International Society of Political Psychology

Twenty-Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting

Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace

Camino Real Sumiya
Cuernavaca, Mexico

15-18 July 2001

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

**Disclaimer: This online version of the program does NOT reflect the final printed program to be distributed at the conference and may contain some errors. Contact the ISPP Central Office if you have questions about your participation as listed here.

Updated 5/30/01

 

Introducing The International Society of Political Psychology

Purpose

... To facilitate communication across disciplinary, geographic, and political boundaries among scholars and concerned individuals in government and public posts, the communications media, and elsewhere who have a scientific interest in the relationship between politics and psychological processes.
... To advance the quality of scholarship in political psychology.
... To increase the usefulness of work in political psychology.

Founder of ISPP and Executive Director, 1978-1981 Jeanne N. Knutson


Friday, July 13, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting



Saturday, July 14, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Governing Council Meeting



Saturday, July 14, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.

Preconference Tour:

Guided bus tour to the historic silver city of Taxco.
(See Conference Information in this mailing for full details and costs.)



Saturday, July 14, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Workshop I: New Directions in Mexican/Fox Political Economy
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Coordinators:  Karen S. Walch, The American Graduate School of International Management, USA
Veronica Mendoza and James Rizzo, Institute Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico



Saturday, July 14, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Workshop II: Domineering Model: Solidarity Model  (S)
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Coordinator: Ana Blesa, Argentina

 



Panel Titles:

Sunday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 1.1  A Radiography of Contemporary Mexico (S)

Panel 1.2  Globalization, Conflict, and Identity (E/S)

Panel 1.3  Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace

Panel 1.4  Political Cognition

Panel 1.5  New Directions in Political Psychology  I (E/S)

Poster Session 1.6 Contemporary Political Psychology: Identity, Collective Action, and Prejudice

Sunday, July 15, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 2.1  South Africa: Creating a Culture of Violence or Peace?

Panel 2.2  Youth Political Culture and Political Attitudes (E/S)

Panel 2.3  New Directions in Political Psychology II

Panel 2.4  Prejudice and Extremism

Panel 2.5  Cultures of Peace: Social Practices and Cultural Meanings (E/S)

Panel 2.6  Educational Policy (S)

Sunday, July 15, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 3.1 Creating Cultures of Peace

Panel 3.2  Media

Panel 3.3  Examining Austria and Austrians on the Threshold of the 21st  Century: A Culture of Violence or a Culture of Peace?

Panel 3.4  Race and Political Attitudes

Panel 3.5  Ideology (E/S)

Panel 3.6  Higher Education and Educational Policy I (S)

Panel 3.7

Monday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 4.1  Recovering From National Trauma

Panel 4.2  Experiences on Basic Education (E/S)

Panel 4.3  Ethnic Conflict

Panel 4.4  Values and Political Cultures

Panel 4.5  Political Communication (E/S)

Poster Session 4.6 Contemporary Political Psychology: Social Structure, Collective Behavior, and Everyday Experience

Monday, July 16, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 5.1 Contrasting and Complementary Psychological Approaches to Political Behavior: Excerpts from the Forthcoming Handbook of Political Psychology

Panel 5.2  Civic Education (E/S)

Panel 5.3  Stories and Scripts in Ethnic Conflict

Panel 5.4  Challenges to Peace Processes

Panel 5.5  Identity Formation and Change I

Panel 5.6  Citizenship, Collective Action and Political Culture in the Mexican Transition (S)

Monday, July 16, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 6.1 Colombia: Within the Peace and War Culture (S)

Panel 6.2 Building Tolerance (E/S)

Panel 6.3  The Psychology of Collective Political Action: Excerpts from the Forthcoming Handbook of Political Psychology

Panel 6.4  Public Opinion and Beliefs

Panel 6.5  Nationalism and Supranational Identifications (E/S)

Poster Session 6.6  Contemporaty Political Psychology: Political Influence and Interaction

Panel 6.7  Democracy and Social Movements (E/S)

Monday, July 16, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 7.1  Elections and Candidates I

Panel 7.2  Roundtable: Social Thought Times: A Framework for Political  Psychology (S)

Panel 7.3  Identity Formation and Change II

Panel 7.4  The Construction of Gender Relations I

Panel 7.5  Religious and Political Tolerance Processes (S)

Panel 7.6  Plenary IV:  Peacemakers Panel

Tuesday, July 17, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 8.1  Gender and Immigration: Intersections of Culture, Race, and Class

Panel 8.2  Citizen Culture and Attitudes in Relation with the Presidential Elections of July 2000 in Mexico (S)

Panel 8.3  Conflict Resolution

Panel 8.4  Social Identity and Social Solidarity

Panel 8.5  Cultures of Violence  (E/S)

Panel 8.6  Roundtable: Finally Internalizing the NS? Germany’s Public Discourse on the Holocaust

Panel 8.7  Psychopolitical Phenomena of Transition Society: Ukraine I

Tuesday, July 17, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 9.1  Psychological Meanings in Politics (S)

Panel 9.2  The Construction of Gender Relations II (E/S)

Panel 9.3  Intervention Strategies and the Evaluation of Interventions in Ethnic Conflict

Panel 9.4  Perpetrators of Violence

Panel 9.5  Elections and Candidates  II (E/S)

Panel 9.6  Concepts of Democracy  (S)

Panel 9.7 Challenges of Global Transformation: Chances for a Civic Culture?

Tuesday, July 17, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 10.1 Establishing Your Career as a Political Psychologist: Professional Issues in Academic and Applied Settings  

Panel 10.2   Democracy: With or Without Democrats? (S)

Panel 10.3   Evaluating Ethnic Conflict Resolution

Panel 10.4   Cultures of Violence: Effects on Children

Panel 10.5   Voter Behavior  (E/S)

Tuesday, July 17, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 11.1   Psychopolitical Phenomena of Transition Society: Ukraine II

Panel 11.2   Violence and Political Conflict (S)

Panel 11.3   Roundtable: Psychosocial Approaches to Human Rights (S)

Panel 11.4   Higher Education and Educational Policy II (S)

Panel 11.5   Plenary VI: President’s Panel: Visions for Political Psychology

Wednesday, July 18, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 12.1  Roundtable: Teaching to Understand Cultures of Violence and Create Cultures of Justice

Panel 12.2  Government Political Decision-Making and Policy Agendas (E/S)

Panel 12.3  Political Socialization in Mexico (S)

Panel 12.4  Identity and Violence

Panel 12.5  Citizen Debate and Deliberation

Panel 12.6  Political Participation and Citizenship Construction I (E/S)

Wednesday, July 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 13.1  Roundtable: Personality, Policy, Law: A Reintroduction of Harold D. Lasswell

Panel 13.2  Political Socialization  (E/S)

Panel 13.3  Racism

Panel 13.4  Problems of Immigration, Diasporas and Ethnic Conflict Resolution

Panel 13.5  Governance and Institutions: Trust, Distrust, and Stability

Panel 13.6  Political Participation and Citizenship Construction II (S)

Wednesday, July 18, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 14.1  Roundtable: Establishing Political Psychology Programs

Panel 14.2  Social Capital  (E/S)

Panel 14.3  Essentialism, Genetics, and Theories of Group Differences

Panel 14.4  Political and Critical Commitment: Contributions of Social Psychology of Liberation (S)

Panel 14.5  Elite Discourse and Representations  (E/S)

Panel 14.6  Political Participation and Citizenship Construction III (E/S)

Wednesday, July 18, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 15.1  Leaders

Panel 15.2   Discourse Analysis (E/S)

Panel 15.3  The Interlocking Psychology of Culture, Symbolism, and Politics

Panel 15.4  Roundtable: Armed Insurrections and Conflict in a Globalized World (S)

Panel 15.5  Intervention (or not) in Violence/Genocide

Panel 15.6  Civil Society (S)


Summary of Special Events

Preconference Tour to Taxco

President’s Reception at Camino Real Sumiya

Opening Reception at Las Mananitas

Junior Scholars Social Hour at Camino Real Sumiya

Annual Awards Banquet at Mission del Sol

Postconference Tour to Xochicalco



Sunday, July 15, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Book Exhibit and Paper Sale



Sunday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 1.1  A Radiography of Contemporary Mexico (S)
 

Chair:  Javier Uribe-Patiño, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico

Violence Thought by Institutions
Javier Uribe-Patiño, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico

What Do the UNAM/I Students Think about Corruption?
Jesus Omar-Manjares, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Alejandro Lara-Figueroa, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Pedro Troche-Hernandez, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de México, Mexico

Politics, Democracy and Institutions in Mexico: A Psychosocial Analysis
Raul Rocha Romero, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico

Political Participation in the Mexican State
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

A Structural Model of Participation in Political Protest
Francisco Javier Aguilar-Villalobos, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico
Alejandra Valencia-Cruz, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico

Panel 1.2  Globalization, Conflict, and Identity (E/S)
 

Chair:  Catarina Kinnvall, Lund University, Sweden

Globalization and Conflict Resolution
 Karin Aggestam, Lund University, Sweden

The Process of Globalization Viewed Through the Prism of Phenomenological, Gestalt, and Cognitive Theories: When Men Become Rats
Nathalie Gagnere, Centre de Politologie de Lyon, France

Democracy, Globalization and Education
Alfonso Chavez, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos and Universidad de Colima, Mexico

Globalization and the Construction of Collective Identities: Self, Identity, and the Strife for Ontological Security
Catarina Kinnvall, Lund University, Sweden

Panel 1.3  Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace
 

Chair:  TBA

The Psychological, Sociological, and Structural/Organizational Influences on the Decision to Choose Suicide as a Protest Strategy
Scott L. Spehr, Bilkent University, Turkey

Cultures of Peace and Violence in the North Caucasus: The Cases of Chechnya and Dagestan
Robert Bruce Ware, Southern Illinois University, USA

Media Cultures of Violence, Media Culture of Peace
Georgios Terzis, Katholieke Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace
Diana M. Arevalo Herrera, Universidad Iberoamericana Golfo Centro Puebla, Mexico

The Role and Function of Religion in Culture of Violence and Cultures of Peace
Guilermo Manon Garibay,  

Panel 1.4  Political Cognition
 

Chair:  Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University, USA

Cognition and the Study of Foreign Policy: Where Should We Go From Here?
Jerel A. Rosati, University of South Carolina, USA

Perceived Distributions: The Public Understanding of Reality
Toril Aalberg, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology, Norway

The Reverend Bayes Meets J.Q. Public: Patterns of Political Belief Updating in Citizens: How Do Citizens Update Political Beliefs in the Face of New Information?
Marco R. Steenbergen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Priming Individuals on Economic Integration: A Cross-national Experiment on the Linkages Between Economic Insecurity and Policy Preferences
John Aldrich, Duke University, USA
Jennifer Merolla, Duke University, USA
Laura Stephenson, Duke University, USA
Elizabeth Zechmeister, Duke University, USA

The Blame Game: How Citizens Assess Political Responsibility for Economic Outcomes”
 J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, USA

Discussant: Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University, USA
 

Panel 1.5  New Directions in Political Psychology I (E/S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Collective Psychology and Psychopolitics: Why, How and When?
Graciela A. Mota-Botello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Maria Teresa Urreiztieta-Valles, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela

Contributions of Political Psychology to the Debate on the Absence of Political Projects and Social Science Crisis
Alexandre Dorna,  University of Caen, France

Societal Knowledge and Globalization
Claudette Dudet Lions, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Inquiry into Political Psychology
Irisela Sanchez Perez, Mexico

Discussant:  TBA
 

Poster Session 1.6  Contemporary Political Psychology: Identity, Collective Action, and Prejudice
 

Cutting Out the Fat:  Modifying the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) Scale to Avoid Tautologies
Ian Williamson, University of Minnesota, USA
Christina Fiebich, University of Minnesota, USA

Did You Say Machiavellianism?
Maria Teresa Acosta, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Francisco Javier Uribe-Patino, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Concepcion Lopez Gutierrez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico

Politics and Psychology in Collective Action and Empowerment
Guillermo Samaniego-Martinez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Iztacala, Mexico

Preliminary Discussions about the Raising of Political Consciousness among the "Sem Terra" (Landless) Workers in Brazil
Alessandro Soares da Silva

The Relation Between Explicit and Implicit Generalized Prejudice
Sam McFarland, Western Kentucky University, USA

Students’ Reactions to Rabin’s Assassination:  Intergroup Guilt Attribution and the Social Identity Model
Yoel Yinon, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Aharon Bizman, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Chamutal Dovrat, Bar Ilan University, Israel

The Measurement of Political Extremism Phenomenon
Urszula Jakubowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

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Sunday, July 15, 10:30-12:15 a.m.

Panel 2.1 South Africa: Creating a Culture of Violence or Peace?

Chair:  TBA

Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Their Contribution to Cultures of Peace and Violence
Shahnaaz Suffia, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Mohamed Seedat, University of South Africa, South Africa

Community Resiliancy in Marginalized Communiities in South Africa: A Mediating Mechanism for Violence?
Rashid Ahmed, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Mohamed Seedat, University of South Africa, South Africa
A.Van Niekerk, University of South Africa, South Africa
A. Bulbulia, University of South Africa, South Africa

The Politics of Language: Student Perspectives on Language in South Africa
Desmond Painter, Rhodes University, South Africa
Deidre D. Matthee, Rhodes University, South Africa

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 2.2 Youth Political Culture and Political Attitudes (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Concept and Attitude Towards Politics
Alejandro Javier Castilla-Pinto, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán, Mexico

A Longitudinal Study of Opinions and Expeditions Towards Politics in Psychology Studies of FES-Zaragoza
German Gomez Perez, Univeresidad Nacional Autónoma de México/FES – Zaragoza, Mexico

Social Images and Opinions about Political Parties: A Structural Study with Children Between 10 and 12 years old
Alan Mendoza-Romero, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
J. Octavio Nateras Dominguez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
Yvon Angulo Reyes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Jose Luis Torres Franco, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico  

Expectations about Problem Resolution, and Presidential Voting Intention of University Students in Mexico
Juan Antonio Barrera-Mendez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico

Political Culture of Psychology Students from a Private University
Eduardo Almeida Acosta, Universidad Iberoamericana, Golfo-entro, Mexico

The “C” Generation (“Crisis Generation”) in Psychology
German Gomez Perez, Univeresidad Nacional Autónoma de México/FES – Zaragoza, Mexico

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 2.3  New Directions in Political Psychology II
 

Chair:  TBA

Redirecting Political Psychology: Beyond Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Shawn Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine, USA

Rethinking Polis and Psyche in Concepts of Political Theory
Irene Etzersdorfer, University of Vienna, Austria

Undermining the Politics of Research
Mary Grant, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Citizenship and the Narratives of Psychology
Helen Haste, University of Bath, England

The Psychological Embedded in Socio-cultural Systems: Epistemological and Practical Challenges in the Andes
 Cristina Herencia, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 2.4  Prejudice and Extremism

Chair:  TBA

Ambivalence and the Authoritarian: Competing Values and Attitudes Toward Immigrants
 Clifton M. Oyamot, University of Minnesota, USA
 Eugene Borgida, University of Minnesota, USA

Contributory Factors for Xenophobic Exclusion in a Multi-Ethnic Society: Socio-Political and Psychological Perspectives
 Ami Pedahzur, University of Haifa, Israel
Daphna Canetti, University of Haifa, Israel

Explaining Right Wing Extremism in Germany
Detlef Oesterreich, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

Social Dominance Orientation: Group-Based Oppression or Inegalitarianism?
Stanley Feldman, SUNY Stony Brook, USA
Kimberly Kramer, SUNY Stony Brook, USA

Discussant:  TBA

Panel 2.5 Cultures of Peace: Social Practices and Cultural Meanings (E/S)

Chair:  TBA

Customs of Governed Communities Where Violence is Infrequent
 Herbert Barry, III, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Cultures of Peace: Justice, Reconciliation, and Post-Conflict Peace-Building
 Carolyn M. Stephenson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Construction of Cultural Meanings Within the Human Rights and Peace Commission of ECOPETROL
Luisa Fernanda Galindo Villarreal, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Stella Sacipa Rodriguez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Peacemaking Amidst War: Cultural Meanings
 Stella Sacipa Rodriguez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Music of Violence?: Portrayals of African-Americans in “Gangsta Rap” Songs Affect Attitudes About Race and Crime
 Geoffrey R. Urland, University of Colorado, USA

Discussant:  TBA
 
 

Panel 2.6 Educational Policy (S)

Chair: TBA

Approach to the Study of Genesis of Social Knowledge: School Normativity and the Limits of Authority
Victor Gerardo Cardenas Gonzalez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico
Erika Alonso Cardona, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico

Assessment and Accountability: Focus of Controversy of Educational Policymakers
Sandra Castañeda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Dilemmas, Contradictions and Perspective of Educational Policies in Mexico: An Analysis from the Experience of the ‘90’s.
Margarita Zorrilla Fierro, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

The Impact of Free Trade on Mexican Educational Policy
Raul Pardinas-Solis, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Public Policies on Higher Education and A Prospective for 2001-2006
Luis Gil Cisneros
Margarita Flores Zepeda
Humberto Dominguez Chavez

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Sunday, July 15, 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Plenary I
 

Alternatives to Globalization for the Construction of Peace Cultures

 David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico



Sunday, July 15, 2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Panel 3.1 Creating Cultures of Peace

Chair:  TBA

The Ease and Difficulty of Attaining Peace with Justice: Report on a Multi-Cultural Youth Symposium
 Mica Estrada-Hollenbeck, Harvard University and Worldlink, USA

Mediation as a Bridge to Prevent Violence Towards a Culture of Peace
 David Silvera, Open University, Tel Aviv, Israel

‘Barrio’ Voices Talk About Conflicts
 Stella Sacipa Rodriguez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 3.2  Media

 

Chair:  Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois, USA

Can Television Raise the Civic IQ? Facts and Fictions
Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois, USA

Understanding the Relationships Among News Media Use, Individual Cognition, and Participation
 Jaeho Cho, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

The Influence of Media Use and Interpersonal Communication on Attitude and Opinion Formation
Connie de Boer, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aart S. Velthuijsen, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Effects of Media Framing and Priming on Recall and Opinion Regarding the Military Coup in Chile
Jorge Manzi, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Mariane Krause , Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Ellen Helsper, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Edmundo Kronmüller, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Soledad Ruiz, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

”Dark Questions”: Media Priming, Waco, and Public Opinion
Paul R. Brewer, George Washington University, USA
Lars Willnat, George Washington University, USA
 

Panel 3.3  Examining Austria and Austrians on the Threshold of the 21st  Century: A Culture of Violence or a Culture of Peace?
 

Chair:  Albert Lichtblau, University of Salzburg , Austria

Landscapes of Memory:  Post-War Memories from Austria
 Michael John, University of Linz, Austria

Joerg Haider as Consequence of Austria’s Political Past and a Glimpse of Her Possible Future
 Gerda Lederer, New School for Social Research, USA

Who Votes for Haider?  An Analysis of Social and Ideological Characteristics of the Adherence of Right-Wing Populism in Austria
 Wolfgang Schulz, University of Vienna, Austria

Old and New Minorities:  Attitude Change Towards Foreigners and Jews in Austria (1980-2000)
 Hilde Weiss, University of Vienna, Austria

Blue Danube on the Hudson?  Austrian Jewish Refugees in New York
 Albert Lichtblau, University of Salzburg , Austria

Discussant:  Peter Suedfeld, University of Vancouver, Canada

Panel 3.4  Race and Political Attitudes
 

Chair:  Markus Kemmelmeier, University of Michigan, USA

Why Do White Americans Support the Death Penalty?
 Joe Soss, American University, USA
Laura Langbein, American University, USA
Alan Metelko, American University, USA

The Intersection of Recipient Race and Class in White Opposition to Racial Policies
 Leonie Huddy, SUNY Stony Brook, USA
Stanley Feldman, SUNY Stony Brook, USA

Political Actors and Identities: The Cultural Construction of Whiteness
 Antonio Brown, Loyola Marymount University, USA
 Markus Kemmelmeier, University of Michigan, USA

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 3.5  Ideology (E/S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Fanatic Belief System as a Defense Against Psychological Disintegration
 Jerrold M. Post, George Washington University, USA

Government, Ideology, and Guerrilla in Mexico: A Perspective from Political Psychology
Jorge Mendoza Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Nationalism and Socialist Ideology: The Case of Yugoslavia
Bojan Todosijevic, Central European University, Hungary

Panel 3.6  Higher Education and Educational Policy I (S)
 

Chair:  Jorge Ingacio Sandoval Ocaña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Psycho-political Referents of the UNAM Strike Actors
Alfredo Guerrero Tapia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Social Representation of the Productivity Incentives Program in Teachers of FES-Zaragoza
Maria Elena Lozano Paz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Psychological Meaning of University
Fernando Gonzalez Aguilar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Towards University Reform
Jorge Ignacio Sandoval Ocaña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Panel 3.7 

Chair: TBA

Working Modes, Subjectivity Modes in Times of Producive Restructuring
Tania Mara Galli Fonesca, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Work, Time and Subjectivity: A Restructurization of Banking Labour
Carmen Ligia Iochins Grisci, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The Politics of Sustainability: A Critical Analysis
Bernardo Jiminez-Dominguez, CEUR-UDG, Mexico

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Impact Caused on Workers from the Sanitary Sector by Privatized Municipalization
Marcia Prezotti Palassi, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Management Consultants May Build Sustainable Bridges between Cultures of Violence and Cultures of Peace
Marilyn Harris, Central Michigan University, USA

Cooperatives and the Future
Rafael Lopez Jiminez

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Sunday, July 15, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Plenary II - Presidential Address
 

Cultures of Violence and the Development of Cultures of Peace

Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, USA

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Sunday, July 15 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Opening Reception at Las Mananitas

(See Conference Information in this mailing for full details and costs.)

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Monday, July 16, 7:00 a.m.

Political Psychology Editorial Board Meeting
 



Monday, July 16, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Book Exhibit and Paper Sale



Monday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 4.1 Recovering from National Trauma
 

Chair:  Jerrold M. Post, George Washington University, USA

Universes of Testimony: Explorations of the Use of Survivors’ Stories
 Steven M. Weine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Promoting Family Resilience to Effects of Culturecide: The Kosovar Family Professional Educational Collaborative
 James Griffith, George Washington University, USA
Afrim Blyta, University of Prishtina School of Medicine, Kosovo
Shqipe Ukshini, University of Prishtina School of Medicine, Kosovo
Melita Kallaba, University of Prishtina School of Medicine, Kosovo
Steven M. Weine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Bosnia’s Fragile Peace: The Enigma of Alija Izetbegovic
 Kenneth B. Dekleva, University of Texas, USA

Recovery from the Cambodian Holocaust: The Role of Political, Religious and Medical Leadership
David S. Liebling, Case Western Reserve University Medical School, USA

Societal Processing of Massive Social Trauma: The Case of Israel and the Holocaust
Arie Nadler, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Discussant:  Jerrold M. Post, George Washington University, USA
 

Panel 4.2  Experiences on Basic Education (E/S)
 

Chairs: Benilde Garcia-Cabrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Graciela A. Mota Botello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Expanding our Educational Communities of Practice Across Cultures
 Susanne P. Lajoie, McGill University, Canada
Gloria Berdugo, McGill University, Canada

Study and Analysis of the Thoughts, Ideals and Expectations of Mexican Children and Youngsters
Alberto Navarrete-Zumárraga, Instituto Mexicano de Investigaciones Educativas, Mexico

Civic Participation and Children’s Elections of the Year 2000
 Jose Luis Gutierrez, Federal Electoral Institute, Mexico

Programs of Civic Education for Children and Adolescents: Theoretical Considerations and Reflections on Some Experiences
Benilde Garcia-Cabrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Frida Diaz-Barriga, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

The Integral Formation of Young People through a Basic Curriculum
Sara Rosa Medina Martinez
Omar Garcia Ponce de Leon
Margarita Flores Zepeda

Discussants:
Victor Arredondo Alvarez, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Maria del Carmen Alanis, Federal Electoral Institute, Mexico

Panel 4.3 Ethnic Conflict
 

Chair:  Donald A Sylvan, Ohio State University, USA

Psychology Processes in Ethno-Political Conflict
 Albert Pepitone, University of Pennsylvania, USA

The Psychology of Ethnic Group Conflict
 Clark McCauley, University of Pennsylvania, USA

The Psychological Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict: A Narrative Study of Participation in the Lebanese Civic War
Lina Haddad Kreidie, University of California, Irvine, USA
Kristen Monroe, University of California, Irvine, USA

Problem Representation and the Israeli-Palestinian and Northern Ireland Conflicts

Donald A Sylvan, Ohio State University, USA
Andrea Grove, Westminster College, USA

 

Panel 4.4  Values and Political Cultures
 

Chair:  Scott L. Spehr, Bilkent University, Turkey

The Relevance of Values in Explanations of Far Right Voting in Europe
Allen R. Wilcox, University of Nevada, USA
Leonard B. Weinberg, University of Nevada, USA
William L. Eubank, University of Nevada, USA

Isolationism vs. Internationalism:  Information and the Foreign Policy Values of the American Public
 Paul R. Brewer, George Washington University, USA
 Nancy Carrillo, University of New Mexico, USA

England’s Moral and Social Values
 Helen Haste, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Perception of Political Relations of the Peaceful Postcommunist Transition
György Hunyady, Eotvos Loánd University, Hungary
Lan Anh Nguyen Luh, Eotvos Loánd University, Hungary

Discussant:  Scott L. Spehr, Bilkent University, Turkey

Panel 4.5  Political Communication (E/S)
 

Chair:   Ofer Feldman, Naruto University of Education, Japan

Political Interviews in Japanese Television: A Study in the Art of Equivocation
 Ofer Feldman, Naruto University of Education, Japan

Equivocation in Communication between Taiwan and Mainland China
 Yu-Sheng Li, University of York, United Kingdom
 Peter Bull, University of York, United Kingdom

The Rhinoceros and the Rowboat: Political “Irreality”: Confluences of World Press Journalism and World Literature
 William R. Meyers, University of Cincinnati, USA
 Christine A. Gerety, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA
 Michael T. Goulas, University of Cincinnati, USA

Venezuela: One Country, Two Public Agendas - A Psychopolitic View
Lucia Azuaje Paz-Castillo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

The Psychology of Political Fear
Manuel Gonzalez Navarro, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico

Discussant:  TBA

Poster Session 4.6  Contemporary Political Psychology: Social Structure, Collective Behavior, and Everyday Experience
 

Individualization, Precariousness, and Vulnerability of Work: The Labour Experience of Young Spaniards
Eduardo Crespo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
A. Serrano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Knowledge and Expectations About the Political Situation in the Contemporary Social Structure
Paula Budich, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Impunity:  Instructions to Deal with Impunity in Mexico
Andrés Cuauhtémoc Tovilla-Sáenz, Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico

The Work-Family Interface; Experiences of Professional and Non-Professional Women and Men
Katrina McLaughlin, Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Orla T. Muldoon, Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dimensions of Social Exclusion in Brazil
Paulo Roberto de Camargo, Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie de São Paulo, Brazil

Exploring Informal Leisure Time
Elsie McPhail-Fanger, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico

Clinical Political Psychology in Drug Addiction’s Epiphenomenon
Mario Miguel Puentes, Human Development Foundation, Argentina

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Monday, July 16, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 5.1  Contrasting and Complementary Approaches to Political Behavior:  Excerpts from the Forthcoming Handbook of Political Psychology
 

Chair:  Leonie Huddy, SUNY Stony Brook, USA

The Psychology of Emotion and Politics
 George Marcus, Williams College, USA

Values and Ideology
 Stanley Feldman, SUNY Stony Brook, USA

Gender and Political Psychology
 Virginia Sapiro, University of Wisconsin, USA

Social Identity and Ingroup Loyalties
 Leonie Huddy, SUNY Stony Brook, USA
Stephen Reicher, St. Andrew’s University, Scotland

Discussant:  Eugene Borgida, University of Minnesota, USA

Panel 5.2 Civic Education (E/S)
 

Chair:  Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland, USA

Political Environment and Citizen Competence
James H. Kuklinski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Paul J. Quirk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Jennifer Jerit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Variations of Citizenship Education: A Content Analysis of Rights Obligations, and Participation in High School Civics Textbooks
Eric Riedel, University of Minnesota, USA
Patricia G. Avery, University of Minnesota, USA
Marti Hope Gonzales, University of Minnesota, USA
John L. Sullivan, University of Minnesota, USA
Ian Williamson, University of Minnesota, USA

Gender Differences in Civic Education – Results From the German Part of the IEA Civic Education Project
Detlef Oesterreich, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

Global Ethics and Human Rights Education: Principles for the Civic Education and Diversity Respect
Raul Pardinaz-Solis, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Discussant:   Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland, USA

 

Panel 5.3  Stories and Scripts in Ethnic Conflict
 

Chair:  TBA

Navigation through History and Memory: The Political Experiences of Greek Cypriot Adolescents
 Miranda Christou, Harvard University, USA

Reframing History, Challenging Identity: The Representation of Historical Events in Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Textbooks
 Alexia Panayiotou, Harvard University, USA & Cyprus College, Cyprus
Miranda Christou, Harvard University, USA

Interpretations of the Past and Expectations for the Future of Israeli and Palestinian Youth
 Shifra Sagy, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Avi Kaplan, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Fatmeh Kassem, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Sami Adwan, Bethlehem University, Palestinian National Territories
Muhammad Farhat, Bethlehem University, Palestinian National Territories

"War Without End?": The Psychopolitics of the Algerian Conflict, 1990 – Present
 George Brander, Centre for Defense Analysis, England
Paul Collinson, Centre for Defense Analysis, England

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 5.4  Challenges to Peace Processes
 

Chair:  Joyce Neu, University of San Diego, USA

Nobel’s Peace Prize: A Blemished Record
 Neil J. Kressel, William Paterson University, USA

Satisfaction with the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: The Relationship Between Satisfaction, Voting Preference and Religious Affiliation
 Neil Ferguson, Liverpool Hope University College, United Kingdom

Conspiracy of Silence about Factors Hindering Transformation
Hlengiwe B. Mkhize, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa

The Power to Negotiate: Restoring Relations between Sudan and Uganda
 Joyce Neu, University of San Diego, USA
Karon Cochran, University of San Diego, USA

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 5.5  Identity Formation and Change I
 

Chair:  TBA

The Origins and Persistence of Ethnic Identity Among Contemporary American University Students
 David O. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Collective Identity as a Political and Psychological Process
 Marco Aurelio M. Prado, Universidade Sao Marcos, Brazil

Rap, Race, and Politics: Political Ideologies and Racial Attitudes in Rap Music Listeners
 Mischa Thompson, University of Michigan, USA
Khari Brown, University of Michigan, USA

Discussant:  TBA

Panel 5.6  Citizenship, Collective Action and Political Culture in the Mexican Transition (S)
 

Chairs:  Graciela A. Mota Botello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Benilde Garcia-Cabrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Citizens Attitudes Towards Political Institutions
Betty Sanders Brocado, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

Factors Related to Citizen Experience and Participation in the Elections of 2000 in Mexico
Benilde Garcia-Cabrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Profiles and Pathways of Citizenship Democratic Organization
Oscar Gonzalez, Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos, Mexico

Psychosocial Model of Education and Strengthening of the Citizen at a Level of Informal and Scholar Organization
 Graciela A. Mota Botello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
 Diana Roldan, Directora y Productora SCIO, A.C., Mexico

Discussants:  Victor Arredondo Alvarez, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
  Manuel López Blanco, Mexican Ambassador to the European Union, Mexico

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Monday, July 16, 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Plenary III
 

Relearning Social Cooperation: A Way of Dealing with Racism and Violence

Charles Rojzman, France



Monday, July 16, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 6.1  Colombia: Within the Peace and War Culture (S)
 

Chair:  Nelson Molina-Valencia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia

Juvenile Empowerment and Resilience
Alfonso Sánchez-Pilonieta, Pontificia Javeriana, Colombia

Feminine Expressions of Violence in Everyday Life
 Angela María Estrada, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Ana María Salazar, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Vivian Sánchez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

Metaphors in the Colombian Process of Peace Negotiation
Nelson Molina-Valencia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia

Colombia:  A Peace Process in Action
Nelson Molina-Valencia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia

Panel 6.2  Building Tolerance (E/S)
 

Chair:  Carina Korostelina, National Taurida University, Ukraine

Training and Development of Academics for the Fight for Human Coexistence and the Political Solution of Migratory Conflicts
 Humberto Ponce-Talancón, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

Identity Oriented Training:  The Ways to Tolerance
 Carina Korostelina, National Taurida University, Ukraine

Analysis of the Relation Between Nationality and Cross-Cultural Influences
 Victoria Magdalena Varela-Macedo,  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Psychogenetic Basis to Construct Tolerance
Abel R. Hernández-Ulloa, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-CCM, Mexico

Training on Roma-Majority Relations in the Slovak Republic and Hungary
 Péter Huncík, Sandor Morai Foundation, Slovakia

Discussant:  TBA
 

Panel 6.3 The Psychology of Collective Political Action: Excerpts from the Forthcoming Handbook of Political Psychology
 

Chair:  David O. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Societal-Level Implications of Political Behavior
 Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, USA
Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Collective Political Action
 Bert Klandermans, Free University, The Netherlands

Images and Intergroup Interaction
 Richard K. Hermann, Ohio State University, USA

Discussant:   David O. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Panel 6.4  Public Opinion and Beliefs
 

Chair:  Harm ‘t Hart, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Reconceptualizing the Nature and Consequences of Political Belief Systems
 Howard Lavine, SUNY-Stony Brook, USA

Conservative Left:  Motivated Social Cognition and Political Beliefs in Poland
 Agnieszka Golec, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Executive Strength and Public Opinion: An Analysis of Cue-Taking in Latin America
 Carole Wilson, University of North Carolina, USA

The Structure of Political Attitudes in Hungary
 Zsolt Enyedi, Central European University, Hungary
Bojan Todosijevic, Central European University, Hungary

Public Opinion Theory and Intra-societal Conflicts
 Harm ‘t Hart, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Discussant:  TBA
 

Panel 6.5  Nationalism and Supranational Identifications (E/S)
 

Chair:  Markus Kemmelmeier, University of Michigan, USA

Can Humanity Constitute an In-group? An Exploratory Analysis of Concentric Loyalties and Social Identity
 Melinda Jackson, University of Minnesota, USA

National Identity and Stereotypic Perception of One’s Own Nation
 Horst-Alfred Heinrich, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Multiculturalism and Pluriculturalism:  Coexistence or Confrontation
Monica Gonzalez, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico

The Lost Paradise: Stateless Nations and Conflict Transformation
 Pablo Mendez, UCAM - Murcia, Spain
Inmaculada Jauregui, UCAM - Murcia, Spain

Poster Session 6.6   Contemporary Political Psychology:  Political Influence and Interaction

From Power Struggle to Complementarity Power:  A Transpersonal Psychopolitical Perspective
Juan Antonio Currado, Argentina

The Study of Political-Interaction in Formal Settings
Christopher C. Floyd, Cognitive and Political Systems, Ltd., United Kingdom

Cultural Architecture of Peace in Form
Hyun Sub Yun, Kangwon National University, Korea

The Integral Model of Adequacy of Processes of Social Evolution
A.A. Ovcharov, Ukraine Academy Pedagogical Sciences, Ukraine

Psychology of Persuasion
Marco Eduardo Murueta-Reyes, Universidad Nacional Autonomade Mexico-Iztacala, Mexico

Storing Up Trouble:  Transparency in Communication, and Political Interaction in Resisting Institutional Change to the Authoritarian Medieval Model of the University in the 21st Century
Christopher C. Floyd, Cognitive and Political Systems Ltd., United  Kingdom

Panel 6.7  Democracy and Social Movements (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

The Contribution of Contemporary Women’s Movements to the Construction of Costa Rican Democracy:  Looking Towards the Future
 Ana Cecilia Escalante Herrera

Therapeutic Effects of Collective Action:  Latin American Mothers Confronting Political Violence and Loss
Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Kansas, USA

Israeli Women and the Peace Movements
 Varda Muhlbauer, Netanya Academic College, Israel

Women Policies in Cuba: Conquered Rights and Rights to be Confronted
 Mayda Alvarez Suárez, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Cuba

Discussant:  TBA

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Monday, July 16, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 7.1  Elections and Candidates I
 

Chair: TBA

Personality of Voters and Presidential Preferences in 2000 Elections
 Gordon J. DiRenzo, University of Delaware, USA

The Importance of Emotional Reactions to George Bush and Al Gore in Predicting Voter Preference
 Thomas E. Snyder, Emotion Mining Company, USA
Michael A. Milburn, University of Massachusetts, USA

All About Competence: The Role of Sophistication and Effect in Competence Judgments of Presidential Candidates
 Theresa Capelos, SUNY Stony Brook, USA

Panel 7.2  Roundtable: Social Thought Times:  A Framework for Political Psychology (S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Blanca Reguero-Reza
Juan Carlos Huidobro-Márquez
Jorge Mendoza-Garcia
Alejandra Olvera-Ortiz
Carlos Rojas-Rosales
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Panel 7.3  Identity Formation and Change II
 

Chair:  TBA

Identity Formation and Assimilation: The Construction of New Identities in a Texas Baptist Mission
 Guy F. Shroyer, Urbana University, USA
Cecilia Castillo Ayometzi, Georgetown University, USA

Representing Minority Adaptation: Israeli Adolescents who Immigrated from Ethiopia and the Former USSR
Emda Orr, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Mana Adi, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Questions of Loyalty: The Political Psychology of the Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland
 James W. McAuley, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 7.4  The Construction of Gender Relations I (E/S)
 

Chair:     TBA

Narratives of Gender Consciousness: A Qualitative Approach of Feminist and Other Identities
 Myria Vassiliadou, Intercollege, Cyprus

Power, Gender, Inequality
Héctor Meza Aguilar, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico

Politics, Gender and Family:  Women and Power
 Lilia Venegas-Aguilera, INAH, Mexico

In the Law of the Jungle, Men Win: In the Search for Justice, Women Wait
Guitte Hartog, Universidad Autonoma de Pauebla, Mexico

Discussant: TBA

Panel 7.5  Religious and Political Tolerance Processes (S)
 

Chair:  Josué Tinoco, Universidad Autonoma Metroplitana, Mexico

Political Pluralism and Contemporary Forms of Coexistence
 Isidro Cisneros,Flacso-Mexico, Mexico

A Case Study in Religious Fanaticism
Carlos Garma, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico

The Close Link Between Religiosity and Intolerance
 Rodolfo Soriano, Fordham University, USA

Psychosocial Proceses of Religious Tolerance
 Josué Tinoco, Universidad Autonoma Metroplitana, Mexico

Discussant:   Artemia Fabre, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Alexandre Dorna, University of Caen, France

Panel 7.6  Plenary IV: Peacemakers Panel
 

Chair:   Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, USA

Panelists:
Dan Bar-On, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Oscar González, Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos, Mexico
Joyce Neu, University of San Diego, USA
Joseph Montville, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Sami Adwan, Bethlehem University, Palestinian National Territories

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Monday, July 16, 6:00 p.m.

ISPP Business Meeting


Tuesday, July 17, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Book Exhibit and Paper Sale



Tuesday, July 17, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 8.1 Gender and Immigration: Intersections of Culture, Race, and Class
 

Chair:  Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Constructing Gender: Culture, Immigration, and Resistance in the Gender Socialization of Indian American Women
 Jana Haritatos, University of Michigan, USA
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

From Body to Brain: U.S. Inscriptions of Asian Immigrant Women’s Identities in Mail-Order Brides and Body-Shop Programmers in the New Digital Economy
Janxin Leu, University of Michigan, USA
Jana Haritatos, University of Michigan, USA
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Racializing Identities:  Intersections of Race and Class Among Dominican Women
 Beverly Araujo, University of Michigan, USA
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Discussant:  TBA  

Panel 8.2  Citizen Culture and Attitudes in Relation with the Presidential Elections of July 2000 in Mexico (S)
 

Chair:  Betty Sanders Brocado, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Maria de Lourdes Fournier, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

The Political Surveys of the Year 2000 Carried Out by the GEM of UAM-X
Maria de Lourdes Fournier, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Gonzalo Rosado-Briseño Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

Marketing and Political Communication During the 2000 Elections
 Romeo Pardo-Pacheco, Mexico

Students and Politics
Anna M. Fernández-Poncela, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Maria de Lourdes Fournier, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

Governability, Leadership and Administrative Abilities
 Pedro Moreno Salazar, Mexico

Electoral Epistemology
 Juan de Dios González Ibarra, Mexico

Some Results for the Analysis of Correspondences by Sex and Study Level from the Results of Vote Preferences by Party and Candidate, May 2000
Betty Sanders Brocado, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Maria de Lourdes Fournier, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

Discussant:  TBA

Panel 8.3 Conflict Resolution
 

Chair:  Linda O. Valenty, San Jose State University, USA

Identity-Reconstruction Workshops With Participants From Two Politically Divided Communities
Carlos M. Alvarez, Florida International University, USA
Angela Casana, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
Miriam Rodríguez, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba

The Body At Work: The Application Of Somatic Psychotherapy To Interactive Conflict Resolution
Stephanie S. Donlon, George Mason University, USA

Shift Happens: Transforming Intergroup Relationships Through Dialogue
Nike Carstarphen, George Mason University, USA

‘Gringos’ in Cuernavaca:  Reduction of Inter-Ethnic Bias as a Function of Inter-ethnic Contact
 Anja Eller, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom
 Dominic Abrams, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom

‘Ethnicity’ in Conflict Resolution:  The Danger of Misconceptions
 Brigitte Régnier, George Mason University, USA

Discussant:  Linda O. Valenty, San Jose State University, USA

Panel 8.4  Social Identity and Social Solidarity
 

Chair:  Stephen Reicher, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Promoting Active Solidarity: Social Identity and Helping Behavior
 Mark Levine, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom

Solidarity by Denial:  Turning a Blind Eye to Acts of Discrimination
 Susan Condor, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom

The Roots of Supra-National Solidarity
 Emanuele Castano, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Social Identity and Crowd Action
Stephen Reicher, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Panel 8.5 Cultures of Violence (E/S)
 

Chair:  Maritza Montero, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Typology of Political Violence with a Special Analysis of the Mexican Case
José M. Infante, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey, Mexico

The Militarizing of Politics, The Politicization of the Military. A Psychopolitical Analysis of Public Debate in Venezuela.
 Maritza Montero, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

The Immoral, Anomic Society as the Legacy of Totalitarianism
 Ivo K. Feierabend, San Diego State University, USA

Violence and Social Change
Jesús Ortega- Martinez, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Learning War
Francis A. Beer, University of Colorado, USA
G.R. Boynton, University of Iowa, USA

Panel 8.6  Roundatble: Finally Internalizing the NS? Germany’s Public Discourse on the Holocaust
 

Chair:  Helgard Kramer, Free University, Berlin, Germany

Participants TBA

Panel 8.7  Psychopolitical Phenomena of Transition Society: Ukraine I
 

Chair:   Mykola M. Sijysarevskyj, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Subordination and Regulation as Social-Psychological Discourses of Political Power
V.O. Vasjutynskyj, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

New Election Technologies:  Reality and Illusion
 P.D. Frolov, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Peculiarities of Youth’s Political Subculture Formation in Ukraine
 T.I. Bjelavina, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Psychosocial Factors of Mass Consciousness Crisis
Natalia V. Klymchuk, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Time Determinations as Public Mood Factor and as Indicator of Social-Political Crisis
Mykola M. Sijysarevskyj, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

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Tuesday, July 17, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 9.1 Psychological Meanings in Politics (S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Psychological Definition of PRI
 José Luis Valdez-Medina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Eduardo Vara-Bobadilla, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Rocio Salinas-Sánchez, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Claudia Lizett Garcia de la Mora, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Lilian Poblette-Morales, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Psychological Meaning of Fox
 José Luis Valdez-Medina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Eduardo Vara-Bobadilla, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Rocio Salinas-Sánchez, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Claudia Lizett Garcia de la Mora, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Lilian Poblette-Morales, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Psychological Meaning of Democracy
José Luis Valdez-Medina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Miran Leesley Sotomayor-Serrano, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Oliva Curil-Campuzano, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Patricia Pagola Avilés, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Psychological Meaning of Political Change in Mexico
José Luis Valdez-Medina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Berta Castro-Ruiz, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Dalia Cecilia Ortega-Domínguez, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Elsy Raquel Armeaga-López, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Psychological Meaning
 José Luis Valdez-Medina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Hans Oudhof van Barneveld, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Manuel Alejandro Cruz-Aguilar Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Discussant:  TBA

Panel 9.2 The Construction of Gender Relations II (E/S)
 

Chair:  Eric Riedel, University of Minnesota

Masculinity and Social Bonds: Violence or an Emergency Way Out?
Cristina Fuentes Zurita, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico
Laura Ruth Lozano, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico

A Picture of the Humankind Based on the Second Sex
Angel Alonso Salas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico

The Counterveiling Political Socialization Effects by Gender of Adolescent Community Service Programs
 Eric Riedel, University of Minnesota, USA

Panel 9.3  Intervention Strategies and the Evaluation of Interventions in Ethnic Conflict
 

Chair:  Marc Howard Ross, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Head First vs. Feet First in Peace Education
 Clark McCauley, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Story Telling as a Way to Acknowledge Excluded Stories in Long and Sever Conflicts
 Dan Bar-On, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Conceptualizing Success in Ethnic Conflict Interventions
 Marc Howard Ross, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Discussant:  Eileen Babbitt, Tufts University, USA

Panel 9.4  Perpetrators of Violence
 

Chair:  William R. Meyers, University of Cincinnati, USA

Young Men as Victims and Perpetrators of Violence in Northern Ireland
Clare Byrne, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jacqueline Reilly, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Orla T. Muldoon, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Forced Migration as a Subculture of Violence: The Case of the Palestinian Refugees
 Nitza Nachmias, Haifa University, Israel

The Socialization and Motivation of Middle Eastern Terrorists
 Jerrold M. Post, George Washington University, USA

Representations and Images of Terrorism:  A Longitudinal and Current Approach
Christine Bonardi, Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Pierre Mannoni, Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

Do Terrorists Attain their Goals? The Counter-Productive Effect of Terrorism
Ami Pedahzur, University of Haifa, Israel
Daphna Canetti, University of Haifa, Israel

Discussant:  William R. Meyers, University of Cincinnati, USA

Panel 9.5  Elections and Candidates II (E/S)
 

Chair:  TBA

The Impact of Debate Commentary on Candidate Evaluation
 Alina R. Oxendine, University of Minnesota, USA
Justin Holmes, University of Minnesota, USA

Instrumental – Expressive Traits Attributed to the Three Main Candidates to Mexico’s Presidency in 2000
Isabel Reyes Lagunes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Gabriela Katiana Zevallos-Ré, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

The Political Culture of the Tijuanese
 José Negrete Mata, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico

When Voters are Considered Clients of the Government
Rafael Lopez Jiminez

Panel 9.6  Concepts of Democracy (E/S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Historic Review of the Concept of Democracy in the [Mexican] National Educational System
Marco Antonio Rosas-Newland, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Iztacala, Mexico

Content Analysis of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of Haiti: A Challenge to our Concept of Democracy, and a Model for the New Millennium
G. Serge Hyacinthe, Ohio Department of Correction & Rehabilitation, USA

Ways to Think About Democracy in Greece: Binary Thinking Versus Consensual Thinking
 Thalia Magioglou, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

Democracy as a Cultural Problem
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo y  Meltis, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Democratic Personality and Social Constructivism
Jorge Molina-Aviles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Discussant:  TBA

Panel 9.7 Challenges of Global Transformation: Chances for a Civic Culture?

Chair:  Christine Kulke, Berlin University of Technology and Science, Germany

New Beginnings at the End of Utopia
Helga Geyer-Ryan, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Global Governance and Gender Politics
Christine Kulke, Berlin University of Technology and Science, Germany

Memory at the End of Time?: Dialetics of Utopia
Ulrich Bach, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Discussant:   Edith Barrett, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

 

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Tuesday, July 17, 12:45 p.m. -- 1:45 p.m.
Plenary V
 

Invited Address : 2000 Sanford Award Recipient



Tuesday, July 17, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 10.1 Establishing Your Career as a Political Psychologist: Professional Issues in Academic and Applied Settings
 

Chair:   Antonio Brown, Loyola Marymount University, USA

             Helen Haste, University of Bath, United Kingdom
            Dennis Chong, Northwestern University, USA
             Markus Kemmelmeier, University of Michigan, USA
             Lauren D. Appelbaum, Columbia University, USA
             Arthur J. Kendall, United States General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, USA

Panel 10.2 Democracy: With or Without Democrats? (S)
 

Chair:   TBA

What Do Mexicans Think About Politics and Political Parties?
Emily Reiko Ito-Sugiyama, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Electoral  Preferences in México City According to Level of Studies, Gender, and Age
Betty Sanders Brocado, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico

The Mexican Citizen:  Analysis and Psychosocial Perspectives of Rights and Duties
Lidia Aurora Ferreira Nuno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico

The Transition, the Citizen and the Political Parties Candidates:  A Gender Perspective
Olga Bustos-Romero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico

Panel 10.3 Evaluating Ethnic Conflict Resolution
 

Chair:  Tamra Pearson d’Estrée, George Mason University, USA

Evaluating Training in Northern Ireland
 Gloria Rhodes, George Mason University, USA

Evaluating Racial Dialogue:  Applying the d’Estrée Evaluation Framework to Dialogues Between African-American and Jewish Youth in Washington, DC
 Leila Peterson, George Mason University, USA
 Ellen K. Wayne, George Mason University, USA
 Monica Jakobsen, George Mason University, USA

Documenting Hope and Optimism in Interactive Conflict Resolution Processes:  Theoretical Constructs and Operational Measurements
 Monica Jakobsen, George Mason University, USA

A Framework for Evaluating Ethnic Conflict Resolution
 Tamra Pearson d’Estrée, George Mason University, USA

Discussant:   Marc Howard Ross, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Panel 10.4 Cultures of Violence: Effects on Children
 

Chair:   TBA

Psychological Adjustment and Experience of Conflict: A Longitudinal Study of Northern Irish Children
 Orla T. Muldoon, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Ethical and Human Rights
 Juan Jorge Fariña, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Childhood Experiences with Violence and the Implications for Adult Political Attachment
 Linda O. Valenty, San Jose State University, USA
 Edith J. Barrett, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Teenager’s Response to Israel’s Withdrawal From Lebanon: Level of Stress, Life Satisfaction and Political Attitudes
 Shaul Kimhi, Tel Hai Academic College, Israel
 Michal Shamai, Haifa University, Israel

Understanding the Impact of Environment on South African Children
 Debo Akande, Potch University, South Africa

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 10.5 Voter Behavior (E/S)
 

Chair:  Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University, USA

The Implications of Motivated Reasoning for Voter Decision Making
**Recipient of the 2001 Roberta Sigel Award**
 David P. Redlawsk, University of Iowa, USA

Campaign 2000: A Time-Series Study of Motive Profiles in the U.S. Presidential Elections
  Lanaya Ethington, University of Michigan, USA

Social Participation, Political Identification and Vote: Studies Verifying a Psycho-Sociological Model of Electoral Choice
Leoncio Camino, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Sanzia de Souza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Cicero Pereira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Eleneide da Silva, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil

Timing and Certainty of Sexual Orientation Disclosure and Political Evaluation of Gay and Lesbian Candidates
 Ewa Golebiowska, Tufts University, USA

Belonging, Behaving, and Believing: Assessing the Conditional Impact of Religious Group Identification and Religious Involvement on Attitudes Towards Social Justice, and Presidential Vote Choice, Among North American Protestants
 Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University, USA
 Emily Moore, John Brown University, USA

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Tuesday, July 17, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 11.1 Psychopolitical Phenomena of Transition Society: Ukraine II
 

Chair:   Mykola M. Sijysarevskyj, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Study of Sense Determinants of the Citizens’ Elective Activity in Ukraine
Lyubov A. Naydonova, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine
Ivan Batrachenko, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Political Transformation in Ukraine and Psychological Support of Them
Marfa M. Skoryk, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Application of Group-reflective Technology as Anti-crisis Method in Ukraine
Mychaylo Naydonov, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine
Lyubov A. Naydonova, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Problem of Negative Stereotype and Interethnic Conflicts Prevention
Larisa A. Kiyashko, South-Ukrainian State Pedagogical University of Ushinsky, Ukraine
Ethnic Parental Attitudes Influence on Children’s Coping Behavior
Selime Khairova, Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Ukraine

Panel 11.2  Violence and Political Conflict (S)
 

Chair:  Angel Rodriguez-Kauth, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina

Political Protest: The Role of Efficacy and Group Identification
M. Rodríguez, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jose M. Sabucedo, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Construction of Identities and Political Violence
Jose M. Sabucedo, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M. Rodríguez, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Criteria to Classify Contemporary Macro-Social Conflicts and their Dynamics
Narciso Benbenaste, Univesidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Democratic Crisis: Charisma and Populism
 Alexandre Dorna, University of Caen, France

Structural Violence Generating Everyday Violence
Angel Rodríguez-Kauth, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
 

Panel 11.3 Roundtable: Psychosocial Approaches to Human Rights (S)
 

Chair:   TBA

 Victor Gerardo Cárdenas Gonzalez
Héctor Meza
 Oscar Vásquez
 Sara Marcé
 Joel Vásquez
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Izatapalapa, Mexico

Panel 11.4  Higher Education and Educational Policy II (S)

 

Chair:  Jorge Ingacio Sandoval Ocaña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Attitudes of the FES-Zaragoza Students Toward the Student Movement of 1999’s Demands
Julieta Monjaraz Carrasco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Social Representation of the Public Changes of Public Education
Miriam Sanchez Hernandez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico
Sara Unda Rojas Guadalupe, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Social Representations of Gratuity in Higher Education
Sara Unda Rojas Guadalupe, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico
Miriam Sanchez Hernandez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Subjectivity and Media Images in a Political Movement
Armando Rivera Martinez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Zaragoza, Mexico

Panel 11.5  Plenary VI: Presidents' Panel:  Visions for Political Psychology
 

Chair:   Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, USA

Panelists:
Tom Bryder, University of Växjö, Sweden and University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Betty Glad, University of South Carolina, USA
John Mack,  Center for Psychology and Social Change, USA
Jerrold M. Post, George Washington University, USA
 



Tuesday, July 17, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Junior Scholars Social Hour

Join other junior scholars for an informal gathering and reception with refreshments.
---------->  Cost is free to Junior Scholars



Tuesday, July 17, 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Annual Awards Banquet at Mission del Sol

(See Conference Information in this mailing for full details and costs.)


Wednesday, July 18, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Conference Registration
Foyer

Book Exhibit and Paper Sale

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Wednesday, July 18, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Panel 12.1 Roundtable: Teaching to Understand Cultures of  Violence and Create Cultures of Justice
 

Chair:  Kristina Thalhammer, St. Olaf College, USA

Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, USA
Paula O’Loughlin, University of Minnesota – Morris, USA
Sharon Toffey Shepela, Hartford College for Women– University of Hartford, USA
Myron Peretz Glazer, Smith College, USA
Penina Migdal Glazer, Hampshire College, USA

Panel 12.2 Government Political Decision-Making and Policy Agendas
(E/S)

 

Chair:   TBA

Agenda Setting, Agenda Denial and Problem Definition
 Marc Howard Ross, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Observation: A Science, But Also a Blind Alley
 Mathias Gardet, CAPEA – Universidad de Angers, France

Internationalization and Policy Making in Sustainable Development of the Forest: In Mexico’s Case
Laura Elias Mortera, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México

The Power of the Scientist
Sofia Liberman, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico
Jane Russell Barnard, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico
K. Bernardo Wolf Wogner, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 12.3  Political Socialization in Mexico (S)
 

Chair: TBA

Children Participation: A Critical View About the Debate in Latin American Countries
Yolanda Corona-Caraveo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, Mexico

Knowledge and Perceptions of the Democratic Values in Infants and Adolescent
Ana M. Fernandez Poncela, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, Mexico

A Study of Children’s Opinions, Attitudes, Opinions and Information About the Year 2000 Electoral Process, at the Iztapalapa Delegation
J. Octavio Nateras Dominguez, Universidad Autónoma Metrepolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico
 Jose Luis Torres Franco, Universidad Autónoma Metrepolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico
Alan Mendoza Romero, Universidad Autónoma Metrepolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico

Panel 12.4 Identity and Violence
 

Chair:   TBA

Hate Speech Controversies on College Campuses
Dennis Chong, Northwestern University, USA
Jonathan Casper, Northwestern University, USA

Sexual Harassment, Psychological Harassment: Towards a Social Psychological Approach
Margarita Sanchez-Mazas, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 12.5  Citizen Debate and Deliberation
 

Chair:   TBA

Towards a Social Psychology of Deliberation: Meaning, Discourse and Possibilities for Democratic Deliberation
 Shawn Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine, USA
Molly Patterson, University of California, Irvine, USA

The Deliberative Citizen Theory and Evidence
 Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University, USA

Constructing the Executive Self: Regulatory Deliberations and Autobiographical Narrative
Diane Elizabeth Johnson, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA

Hypertextual Politics and the New Public Space: Psychopolitics of Cyberculture
Carlos Silva, Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela
Mireya Lozada, Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela

Toward a Cooperative Democratic System: Debate Representations and Relationship Between Political Opinions and Groups
 Jenny Maggi, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 12.6  Participation and Citizenship Construction I (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Women’s Intentions for Political Participation: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
 Cherie D. Werhun, University of Toronto, Canada
Kenneth L. Dion, University of Toronto, Canada

Citizenship and Gender Participation:  Dilemmas
Lucero Jimenez-Guzman, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

The Problematic Construction of Citizenship:  A Labor Analysis
Marco Augusto Gómez Solorzano, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico

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Wednesday, July 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel 13.1 Roundtable:  Personality, Policy, Law: A Reintroduction of Harold D. Lasswell
 

Chair:  Margarita Gonzalez de Pazos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

 William L. Ascher, Claremont McKenna College, USA
 Steven R. Brown, Kent State University, USA
Ronald D. Brunner, University of Colorado, USA
 Siegfried Wiessner, St. Thomas University, USA

Panel 13.2 Political Socialization (E/S)
 

Chair:  Adam Niemczynski, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Citizenship in Transition
 Martina Klicperova´-Baker, San Diego State University, USA

Citizenship and Democracy:  A Daily Lifestyle
Graciela A. Mota Botello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Political Socialization in a Mexican Village
Yolanda Corona-Caraveo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, Mexico
Carlos Perez-Zavala, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, Mexico

Meaning and Value of Human Life: Implications for Political Socialization
 Adam Niemczynski, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Discussant:  Maria del Carmen Alanis, Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Mexico
 
 

Panel 13.3 Racism
 

Chair:   Markus Kemmelmeier, University of Michigan, USA

Word and Deed Between Black and White: Racial Differences in the Perception of Racism
Thomas E. Nelson, Ohio State University, USA
Javonne A. Paul, Ohio State University, USA

Perceived Structural Bottlenecks and Academic Performance among Immigrant Children in South African School
 Debo Akande, Potch University, South Africa

Latin America’s ‘Racial Democracy’ Through the Lens of Implicit Prejudice: The Case of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
 Yesilernis Peña, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
James Sidanius, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

The Hidden Face of Racism in Brazil:  Black and White People or First and Third World Citizens?
Leoncio Camino, Universidade Federal de Paraiba, Brazil
Patricia da Silva, Universidade Federal de Paraiba, Brazil
Aline Machado, Universidade Federal de Paraiba, Brazil
Cicero Pereira, Universidade Federal de Paraiba, Brazil

The Contextual Nature of the Legitimization of Prejudice
 Shana Levin, Claremont McKenna College, USA
Morgan Poster, Claremont McKenna College, USA
Alisa Carrington, Claremont McKenna College, USA

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 13.4 Problems of Immigration, Diasporas and Ethnic Conflict Resolution
 

Chair: Abraham Ashkenasi, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Diasporas and Social Integration in Scandinavia
 Steen Sauerberg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 Lars Dencik, University of Roskilde, Denmark

Ethnic Groups in Slovakia
 Péter Huncík, Sandor Morai Foundation, Slovakia

Discussant:  Stephen Worchel, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii

Panel 13.5 Governance and Institutions: Trust, Distrust, and Stability
 

Chair:   TBA

Efficacy, Trust, and Conspiratorial Thought in American Politics
 Eric Oliver, Princeton University, USA
 Taeku Lee, Harvard University, USA

Trial Consultants and Peremptory Challenges: A Proposal to Save the Jury System
 Neil J. Kressel, William Paterson University, USA

Political Culture Institutional Performance and Civil Strife: The Relationship between the Westminster and Presidential Models
 William L. Eubank, University of Nevada, USA
Leonard B. Weinberg, University of Nevada, USA
Stacy B. Gordon, University of Nevada, USA

The Challenges of Latin American States
José G. Vargas-Hernández, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 13.6 Political Participation and Citizenship Construction II (S)
 

Chair:   TBA

What For and How To Construct Psycho-Political Hegemonies
Abraham Quiroz Palacios, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico

Emerging Social Subjects and Democracy
 Eulogio Romero Rodriguez, Benemérita Universidad, Mexico

Psychopolitical Landscape of the Regime’s End in Mexico:  Informal Power and Citizenship Construction
Alfredo Guerrero Tapia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Discussant:   TBA

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Wednesday, July 18, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel 14.1 Roundtable: Establishing Political Psychology Programs
 

Chair:  Dana Ward, Pitzer College, USA

Participants: TBA
 

Panel 14.2 Social Capital  (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Exploring the Relationship Between Right Wing Authoritarianism and Social Capital
 Alina R. Oxendine, University of Minnesota, USA

Understanding Y2K: Social Capital and Trust in Government
 Michele Acker, Otterbein College, USA

Political Transition and its Appraisal and Effects on Trust and Social Support in Eastern Europe
Lan Anh Nguyen Luh, Eötvös Loánd University of Budapest, Hungary
Gyorgy Hunyady, Eötvös Loánd University of Budapest, Hungary

A Psychological Intervention Program in Emergencies: The Psychopolitical Dimension
 Mireya Lozada, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 14.3 Essentialism, Genetics, and Theories of Group Differences

 

Chair:  Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Folk Theories of Gender and Race and Genetics
 Mark Akiyama, University of Michigan, USA
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Essentialism and Beliefs About Racial Differences Among Cuban Americans
 Joel Rodriguez, University of Michigan, USA
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA

Theories of Social Differences and Understanding of Genetics
 Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan, USA
Cheri Philip, University of Michigan, USA
Mark Akiyama, University of Michigan, USA

Discussant:   Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland, USA
 

Panel 14.4 Political and Critical Commitment: Contributions of Social Psychology of Liberation (S)
 

Chair:  TBA

 Ignacio Dobles, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
 Odair Furtado, Brasil
 Elizabeth Lira, Universidad de Santiago, Peru
Joel Vásquez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico

Panel 14.5 Elite Discourse and Representations (E/S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Representation of the Chiapas Conflict in Presidential Discourses: January, 1997 – March 1998
Veronica Vasquez-Pina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Emily Reiko Ito-Sugiyama, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Identity, Diversity, and Representation: An Analysis of Mass and Elite Discourse on the Official-English Debate
 Deborah J. Schildkraut, Oberlin College, USA

Identity and Foreign Policy: A Case Study on the Turkish Foreign Policy Elite’s Images of the Middle East
S. Gülden Ayman, Istanbul University, Turkey

Discussant:  TBA
 

Panel 14.6 Political Participation and Citizenship Construction III (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Concepts of Political and Citizenship Participation in Mexico City
Gabriela Katiana Zevallos-Ré, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Lidia Aurora Ferreira-Nuño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Political Participation in the Valley of Mexico on the Threshold of the 21st Century
 Gabriela Rodriguez Hernandez, Mexico

Social Actors and Citizenship Construction:  An Approach From Gender Social Relations
 Beatriz Gómez Barrenechea, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

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Wednesday, July 18, 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Panel 15.1  Leaders
 

Chair:   TBA

National Security Advisor as Strategic Actor:  How Brzezinski Led the President on the Normalization of Relations with China
 Betty Glad, University of South Carolina, USA

Benjaim Netanyahu: Psychological Profile Using Behavior Analysis
 Shaul Kimhi, Tel Hai Academic College, Israel

Contextualism in the Study of World Press Profiles of Dictators and Other World Leaders
 Christine A.Gerety, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA
 William R. Meyers, University of Cincinnati, USA
 

Panel 15.2 Discourse Analysis (E/S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Discourse and Power:  Marginal Notes on Critical Political Psychology
 Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Huron University College, Canada

The New Narrative and the Ideological Refining of the “Petroleum Opening” Discourse in Venezuela (1994-1998)
 Merlin Serrano, Venezuela

Situational Forms of Otherness:  A Discourse Analytic Approach to Relationships in Public Spaces
 Carlos Silva, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Thinking and Talking About Dying:  Phases of the Peace/War Policy Cycle
 G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa, USA
 Francis A. Beer, University of Colorado, USA

Through the Lens of a Politician: Political Sojourns into Cultures of Conflict
Amanda Allan, University of Melbourne, Australia
Di Bretherton, University of Melbourne, Australia
Prasuna Reddy, University of Melbourne, Australia

Discussant:   TBA

Panel 15.3 The Interlocking Psychology of Culture, Symbolism, and Politics
 

Chair:   Tom Bryder, University of Växjö, Sweden & University of
Copenhagen, Denmark

Idealisation and Imagery in German Film in the 1930s: The Fredericus-films
 Klaus Wasmund, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Vera Lynn, Zarah Leander, Marlene Dietrich and Ulla Billquist:  The Role of the Divas in Establishing and Maintaining War Morale
Tom Bryder, University of Växjö, Sweden & University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 15.4 Roundtable: Armed Insurrections and Conflicts in a Globalized World (S)
 

Chair:   TBA

Marco Antonio González-Pérez
Kande Mutsaku Kamilamba
Camilo Pérez-Bustillo
Dejan Mihailovic Nicolavic
Jorge Mendoza García
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico

Panel 15.5 Intervention (or not) in Violence/Genocide
 

Chair:   TBA

Lay Accounts of Intervention and Non-Intervention Against Violence
 Clare Cassidy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
 Mark Levine, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
 Stephen Reicher, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Self-Deception in the United Nations:  A Contributing Factor to Genocide
 Maja Djikic, University of Toronto, Canada

The Consequences of Holocaust Education
 Stacy B. Gordon, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Chistopher Simon, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Leonard B. Weinberg, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Discussant:   TBA
 

Panel 15.6  Civil Society (S)
 

Chair:  TBA

Incentives of Organized Civil Society in Mexico:  A Case Study
Marco Antonio Cancino-Cordero, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Contributions of the Excluded to the Construction of Democratic Political Culture in Our City (Mexico City)
 Eugenia Flores Hernández, Partido del Trabajo, Mexico

Democracy, Globalization, Human Rights:  The Case of Pinochet
Carlos Sola-Ayape, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico

Conscientization (Consciousness-Raising) and Community Participation:  The Interface Between Popular Organizations, Community Social Psychology, and Political Psychology
Maria de Fatima Quintal de Freitas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil

Building Leadership
René López-Pérez, Centro de Estudios para la Reforma del Estado, Mexico

Discussant:   TBA

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Thursday, July 19, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.

Postconference Tour:

Join us for a bus tour, guided by local tour guide Charlie Goff, 24-mi. southwest of Cuernavaca to one of the most exciting and richest archaeological sites in Mexico: Xochicalco. At 1:00 you will be able to see the phenomenon of the sunlight coming directly into the underground chamber (normally this occurs at noon but in the summer will occur at 1:00 due to Daylight Savings Time). Cost $36 USD – Lunch included. Limit of 44 persons for this event. (See Conference Information in this mailing for full details.)

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