics of Racial Identity 3:30 pm Panel 45-2 The Impact of Minority Influence Districts on Public Policy FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 8:45 am Panel 45-4 Roundtable on the Nation-State and Its Exclusions 10:45 am Panel 45-5 Reassessing Political Incorporation in American Cities Panel 45-7 Roundtable for Graduate Students: On Being a Person of Color in the Profession 12:30 pm BUSINESS MEETING Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics 1:30 pm Panel 45-10 Multicultural Education and the Politics of Difference: Institutional Responses 3:30 pm Panel 45-13 The U.S. Racial State: The Policies and Perceptions of Immigration SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 8:45 am Panel 45-14 Political Mobilization, Integration and Socialization in Minority Communities 10:45 am Panel 45-1 Racially-Based Political Movements and Social Resistance in the Americas 1:30 pm Panel 45-16 Roundtable on Changes to the Census 2000: Implications for Public Policy Research 3:30 pm Panel 45-11 The Political Economy of Race and Gender 6:30 pm RECEPTION and AWARDS PRESENTATION Members, friends and publishers are welcome! SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 8:45 am Panel 45-9 Rethinking Democracy: Race, Justice and Civil Society 10:45 am Panel 45-3 Indigenous, Ethnic and Women's Struggles for Transformation Panel 45-8 Urban Inequality and Spatial Mobility: The Problem of Urban Transit

Click on for details. Racially-Based Political Movements and Social Resistance in the Americas Saturday 10:45 am (45-1) CHAIR: James Steele, North Carolina A & T The Impact of Minority Influence Districts on Public Policy Thursday 3:30 pm (45-2) CHAIR: Ed Still, Center for Voting and Democracy Indigenous, Ethnic and Women's Struggles for Transformation Sunday 10:45 am (45-3) CHAIR: Terri Jett, Auburn University Co-Sponsored with Division 38 (Transformational Politics) Reassessing Political Incorporation in U.S. Cities Friday 10:45 am (45-5) CHAIR: Katherine Underwood, Unversity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Co-sponsored with Division 16 (Urban Politics) Urban Inequality and Spatial Mobility: The Problem of Urban Transit Sunday 10:45 am (45-8) CHAIR: Claude Barnes, Jr., North Carolina A & T Rethinking Democracy: Race, Justice and Civil Society Sunday 8:45 am (45-9) CHAIR: Ollie Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park Multicultural Education and the Politics of Difference: Institutional Responses Friday 1:30 pm (45-10) CHAIR: Ronald Schmidt, Sr., CSU-Long Beach The Political Economy of Race and Gender Saturday 3:30 pm (45-11) CHAIR: William E. Nelson, Jr., The Ohio State University The Politics of Racial Identity Thursday 1:30 pm (45-12) CHAIR: Hoda Zaki, Hood College The U.S. Racial State: Policies and Perceptions of Immigration Friday 3:30 pm (45-13) CHAIR: Jan Leighley, Texas A & M Political Mobilization, Integration and Socialization in Minority Communities Saturday 8:45 am (45-14) CHAIR: Luis Fraga, Stanford University Race, Collective Memory and Public/Private Institutions Thursday 8:45 am (45-15) CHAIR: Rickey Hill, South Carolina State Minority Politics and the Media Thursday 8:45 am (45-17) CHAIR: Keith Reeves, Harvard University Co-Sponsored with Division 37 (Political Communication)

Roundtable on Race, Racial Politics and the Shape of American Public Policy Thursday 10:45 am (45-6) CHAIR: Edith Barrett, University of Texas-Arlington Co-sponsored with Division 21 (Politics and History) Roundtable for Graduate Students: On Being a Person of Color in the Profession Friday 10:45 am (45-7) CHAIR: Valerie Martinez-Ebers, University of North Texas Sponsored by the Graduate Student Issues Committee Roundtable on The Nation-State and Its Exclusions Friday 8:45 am (45-4) CHAIR: Anthony Marx, Columbia University Co-sponsored with Division 22 (Comparative Politics) Roundtable on Changes to the Census 2000: Implications for Public Policy and Research Saturday 1:30 pm (45-16) CHAIR: Jose Cruz, SUNY-Albany

These Race, Ethnicity and Politics posters will be scheduled during the American Politics poster session. See your program for details. Friday 3:30 pm Racial Attitudes and the Development of Partisan Identification in America: Evidence of an Indirect Issue Evolution Dana M. Ables, University of Houston Race, Ethnicity and Environmental Risk: The Disaggregation of Nonwhite Perceptions and Effective Policymaking Angela Halfacre, University of Florida Black Participation from 1972 to 1996 in the Deep South and Its Effects on General Election Voting Patterns for Republican Presidential Candidates Daniel Green, American University State Political Institutions, Civil Rights Organizations and Racial Inequality: A Comparison of Black and White Earnings John Critzer, Southern Connecticut State University Social Construction of Native Americans: Findings from the 1996 Election Jeff J. Corntassel and Richard C. Witmer, University of Arizona

Racially-Based Political Movements and Social Resistance in the Americas With papers focused on diverse aspects of the Afro-Latino political experience, this panel examines the ideas, policies and institutions which perpetuate social inequality for African people in the Americas. How have these cultural and political boundaries shaped political activism and social resistance? How have African American communities in the hemisphere responded to the variety of social and political contexts they face? How do the racial politics of Brazil, and other Latin American nations, compare to those of the United States? Chair James Steele North Carolina A&T University Papers Social Movement Theory in Comparative Politics: A View of Afro-Latino Political Movements David Covin California State University, Sacramento Different Theoretical Approaches in the Formation of Afro-Latino Culture, Politics and Activism Michael Mitchell Arizona State University Models of Black Interest Groups in a "Racial Democracy" (Brazil) vs. a "Color Blind Society" (USA) Dianne Pinderhughes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rosalind L. Fielder University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Politics and the Racial Image in Afro-Latino Literature Luiza Martin Clark Atlanta University Converging Issues of Race and Policy in the Americas: A Comparative Analysis of Issues Influencing Politics Among Africans in the Americas James Steele North Carolina A&T University Keith Jennings Washington, DC Discussants Ollie Johnson University of Maryland-College Park K.C. Morrison University of Missouri-Columbia

The Impact of Minority Influence Districts on Public Policy Co-sponsored with Division 32 (Representative and Electoral Systems) The research presented here considers how congressional redistricting has impacted U.S. electoral opportunities and legislative behavior, for Latino and African American candidates and members of Congress, over the last two decades. Have "minority influence" districts provided the same level of political responsiveness expected from "majority minority" districts? What are the lessons of the 1996 congressional elections? Chair Ed Still Center for Voting and Democracy Papers Racial Redistricting and Public Policy in the U.S. House of Representatives David Lublin University of South Carolina Measuring the Responsiveness of Southern Republican Congressional Representatives to their African American Constituents Philippa Smithey American University Minority Candidates and Structural Change: The Response of Latino Candidates to Congressional Redistricting Bernadette Nye Union College Do Districts Matter? Measuring District Influences upon the Voting Behavior of Black Members in the House of Representatives Sean M. Theriault Stanford University Discussant Margaret Ellis James Madison University

Indigenous, Ethnic and Women's Struggles for Transformation Co-Sponsored with Division 38 (Transformational Politics) Papers on this panel examine how governmental institutions and policies, and corresponding community mobilizations, impact and transform Native communities in the Americas and in South Africa. What roles are played by public education, the recognition of indigenous sovereignty, and the character of intergovernmental relations? How are communities and individuals transformed by struggles for racial, gender, social and political equality? Chair Terri Jett Auburn University Papers Indigenous People and Non-Indigenous Institutions: A Constructivist Perspective on the Alaska Claims Settlement Act L.A. Wilson II University of Alaska Southeast Realizing the Place of Native American Tribes in Federalism: Can Government-to-Government Relations Between Tribes and the Federal Government Be Institutionalized? LaDonna Harris Americans for Indian Opportunity Barbara Morris University of Redlands Stephen Sachs Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Popular Education for Multicultural Democracy Meta Mendel-Reyes Swarthmore College Discussant Glenn Morris University of Colorado, Denver

Roundtable on the Nation-State and Its Exclusions Co-sponsored with Division 22 (Comparative Politics) This panel of national and international scholars specializing in nationalism, state building, identities and social movements will discuss nation-state formation and its consequences. How have nation-states excluded racial, ethnic, class and religious groups? How have these exclusions consolidated subordinate identities, sparked social movements and provoked resistance? Chair Anthony Marx Columbia University Participants Charles Tilly Columbia University Sidney Tarrow Cornell University Pierre Birnbaum University of Paris Benedict Anderson Cornell University

Reassessing Political Incorporation in U.S. Cities: Gains, Set-Backs and Future Directions Co-sponsored with Division 16 (Urban Politics) Papers on this panel critically assess the status of urban political incorporation in the 1990s, from empirical and theoretical standpoints, for African American, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, and gay and lesbian communities. Questions include: What benefits has urban political incorporation produced? Have these benefits been uniformly distributed? How do the incorporation experiences of gay and lesbian communities compare to those for communities of color? What are the future prospects for urban political incorporation? Chair Katherine Underwood University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Papers White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray Richard Keiser Carleton College Groups and the Uses of Political Incorporation The Gay and Lesbian Case Donald Rosenthal SUNY Buffalo Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest Do Traditional Models Apply? Tom Longoria University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African Americans in Cities Rufus Browning San Francisco State University Discussant Adolph Reed Northwestern University

Roundtable on Race, Racial Politics and the Shape of American Public Policy Co-sponsored with Division 21 (Politics and History) Few would doubt that American views on race have helped shape recent public policies. Immigration, social welfare, health care, education, and economic development policies have all become intertwined with racial politics. This roundtable brings together scholars of political history, political culture, American institutions and public policy to examine questions such as: How does race affect the selection, design, and limitations of public policy? How have public policies, in turn, shaped American conceptions of "race"? What does the future hold for race and public policymaking in the United States? Chair Edith Barrett University of Texas at Arlington Participants William Diaz University of Minnesota Jennifer Hochschild Princeton University Paula McClain University of Virginia James Morone Brown University Adolph Reed Northwestern University Rogers Smith Yale University

Roundtable for Graduate Students: On Being a Person of Color in the Profession Sponsored by the Graduate Student Issues Committee A distinguished group of minority faculty will discuss their graduate experiences and early years as faculty, focusing on the importance of balancing research with teaching and service demands; approaches to publishing race and minority politics research in mainstream journals; and the importance of mentorship in promotion and tenure. All graduate students and faculty are invited to participate in this discussion. Chair Valerie Martinez-Ebers University of North Texas Participants Caroline Wong Stanford University Cathy Cohen Yale University David Wilkins University of Arizona Benjamin Marquez University of Wisconsin, Madison

Urban Inequality and Spatial Mobility The Problem of Urban Transit This panel's authors explore the linkages between urban inequality, spatial mobility and transit services, presenting findings from three separate studies of race, gender and transit, for five metropolitan areas in the United States. Evidence evaluated in these studies tests the spatial mismatch hypothesis, providing support for innovative transit policies designed to reduce the level of urban disparity. Chair Claude Barnes, Jr. North Carolina A&T University Papers Ethnic and Racial Differences in Commuting Behavior of Men and Women: A Comparative Analysis of Dade County, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri and Detroit, Michigan Rudolph Wilson Norfolk State University Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo State University of New York and College at Courtland Transit Dependency and Gender in Atlanta, GA Brenda Sullivan Savannah State University Urban Inequality and Urban Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Transit Systems in Atlanta, Georgia and Baltimore, Maryland Claude Barnes, Jr. North Carolina A&T University Discussants Elaine Murakami Federal Highway Administration Joyce Johnson North Carolina A&T University

Rethinking Democracy: Race, Justice and Civil Society While it is often acknowledged that issues of race are among the most pressing in contemporary society, until recently very little has been written on race and racialism as an aspect of democratic theory. Papers on this panel address the salience of race in theories of pluralism, justice, and representation in civil society. Chair Ollie Johnson University of Maryland, College Park Papers The Silence on Race in Recent Theories of Justice Andrew Valls Morehouse College Respectable Racism: A Comparative Study of State Participation in Racism Helmut Lotz University of Maryland, College Park Democratic Theorizing and It's Institutional Consequences Marla Brettschneider University of New Hampshire Rethinking Representation: Civil Society, Interracial Mediating Groups, and the Politics of the "Critical Mass" Greg Streich University of Wisconsin, Madison Discussant Gregory Portillo Arizona State University West

Multicultural Education and the Politics of Difference: Institutional Responses Schools and colleges in the United States have frequently been perceived as agents of racial oppression and social control, and recent literature in the sociology of education has critiqued the "Ivory Tower" on these grounds. Authors on this panel extend these perspectives to the politics of multicultural education, racial and ethnic diversity, and ethnic studies programs, asking how institutional interests interact -- or conflict -- with the aspirations and interests of students. Chair Ronald Schmidt, Sr. California State University, Long Beach Papers White Colleges and Black Students: Institutional Responses to Racial Intolerance Andrea Simpson University of California, Berkeley Flattening the Opponent: Instrumental Reason and Postmodernism as Challenges to Oppositional Discourse in Ethnic Studies Anna Sampaio University of California, Riverside Multicultural Education and the Struggle to Define the American Image Andrew Aoki Augsburg College Discussant Manuel Avalos Arizona State University West

The Political Economy of Race and Gender Evaluating contemporary theoretical debates and empirical critiques, these researchers focus on the political economy and cultural construction of race. How do stratified social and economic systems, and corresponding ideological constructions of race and gender, create and perpetuate racial, gender, and class inequalities? Are these systems unique to the United States, or do they exist in other American societies as well? How are political communities transformed in the conflicts engendered by social stratification? Chair William E. Nelson Jr. The Ohio State University Papers From Objects to Subjects? White and African-American Women and the Transformation of the American State Carol Nackenoff Swarthmore College Race in Context: The Classing and Gendering of Racial Politics Michelle R. Boyd Northwestern University The (In)visible Latino in Local and National Communities Kristen Hill Maher University of California - Irvine Race, Land, Money and Power: The Persistence of Racial Stratification Manuel Avalos Arizona State University West Anthony Affigne Providence College Toni-Michelle Travis George Mason University Discussant Willie M. Legette South Carolina State University

The Politics of Racial Identity This panel considers a variety of questions relative to racial identity formation and change. How is racial identity socially constructed? What role does racial identity play in minority interest group politics? Can disputes over language policy be traced to different perspectives on identity? How are voting rights and redistricting shaped by identity politics? What do theories of racial identity contribute to our understanding of citizenship policy? Chair Hoda Zaki Hood College Papers The Politics of Identity: Language Policy Conflict as 'Symbolic' Politics and/or 'Interest' Politics Ronald Schmidt Sr. California State University, Long Beach The Political and Narrative Construction of Racial Identity Diane Klein University of California, Los Angeles A Genealogy of Citizenship: Mexican Americans, Race and National Identity Clare Sheridan University of Texas at Austin Identity, Interest and Race: Organizing the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce Benjamin Marquez University of Wisconsin - Madison Discussants Michael Jones-Correa Harvard University

The U.S. Racial State: Policies and Perceptions of Immigration Co-sponsored with Division 9 (Elections and Public Opinion) One of the most volatile U.S. public policy conflicts in the 1990s revolves around immigration policy and the legal status of recent immigrants. Papers on this panel analyze both aggregate data and public opinion findings, to evaluate immigration policy politics, while searching for the root causes of anti-immigrant sentiments among both majority and minority groups. Chair Jan Leighley Texas A&M University Papers The Spatial Balkanization of the American Electorate: Ethnic Enclaves and Political Change Since 1970 Jim Gimpel University of Maryland at College Park The Mediating Effect of Context on Race Related Opinions Robert Stein, Stephanie Post, and Allison Rinden Rice University Interminority Conflict and Migration Policy: Thoughts on Data on African Americans' Opinions Toward Immigration Irwin Morris Texas Tech University Affect or the Economy? Public Opinion and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Suzanne Soule University of California, Santa Barbara Discussants Marisela Marquez Carleton College

Political Mobilization, Integration and Socialization in Minority Communities Co-Sponsored with Division 9 (Elections and Public Opinion) With current policy concern over the social and political impact of recent immigration from Latin American, Asia, and Africa, this panel is timely; its papers analyze how new and diverse minority communities become politically integrated, socialized, incorporated into U.S. society. Chair Luis Fraga Stanford University Papers Empowerment, Recruitment and Minority Participation Jan E. Leighley Texas A&M University Navigating a New World: The Political Assimilation of Arab Immigrants Ann Chih Lin and Amaney Jamal University of Michigan Exploring Common Strands Among Latinos and African Americans: Collective Action Orientations and Coalition Formation John A. Garcia University of Arizona The 1996 Elections and the Politicization of Latinos in Chicago Amalia Pallares and Melissa Michelson University of Illinois at Chicago How and Why do We Participate? The Political Socialization and (Non)Incorporation of Latinos in Los Angeles Lisa Garcia Yale University

Race, Collective Memory and Public/Private Institutions Four cutting-edge papers on this panel explore how an understanding of collective memory can illuminate linkages between institutional dynamics, individual values and political strategies, for minority groups engaged in resistance to hegemonic (Eurocentric) policies of the American state. Chair Rickey Hill South Carolina State University Papers U.S. Language Policies and the Rise of Puerto Rican Nationalism Amilcar Barreto Northeastern University Race and Armageddon: Civil Defense, Segregation and Planning for World War III in the U.S., 1951-1953 Andrew Grossman Albion College Remaking Past and Present: Collective Memory and the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Amy Fried Colgate University Racial Formation Among African Americans: Domestic Source of America's Africa Policies Alvin Tillery Jr. Harvard University Discussant Alex Willingham Williams College

Roundtable on Changes to the Census 2000: Implications for Public Policy and Research What are the policy and research implications of new sampling methodologies and revised racial/ethnic categories -- especially a "multiracial" option -- which have been proposed for the U.S. census in the year 2000? This roundtable of practitioners and scholars will discuss the proposed changes and their likely impact on entitlement programs, federal aid to cities, and other policies impacting racial minority communities in the United States. Chair Jose Cruz SUNY- Albany Participants Carlos Santiago SUNY - Albany Eric Rodriquez National Council of La Raza Eugene Ericksen Temple University Peter Voun Paine Bureau of the Census John Garcia University of Arizona Chair, Hispanic Census 2000 Advisory Committee

Minority Politics and the Media Co-Sponsored with Division 37 (Political Communication) How does the mainstream media influence and frame negative views of racial minorities? This panel's authors use media case studies of Proposition 187 in California, the "Million Man March," and racial violence in Los Angeles in 1965 and 1992, to answer key questions about media, social reality, and racial politics. How can the reliability (or unreliability) of media portrayals be evaluated? What effect do media accounts have on white and minority observers, political elites, and participants in political conflicts? Chair Keith Reeves Harvard University Papers Media Coverage of African Americans in Congress Jeremy Zilber The College of William and Mary David Niven The Ohio State University Million Man March: A Content Analysis of the International Press Coverage Katina Stapleton Duke University Narrowing and Re-Imagining the Political Community: Elite Cues and Media Framing of Proposition 187 Paula O'Laughlin and Tinisha Davis University of Minnesota, Morris Rioting in Black and White: The Portrayal of Racial Unrest in the Black and Mainstream Press Kimberly A. Gross University of Michigan Discussants Gadi Wolfsfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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