Papers Presented to the 1997 AGM

Papers Presented to the 1997 Annual General Meeting

British Columbia Political Studies Association

FINAL PROGRAMME

FRIDAY MAY 2, 1997

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Friday, May 2,  11:00-12:00
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A0	Registration
RM LB 321

	Third Floor
	Library
	Capilano College

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Friday, May 2  12:00-2:00
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A1	BCPSA/ Graduate Student 	Session I

Rm LB 322

	Canadian Politics:
	First Nations Governance Issues 

	Chair: Tracy Summerville (UNBC)  

	Paper(s):
	Russell LaPointe (SFU)
	"Aborginal Government and Local
	Politics in British Columbia: The
	Case of the Tsatsu Shores
	Tim Schouls  (UBC)
	"First Nations, Communitarian Theory and the Power of the Incommensurability Thesis"

	Discussant(s):
	Paul Tennant  (UBC)

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Friday, May 2  14:15-16:15
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A2	BCPSA/ Graduate Student 	Session II

Rm LB322

	Comparative Politics and
	International Relations

	Chair:  James Busumtwi-Sam
		(SFU)

	Paper(s):
	Mariko Yamaguchi (UVIC)
	"APEC as New Orientalism "
	Lynda Jovanovic (SFU)
	"Clientelism and the United States
	Clean Air Act: The 1990
	Amendments"

	Discussant(s):
	Marlene Hancock (Douglas)

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Friday, May 2  16:15-17:30
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A3	Articulation/BCPSA  I
RM LB322

	Healthy Learning Environments

	Chairs 	Patrick Smith (SFU)
		Kim Thachuk  (Douglas)

	Participants:

	Patricia O'Hagen  (ex/SFU)

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Friday, May 2  18:00-20:00
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Graduate Student No-Host Social
Coachhouse Inn "Coaches Lounge"

SATURDAY MAY 3, 1997

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Saturday May 3,  8:00-9:00
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B0	Registration
RM LB321

	Third Floor
	Library
	Capilano College

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Saturday , May 3  9:00-10:15
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B2	BCPSA I
RM LB321

	Comparative Politics:
	Re-Thinking Democracy 

	Chair: David Laycock  (SFU)

	Paper(s):
	Patrick Smith (SFU)
	"Re-Thinking Metropolitain
	Regional Governance: Canadian,
	American, and British Policy
	Lessons and Agenda-Setting
	Tracy Summerville (UNBC)
	"Re-Thinking the Concept of Political Culture: An Explanation of the Failure of the
	Constitutional Accord"

	Discussant(s):
	Alex Netherton  (SFU)

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Saturday, May 3 10:30--11:45
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B3	BCPSA II
RM LB321

	Local and Regional Governance:
	Cascadia

	Chair:  Michael Howlett (SFU)

	Paper(s):
	Michael Goehring(SFU) and 	Ted Cohn  (SFU)
	"Cascadia: Transborder Regionalism 	in the Pacific Northwest"
	Karen Guttieri(UBC)
	"British Columbia's Foreign Policy"

	Discussant(s):
	Marlene Yri  (Kwantlen)

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Saturday, May 3  12:00-13:45
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Capilano College Lunch
RM Birch Cafeteria

Keynote Speakers: 	

Daniel Savas (Angus Reid)

"The Canadian Federal General Election of 1997"

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Saturday , May 3  14:00-15:30
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B4	Articulation/BCPSA II
RM LB321

	Special Session
	Teaching International Relations

	Chair:  Sharn Tyakoff  (Douglas)

	Participants:
	Ted Cohn (SFU)
	James Busumtwi-Sam  (SFU)
	Geoff Weller  (UNBC)
	Noemi Gal-Or (Kwantlen)

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Saturday , May 3  14:00-15:30
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B5	BCPSA  III
RM LB322

	Canadian Politics (I)
	Resources and the State

	Chair:  Stephen McBride  (SFU)

	Paper(s):
	Lorna Stefanick (Lethbridge)
	"Baby Stumpy and the War in the
	Woods: WC2 and Envrionmental
	Radicalism in B.C."
	Alex Netherton  (SFU)
	"Federalism and Post-War Energy
	Trade."
	Debra Salazar  (WWU), Donald
	Alper  (WWU) and Lynn Robbins  	(WWU)
	"Environmentalists and 	Environmentalisms in the Lower
	Mainland"

	Discussant(s):
	Jeremy Wilson (UVIC)

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Saturday , May 3  15:45-17:15
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B6	BCPSA IV
RM C-148

	Provincial Politics:
	BC Politics Roundtable

	Chair:  Ken Carty (UBC)

	Participants:

	Norman Ruff (UVIC)
	Paul Tennant  (UBC)
	Lynda Erickson (SFU)
	Geoff Weller (UNBC)
	Don Alper (WWU

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Saturday , May 3  18:00-22:00
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Waterfront Banquet
Thai Palace Restaurant Buffet
Lonsdale Quay
157 Chadwick Court
North Vancouver
(Above Seabus Terminal)
987-2009

No Host Bar - 6:00
Dinner - 7:00

SUNDAY MAY 4, 1997

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Sunday, May 4 8:30-9:30
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BCPSA AGM and Business Meeting
RM C-148

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Sunday, May 4 9:45--11:30
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C1	BCPSA V
RM LB321

	Public Policy and Administration
	(II) Policy Theory

	Chair:  Stephen Phillips (Langara)

	Paper(s):
	Michael Howlett  (SFU)
	"Legitimacy and Governance: A
	Preliminary Taxonomy and
	Analysis of Procedural Policy 	Instruments"
	Marc  Poulin (Alberta)
	"Studying Public Policy: Attempts
	to Revitalize Political Science"

	Discussant(s):
	Colin Bennett (UVIC)

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Sunday, May 4 9:45--11:30
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C2	BCPSA VI
RM LB322

	Canadian Politics (II):
	Federal and Provincial Parties

	Chair:  Laurent Dobuzinskis (SFU)

	Paper(s):
	Keith Brownsey  (Mt. Royal 	College)
	"The Constitution of Power: Leadership Struggles and Organizational Maintenance in
	the Ontario Conservative Party 1948- 1949"
	Hugh Mellon (UWO)
	"A Retrospective Look at Frank
	McKenna"
	Sheila Dhillon (University of 	Montreal)
	"Canadian Political Parties and
	Ethnic Participation: 	Methodological Considerations"

	Discussant(s):
	Richard Sigurdson (Cariboo)

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Sunday, May 4 11:45--13:00
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C3	Articulation/BCPSA  III
RM LB321

	Special Session
	Computers and Instruction 	Workshop

	Chair:   Andrew Heard (SFU)

	Participants
	Don Manson (UNBC)
	Mike Meade (Malaspina)
	David Winchester (Capilano)

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Sunday, May 4 11:45--13:00
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C4	BCPSA VII
RM LB322

	Canadian Politics III:
	The Consitution

	Chair: Derek Cook (Cariboo)

	Paper(s):
	Barrie McCullough  (Okanagan)
	"The Declaratory Power of the 	Constitution of Canada"
	Hamish Telford (UBC)
	"Liberalism vs. Communitarianism
	and Canada's Constitutional 	Conundrum"

	Discussant(s):
	Sam LaSelva (UBC)