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This Article offers a new approach to the protection of associations under the Constitution. Although the modem Supreme Court's doctrine of freedom of association is based on expression, in the early Republic associations were understood not in terms of free speech, but in terms of freedom of assembly and popular sovereignty. On this account, associations are constitutionally significant because they allow for self-government. Popular sovereignty also offers a more useful basis for understanding freedom of association today. This Article therefore provides tools for assessing the proper scope of constitutional protections for associations once they are understood in terms of popular sovereignty, and for evaluating governmental regulations of associational life. This Article shows that associations merit constitutional protection if they directly engage in political activities, or if they equip their members with politically relevant skills. This Article sorts out different kinds of associations and evaluates the proper scope of their associational freedom.With respect to the contentious issue of whether associations should be exempt from antidiscrimination laws, the popular sovereignty approach suggests that only small, member-intensive associations should be free to select their members without governmental interference. While mass-membership organizations like the Boy Scouts or even political parties may merit some constitutional protection, their significance to popular sovereignty does not depend on their exemption from laws prohibiting discrimination.

The Association's 2005 Nominating Committee convened at the national
office and agreed upon the following slate of officers and Council
members. Members of the Association will have an opportunity to meet
the nominees at the 2005 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Elections will be held at the Business Meeting on Saturday,
September 3. The Annual Meeting Final Program will have the room
location for each event. Procedures for nominations from the floor
are set down in Article V (1,2) of the APSA Constitution.

After careful consideration of suggestions from the APSA membership
and organized groups, the Nominating Committee has agreed on the
following slate of political scientists as its nominees for elective
office in the association. In developing the final slate of proposed
candidates, the committee was guided by the APSA's bylaws that
require "due regard to diversity, geographical distribution, fields
of professional interest, type of institution, and
academic/nonacademic employment status," as well as by mandates from
the APSA Council, the charge from APSA President Carole Pateman, and
a commitment to selecting candidates with distinguished records of
achievement in advancing the multiple goals of the APSA.

Nous avons différencié deux formes théoriques d'institution, parfois confondues bien qu'incompatibles. La petite association est composée de bénévoles ou de néo-profession-nels adoptant une posture militante, créant une organisation « chaude » favorisant la proximité relationnelle marquée par la socialité primaire et le primat de la spontanéité et du partage de vie. Le modèle antagonique de la grosse association est formé de professionnels salariés, agissant, dans un cadre de travail préétabli et strict, à partir d'une compétence appuyée sur des savoirs théoriques. Le lien technique opère à partir de la socialité secondaire ; l'association est alors un organisme proche de l'entreprise, se devant de développer un pouvoir économique, politique et social important.

After careful consideration of suggestions from the APSA membership and organized groups, the Nominating Committee has agreed on the following slate of political scientists as its nominees for elective office in the association. In developing the final slate of proposed candidates, the committee was guided by the association's bylaws that require "due regard to diversity, geographical distribution, fields of professional interest, type of institution, and academic/nonacademic employment status," as well as by mandates from the APSA Council and the charge from the APSA president, Henry E. Brady, and by a commitment to selecting candidates with distinguished records of achievement in advancing the multiple goals of the APSA.