(DRAFT PROGRAM)

2006 SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING

Hosted by

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT

Performing Arts center

801 Carteret Street Beaufort

FEBRUARY 25, 2006

SESSION I: 9:00-10:15 AM

Panel #1: European Union

Room – 101 PAC

Chair: Sherral Brown-Guinyard (South Carolina State University)

Papers:

Chris Van Aller (Winthrop University) “The Enforcement of European Union Environmental Laws and Principles in the New Member State of Poland”

Eileen Kirley-Tallon (Francis Marion University) "The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe: Stalled Ratification and the Difficulty of the European Union in Connecting to its Citizens"

Kathyrn Minshew (Duke University) “Post-War Revisionism in Germany and Japan”

Disc: Jacob E. Butler (Morris College)

Panel #2: China, Mexico and Global Political Economy

Room – 103 PAC

Chair: Dan Sabia (USC Columbia)

Papers:

Matthew Clary (Furman University) “The China Conundrum: America’s Dilemma.”

Jose G. Vargas-Hernandez (Instituto Tecnologico de Cd. Guzman)

“Cooperation and Conflict Between Firms, Communities, New Social Movements and the Role of Government: The Case of V. Cerro de San Pedro”

Kerma Irogbe (Claflin University) “Multinational Corporations and the Global Political Economy: Challenges and Prospects”

Disc: Jonathan Smith (Presbyterian College)

Panel #3: South Carolina Politics

Room - 104 PAC

Chair: Emily Farris (Furman)

Papers:

Scott Huffmon, Adam Smith and Jeremy Winkler (Winthrop University)

“Ambivalence in Public Attitudes Towards Taxation”

Matthew A. Johnson (Furman) “The State Executive Restructuring Movement in South Carolina.”

Huiping Li, David Swindell (University of North Carolina Charlotte) and Mike Caston, (SJWD Water District in Spartanburg) “Information Effects on Public Opinion: The Case of Water Services”

Disc: Neal D. Thigpen (Francis Marion)

SESSION II 10:30-11:45 am

Panel #4: Social Capital and the Policy Process

Room – 101 PAC

Chair: Jonathan Smith (Presbyterian Colege)

Dustin Read (UNC Charlotte) “Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances in North Carolina: A Legal Review”

David Swindell (UNC Charlotte) “Social Capital and Diversity in University City”

Emily Farris, (Furman University) “The Action and Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in the Policy Process: The Case of the South Carolina Conservation Bank Act.”

Disc: John Cryderman (Winthrop University)

Panel #5: Roundtable on South Carolina Politics

Room – 103 PAC

William V. Moore (College of Charleston)

Scott Huffmon (Winthrop University)

Blease Graham (USC Columbia)

Neal D. Thigpen (Francis Marion University)

Panel #6: American Democracy

Room- 104 PAC

Chair: Jeneca Allyse Parker (Furman)

David White (Francis Marion University)

“The Effects of the 1995 Republican Takeover on Senate Institutionalization”

John Cryderman (Winthrop University) “Taking Back American Democracy”

Carol Sears Botsch and Robert E. Botsch (USC Aiken) “Trends in Political Trust among South Carolina Students”

Julie Evans Duncan (USC Aiken) "The Impact of Perceived Economic Performance on Gubernatorial Job Ratings"

Jeff Beck, (Clemson University) “Are Tax cuts the best Policy to Reverse an Economic Downturn?”

Disc: Dan Sabia (USC Columbia)

LUNCHEON 12:00 -1:45 PM - PAC Lobby

Introductory remarks:

Guest Speaker: Bill Rauch (Mayor of Beaufort)

SESSION III: 2:00 PM-3:15PM

Panel#7: Ambition, Abortion and Assimilation

Room – 101 PAC

Chair: Dan Sabia (USC Columbia)

Jeneca Allyse Parker (Furman University) “The Psychology of Political Ambition.”

Christine Sexta and Laura R. Woliver (USC Columbia) “Abortion and the South”

Lucy R. Johnson (Converse College) “A Case Study in the Ethnic Diversity of the Mississippi Delta”

Disc: Kathryn Minshew (Duke University)

Panel #8: Roundtable: Undergraduate Initiatives in Global Affairs

Room – 103 PAC

Chair: Michael A. Morris, Department of Political Science (Clemson University)

Panel presenters:

Laura Wright, "Undergraduate Research Initiative" (Clemson University)

B. Heath Burgess, "Model United Nations"(Clemson University)

Dawn Robertson and John Neuffer, "Foreign Language News Class" (Clemson University)

Jeff Beck, "Undergraduate Discussion Leader"(Clemson University)

Panel #9: Roundtable: The State of Public Administration in South Carolina

Room – 104 PAC

Moderator: Robert W. Smith (Clemson)

Professor Steve Hays from (USC)

Professor Arthur Felts from (College of Charleston)

TBA (S.C. Government)

SESSION IV: 3:30-4:00PM

Room 104 PAC SCPSA Business Meeting