November 1993 Vol. 4 (2)
The purpose of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is 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. In so doing, ISPP aims to continue to advance scholarship in political psychology, and to contribute to the usefulness of work in political psychology.1994 Annual Scientific Meeting
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain July 11-15, 1994 Plan on coming to this year's Annual Scientific Meeting in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia and home of numerous points of historic interest including one of Europe's most spectacular cathedrals. Only 30 km from the sea, Santiago de Compostela is the destination of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world who since the middle ages have journeyed along the Camino de Santiago to the tomb of St. James the Apostle. The Royal University of Santiago de Compostela will soon celebrate its fifth centenary. Both luxurious and highly economical accommodations will be readily available at special rates for ISPP guests. For those interested in taking their summer vacations in nearby Portugal or elsewhere in Europe either before or after the annual meeting, we are in the process of negotiating airline discounts for conference participants who would like to return from or arrive at a European city other than Santiago de Compostela. We hope to see you in Spain this summer! Aaron Belkin, Conference Director Contents 1994 Annual Scientific Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Executive Director÷s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 2 Memberships for Recent Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Upcoming Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Book Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 New Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Regional Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Fellowships and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 General Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 News from Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Submissions to ISPPNews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cities of Future Annual Scientific Meetings . . . . . . . . 8 Santiago de Compostela, a Spanish city with its origins in the second decade of the IXth Century, deserved because of its history, art, monumentality and beauty, to be declared Parsimony of Mankind by UNESCO and to receive the Standard Award of Europe by the Council of Europe. Santiago de Compostela also has one of the most ancient universities in Europe, and in 1995 the 5th century of its foundation will be celebrated. Added to this, the size of the city (approximately 130,000 people), gives Santiago de Compostela a unique and cozy atmosphere. Santiago de Compostela has an international airport with direct flights to some of the principal European capitals (London, Paris, Zurich, Lisbon, Geneve). During the months of summer, IBERIA airlines usually organizes two direct flights per week between New York and Santiago de Compostela. The hotel choices in Santiago de Compostela are very diverse as this city is the seat of many national and international congresses. For those attending the ISPP meeting, there will be an offer of rooms in university halls of great quality, a reasonable price (approximately $25) and very close to the seat of the Meeting, and hotels of different categories (from 2 to 5 stars) with prices between $58 and $220. Some of these hotels are located in historical buildings. As it is a touristic university and university city, Santiago de Compostela also has a broad and diverse gastronomic selection. Restaurants, cafeterias and bars, from the cheapest to the most luxurious, are distributed all across the city. The geographical location of Santiago de Compostela, in the center of one of the most beautiful regions in Spain, which is Galicia, allows the celebration of several touristic visits across this region, especially to its coast (Rías Altas and Rías Bajas). Portugal, another beautiful European country, is only one hour from Santiago de Compostela. Prof. José Manuel Sabucedo, Conference Chair ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The 23rd International Congress of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) is being held in Madrid on July 17-22, 1994, immediately following the ISPP Annual Scientific Meeting. IAAP has a section on political psychology. Information can be obtained from the President, Jose Prieto, by e-mail at 23ICAP@SIS.UCM.ES, or by writing to: The Scientific Committee, IAAP Congress Secretariat, Colegio Oficiel de Psicologos, Cuesta de San Vincente 4-5, 28008, Madrid, Spain; Fax 34-1-547-2284. For those interested in attending this meeting following ISPP, or in taking their summer vacations in nearby Portugal or elsewhere in Europe, we are attempting to negotiate airline discounts for you. We hope to see you in Spain this summer!Executive Director's Corner
Over the past year, the Society has progressed in some very important ways. We achieved a new milestone in memberships in 1992. At the end of the year, over 700 members had paid their dues. This year, 1993, is certain to exceed that number by a substantial amount. Also, we have shifted from Plenum to Blackwell as the publisher of Political Psychology. Although Plenum strenuously objected to that move and caused us considerable legal expenses in the process, we have completed the transition. Blackwell offers us considerable expertise and far greater support. We hope you like the new look of the journal. Any ideas and suggestions regarding the journal, or indeed on any matter pertaining to the Society, are most welcome. Let me make a few announcements: The preliminary program and registration materials for the Seventeenth Annual Scientific Meetings, from July 11-15 in Santiago de Compostela, will be sent to all recently active ISPP members in the spring. If you wish the materials to be sent to any colleagues, send me their names and addresses. The 1995 Annual Scientific Meetings will be held in Washington, DC. The 1996 Annual Scientific Meetings will be held in Vancouver, Canada. If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them to our conference director, Aaron Belkin, Institute of Personality and Social Research, 2150 Kittredge Street, Oxford Court Building, room 2C, Berkeley, CA 94720. Or, via e-mail: abelkin@garnet.berkeley.edu. The ISPP Collection of Political Psychology Syllabi are available ($25 per copy). An expanded edition adds a number of contributions not in the first edition. Contact me if you wish to receive a copy. The MacArthur Foundation has extended its travel grant program for the 1994 Scientific Meetings in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Travel grants are available to members from outside the US, Canada, and Europe (including Eastern Europe and Russia). Application requires a detailed description of the research to be presented, a brief vita or resume, and a proposal for ISPP developmental work in the region of the application, to be undertaken by the applicant in the event of receiving the award. The grants provide for 75% of round-trip air fare to the Scientific Meeting (all other expenses remain the responsibility of the applicant). We anticipate making four grants in 1994. One of our members, Kathleen McGraw (Political Science - SUNY Stony Brook) has two papers that members might want to check out. One paper, ”Psychology Journals for Political Scientists’, is coming out in the British journal Political Studies this year. It reviews the psychology journals from the standpoint of a political scientist who would like to have some direction as to where to look in the psychological literature. The second paper, ”Experimentation in Political Science: Historical Trends and Future Directions’, reviews the publication of experiments in three leading political science journals (APSR, AJPS, and JOP). It also contains a survey of recent journal editors concerning receptivity to experiment-based manuscripts. This paper is forthcoming in the 1994 edition of Research in Micropolitics (JAI Press; Robert Shapiro, Michael DelliCarpini & Leonie Huddie, Eds.). Complimentary memberships are available for graduate students who have successfully defended a thesis proposal. ISPP faculty members who wish to make nominations should contact me. Finally, 1994 is the year we plan to produce the first ISPP membership directory. This is the year to make sure your membership is up to date and that all of your membership information is correct. Look for an announcement in the next issue of ISPPNews. George E. Marcus, Executive DirectorMemberships for Recent Graduates
Faculty working in the area of political psychology are encouraged to submit names of Ph.D. students who have recently completed dissertations in this area. As noted in the Executive Director's column above, to recognize these young scholars, ISPP has recently started providing one-year complimentary memberships to graduating doctoral students. This includes receiving four issues of Political Psychology, ISPPNews, and mention in ISPPNews. Contact: Dr. George Marcus, Executive Director, ISPP Dept. of Political Science Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 USA. Tel: (413) 597-2538; fax: (413) 597-4200; e-mail: George.E.Marcus@Williams.edu.Upcoming Conferences
The Law and Society Association has issued a call for participation for its 1994 annual meeting to be held June 16-19 in Phoenix, Arizona. The theme of the meeting is ”Cultural, National, and Transnational Legalities: Contested Domains.’ The due date for proposals is December 20, 1993. For more information please contact the Law and Society Association, Executive Offices, Hampshire House, Box 33615, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-3615 USA. Tel. 413-545-4617, fax 413-545-1640, e-mail LSA@legal.umass.edu. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ A call for volunteer delegates, sponsors and presenters has been made for a meeting to be held on May 15 - 17, 1994 at George Williams College near Chicago. The meeting concerns nonviolent solutions to conflict, with particular regard to the war in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. If you are interested please contact Dr. Donald Cole at The Ohio Statewide Peace Committee, 781 Beta Drive, Suite K Cleveland, Ohio 44143 USA. Tel. (216) 461-4399, fax (216) 729-7419 or e-mail: aa563%Cleveland.Freenet.edu@cunyvm. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The Irish Peace Institute, based at the University of Limerick, is running a series of study tours on the Politics of Peace in Ireland. The University is offering credit to students participating in the tour. For more information please contact Lisa Prichard, Project Assistant, Irish Peace Institute, Robert Schuman Building, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Tel. 010 353 61 333644 ext.5141, fax 010353 61 330316.New Books
Political Psychology: Classic and Contemporary Readings, edited by Neil J. Kressel (Paragon House, 1993) has just been released. If you are interested in doing a book review on this text and receiving a publisher÷s copy of the book to keep, please contact the newsletter editor, Craig Summers, at Laurentian University, Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada. Tel. (705) 675-1151 ext. 4222, fax (705) 675-4823. E-mail: ISPPNews@Nickel.Laurentian.Ca ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965. By Yuen Foong Khong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992, hard cover and paper editions). From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policy makers have repeatedly invoked the ”lessons of history’ as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Analogies at War provides an answer to this question through an in-depth study of the analogies used by American decision-makers during the Vietnam War. Of special interest is the author's use of cognitive social psychology in general, and schema theory in particular, to illuminate how decision-makers use analogies and why they often use them poorly. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Politics and the News Media in Japan, by Dr. Ofer Feldman (University of Michigan Press, 1993), describes and analyzes political communication in Japan with particular focus on the relationship between the news media and politicians. This volume aims to fill the gap in literature on the Japanese media and its role in the political system by focusing on: the structure and process of news-gathering by Japanese reporters, their access to information sources and news, and the factors that influence the content and scope of political coverage by print and broadcast media. Feldman provides a vivid perspective on the political process in Japan and the role of the press in that process. Ofer Feldman a professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Perpetuating Patriotic Perceptions: The Cognitive Function of the Cold War by Matthew S. Hirshberg has just been published by Greenwood Publishing Group. The main point of this book is that biased perceptions of international relations serve to bolster the patriotic beliefs upon which they are based. This book explores the cognitive structure and processes through which this occurs. Theories and methods from the fields of social and cognitive psychology, cultural anthropology, and communication studies are combined to create a framework for the analysis of international perceptions. This framework is then applied to American beliefs and perceptions in the post-World War II era. The author is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The Mortal Presidency: Illness and Anguish in the White House, by Robert E. Gilbert (Basic Books, 1992). This book explores the subjects of presidential mortality and presidential pathology, examining both physical and mental illnesses suffered by American presidents. Included are case studies focusing on Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, with an introductory section devoted to George Bush. Also included are psychological ”profiles’ of the various presidents which help explain their reactions to their illnesses and also to their political careers. The book÷s concluding chapter analyzes the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and offers several remedies to presidential inability, both physical and psychological. Robert Gilbert is a Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Demythologizing an Elite: American Presidents in Empirical, Comparative, and Historical Perspective, by Mostafa Rejai, Kay Phillips, and Warren L. Mason (Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT). This book seeks to resolve differences between various types of political leaders and to link broad historical patterns with the circumstances of individual lives and careers. Parallel data developed for other types of leaders permits U.S. presidents to be analyzed in comparative perspective for the first time. Against this background, the study creates a unique collection of medical and psychological profiles for the entire set of presidents -- a body of data that allows us to discover new combinations and patterns of presidential traits. Demythologizing an Elite is Volume 4 of a leadership studies series launched by Rejai in 1970. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ The Neurotransmitter Revolution: Serotonin, Social Behavior and the Law edited by Roger D. Masters and Michael T. McGuire (Southern Illinois University Press, 1993). This follows a Gruter Institute Conference which took place at Dartmouth College in 1988. It covers recent research on the varied functional roles of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which is associated with diverse behaviors (e.g., Seasonal Affective Disorder, suicide, impulsive homicide or arson). Complex interactions between individual experience, social setting, and individual base-line traits are analyzed, in the context of law and public policy. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Human Nature and the New Europe edited by Michael T. McGuire (Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1993). This volume brings together essays from a Gruter Institute meeting in St. Mortiz which focuses on the transformation of European politics in light of contemporary models of social processes and policy choices. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ A Society Under Siege written by Dr. Ramesh Deosaran has just been published by the McAl Psychological Research Center (1993), University of the West Indies. This book attempts to recreate the reasoning behind the Muslimeen÷s attack on the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago in 1990. The book presents an analysis of how the present political and legal systems are part of the quandary of judicial politics and social conflict. It offers a new course of thought and action, in which those in and out of power can work together towards a more peaceful and productive national destiny. The author is a senior lecturer and Head, Department of Sociology at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad.New Book Series
A call for submissions of proposals for the new book series Social Movements, Protest, and Contention has been released. The series intends to cover the dramatic changes which have recently occurred in international affairs. Of particular interest to the editors are books that: * are based on longitudinal and historical analyses of social movements and protest as dynamic phenomena; * cross the boundaries between such disciplines as sociology, political science, psychology, and history; * compare movements or protest events in different countries, communities, or at different points in time; * compare different movements in the same country or community; * explore the theoretical foundations of social movements, challenge conventional approaches, and take methodological directions; * analyze specific themes such as gender, professionalization, mass media, and international diffusion of protest; * study movements and protest in periods of broad social and political change. Proposals should be sent to: Bert Klandermans, Department of Social Psychology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or to Lisa Freeman, Director, University of Minnesota Press, 2307 University Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455-3092. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Several new series of books are underway on political psychology. A series from Cambridge University Press is being edited by Prof. Jim Kuklinski, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois. A series from Duke University Press is being edited by Shanto Iyengar and Philip Tetlock (see advertisement in this issue).New Programs
The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities now offers a doctoral minor in political psychology. This program was established to provide training in research methods in political psychology, and a foundation in theories from basic areas in this field: social attitudes and cognition, public opinion, mass political behavior, and political socialization. For further information please contact Professor John Sullivan, Doctoral Minor Program in Political Psychology, 1414 Social Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel. (612) 624-4305.Regional Editors
Given ISPP÷s international approach, Regional Editors are being sought for ISPPNews. The role of Regional Editors is to funnel relevant scholarly information from different areas of the globe for publication in this newsletter. They may also aid in the distribution of the newsletter to offset postal costs in different countries, by remailing packages of newsletters locally. More nominations and/or applications are still being sought. Interested individuals from outside North America should forward a note of interest to Craig Summers at the address at the end of the file. Newsletter material can also be forwarded to the following members of the board of Regional Editors: Southeast Asia: Dr. Cristina J. Montiel Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University P.O. Box 154 Manila, Philippines. E-mail: Tina.Montiel@f6301.febc.wcui.edu Taiwan: Dr. Chih-yu Shih Associate Professor Graduate Institute of Political Science National Taiwan University 21 Hsu Chow Road, Taipei, Taiwan ROC Tel. 886-2-3973994 (0) or 886-2-775-2313 (H) Spain: Dr. Fernando Reinares Titular Professor of Sociology Departamento de Sociologia Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Senda del Rey s/n, 28040 Madrid Spain.Fellowships and Awards
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites college graduates to apply for semester-long, full-time fellowships. The program selects outstanding individuals to spend four to six months working in Washington, DC with a peace, disarmament or nuclear arms control organization. Applications are encouraged from candidates who have demonstrated interest and some education and/or experience in disarmament and arms control issues. Applications and related references should be addressed to: Lisa McMahon, Program Director, Scoville Peace Fellowship Program, 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Room 211, Washington, D.C., 20002. tel. (202) 546-0795. All applications for the fall semester must be sent in by March 15. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿThe Alfred M. Freedman Prize Award for 1992
Since the earliest days of survey research, scholars have observed that primary groups display a striking political homogeneity. Yet the processes that produce this similarity of political views and the range of political attitudes affected by these processes remain a puzzle. Do husbands and wives really influence each others÷ views or is this more the accumulation of shared life experiences that have political consequences? M. Kent Jennings of the University of California - Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan and Laura Stoker of the University of California - Berkeley present clear and persuasive evidence that husbands and wives do influence and accommodate themselves to each other÷s political values, especially in political partisanship and in core values such as prayer in schools, that directly connect politics to family experiences. Their paper "Intimate Social Contexts and Political Change: A Cross-Generational, Longitudinal Study", is a long-term study of two generations, which were surveyed first in 1965 and again in 1973 and in 1982. The research is admirable from every perspective. The data base and the statistical analyses are ideally suited to the research problem. Contending explanations are explicated and sifted. Interpretations never strain the plausibility of the evidence. The resulting findings clarify our understandings of political life within families. For these reasons, the Alfred M. Freedman Prize Committee is pleased to award ISPP÷s Alfred M. Freedman Prize to Jennings and Stoker as a most worthy first choice with which to inaugurate this award. For the Committee: Richard W. Boyd, Wesleyan University, and Faye Crosby, Smith College ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ISPP is calling for nominations for the following awards. Please contact the relevant chairperson: Alfred M. Freedman Award. Given to the best paper presented at the 1993 Annual Scientific Meeting. If you presented a paper you would like to be considered, or would like to nominate a paper, please contact: Stephen Brown Department of Political Science, Kent University Kent, OH 44242 Tel. (216) 672-7294. Erik H. Erikson Early Career Award. Given to a young scholar whose work exemplifies excellence and creativity in the field of political psychology. Candidates should be no more than ten years beyond their doctorate. Chair: Helen Haste 10 Belgrave Crescent, BA1 Bath ENGLAND Tel. 44 225 42 0230, Fax 44 225 48 2046 Harold D. Lasswell Award. Given for a distinguished scientific contribution in the field of political psychology. Chair: TBA. Send c/o Prof. Betty Glad Department of Government, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 Tel. (803) 777-3109, fax (803) 777-8255 Nevitt Sanford Award. Given for a distinguished professional contribution to the field of political psychology. Chair: Michael Diamond Department of Public Administration, University of Missouri-Columbia, 315 Middlebush Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211 Tel. (314) 882-3304, fax (314) 882-0365Nominations
The ISPP requires nominations for the following positions: President, Vice President, and members of the Governing Council. If you would like to place a nomination, please submit the name and proposed office to Ole Holsti, Department of Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706. Ph (919)660-4348, Fax (919) 660-4330.General Announcements
What is the Internet and Why Should You Care? Research Sources on the Internet for Political Science and Psychology. A workshop by this title has been given by Deborah Kelley-Milburn (Reference Librarian, Research and Bibliographic Services, Harvard University) and Michael A. Milburn (Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts/Boston). The workshop discusses the Internet and demonstrates how access to various research sources in Psychology and Political Science. Further information may be obtained from the authors. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ To readers, scholars, and book collectors: Schoen Books specializes in out-of-print, scholarly and antiquarian books in the following fields: Judaism, refugee writers, the Holocaust, Germany, Fascism, World War II, Zionism, and psychoanalysis. We issue catalogues of recent acquisitions, and have a stock of 10,000 books. Want-lists are welcome and we look forward to assisting your bibliographical interests. Our books are exhibited at scholarly conferences, so we appreciate information about upcoming events we may not have on our calendar. We will reserve any available item by phone, fax or mail. Schoen Books, 1 Cottage St., Easthampton, MA 01027. Tel. (413) 527-4780, fax (413) 529-9748. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿCognitive History: Proposal for a New Subfield
History is the scientific study of past events. Psychology enters history when historians try to explain the decisions and behaviours of past persons or when historiographers try to explain the interpretations of past historians. However, history is far more psychological than the established disciplinary demarcations and practices acknowledge. Every human being has appropriated historical beliefs and integrated them into self identity. We possess and are possessed by history. History is intimate to our personal and political behaviour. There is a need for a new subfield of history. It might best be called ”Cognitive History’. The alternative "Psycho-History" has a pejorative nuance and already identifies Freudian analyses of historical biography. Cognitive history would be an interdisciplinary subfield drawing on History (historiography), Psychology (social cognition, political, cross-cultural), Philosophy (epistemology), Sociology (ethnic relations, sociology of science), Anthropology (cultural) and Literature (James Joyce wrote that "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake"). The phenomenon of study would be historical beliefs, their origins and dynamics, and their relationship to other psychological, social, political and historical phenomena. The methodology of Cognitive History would be diverse, including analytical and empirical methods, the latter including both quantitative and qualitative methods. Cognitive History would have an applied aspect, since much of the political and social discord in the world can be traced to historical beliefs. Those interested in discussion or development of Cognitive History should contact the author at: Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada. Tel. (613) 545-2220; fax (613) 545-6611; e-mail: Rudminf@qucdn.queensu.ca. Floyd Rudmin, Ph.D.News from Members
Dr. Ofer Feldman, University of Tsukuba, Japan, received a 1.7 million yen grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education, a 1.3 million yen grant from the Matsushita Foundation and 900,000 yen grant from the University of Tsukuba. The grants are for a project on the political personality in Japan and the factors affecting the motivation of candidates for political office in recent national Japanese elections.Submissions to ISPPNews
We can publish notices of upcoming meetings, calls for papers, op/ed letters, book reviews, and limited-length scholarly articles. For these or publishers÷ ads, please submit material to the address below. Next newsletter: Spring, 1994. Deadline for submissions: February 21, 1994. Especially for longer pieces, it is useful to submit material on disk (3.5" preferred) along with a hard copy on paper. The newsletter is produced in Macintosh Word, although we can accept WordPerfect, ascii, DOS, Windows, e-mail and many other formats if they are specified. Address to: Dr. Craig Summers, Editor - ISPPNews, Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada E-mail: ISPPNews@Nickel.Laurentian.Ca Tel. (705) 675-1151 ext. 4222 Fax: (705) 675-4823Political Psychology in Taiwan
Although the Ministry of Education recommends that each political science program offers at least one course on political psychology, learning the psychological approach in Taiwan remains a luxury for political science majors. Probably no more than three professors would claim to be political psychologists and only one of them regularly offers an introductory course on the subject. However, research interests in this field are continuing to grow. Some have begun to apply rudimentary concepts like misperception, belief systems, bounded rationality, and so on, to policy studies. One example of recent interest in the area is a workshop that is affiliated with National Taiwan University. At least four of its members currently conduct research on subjects related to politics. They are interested in the legacy of Confucianism, legalism and taoism in contemporary political strategy, political stability, political identification, political economy, and so on. Specific topics range from the Tiananmen massacre of 1989, to socialist corporate culture, voting behavior in Taiwan, and China-Taiwan relations. The most encouraging development in the 1990s should be that there is an increasing number of master÷s theses adopting the political culture or political psychology approach. Professor Chih-yu Shih National Taiwan University, TaipeiCities of Future Annual Scientific Meetings
As mentioned in the Executive Director÷s column above, the Annual Scientific Meetings for the coming years have been slated for the following dates and places: July 11-15, 1994 Santiago de Compostela, Spain July 6-10, 1995 Washington, DC June 30 to July 3, 1996 Vancouver, Canada Proposals for Scientific meetings in 1997 and beyond are welcome, and may be sent to either of the following addresses: Prof. George Marcus, ISPP Executive Director Dept. of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA. Tel: (413) 597-2538; fax: (413) 597-4200; e-mail: George.E.Marcus@Williams.edu Aaron Belkin ISPP Conference Director, Institute for Personality and Social Research, 2150 Oxford Street, Room 2C, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 USA. E-mail: ABelkin@garnet.berkeley.edu Thanks to Elizabeth A. Schmidt for layout work on this issue. The parting image is from the site of the 1994 Annual Scientific Meeting, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Dr. Craig Summers, Editor - ISPPNews, Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada E-mail: ISPPNews@Nickel.Laurentian.Ca Tel. (705) 675-1151 ext. 4222 Fax: (705) 675-4823