Newsletter March 2000
Please send all announcements, information, queries, reviews, help wanted, etc. to Ronnie Lipschutz, rlipsch@cats.ucsc.edu, 260 Stevenson College, UC-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Phone: 831-459-3275; fax: 831-459-3334. The next full issue will be out at the beginning of May 2000. Keep those e-mails coming!
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES ISA & SECTION NEWS ONLY. THE NEXT ISSUE WILL RETURN TO THE USUAL FORMAT.
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ISA & SECTION NEWS
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, March 17, 2000, Los Angeles, CA; Attendance: 40
The meeting was called to order at 12:35 PM by Section Chair Dimitris Stevis.
The first order of business was a proposal by the Section Executive Committee to formalize an association with the new journal “Global Environmental Politics.” Stevis explained the details, noting that the language of the proposal and associated resolutions had been approved by the Governing Council of the ISA. The association includes the following:
1. No financial obligation on the part of the Section or the ISA;
2. No responsibilities on the part of the Section;
3. No endorsements implied on the part of the Section;
4. A representative of the Section to be on the journal’s Editorial Board;
5. A 25% discount on subscriptions of ISA members
6. Publication of the annual ESS graduate student award paper, so long as it meets the peer review standards of the journal.
Stevis then introduced a series of resolutions to formalize the association:
Motion 1: To establish an association between the ESS and the journal “Global Environmental Politics.” The motion was moved, seconded, and adopted without opposition.
Motion 2: To create a new Section officer, the Section Representative to the Editorial Board of “Global Environmental Politics,” for a single, non-renewable term of 3 years. The motion was moved, seconded, and adopted by a 2/3 vote of members present.
Motion 3: To grant a 25% subscription discount to ISA members. The motion was moved, seconded, and passed without opposition.
Motion 4 was dropped.
Motion 5: The Executive Committee moved to add the election of the Section Representative to the Editorial Board of “Global Environmental Politics,” to a term of 1 initial year plus a full 3-year term, to take place along with election of other officers. The motion was moved, seconded, and adopted. Detlef Sprinz and Stacy VanDeveer were nominated for the position from the floor.
The second order of business was election of new Section officers. Beth DeSombre of the Nominations Committee introduced the slate of candidates, whose names and brief statements were also distributed. Candidates and results were as follows:
Executive Committee: Matthew Auer (elected); Yasuko Kawashima (elected); Alex Lautensach; Andreas Obser (elected); (Continuing: Peter Dauvergne, Paul Harris, Miranda Schreurs)
Sprout Award Committee: Juliann Emmons Allison (elected); J. Samuel Barkin (elected); Wil Burns; Donald Munton (elected); (Continuing: Philippe Le Prestre, Laura Strohm)
Nominations Committee: Michele Betsill (elected); Thomas Cioppa; Tamar Gutner (elected); (Continuing: Beth DeSombre, Ian Rowlands)
Webmaster: Georgia O. Carvalho (elected)
Section Representative to Editorial Board of “Global Environmental Politics”: Detlef Sprinz; Stacy VanDeveer (elected)
While the votes were being counted, announcements were made.
Stevis thanked Michael Maniates for overseeing the Gep-ed mail list, Ron Mitchell for his service as Webmaster, and Ronnie Lipschutz for sending out the newsletter. He thanked Miranda Schruers for chairing the graduate student paper selection committee, and Kate O’Neill and Stacy VanDeveer for their joint chairing of the Sprout Committee. He thanked Geoff Dabelko and
the Wilson Center’s Program on Environmental Change and Security for co-sponsoring the ESS reception (although he noted that a scarcity of demand for drinks required the Section to pay $100 to the suppliers of said fluids).
Matt Auer noted the advertisement from the ISA Professional Development Committee in the conference program and proposed development, possibly with section involvement, of a panel for graduate students on job talks, especially in a professional school setting, and careers with an environmental slant. There was general support for this proposal.
Kate O’Neill repeated the announcement of the Sprout Award Winner, “Asia’s environmental movements: comparative perspectives,” edited by Yok-shiu F. Lee and Alvin Y. So, published in 1999 by M.E. Sharpe. Approximately 30 books were received for review through Kate’s intense efforts, and she encouraged section members to send in nominations whenever they happened to see a likely suspect. The list of nominees can be found in this issue of the section newsletter.
The winner of the 1999 Graduate Student Paper award was Anita Krajnc from the University of Toronto for “Learning in British Columbia’s Clayoquot and Great Bear Forest Campaigns: From Public Pressure to Global Civic Politics.”
Geoff Dabelko encouraged members to apply for the Wilson Center
International Center fellowships, which include an office, a stipend, and other goodies. See http://www.wilsoncenter.org. Deadline is October 1, 2000.
Dimitris Stevis asked panel chairs to submit nominations for the graduate student paper award.
The Section Chair then presented his report.
The ESS Section: There were 23 ESS-sponsored or co-sponsored panels at the ISA conference, out of a total of about 400 panels. The section has 275 members, which represents a slight decline from the previous year. The Section’s relative decline is, however, much less than that of the ISA as a whole. The section’s bank account held about $2,500 before the conference, but a “good
chunk” of that was spent on the reception. Next year, we will try to co-sponsor the reception with the Global Development Section. The Section needs to be re-chartered (which happens every 5 years).
The nominating committee has submitted a report and supporting material to the Executive Committee regarding the election of Section officers, with a view toward assessing the possibility of electronic voting. The Executive Committee with review the report and make recommendations, if agreement is reached.
Organizational (ISA) issues: There is a proposal before the Governing Council to institute a change in the election procedure so as to have contested elections. The 2001 meeting will be in Chicago; 2002 in New Orleans; 2003, Portland; 2004, Montreal;
2005, Hawaii. ISA will no longer send out hard copies of the preliminary program; this will be available only on the Web. No junior scholar travel funds were awarded this year. There will be additional funds available for travel and workshops for the coming year.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 PM.
Report submitted by Ronnie Lipschutz
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECTION CHAIR
Dear ESS members:
I want to thank the many of you who contributed to the ESS’s presence at ISA 2000 and wanted to bring some issues regarding the ISA and ISA 2001 to your attention.
1. ELECTION OF ISA OFFICERS: We will all be receiving a referendum regarding the elections of ISA officers. The proposal is to have the Nominating Committee of the ISA nominate multiple candidates for each office and to have contested elections. The referendum ballots will include the strongest positions on each side. Please pay close attention to the implications of the proposals for the representation of the various views within the ISA, particularly less numerous or popular ones.
2. THE ISA GOES ELECTRONIC: The ISA is increasingly becoming electronic. This includes the abolition of the hard-copy Preliminary program. Please make sure that they have your correct email and inform them if you prefer some type of hard copy. They will do so in cases where electronic communications are not available or desirable.
3. ISA 2001:
A. Next Year’s ISA will be on February 20-24, 2001 in Chicago. Information on how to submit panels and papers can be found on pages 206-212 of the ISA 2000 program and will also be posted on the ISA’s web page. Here is some information to help you start your planning.
B. Proposals for panels, roundtables, papers, and posters must be in the hands of the Program Chairs by June 1st whether in hard copy or electronically through the ISA website. You should send all information to: Mustapha K. Pasha and David L. Blaney, 2001 Program Chairs, School of International Service
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016 USA, Fax: 202-885-1860; Email: isaprog@american.edu
Do NOT send panel, roundtable, paper or poster information to headquarters. Please do send COPIES to Dimitris Stevis, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1782; Phone: +970-491-6082; Fax: +970-491-2490; Email: dimitris@lamar.colostate.edu
C. Preferably panels should consist of four (4) papers, chair and discussant and roundtables of five or six (5-6) participants. Please include both first and second sponsorship preferences. We are encouraged to cosponsor panels so please keep that in mind when you are preparing your panels.
D. Graduate students, junior scholars and non-U.S.A. scholars please keep track and apply for travel grants. Deadlines are posted on the ISA’s website.
4. GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD: Those of you who were chairs of ESS panels will be contacted by a member of the Executive Committee to submit papers for the Award. If you do not hear from us by mid April please contact Dimitris Stevis.
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2000 SPROUT AWARD NOMINEES
Agrawal, Arun. Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community among a Migrant Pastoral People. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998.
Barkin, J. Samuel, and George E. Shambaugh, eds. Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.
Benedick, Richard Eliot. Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet, Enlarged Edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Burkett, Paul. Marx and Nature: A Red and Green Perspective. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Chayes, Abram, and Antonia Handler Chayes. The New Sovereignty: Compliance with International Regulatory Agreements. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Cracraft, Joel, and Francesca T. Grifo, eds. The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity, Science and Policy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Dalton, Russell J., et al. Critical Masses: Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction in the United States and Russia. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.
de Jongh, Paul, and Sean Captain. Our Common Journey: A Pioneering Approach to Cooperative Environmental Management. London: Zed Books, 1999.
Deudney, Daniel H., and Richard A. Matthew, eds. Contested Grounds: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.
Dorsey, Kurkpatrick. The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.
Dunlap, Thomas R. Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Elder, John. Reading the Mountains of Home. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Eldredge, Niles. Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Elliott, Lorraine. The Global Politics of the Environment. New York: NYU Press, 1998.
Foster, David R. Thoreau’s Country: Journey through a Transformed Landscape. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Gleick, Peter H. The World’s Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Washington DC: Island Press, 1998.
Grubb, Michael, Christiaan Vrolijk, and Duncan Brack. The Kyoto Protocol: A Guide and Assessment. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs and Earthscan, 1999.
Gupta, Akhil. Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998.
Homer-Dixon, Thomas F. Environment, Scarcity and Violence. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Hughes, J. Donald, ed. The Face of the Earth: Environment and World History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Humphrey, Caroline, and David Sneath. The End of Nomadism? Society, State and the Environment in Inner Asia. durham: Duke University Press, 1999.
Keck, Margaret E., and Kathryn Sikkink. Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998.
Kellow, Aynsley. International Toxic Risk Management: Ideals, Interests and Implementation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Krueger, Jonathan. International Trade and the Basel Convention. Trade and Environment. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs/ Earthscan Press, 1999.
Lee, Yok-shiu F., and Alvin Y. So, eds. Asia’s Environmental Movements: Comparative Perspectives. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999.
Levin, SImon. Fragile Dominion: Complexity and the Commons. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1999.
Manno, Jack P. Privileged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2000.
Mason, Michael. Environmental Democracy. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Mazurek, Jan. Making Microchips: Policy, Globalization, and Economic Restructureing in the Semiconductor Industry. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.
Meinesz, Alexandre. Killer Algae: The True Tale of a Biological Hazard. chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Mitman, Gregg. Reel Nature: America’s Romance with Wildlife on Film. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Philander, S. George. Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Sandilands, Catriona. The Good-Natured Feminist: Ecofeminism and the Quest for Democracy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
Smith, Toby M. The Myth of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats at the Edge of Apocalypse. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Stern, Jessica. The Ultimate Terrorists. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Swanson, Timothy, and Sam Johnston. Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements: The Economics of International Institution Building. London: Edward Elgar, 1999.
Tansey, Geoff, and Joyce D’Silva, eds. The Meat Business: Devouring a Hungry Planet. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Torgerson, Douglas. The Promise of Green Politics: Environmentalism and the Public Sphere. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999.
Vig, Norman J., and Regina S. Axelrod, eds. The Global Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1999.
Weiner, Douglas R. A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
Whitmore, Harland Wm. Jr. Global Environmental Macroeconomics. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999.
Young, Oran R., ed. The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.
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NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 2002-2003
The International Studies Association’s Nominating Committee invites members of this association to nominate officers for the 2002-2003 term, one as president, three as vice-president. These officers serve for one year. The treasurer is finishing year one of a three year term.
Colleagues making nominations are encouraged to consider and mention the candidates’ scholarly contributions to the discipline, their prior administrative and organizational leadership experiences, and their past service to the ISA. Self-nominations are accepted.
The deadline for nominations is 1 June 2000. Nominations should be sent to Michael Barnett (Chair, ISA Nominating Committee), Department of Political Science, 110 North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall, University of Wisconsin, WI 53706, USA. His phone number is 608-263-2036, his fax is 608-265-2663, and his email is mbarnett@polisci.wisc.edu.
The other members of the nominating committee are Christopher Chase-Dunn, Johns Hopkins University; Mark Gasiorowski, Louisiana State University; Gale Mattox, U.S. Naval Academy; Jane Parpart, Dalhousie University; and Dina Zinnes, University of Illinois.
