2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association
2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association
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Friday, April 4-10:00 am<br />
Friday, April 4-10:00 am<br />
1-11 RACIAL ATTITUDES (Co-sponsored with Race, Class<br />
Room<br />
Chair<br />
Paper<br />
Paper<br />
Paper<br />
Paper<br />
Paper<br />
Disc.<br />
and Ethnicity, see 29-8)<br />
Crystal on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 10:00 am<br />
Dianne Marie Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame<br />
dmpinderhughes@gmail.com<br />
Anger’s Residence in Old-fashioned and Today’s Form of<br />
Racism<br />
Old-fashioned racism and today’s subtle form of racism are both<br />
driven by anger.<br />
Antoine J. Banks, University of Michigan<br />
abanks@umich.edu<br />
The Politics of Multiracialism: Then and Now<br />
Our paper asks two questions: 1) how have Americans’ attitudes<br />
about multiracialism changed since the Civil War; 2) over time,<br />
how has the mix of attitudes aligned (or not) with the dominant<br />
policy regime towards race-mixing and mixed-race people<br />
Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University<br />
hochschild@gov.harvard.edu<br />
Brenna Marea Powell, Harvard University<br />
bmpowell@fas.harvard.edu<br />
Vesla Mae Weaver, University of Virginia<br />
vmw4r@mcpa.virginia.edu<br />
Talking About My Generation: Racial Attitudes and the Post<br />
Civil Rights Generation<br />
What are the racial attitudes of the generations popularly coined<br />
“Generations X and Y” This paper is an examination of the<br />
attitudes of post-Civil Rights cohorts, looking at their attitudes on<br />
race and the socializing forces that shape them.<br />
Tatishe M. Nteta, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<br />
nteta@polsci.umass.edu<br />
Jill S. Greenlee, Brandeis University<br />
greenlee@brandeis.edu<br />
Crossing the Line: Symbolic Racism and Interracial Marriage<br />
Opinion<br />
Surveys show that large majorities of Americans express support<br />
for Black-White intermarriage. While this seems encouraging, this<br />
is largely due to social desirability effects. I examine survey data to<br />
gauge the political impact of symbolic racism.<br />
Lauren D. Davenport, Princeton University<br />
ldavenpo@princeton.edu<br />
The Measurement of Racial Resentment: Conceptualization and<br />
Content<br />
Racial resentment (RR) has been criticized on measurement rather<br />
than the conceptual grounds. We present an alternative more explicit<br />
(EXR) measure of RR, and examine its correlates.<br />
David C. Wilson, University of Delaware<br />
dcwilson@udel.edu<br />
Darren W. Davis, University of Notre Dame<br />
darren.davis@nd.edu<br />
Tony Eugene Carey, Jr., SUNY, Stony Brook<br />
tecarey@notes.cc.sunysb.edu<br />
David O. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles<br />
sears@issr.ucla.edu<br />
1-102 ROUNDTABLE: <strong>2008</strong> PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION<br />
POLITICS<br />
Room Red Lacquer on the 4th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am<br />
Chair Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa<br />
caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu<br />
This unique roundtable brings together a mix of leading national<br />
journalists and scholars to discuss <strong>2008</strong> presidential nomination<br />
politics.<br />
Panelist Todd Donovan, Western Washington University<br />
todd.donovan@wwu.edu<br />
Linda Fowler, Dartmouth College<br />
linda.fowler@dartmouth.edu<br />
Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker Magazine<br />
David Redlawsk, University of Iowa<br />
david-redlawsk@uiowa.edu<br />
Walter Shapiro, Salom.com, Formerly of USA Today<br />
Chuck Todd, <strong>Political</strong> Director NBC, Formerly of the National<br />
Journal/Hotline<br />
2-5 INSTITUTIONAL REGIMES<br />
Room Salon 6 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 10:00 am<br />
Chair Indridi Haukur Indridason, University of Oxford<br />
indridi.indridason@politics.ox.ac.uk<br />
Paper Semi-Presidential Government: Not a <strong>Political</strong> System Model at<br />
all<br />
The concept of "semi-presidential government" is overrated: not<br />
only it has a vague definition but it fails to be an appropriate tool<br />
to explain how a political system qualified as "semi-presidential"<br />
works.<br />
Paulo Jose Canelas Rapaz, Universite Pantheon-Assas, Paris<br />
canelasrapaz@gmail.com<br />
Paper Executive-Legislative Relations in Italy: From Decreti to<br />
Deleghe<br />
This paper explores the changing relationship and balance of power<br />
between the executive and legislative branches in Italy within the<br />
context of the legislative process after the institutional and juridical<br />
reforms of the 1990s.<br />
Amie Kreppel, University of Florida<br />
kreppel@ces.ufl.edu<br />
Paper A New Index of Power Fragmentation for the Analysis of<br />
<strong>Political</strong> Reforms<br />
I propose a modified veto player approach to measure the degree of<br />
power fragmentation considering also situational VP and ideological<br />
distances in order to test the hypothesis that a high number of VP<br />
decreases the possibility for reforms.<br />
Michael Stoiber, Technical University of Darmstadt<br />
mstoiber@pg.tu-darmstadt.de<br />
Paper Beyond Decentralization: Conceptualizing and Measuring the<br />
Interlocked State<br />
Treating the dimensions federal vs. unitary, centralized vs.<br />
decentralized and autonomous vs. interdependent as separate allows<br />
us to comparatively assess the multidimensionality of multilevel<br />
systems and their internal dynamics more adequately.<br />
Nicole Bolleyer, University of Exeter<br />
n.bolleyer@exeter.ac.uk<br />
Lori Thorlakson, University of Nottingham<br />
Lori.Thorlakson@nottingham.ac.uk<br />
Disc. Indridi Haukur Indridason, University of Oxford<br />
indridi.indridason@politics.ox.ac.uk<br />
Sona N. Golder, Florida State University<br />
sgolder@mailer.fsu.edu<br />
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