2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-8:00 am
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Spousal Connection: Political Discussion Patterns of Married
Men and Women
This paper explores the gender gap in political discussion. We
argue gender affects the composition and outcomes of discussion
networks. Additionally, networks between women and men differ
depending on whether or not the woman and man are spouses.
Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa
tracy-osborn@uiowa.edu
Jeanette Mendez, Oklahoma State University
jeanette.mendez@okstate.edu
The Dynamics of Men’s and Women’s Democratic
Macropartisanship, 1953-2003
This paper explores the decline in Democratic macropartisanship
among men and women to better understand the dynamics
underlying macropartisanship and the gender gap. Analysis is
conducted on yearly time series of macropartisnhip, 1953- 2003.
Heather Louise Ondercin, Louisiana State University
ondercin@lsu.edu
The Gender Gap in Support for Military Intervention
Prior work on the gender gap in foreign policy attitudes has
not fully tested competing explanations. I test the feminist
consciousness and marginalization explanations along with a
promising, new explanation for the gap, personality.
Mary-Kate Lizotte, Stony Brook University
mklizotte@yahoo.com
Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University
andersen@syr.edu
Brian P. Frederick, Bridgewater State College
brian.frederick@bridgew.edu
29-1 CONTENTIOUS POLITICS
Room PDR 5 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Sarita Gregory, Vassar College
sagregory@vassar.edu
Paper The Doctrine of Non-Violence Revisited: Bayard Rustin, Rev.
Joseph H. Jackson, and Malcolm X on the Strategies of the Civil
Rights Movement
This paper re-considers the meaning and role of non-violence in the
civil rights movement. Focus is on three thinkers: Bayard Rustin,
Malcolm X, and the little-known president of the National Baptist
Convention, USA, Inc., Rev. Joseph H. Jackson.
Gayle McKeen, University of the South
gmckeen@sewanee.edu
Paper Strikebreaking, Racial Antagonism and the Impact of Racial
Congruence
The paper explores whether the racial and ethnic compositions of
firms and their surrounding localities matter in determining the use
of replacement workers.
Melissa D. Mason, Yale University
melissa.d.mason@yale.edu
Disc. Lester K. Spence, Johns Hopkins University
invictus@jhu.edu
Sarita Gregory, Vassar College
sagregory@vassar.edu
30-6 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW IN GREEK
POLITICAL THOUGHT
Room PDR 7 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan
awsaxon@umich.edu
Paper Legislation as Soul-Craft in Plato's Laws
This paper explores Plato's views on the educative function of
legislation by examining the figure and task of the legislator, as
detailed in the Laws.
Brent Edwin Cusher, University of Toronto
brent.cusher@utoronto.ca
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On Moderating Political Passions in Plato's Republic and
Symposium
This paper argues that Plato's Republic and Symposium present the
need of promising individuals to moderate the passions of greed and
excessive ambition.
Andrew M. Gross, University of Toronto
andrew.gross@utoronto.ca
Rhetoric and Regime Change
This paper examines the connection between rhetoric and regime
change as it is discussed in Aristotles Politics and Rhetoric. It
explores the question of how human emotion should, and should
not, be leveraged to help maintain democracies.
Tina D. Rupcic, University of Toronto
t.rupcic@utoronto.ca
Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan
awsaxon@umich.edu
Catherine Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
catherine.zuckert.2@nd.edu
31-1 THE PASSIONS THAT BIND
Room Suite 9-150 on the 9th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Fiona Miller, Arkansas State University
fmiller@astate.edu
Paper For the Love of the World: The Aesthetic Dimension of John
Calvin’s Thought
This paper provides an alternative account of John Calvin's political
thought, arguing that the aesthetic dimension of his thought, rather
than some form of anxiety, is the source of the worldly activism
associated with him.
Matthew Sitman, Georgetown University
mjs83@georgetown.edu
Paper Manipulating Passions, Forging Citizens: The Role of Love in
Rousseau's Conception of Popular Sovereignty
Through an innovative reading of the Social Contract in the light
of Rousseau's discussions on patriotism, this paper inquires into
the crucial role that love plays in Rousseau's conception of popular
sovereignty.
Cigdem Cidam, University of Minnesota
cida0001@umn.edu
Disc. Fiona Miller, Arkansas State University
fmiller@astate.edu
33-1 HEIDEGGER'S FRIENEMIES: STRAUSS, KRUGER,
GRANT
Room UEH 406 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Dana Villa, University of Notre Dame
dvilla1@nd.edu
Paper Krüger's Existentialist Plato: An Original Departure from
Martin Heidegger
This paper argues for the inclusion of Gerhard Krüger in the
pantheon of "Heideggerian Platonists" which already includes such
figures as Leo Strauss and Hans-Georg Gadamer.
Fabrice Paradis Beland, EHESS, Paris
fparadisbeland@gmail.com
Paper "...It's Not Even Past": Heidegger and Strauss on the Retrieval
of Tradition and Heritage
This paper develops heretofore little appreciated affinities between
Strauss's excavation of "permanent problems" from the "Great
Tradition" of political philosophy and Heidegger's appropriation of
a volk's heritage.
Alexander S. Duff, University of Notre Dame
aduff@nd.edu
Paper George Grant's Canadian Heideggerianism
This paper surveys George Grant's deep sympathies with the
Heideggerian critique of technology. It develops Grant's late
theological position, formed as a riposte to Heidegger's historicism.
Dino Konstantos, Carleton University
ixbi_33@hotmail.com
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