Ninth Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy

May 22-23, 2009

States in Transition:
Politics and Policy in the post-Bush Era

Sponsored by the Political Science Department at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the Political Science Department at Duke University, the State Politics Section of APSA, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Confernece Hosts

Tom Carsey, UNC (primary contact person: carsey@unc.edu)
Virginia Gray, UNC
Kerry L. Haynie, Duke

Overview

Our theme, “States in Transition: Politics and Policy in the Post-Bush Era” will bring together a broad range of scholars doing research in all areas of state politics and policy. We invite scholars to consider how states have evolved and adapted in the 21st century with an eye toward what may lay ahead. The Bush presidency began with an unprecedented struggle in Florida. Events like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Iraq War, and policy debates in the areas of health care, the environment, immigration, and the No Child Left Behind Act have forced states to adapt to new local and national political realities. Finally, the 2008 Presidential context will be fought out in the states. Because all aspects of state politics and policy have been affected by these events, we feel our theme is broadly inclusive. The tentative due date for paper proposals is Friday, January 16th, 2009.

Our budget should permit us to provide stipends for about 50-60 papers as well as panel discussants. We plan a series of traditional panels, a graduate student poster session, and maybe a special topics roundtable or two. We also plan to give an award to the best graduate student poster presented at the conference.

Location Information

The conference will be headquartered in Chapel Hill at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel and William and Ida Friday Conference Center. We plan to have at least one special event on the main UNC campus, and dinner Friday night will be held at Duke. Both universities and the triangle area in general offer an exciting range of activities and sights to see. Attractions located on UNC’s beautiful campus include the Morehead Planetarium, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Coker Arboretum, and the Ackland Art Museum. Duke’s campus is highlighted by Duke Chapel, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the breath-taking Duke Gardens. Attractions in the area include the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team, Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District, the UNC and Duke golf courses, the state capital in nearby Raleigh, and numerous historic sites, state parks, museums, lakes, and other attractions. The entire area is served by the Raleigh/Durham International (RDU) airport, which offers a wide range of options for those traveling to the area.

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Department of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill