In developing the theme of this meeting, “Political Science and Public Life: Knowledge, Politics, and Policy,” the program chairs highlight the current and possible contributions of political science research to politics and policy. They note that political scientists in all subfields produce analysis and research with important implications for the political activities of the public and policymakers, yet that political scientists infrequently extend into a dialouge with these audiences about the implications of political science.

APSA is pleased to announce the release of Voting Behavior: The 2000 Election by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo.

The 2002 Annual Meeting will feature addresses by David Mayhew of Yale University and Hugh Heclo of George Mason University. Committee chairs of the three-member James Madison and three-member John Gaus award committees made their annoucements in early Spring.

It is impossible to do justice to the full range of Kahneman's research in the limited space available here, and I restrict my focus to his research programs on judgment and on decision making. Each is defined by an extraordinarily influential article coauthored with Tversky: a 1974 Science article on “Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases” (which was followed by a 1982 anthology with the same title with Slovic and Tversky, and a 1979 Econometrica article on prospect theory).

The following were major items addressed by the Executive Council at its April 26, 2002 meeting:

1. Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2003

2. Report of the Elections Review Committee

3. Report of the Public Presence Advisory Group

4. Civic Education and Engagement Initiatives

5. Proposal for a Mentoring Program for Women

6. Proposal for a Study of the Graduate Curriculum

7. Report from Lee Sigelman, editor of American Political Science Review

8. Report from Jennifer Hochschild, editor of Perspectives on Politics

9. Discussion of Family–Community–Friendly Initiatives

10. Discussion of the Minority Fellowship Program

11. Discussion of Publications issues, including the publication of committee reports in PS: Political Science & Politics

Jennifer Hochschild, professor of government and Afro-American studies at Harvard University, was unanimously and enthusiastically approved by the APSA Executive Council to serve as the inaugural editor of Perspectives on Politics. Hochschild will begin her three-year term on September 1, 2002.

In recognition of their outstanding academic and personal achievements, APSA has named five fellows with stipends and four fellows without stipends for the 2002–2003 academic year.

APSA invites applications to participate in an Annual Meeting workshop on syllabi incorporating service learning and to contribute to a collection of service learning syllabi. Selected applicants will receive $150 toward their expenses at the meeting on the day of the workshop.

Comparative Politics

As of the Winter 2002–03 issue, the Comparative Politics Organized Section Newsletter, APSA-CP, will be produced by an editorial team at the University of Notre Dame, composed of Michael Coppedge, Scott Mainwaring, and Anthony Messina. After the Summer 2002 issue of APSA-CP, all submissions should be sent to the new editorial staff at coppedge.1@nd.edu. Submissions that arrive by October 2002 will be considered for the Winter 2003 issue.

Bipartisan Effort to Nullify Bush's Executive Order

On April 11, 2002, the leadership of the House Committee on Government Reform—including Stephen Horn (R-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Henry Waxman (D-CA), and Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)—introduced legislation seeking to nullify President Bush's Executive Order 13233 (“Further Implementation of the Presidential Records Act”). The bill, “The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002” www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2002/hr4187.html, states that E.O. 13233 “shall have no force or effect.”

New England Journal of Political Science Seeks Submission

The New England Journal of Political Science is making preparations for its first issue, which will be published in Fall 2002. This peer reviewed scholarly journal i a publication of the New England Political Science Association. It will be the first referred scholarly journal in the discipline of political science that will be offered exclusively in an electronic format. A distinguished editorial board will provide rigorous scholarly standards for this venture nd ensure its diversity. Articles from all fields of political science are welcome.

2002 Rules for the Annual Business Meeting and Association Elections

The following rules proposed by the Association's Rules Committee were approved by the Council at its April 26 meeting.

1. Annual Business Meeting: Attendance and Participation

2. Conduct of the Annual Business Meeting

3. Proposal of Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments

4. Nominations and Elections of Officers

5. Council Meeting: Observers

6. Calendar of Deadlines

7. 2002 Annual Business Meeting