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The call for papers for the 11th Hofstra Presidential Conference triggered an immense response from scholars. On this page is a list of abstracts for papers being presented at the Conference: William Jefferson Clinton: The "New Democrat" from Hope, which takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 10, 11, and 12, 2005. The abstracts are provided in PDF format, and in alphabetical order by presenter.

A 'Long and Winding Road': Bill Clinton and the 1960s Philip Abbott, Wayne State University "New Democrat" Justices: President Clinton's Appointments to the Supreme Court Henry J. Abraham, University of Virginia Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain: The Real Story of Rubinomics Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy and Research Bill Clinton and Unilateral Executive Power Ryan J. Barilleaux and Christopher Kelley, Miami University of Ohio What Third Way? Clinton, New Democrats and Social Policy Reform Alex Waddan, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, and Daniel Béland, University of Calgary, Canada Women's Rights as Human Rights: Hillary Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Struggle for Social Justice Abroad Allida Black, The George Washington University Demystifying the DLC: The Democratic Leadership Council and its Unnamed Founder, Alexander Hamilton Lara Michelle Brown, California State University, Channel Islands The Clinton Administration's "New Democrat" Approach to Anti-Trust Policy Larry Bumgardner, Pepperdine University The Clinton Administration and the United Nations: From 'Assertive Multilateralism' to 'Burden Sharing' Stephen F. Burgess, U.S. Air War College Bill Clinton's Military: Rift, Revolution and Roles Alan Cate, University School Clinton's Farewell Address: The Traditional Self-Assessment of a President Ralph D. Church, University of Padua, Italy Monumental Decisions: President William J. Clinton's Use of the 1906 Antiquities Act for Environmental Protection Jeanne N. Clarke, University of Arizona, Tucson, and Kurt Angersbach, University of California, Santa Barbara At the Center of the Culture War: Bill Clinton, the Christian Right, and the Politics of Religion David B. Cohen, University of Akron, and John W. Wells, Carson-Newman College Bill Clinton, Historian: My Life as a Narrative of the Culture War David T. Courtwright, University of North Florida Community Economic Development and the Clinton Administration: A Shift Toward Reliance on Private Investment Monitored by Government Regulators Vincent Di Lorenzo, St. John's University School of Law The Clinton Presidency and the Northern Ireland Peace Process Paul Dixon, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland President William Jefferson Clinton's Environmental Executive Orders Graham G. Dodds, Concordia University, Canada Bill Clinton, the Death Penalty and the Assault on Habeas Corpus David R. Dow, University of Houston Law Center The Clinton Administration Use of New Technologies in Communication Policies Susan J. Drucker, Hofstra University and Gary Gumpert, Queens College/CUNY President Clinton and Northern Ireland: Gulliver in Lilliput John Dumbrell, University of Leicester, UK, and Timothy J. Lynch, University of London A 'New Covenant' Kept: Core Values, Presidential Communications, and the Rhetorical Paradox of the Clinton Presidency Robert F. Durant Constructing the Enemy in the Post-Cold War World: Images of Imperial and Modern Savagery in Bill Clinton's Foreign Policy Discourse Jason A. Edwards, Georgia State University Differential Treatment? Early Media Coverage of William J. Clinton and George W. Bush Bradley C. Freeman, Marist College The Clinton Health Care Legacy Martin H. Goldsmith, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Reshaping the Model: Clinton, Gore and the New Vice Presidency Joel K. Goldstein, Saint Louis University School of Law Bill Clinton and the Redefinition of Liberalism David Greenberg, Rutgers University U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Iraqi Kurds During the Clinton Administration Michael M. Gunter, Tennessee Technology University "... human rights are women's rights. And women's rights are human rights, once and for all": Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Fourth Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995 Myra G. Gutin, Rider University All the President's Women: Analyzing the Appointment of Women in the Clinton Presidency Brigid C. Harrison, Montclair State University The Foreign Policy of the Clinton Administration: The Pursuit of Order in the Post-Cold War Era Glenn P. Hastedt and Anthony J. Eksterowicz, James Madison University The Foreign Policy Activism of First Lady Clinton Glenn P. Hastedt and Anthony J. Eksterowicz, James Madison University From Conciliation to Confrontation: Clinton I and the Veto Samuel B. Hoff, Delaware State University Bill Clinton and the Rhetoric of Chief Legislator: Did Deeds Follow Words? Donna R. Hoffman, University of Northern Iowa, and Alison D. Howard, Dominican University, California Running Against the President: The Effect of Republican Campaign Strategy in the 1994 Midterm Elections James D. King, University of Wyoming

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Has the Policy Met President Clinton's Goals? Captain Chad C. Carter and Major Antony B. Kolenc, U.S. Air Force Academy Grading the Clinton Anti-Trust Policy as Enforced by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice Theodore Kovaleff, Columbia University School of Law Economic Theory and Political Reality: Managed Competition, the Clinton Health Plan, and the Future of Medicare Rachel Kreier, Hofstra University Information Technology and the Clinton Administration: Proactive Leadership for Turbulent Times Laura Lally, Hofstra University Education Policy in the Clinton Administration: An Examination of Goals 2000 Zachary Lynn, Teachers College, Columbia University Confirmation Politics: Clinton, Congress and the Appointment of Federal Judges John A. Maltese, University of Georgia From Reinventing to Reform to Routine: The Clinton Administration and the Bureaucracy Robert Maranto, Villanova University Clintonism and the Legacy of "New Democrat" Family Policy Linda C. McClain, Hofstra University School of Law Presidential Correspondence During the Clinton Administration: Staying in Touch with the American People Judithanne Scourfield McLachlan, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg U.S. Nuclear Proliferation Policy During the Clinton Administration Donald H. McNeill, Princeton Research Forum A New Democratic Party? Bill Clinton as a Public Philosopher and Party Leader Stephen K. Medvic, Franklin & Marshall College The Undiscovered Justice: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Clinton's "New Democratic" Centrism Russell A. Miller, University of Idaho College of Law President Clinton and the Rebirth of the Democratic Party's Internationalism John Allphin Moore, Jr., California State Polytechnic University A Critique of 'Rubinism': Did Reduced Budget Deficits and the Brief Experience with Surpluses Cause the Economic Successes of the 1990s? Michael Meeropol and Carlos Liard-Muriente, Western New England College, Massachusetts To Form a More Perfect Union: Bill Clinton and the Art of Deliberation John Murphy, University of Georgia President Clinton's Supreme Court Appointments Roger K. Newman, Hofstra University School of Law Presidential Involvement in Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Search for Consensus and Decision in the Clinton Administration William Newmann, Virginia Commonwealth University The Record of the Clinton Administration on Conflict Resolution in Africa F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam, University of South Florida, Tampa A Return to Relevance: Bill Clinton's Responses to the Oklahoma City Bombing Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland Bill Clinton's Clemency Record: Machiavellian or Magnanimous? William D. Pederson, Louisiana State University in Shreveport Hillary and Jackie: Comparing the Role of First Lady in the Clinton and Kennedy Administrations Dr. Barbara A. Perry Getting From Mogadishu to Sarajevo: The 'Maturing' of the Clinton Administration's U.N. Policy Jerry Pubantz, Salem College The "New Democrat" From Hope and Racial Politics: A Critical Assessment of President Clinton's National Conversation on Race Keith W. Reeves, Swarthmore College Getting Ready for the Second Term: The Clinton Presidency's 1996-1997 Transition James W. Riddlesperger, Texas Christian University, and James D. King, University of Wyoming Defining Education in America: Beyond the Bridge Into the 21st Century Carol A. Sharp, Rowan University and Martin W. Sharp, Cabrini College New Democrat, Old Truths: Taxing and Spending and the Nineties Boom David Shreve, University of Virginia Clinton and Gun Control: Boon or Bane? Robert J. Spitzer, SUNY at Cortland The Clinton Administration and the New Economy: Great Hopes and a False Dawn John E. Ullmann, Hofstra University Pre-Election Presidential Pressure in the Pursuit of Governmental Grants: The 1998 Empowerment Zones Selection Process Marc A. Wallace, Rider University The Games That He Played: Bill Clinton's Sports Presidency John S. Watterson, James Madison University Was the Clinton Presidency a "Co-Presidency"?: The Vice Presidency, the First Ladyship, and the Plural Presidency Gary D. Wekkin, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service At the Center of the Culture War: Bill Clinton, the Christian Right, and the Politics of Religion David B. Cohen, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron, and John W. Wells, Carson-Newman College Amazing Grace: The National Endowment for the Arts, the Clinton Presidency and Defining American Culture Timothy Willmot, Road Run High School, Leesburg, VA Family Policy During the Clinton Years Steven K. Wisensale, University of Connecticut Presidential Humor: The Remaking and Remarkings of William Jefferson Clinton Jan J. Younger, Heidelberg College