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Update on International Programs and Activities in 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2005

Bahram Rajaee
Bahram Rajaee
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APSA
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2004 was a busy and rewarding year on the international front. Existing programs continuedto thrive, while new initiatives were formulated and are in the process of being refined. Atthe end of 2004, APSA records showed 1,839 members residing overseas, approximately 12.2% ofthe overall membership. A detailed breakdown of this number is available later in thissection.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2005, pp. 159
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

2004 was a busy and rewarding year on the international front. Existing programs continued to thrive, while new initiatives were formulated and are in the process of being refined. At the end of 2004, APSA records showed 1,839 members residing overseas, approximately 12.2% of the overall membership. A detailed breakdown of this number is available later in this section.

Exchanges

APSA's collaborative exchange with the British Political Studies Association (PSA) continued in 2004, with APSA staff attending the PSA conference in Lincoln in March. In August, the PSA organized a panel in Chicago and also co-sponsored a reception. Moreover, as described by Amy Mazur in this section, APSA is supporting the growing collaboration between the French Politics Group and their PSA counterparts. Discussions are currently also underway between the two associations for organizing an APSA panel at the 2005 PSA conference in Leeds.

As recounted by Ikuo Kume in his piece in this section, APSA's collaboration with the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) is also continuing successfully. Two JPSA representatives participated in the APSA Annual Meeting; in return, APSA President Margaret Levi and Ian Shapiro (Yale University) represented APSA at the 2004 JPSA meeting in Sapporo.

International Committee

2004 witnessed the APSA Council's endorsement of a remarkable statement by the APSA Committee on International Political Science (see this section in the July 2004 issue of PS, p. 533). In this issue, Marijke Breuning offers her thoughts on the statement and its implications. The Committee's statement laid out a reinvigorated vision for internationalization and the benefits of that process for the Association. To that end, APSA staff has been working with the Committee to develop ways of better integrating our colleagues overseas with the work of the Association and the professional community it represents. The committee's leadership has already resulted in a notable increase in travel support in 2004 for overseas members—especially for those in non-OECD countries. The most prominent new initiatives in this regard include the establishment of new membership categories for non-OECD individual and institutional members overseas. In addition, the Committee is exploring ways of establishing a standing plenary series with an international focus at the Annual Meeting, collaborating efforts with the World Bank, and raising funds to support an endowment for international activities.

Other steps

In addition to these core activities, APSA also collaborated with many partners on international programs and issues (including the European Consortium for Political Research, the U.S. Department of State, the Junior Faculty Development Program, the National Endowment for Democracy, the University of Minnesota, and the United Nations Foundation) and hosted visitors from Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan at its office in Washington, D.C.

2005 promises to be another exciting year. Stay tuned for news of future developments in these pages, and please feel free to send your thoughts and comments to me directly.