Article Contentsp. 637p. 638p. 639p. 640Issue Table of ContentsPS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 625-872Front Matter [pp. 625 - 692]Letters [pp. 631 - 633]Symposium: Divided Government and the Politics of Constitutional ReformDivided Government and the Risks of Constitutional Reform [pp. 634 - 637]Divided Party Control: Does It Make a Difference? [pp. 637 - 640]Explaining Divided Government: Why Can't the Republicans Win the House? [pp. 640 - 643]Divided Government as Scapegoat [pp. 643 - 646]Divided Government in the States [pp. 646 - 650]Divided Government and Dysfunctional Politics [pp. 651 - 653]Representation, Accountability, and Efficiency in Divided Party Control of Government [pp. 653 - 657]In Focus: The 1991 Annual MeetingAmerica as a Model for the World? [pp. 658 - 659]Liberal Democracy as a Global Phenomenon [pp. 659 - 664]America as a Model for the World? A Skeptical View [pp. 664 - 667]America as a Model for the World? A Foreign Policy Perspective [pp. 667 - 670]The 1991 John Gaus Lecture: Politics, Political Science and the Public Interest [pp. 670 - 675]Doing "Tuesday Lunch" at Lyndon Johnson's White House: New Archival Evidence on Vietnam Decisionmaking [pp. 676 - 679]The United States Supreme Court and the Enforcement of African-American Rights: Myth and Reality [pp. 679 - 684]R. R. Wright, Congress, President Truman and the First National Public African-American Holiday: National Freedom Day [pp. 685 - 688]The TeacherFor the ClassroomUsing the Microcomputer in the Classroom: Initial Considerations [pp. 689 - 694]Winning Is Not the Only Thing "On the Campaign Trail": An Evaluation of a Micro-Computer Campaign Simulation [pp. 694 - 698]Making Class Participation a Reality [pp. 699 - 703]In-Class Debating in Public Law Classes as a Complement to the Socratic Method [pp. 703 - 705]The Original Washington [pp. 705 - 706]Teaching Public Administration through Field Research: California Agency Reconnaissance Project [pp. 707 - 712]Teaching the Political Ideas of the Bible [pp. 712 - 715]Outcomes Assessment: One Department's Experience with Portfolios and Outside Evaluators [pp. 715 - 718]A Report on the Advanced Placement Program in Political Science [pp. 718 - 719]The ProfessionPolitical Philosophy and the Policy Studies Organization [pp. 720 - 723]Hypertext and Hypermedia [pp. 724 - 730]Murray Edelman in Appalachia [pp. 730 - 731]Military Intelligence Alumni Donate to Michigan's Japanese Studies Program [pp. 731 - 732]NSF Task Force Recommends Separate Directorate [pp. 732 - 733]People in Political Science [pp. 734 - 747]Association News [pp. 748 - 791]Regional and State Association NewsMidwest Survey Final Report [pp. 792 - 796]International Political SciencePateman Elected President of IPSA [p. 797]Central and Eastern Europe Civic Education Project [p. 798]Organizations Related to the Study of Political Science [pp. 799 - 808]Update on Organized Sections [pp. 809 - 814]Announcements [pp. 815 - 821]Research and Training Support [pp. 822 - 831]Upcoming Conferences and Calls for Papers [pp. 832 - 836]Doctoral Dissertations in Political Science, 1991 [pp. 837 - 853]Gazette [pp. 854 - 864]Back Matter [pp. 824 - 872]Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform Divided Government and Risks of Reform scholars have shown a renewed com- mitment to the virtues of political participation and the necessity of enhancing citizenship. These theories, with their emphasis on deliberation and the transformation of selfish interests, bring to the study of democracy and political practice a new passion and vision for citizen engagement (see Petracca, 1991b). Notes 1. An extensive bibliography on contempo- rary calls for constitutional reform can be found in Petracca, 1990. 2. Compare Bryce to Cutler (1989) or to other writings by these members of the Com- mittee on the Constitutional System cited in Petracca (1990). 3. The symposium essays by David Menefee-Libey and Morris Fiorina make sup- portive arguments on this point. However, "because a problem may be old, or not gain- ing in urgency, does not mean it should be disregarded," said Sundquist (1990: 533). True enough, but the case has yet to be made by Sundquist or other member of the Com- mittee on the Constitutional System that the current exigencies produced by divided gov- ernment-if they exist at all-cannot be over- come the same way they have been handled throughout the last 100 years. A similar point is made more eloquently by Schlesinger (1986). 4. The primary publications of the Com- mittee on the Constitutional System are cited in Petracca (1990: 526). 5. Some proponents of constitutional reform seem overly sensitive to a recommen- dation for further research and debate on the phenomenon of divided government (see especially Sundquist, 1990). 6. The point is adapted from Madison's scholars have shown a renewed com- mitment to the virtues of political participation and the necessity of enhancing citizenship. These theories, with their emphasis on deliberation and the transformation of selfish interests, bring to the study of democracy and political practice a new passion and vision for citizen engagement (see Petracca, 1991b). Notes 1. An extensive bibliography on contempo- rary calls for constitutional reform can be found in Petracca, 1990. 2. Compare Bryce to Cutler (1989) or to other writings by these members of the Com- mittee on the Constitutional System cited in Petracca (1990). 3. The symposium essays by David Menefee-Libey and Morris Fiorina make sup- portive arguments on this point. However, "because a problem may be old, or not gain- ing in urgency, does not mean it should be disregarded," said Sundquist (1990: 533). True enough, but the case