February 1993 Vol. 4 (1)
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 the quality of scholarship in political psychology, and to contribute to the usefulness of work in political psychology.Executive Director's Corner
As you can see, ISPPNews has taken on a new look and a new editor. I would like to thank our retiring editor, Paul Schaffner for having taken on the task of founding our newsletter as well as having produced it over the past few years. I would also like to welcome, for all of us, Craig Summers, our new editor. We hope you will like the new format and offer suggestions, as well as contributions, so that ISPPNews can become an increasingly useful vehicle for communicating the ongoing events in our discipline. Let me make a few announcements: The preliminary program, and registration materials, for the Sixteenth Annual Scientific Meetings, July 6-10. Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts will be sent to all recently active ISPP members in early April. If you wish the materials to be sent to any colleagues, send me their names and addresses. The 1994 Annual Scientific Meetings have been provisionally sited in Santiago, Spain, mid-July. The 1995 Annual Scientific Meetings have been tentatively designated for Washington, DC. The 1996 Annual Scientific Meetings have been tentatively designated for the west coast. 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. We hope to prepare a membership directory late in 1993. It should contain fuller, and more accurate, information about each of you. Ballots for ISPP elective office will be mailed to 1993 dues paid members on or about April 1st. Vol. 14, issues no. 1 - 4, of Political Psychology, will be sent to 1993 dues paid members. Please renew your memberships so you can participate in our elections and so that you receive Political Psychology without interruption. Contents Executive Director÷s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Editorial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Memberships for Recent Graduates . . . . . . . . . 2 1993 Summer Institute in Political Psychology . . . 2 Yugoslav Conflict: What Happened to Those People? . . 4 Calls for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 National and Regional Societies of Political Psychology 6 Research Grants and Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Training Seminar: Evolution and Behavior . . . . . . 7 New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Submissions to ISPPNews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Other Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 In Memorial: Rosalind A. Lorwin . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ISPP Conference - Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Conference Arrangements . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .10 ISPP Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .10 Regional Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 11 MacArthur Foundation Travel Grants . . . . . . . . . 11 Continuing previous practice, we will send issues of the ISPPNews to all recent members of ISPP. Three continuing programs are worth calling to your attention: The ISPP Collection of Political Psychology Syllabi are available ($25 per copy). 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 Compastela, Spain. Announcements will be sent in our fall mailings. 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, elsewhere we report the sad news of the passing of Rosalind Lorwin, my predecessor as executive director. Rosalind was a great help to me as I began in this office. I am sure that along with all others who knew Rosalind, as well as all members of the society who benefited from her steady hand and capable leadership, we will miss and mourn our loss. The Governing Council of the Society has voted to rename the Membership Development Fund to the Rosalind Lorwin Membership Development Fund. We hope many of you will make a donation in her name to the fund. Donations could either be sent in the form of cheques (made out to I.S.P.P. and mailed to me) or with membership renewals. If sufficient donations are forthcoming we also hope to endow a scholarship in Rosalind's name for the Summer Institute in Political Psychology. George E. Marcus, Executive DirectorEditorial Statement
As a sign of growth and continuation for the ISPP, this issue of ISPPNews marks a transition, with the founding editor Dr. Paul Schaffner passing things on. Among the changes that have been made, the newsletter now appears with a new layout and on glossier paper, perhaps signifying the major steps that have been taken in less than a decade, in establishing political psychology as a distinct area of scholarly interest. At the suggestion of Dr. George Marcus, Executive Director of ISPP, the newsletter now includes publisher÷s advertisements. This provides a source of revenue to offset production costs, but also provides useful information for each of us on the most recent books in this area. At the mid-winter meeting of the Governing Council in Paris, it was decided that there would be two issues of the newsletter, in February and August. When warranted, a third issue could be produced in the intervening period, in November. For simplicity, the deadline for submissions will be the first of the month of the newsletter (February 1st, August 1st). In terms of readership, this issue will be distributed to some 1200 members internationally, with another 100 issues printed for dissemination to non-members. A special print run for this issue will also go to members of the American Political Science Association÷s new section on political psychology. That adds up to a lot of people working in this area, and is a sign of the interest in using social science methods to study psychological and political effects in present and historical political events. Beginning with this issue, we will also publish short articles describing ongoing projects and presenting arguments and results of interest for discussion. Because the newsletter is less formal and allows faster dissemination than the journal Political Psychology, this is an appropriate place to present op-ed letters and articles. The article in this issue on the conflict in Yugoslavia is an example of this, to which responses are invited. For submissions or enquiries, you will find contact information in a box on page 8 and on the back page. I look forward to hearing from you. Craig Summers, Ph.D., Newsletter EditorMemberships 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. In order 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.1993 Summer Institute in Political Psychology
Once again, this coming summer between July 19 and August 13, the Summer Institute in Political Psychology will take place at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The Summer Institute is a four-week intensive training program sponsored by the International Society of Political Psychology, in collaboration with The Ohio State University Departments of Political Science and Psychology and the Mershon Center. The Institute's primary goal is to provide participants with a multi-faceted exposure to interdisciplinary research in the field of political psychology. The program is designed primarily for graduate students, although junior faculty are welcome. If the past two Institutes are an indication of what will happen again this year, the Institute promises to attract a stimulating set of individuals excited about interdisciplinary cross-pollination between political science and psychology. Those admitted for participation will have numerous opportunities to integrate major theories and findings from the two fields, to interact with graduate students and faculty in an environment that fosters sharing perspectives and experiential learning, and to form a scholarly network for future collaboration. Previous participants have come from 10 countries and 35 universities. The Institute includes daily instruction in political science and psychology by well-respected scholars from the two disciplines as well as a number of lectures focused more specifically on political psychological topics. The lectures cover most important areas of inquiry in the two disciplines and give the participants an excellent overview of what the "other" discipline is about as well as provide them insights into less familiar areas within their own field. In addition, the participants regularly convene in small discussion groups to exchange ideas and integrate the different themes highlighted in the lectures and the assigned readings. Discussion groups also serve as forums for people to present their own research and receive feedback from fellow participants. A wide variety of methods workshops are offered as well. These workshops cover both modal methodologies employed in the two disciplines (the survey and experiment) and a variety of other methods that are useful to budding political psychologists (e.g., focus groups, protocol analysis, content analysis, use of archival methods, comparative case study techniques, interviewing, and computational modeling). The methods workshops, in addition to familiarizing the participants with the mechanics of a particular methodology, give them a chance to gain some hands-on experience in using the method. A high point of each week's activities is a visit by a guest specialist who has helped to shape the field of political psychology, and is doing research at the frontiers of political psychology. In the past, these visits proved to be very inspiring to the participants, and promise to be so again this year. The distinguished political psychologists who will be joining the Summer Institute participants this year are Philip Converse, Susan Fiske, Robert Jervis, and Jeffrey Rubin. The participants will have ample opportunity to interact with the guest specialists both in formal lecture and group discussion settings as well as in less formal meetings. While substantial emphasis in the daily schedule during the Institute is placed on scholarly endeavors, numerous social activities are interwoven with the formal aspects of the Institute as well. A combination of picnics, sports events, and trips to cultural landmarks in Columbus and vicinity allow participants to take their minds off scholarly debates for a while. All in all, the Institute serves as a valuable training ground for future political psychologists. Numerous friendships and acquaintances are made, which, by stimulating and sustaining scholarly interaction in the years to come, contribute substantially to a further development of political psychology as a field. If you or someone you know is interested in participating in the Institute, contact Margaret Hermann Mershon Center Ohio State University 199 West 10th Avenue Columbus, Ohio, 43201 call Ewa Golebiowska at 614-292-1681 (fax # 614-292-2407), or send an e-mail message to MHERMANN@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU. To help graduate students with the $850 fee for participation in the Institute, a scholarship fund for the Summer Institute is being set up at the Mershon Center. If you would be interested in helping to support a participant, please contact Margaret Hermann for particulars on the fund. Editor: One of the purposes of ISPPNews is to provide a forum for short scholarly and op-ed articles on timely applications of political psychology. The views presented in this section are those of the authors and do not represent the policies of ISPP. We invite other submissions and responses.Yugoslav Conflict: What Happened to Those People?
By Dr. Ivan Kos International Psychotherapy Associates, New York Not long ago Yugoslavia, a country of many cultures, different languages and diverse religions, was an idyllic and tranquil place. Presently it is ravaged by war, consumed by hatred and overflown by sorrow. Former Yugoslavia became a place inundated and governed by fear. It forces us to wonder: "What happened to those people?" The media bombards us daily with images of destruction, dismembered bodies, abandoned children, displaced families, national cleansing and a mass flow of refugees, therefore leaving us with an impression of just another cruel war. However, there is another, more personal story. Former Yugoslavia's citizens were ruled by "aristocratic bureaucracy" for almost half a century. Its suppressive methods were sophisticated enough to leave one with a belief of freedom and equality while in reality it was autocratic. Voltaire's assertion that needy people always love to brag about their past is an excellent justification for the identification of ex-Yugoslavs with their national mythical heroes, past victories, splendid kingdoms, old borders, past glories and intensified suffering, out of their own feeling of impotence and helplessness. Religion and pride in one's own national identity were suppressed and subtly forbidden. This consideration may explain why captivated and clenched anger burst over into rage. Slogans: "They are against us", "Nobody will take advantage of you", "Nobody will club you ever again", became the main building blocks for negative leadership of the same "aristocratic bureaucracy" (only now under a different name) to gain control. This political status group was able to sell itself through ever-present fear, hate and destructive conflict, as nurturing, caring and concerned. More precisely, negativity, destruction and greed has been portrayed as recaptured security, self-identity, stability and pride. Hope has arisen through extreme nationalism, giving the illusion of the rebirth of a mythical hero, while the old pain of unsatisfied self-identity is numbed and slammed back to its former place. Historically, this nation of former Yugoslavia is well known for building its future on grandiose, overnight, magical solutions with haphazard planning, avoiding personal responsibility and commitment. The leader's mentality is characterized by rigidity, dogmatism, lack of empathy, secretiveness and opportunism. His method for control and subjugation of others is though meddling, deceiving and eluding to gain power. Through ducking, hedging, lying and evading, he is looking to gain credibility and control. The byproduct of such machinations is to fulfill his constant need for adoration and grandiosity. The leadership's psychology is based on: discouraging self-identity and self-expression, punishment when opposing beliefs are voiced, conformity and obedience, controlling and manipulating through the media, as well as twisting the truth according to self-serving need. This was a seed for "aristocratic bureaucracy" to succeed in creating a ”mental genocide’ generation. The general mentality of the masses on the surface appears to be oppositional, aggressive, resistant and arrogant. However, underneath they are docile, acquiescent, submissive and dutiful. The psychology of this nation, in general, is also depicted by poor work habits, oppositionist stances to innovations and change, negativism, and catastrophising, coupled with poor self-concept, changes in the value system, and communications defined by incongruent statements. Communication can be a double and opposing message where what one hears may not stand for what one meant. Every statement has a double, unclarified and unfinished meaning. This is best seen today in the process of peace negotiations going on in former Yugoslavia, where peace negotiators find themselves at a loss in this process. Peace agreements were signed, committing the opposing forces to stop fighting, while soon after fighting just continued. A common remark: "... but, do not take me for my word", means I do not know if I can be committed nor will my statements be accountable soon after we part. This does not apply specifically to politicians but rather to the everyday way of living. It is very common within the families to break promises and build relations on a structure without consequences, commitment or responsibility. Blaming others, complaining and unaccountability predominate. The foundation of a work ethic rests on entitlement, favoritism and political appointments instead of skills and knowledge. This is why work pride is based on working little and being paid well, spending time drinking in the cafes during the working hours, abusing paid sick leave and complaining how the job is hard. Lack of enthusiasm and apathy prevail. Growing up in this environment with these conditions it is very common to develop a philosophy of negativity. Most of the time people spend proving to themselves and others how things cannot be done, why and for what reason. Success and progress rest on achieving wealth overnight and "quick money-no ethics" standards. Even though the present war may be just a continuation of avoidance to deal with a shackled economy and negative leadership, there could be a different kind of solution installed where the psychology of war could be changed to a psychology of peace. This country needs to be educated in the basics of a democratic belief where opposing views can be respected and challenged through verbal communication instead of using punishment, war and destruction as a solution. Democracy is not equal to anarchy; rather, it is found upon individual rights for self-expression, a lack of fear for being oppressed and a strong civil rights law. A good beginning toward a peaceful solution could start with the development of conflict resolution centers whose main objective would be education on tolerance and respect of one's own national identity and of the national identities of other nations, through implementing a new value and moral system. Religion, history and customs should be publicly acknowledged, and peacefully and democratically expressed. Encouragement of entrepreneurial creativity (merit oriented), small businesses and work ethics based on knowledge and skills will stabilize the economy, thus creating a more balanced society and more mature individuals, whereby war will be exchanged for peace and assertiveness will be substituted for aggression.Calls for Papers
Conferences
"International Conference on Education for Democracy in a Multicultural Society". Jerusalem, Israel, June 6-10, 1993. Main themes focus on questions such as: • How should education for democracy in a multicultural society cope with various political, societal, economic and technological problems of the 1990s? • What is the importance of education in the development and maintenance of democratic political systems in a multicultural society? The multicultural nature of Israeli society makes it an exceptionally suitable location for such a conference. In some respects, Israel offers a microcosm of the problems that democracy faces when it confronts different ethnic groups in conflict, and the extensive efforts that are needed to maintain the democratic system. Submissions of abstracts (in English) for symposia, posters or workshops were due in January, but further information can be obtained from: Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal School of Education Tel Aviv University P.O.B. 39040 Tel Aviv 69978, Israel or email to: BarTal@ccsg.tau.ac.il . Selected presentations will be published in a book of proceedings. "FDR After 50 Years". September 14-16, 1995. Louisiana State University in Shreveport will hold its second conference in a series on great American presidents in 1995. Deadline for submitting proposals is 1 October 1994. All topics considered; including: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Presidency, Congress, the Supreme Court; Roosevelt÷s leadership and personality; foreign policy. Early submission strongly recommended. Contact William D. Pederson History and Social Science Department Louisiana State University One University Place Shreveport, LA 71115-2301 phone (318) 797-5337. The Law and Society Association, University of Massachusetts, will hold its 1993 Annual Meeting from May 27-30 at the Stouffer Riviere in Chicago. The theme of the meeting is "Culture and Inequality". Proposals for papers, panels or workshops were due in December, but information on attending can be obtained from: Executive Offices, Law and Society Association, Hampshire House, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003; phone [413] 545-4617; fax [413] 545-1640; e-mail: LSA@UMass.bitnet. For the seventh year, there will also be a Workshop for Graduate Students immediately preceding this meeting, on May 25th and 26th. There is a limit of 40 students, each of whom will receive a $200 stipend. Applications are/were due Feb. 15, 1993, with information available from Dr. Kitty Calavita, Chair, 1993 Graduate Student Workshops, at the above address. Children And HIV/Aids: Medical, Ethical and Legal Issues, June 20 to June 26, 1993. To be held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onate Guipuzcoa, Spain (near Bilbao-San Sebastian). Send abstracts of papers and other proposals by April 1, 1993, to: Prof. Emilio Viano School of Public Affairs/DJLS The American University Washington, DC 20016-8043 phone: (202) 885-2953 fax: (202) 885-1292 or 885-2353 Bitnet: EViano@AUVM ”HOW TO DEVELOP A GRADUATE POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM AT YOUR UNIVERSITY’ JUNE 11-12, 1993 Washington, D.C. A working conference sponsored by The George Washington University and the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education -- in conjunction with UCLA, SUNY, CUNY, and Ohio State. FREE REGISTRATION TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE For further information, call (202) 994-0566.Books
JAI Press has instituted an annual series, Research in Biopolitics edited by Albert Somit (Southern Illinois University) and Steven A. Peterson (Alfred University). The first number in the series -- Gordon Schubert÷s Sexual Politics and Political Feminism -- was published in 1991. A new volume will normally appear each fall. Scheduled for 1992 is Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson (Eds.), Biopolitics and the Mainstream: Contributions of Biology to Political Science. The volumes tentatively slated to follow will be Joseph Losco and Albert Somit (Eds.), Biology and Human Nature, then Methods in Biopolitics: A Research Handbook by Steven A. Pederson and Albert Somit (Eds.). Members of the ISPP who might find this series valuable for their interests could ask their libraries to put in standing orders for this annual series. Also, any scholars with potential book length manuscripts are encouraged to submit a prospectus (with one or two sample chapters) to the series editors. The final deadline for proposed volumes would be July, 1994. contact: Dr. Steven A. Peterson Division of Social Sciences Alfred University Alfred, New York 14802National and Regional Societies of Political Psychology
Governing Council has approved a program to foster the development of National and Regional Societies of Political Psychology. This program is intended to encourage dialog and to stimulate the development of professional activities among members from the same region or country. newly formed regional and national Societies of Political Psychology are encouraged to organize regular meetings and newsletters and to communicate news and events of interest taking place in their regions in ISPPNews. To support the development of these groups, the Governing Council voted to extend a special membership rate to existing and newly forming Societies of Political Psychology, of $5.00 off the prevailing Student, Retired and Special Circumstances membership categories, and $10.00 off the Regular, Contributing and Sponsor categories. Members interested in forming a regional or national society should contact the Executive Director for more information and assistance in contacting ISPP members in the nation or region of interest.Research Grants and Fellowships
U.S. Institute of Peace United States Institute of Peace: Solicited Grants. One to two years in duration, due date January 2, 1993. Three different solicitation areas: Africa, the Middle East, and Conflict Resolution Training. Grants range in size from $40,000 to $100,000 according to area. Solicitation A invites proposals addressing the following: (1) the relationship between democratization and peacebuilding in Africa; (2) the role of African regional institutions in maintaining peace; and (3) the future course of civil-military relations on the continent. Solicitation B invites proposals on: (1) the regional impact of Kurdish political and political-military activities within and between Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran; (2) Iranian and Turkish involvement in the Armenia-Azerbaijan confrontation, and the effects of their competition for influence in Central Asia; and (3) the effect of Iranian-Syrian relationships upon Israel-Arab relations and the peace process, particularly upon the government of Lebanon and militant groups in Lebanon, but also upon the attitudes of Palestinian organizations both inside the Occupied Territories and outside Israel. Solicitation C invites proposals for training programs to enhance the ability of local actors, whether in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, or parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, both to reduce the potential for conflict and to sharpen peacemaking and peacebuilding skills. Project objectives should include the development of new training materials and innovative models or the modification of existing training materials and models to new contexts. For further information and application forms, please write or call: Solicited Grants, United States Institute of Peace, 1550 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-1708, phone (202) 429-3844. SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Fellowships Visiting Scholar Fellowships The Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Committee on International Peace and Security announces the awards of 8 Visiting Scholar Fellowships. These Fellowships were awarded to 8 Scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. For additional information on this program, or to request application materials for the 1993 competition, contact the SSRC Program on International Peace and Security, Visiting Scholar Fellowships, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 U.S.A. Tel. (212) 661-0280; Fax (212) 370-7896. Peace and Security in a Changing World The Social Science Research Council Committee on International Peace and Security announces dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships for training and research on peace and security in a changing world. These Fellowships will support innovative and inter-disciplinary research on the relationships among security issues and world wide cultural, military, social, economic, environmental, and political changes, and of these changes on issues of international peace and security. REQUIREMENTS: There are no citizenship, residency, or nationality requirements. The competition is open to researchers in the social and behavioral sciences (including history and area studies), the humanities, and the physical and biological sciences. Researchers in non-academic settings are welcome to apply. DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS: These Fellowships are open to researchers who are finishing course work, examinations, or similar requirements for the Ph.D. or its equivalent. Applicants must complete all requirements for the doctoral degree except the dissertation by the Spring of 1994. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS: In most cases, successful applicants will hold the Ph.D. or its equivalent. However, possession of that degree is not a requirement for lawyers, public servants, journalists, or others who can demonstrate comparable research experience and an ability to contribute to the research literature. This competition is designed for researchers in the first ten years of their postdoctoral careers. For further information and application materials, contact: Program on International Peace and Security, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, USA. (212)661-0280, FAX: (212)370-7896. Deadline: December 1, 1993. Research Workshop Competition The Social Science Research Council Committee on International Peace and Security announces a competition for grants to support small, topical workshops. These grants of approximately $5,000 are available for workshops on topics that test established assumptions about peace and security. Workshops permit small groups of junior faculty members and other junior scholars to meet for two or three days of intensive discussion of a specific topic. Workshops must involve papers, and are expected to lead to further collaboration, preferably the publication of research findings. Workshops must be initiated by individual recipients of SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Fellowships in International Peace and Security (past and present), MacArthur Foundation Grants for Research and Writing, MacArthur Collaborative Studies Grants, or any other direct or indirect grant from the MacArthur Program on International Peace and Cooperation. For more information contact: Program on International Peace and Security, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, USA. (212)661-0280, FAX: (212)370-7896. Deadline: February 15, 1993.Training Seminar: Evolution and Behavior
A faculty training seminar on Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences will be sponsored by the Gruter Institute and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College (July 31 to August 6, 1993). Directed by Roger D. Masters (Department of government, Dartmouth) and Michael T. McGuire (Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA) and assisted by visiting lecturers in each discipline covered, this seminar will survey contemporary evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour. Attendance is limited to 40 faculty members or advanced graduate students, with some grants available for subsistence. For more information, write: Ms. Kimberly Watson, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, 6082 Rockefeller Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755; phone: (603) 646-3874; fax: (603) 646-1329.New Books by Members and Others
From Confrontation to Cooperation: Resolving Ethnic and Regional Conflict. By Jay Rothman (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1992). What will the world look like in the next century, and how will it get there? As the twentieth century nears its end, the global arena presents a paradox of simultaneous unity and fragmentation. On one hand, an international independence prevails. Modern communication links people in all corners of the globe. Yet, at the same time, a greater separatist nationalism is brewing, one that asserts ethnic identity and demands independence and statehood. From Confrontation to Cooperation is designed to explore these questions and provide hypotheses and constructive directions for conflict resolution. International Relations: Introductory Readings. By Edward Rhodes (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt). This recent book offers students an accessible introduction to the central principles of international politics and provides a theoretical grounding for further study or research. The first half of the volume explores the basic concepts of world politics, while the second half investigates the causes of war. The selections in this anthology are drawn from major theoretical writings in the field. Among the topics covered are the nature of anarchy, power, the state, the international system, and international society. The discussion of the causes of war considers the impact of security dilemmas, balance of power, hegemonic stability, domestic politics, bureaucratic politics, human aggression, and cognitive processes. The Sense of Justice: Biological Foundations of Law, edited by Roger D. Masters and Margaret Gruter (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992). This collection of papers from a Gruter Institute conference emphasizes the role of emotion and cognition in the feelings and social behaviours underlying legal systems. It is available in both hardcover and paper editions. Law and the Mind, by Margaret Gruter (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992). An introduction to the ethology of law, relating an evolutionary perspective to the tradition of Ehrlich÷s study of ”the living law’. Specific attention is devoted to the feelings and attitudes associated with legal behaviour and the sense of justice (or injustice).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: August, 1993. Deadline for submissions: August 1st. 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: ISPPNews Dr. Craig Summers, Editor Department of Psychology Laurentian University Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada E-mail: ISPPNews@Nickel.Laurentian.Ca phone: (705) 675-1151 ext.4222 fax: (705) 675-4823 Other Resources The Reader in Biology, Law and Social Behaviour is an electronic database which permits an instructor to select articles in order to create customized textbooks. The first component is now available online through Primus-McGraw Hill. To inaugurate the database, Primus has published a second edition of Law, Biology and Culture, edited by Margaret Gruter and Paul Bohannan. For a free examination copy of Law, Biology and Culture, contact your local McGraw-Hill representative or call 1-800-962-9342. Suggestions of materials to add to the database could be sent to Professor Roger D. Masters, Department of Government, 6108 Silsby Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755. Political Psychology course syllabi. ISPP member, Prof. Jim Kuklinski (Political Science, Indiana University) has collected political psychology syllabi. The collection contains 21 syllabi for graduate and undergraduate courses. Anyone teaching or planning to teach a course in political psychology will greatly benefit from a review of this collection. Copies are available from the Executive Director, Prof. George Marcus, at $25 each (Department of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA). Members who wish to submit syllabi for inclusion in the collection should mail a copy to the Executive Director.In Memorial: Rosalind A. Lorwin
Rosalind Astrid Lorwin, Ph.D., ten-year Executive Director of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), retired professor of social psychology at San Diego State University, and former Mayor of Del Mar, California, died peacefully in her home in Del Mar on December 24, 1992. Dr. Lorwin was born in New York City on May 27, 1926. She spent her childhood in Switzerland and attended the International School in Geneva. At an early age she became attuned to international issues. As an undergraduate at Swarthmore, Dr. Lorwin majored in political science and psychology. She worked as a journalist for a time, and went to Paris in 1947 following the war. In 1948, she began graduate work at U.C. Berkeley in political science, economics and psychology, obtaining her M.A. in psychology, specializing in political behaviour. She attended Yale University for her Ph.D., where she work in association with Carl Hovland÷s attitude change project. Rosalind Lorwin (formerly Rosalind Feierabend) was a professor of social psychology at San Diego State University for 27 years. For eight years, she co-directed (with her first husband Ivo K. Feierabend, Ph.D.) a major research project looking at socio-economic and political conditions as correlates of political violence. The Feierabends÷ studies on political aggression were awarded the 1966 Socio-Psychological Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Lorwin also served on the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (the Eisenhower Commission). She co-authored and edited numerous publications on comparative political violence. She was a visiting professor at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, and a visiting professor and Director of the Institute of Social Psychology at the University of Strasbourg, France. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for International Security and Conflict Resolution, Dr. Lorwin÷s recent seminars discussed the psychology of nuclear deterrence. Her major professional contribution of the last decade was as the Executive Director of the ISPP, bringing the Society÷s central office to the San Diego State University campus. In 1992, Rosalind received the Jeanne N. Knutson Award for Distinguished Service to the Society in 1992. We at ISPP, of course, knew her best as the person who took over the affairs of the Society at a time when we needed her most. At considerable personal sacrifice she assumed that task while at the same time continuing with her demanding academic schedule. With very little material support from the Society, due to its precarious condition during those first years, she saw to it that the Society would survive and grow. Rosalind brought to the position great grace and charm, a calm and stable temperament, and -- above all else -- tremendous loyalty and devotion to the Society. She helped create a smoothly functioning organizational structure appropriate for the Society÷s modest size, and devoted considerable energy to the development of the current membership base. Roz brought a personal dedication to intellectual excellence and a supremely humane commitment to building the knowledge base of political conflict resolution and peacemaking around the world. The sadness of the members of ISPP at the news of Rosalind Lorwin÷s death is all the more poignant because she was much more than an executive member to us as individuals and a community. From material contributed by Susan Feierabend, Roberta Sigel and Joseph Montville. For donations to the Rosalind Lorwin Membership Development Fund or to a scholarship in the name of Rosalind Lorwin for the Summer Institute in Political Psychology, see the notes from the Executive Director on pages 1 and 2.ISPP Conference - Boston
The Sixteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of ISPP will be held July 6 to 10, 1993 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference theme is Exploring the Future of Human Dignity and Self-Esteem in Politics. Conference Chair Prof. Michael Milburn Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts - Boston 100 Morissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393 USA Internet: milburn@umbsky.dnet@ns.umb.edu Program Chair Professor William F. Stone Department of Psychology University of Maine 5742 Little Hall Orono, ME 04469-7542 USA Internet: Stone@Maine.edu Bitnet: Stone@Maine Tel: (207) 581-2048 Fax: (207) 581-1953 Upcoming Annual Scientific Meetings: 1994 - Santiago, Spain 1995 - Washington, DC Conference Arrangements Are you planning to travel to this year÷s Scientific Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts from: Australia, Japan, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Berlin or anywhere in the U.S.? If so, you may want to consider booking your trip with Continental Airlines, to receive discounts of 5% to 10% off the lowest fares available. This is also true for passengers from Vancouver, Canada (but not from Toronto or Montreal). See the preregistration packet which well be mailed to all ISPP members in April, for details on how to receive the discount. For any suggestions or questions about the Annual Scientific Meetings, Aaron Belkin, the Conference Director for ISPP÷s Annual Scientific Meetings, can be reached at the following (new) address: Aaron Belkin ISPP Conference Director Institute of Personality and Social Research Oxford Court Building, Room 2c 2150 Kittredge Street Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel. (510) 486-8721 Fax (510) 643-9334 MacArthur Foundation Travel Grants from Developing Countries The ISPP North-South Committee has awarded the following four applicants support in their travel expenses to attend the ISPP conference in Cambridge, MA. All cite current and future activities related to supporting political psychology in their region, such as organizing an ISPP regional chapter, sending out ISPP newsletters and information to a regional network and organizing political psychology seminars. The grants as publicized will cover 75% of round-trip airfare costs to the meetings, and recipients are expected to act as ISPP liaisons in their home countries. 1993 Travel Grant Recipients: Professor Roxana Morduchowicz: research on political socialization Social Science and Education, Buenos Aires University Buenos Aires, Argentina Professor Wang Shu-Mao: research on the psychological structure of leadership in relation to the political system, and dealing with over-enthusiastic sports fans at athletic events. President of Shenyang College of Education Shenyang Liaoning, China Professor Samir Ghosh: research on human dignity, ethnicity, and self esteem of indigenous people in India Director of the Indian Institute of Human Sciences Konnagar, West Bengal, India Professor Bola Udegbe: research assessing the ?Better Life for Rural Women in Nigeria÷ program Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria Watch for these four scholars and help them feel welcome in the society! There will be several travel grants awarded for the 1994 conference in Madrid so please do your part to publicize this fund among people from South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South and Central America. Cynthia ChatawayISPP Officers
President Prof. Tom Bryder Institute of Political Studies University of Copenhagen, Denmark Executive Director Prof. George E. Marcus 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 Editor - Political Psychology Stanley A. Renshon City University Graduate Centre 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036-8099 USA Tel.:(212) 642-2355 Past President John E. Mack, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Cambridge Hospital Cambridge, MA 02139 USA President-Elect 1992-1993 Prof. Betty Glad Dept. of Political Science University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 USA Vice Presidents Martha Crenshaw Barbara L. Kellerman Janice Gross Stein Philip E. Tetlock Treasurer Noel Markwell Councilor Prof. Margaret G. Hermann Professor of Political Science Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 USA Tel.: (614) 292-1681 Governing Council Faye J. Crosby Ronald J. Fisher Doris A. Graber Suna Kili Louis Kriesberg Deborah W. Larson Ruth Linn Jane Mansbridge John B. McConahay Jos Meloen Joseph Montville Janusz Reykowski Jay Rothman Paul Schaffner Helen Shestopal Craig Summers Alan WhittakerRegional 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. One Regional Editorship has been established since the last newsletter (see below), although more nominations and/or applications are still being sought. Interested individuals from outside North America should forward a note of interest to the Editor of the newsletter, at the address at the end of this file. Regional Editor for Southeast Asia: Dr. Cristina (Tina) J. Montiel Visiting Research Fellow Peace Research Centre Research School of Pacific Studies The Australian National University GPO Box 4, ACT 2601 Australia ISPPNews Craig Summers, Ph.D. Newsletter Editor Department of Psychology Laurentian University Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 CANADA