2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-10:00 am
Poster
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Poster
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Poster
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Who Switches Age, Issues and Media Use in the 2006
Congressional Elections
Using the 2006 Cooperative Congressional Elections Study, this
paper asks whether younger Americans were more likely to defect
from their partisan identification in the 2006 house elections, and
how media use and issue salience inspired defection.
L. Matthew Vandenbroek, University of Texas, Austin
lmvandenbroek@gov.utexas.edu
The Power Bias: Media Coverage of the Majority and Minority
in Congress
Studies of the national media and Congress often gloss over
differences between coverage of the majority and minority parties.
This paper documents this disparity in the House and offers some
insights into why it exists and its implications.
Ben Dworkin, Rutgers University
bdworkin@eden.rutgers.edu
Who Leads Whom Media Indexing, Agenda Setting, and Elite
Control
Indexing and media agenda setting are tested to better understand
press-state relations. Findings support the indexing hypothesis
and cast doubt on the power of the media to set the congressional
agenda.
Michelle Wolfe, University of Washington
wolfemi@u.washington.edu
28-15 WOMEN NATIONAL LEADERS (Co-sponsored with
Leadership and Politics, see 61-4)
Room PDR 18 on the 5th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Kimberly S. Adams, East Stroudsburg University
Kimberly.Adams@po-box.esu.edu
Paper Are They Actually Competent...... Two women Prime Ministers
in the West
A closer look at the period of government of Margaret Thatcher
(United Kingdom) and Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway).
Confronted with scepticism, both women had to prove that they
were capable of equally good political leadership as men.
Anneke Ribberink, VU University Amsterdam
jcap.ribberink@let.vu.nl
Paper Theorizing Women’s Political Leadership: Cross-National
Comparisons
We observe that in many countries women politicians are
challenging national top political leader. We want to ask why now. I
will compare women politicians’ political footsteps to draw out the
factors that influence women politicians’ success.
Minjeoung Kim, University of Seoul
mjkim@uos.ac.kr
Paper Nontraditional Executive Structures and Temporary
Appointments-Effects on Women’s Representation as World
Leaders
Analyzes women executives in nontraditional executive posts and
those who have led on a temporary basis. Of particular concern
is discussing the gendered connections between these posts and
women's advancement as national leaders.
Farida Jalalzai, University of Missouri, St. Louis
jalalzaif@umsl.edu
Paper Madam President: Role Congruity Perspectives on the
Electability of a Female Presidential Candidate
In an experimental study, research participants who read a
description of a male or female agentic or communal presidential
candidate viewed the male candidate as more likely to be elected
and more likely to be an effective president
Elaine A. Scorpio, Rider University
escorpio@rider.edu
Paper
Disc.
Hillary Clinton and the Victor/Victoria Strategy to the White
House
This paper examines how gendered recruitment strategies impact
potential governance and leadership approaches. Internal/traditional
and external/lateral entry recruitment routes are compared utilizing
the candidate of Hillary Clinton.
Denise L. Baer, University of Illinois
src_dlbaer@hotmail.com
Caroline Heldman, Occidential College
cheldman@oxy.edu
Karen L. Mitchell, Ottawa University Kansas
karen.mitchell@ottawa.edu
30-5 PLATO, MORE OR LESSING: PLATO AND
PLATONISTS ON THE NATURE OF VIRTUE
Room PDR 8 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Nathan Tarcov, University of Chicago
n-tarcov@uchicago.edu
Paper Is Virtue One An Analysis of Plato's Protagoras
This paper examines the treatment in Plato's Protagoras of the
question Is Virtue One It attempts to make sense of the perplexing
discussion, give an answer to the question, and explain why this
question and answer are of such great importance.
Lisa Leibowitz, Kenyon College
leibowitzl@kenyon.edu
Paper Virtue and Pleasure in Thomas More's Utopia
This paper examines the relation between virtue and pleasure --
and of both of these to religion, on the one hand, and reason, on
the other -- in the section devoted to "that part of philosophy which
treats morals" in Book II of Thomas More's Utopia.
Gabriel Bartlett, Kenyon College
gabe.bartlett@gmail.com
Paper Lessing on Virtuous Action and Philosophy
A consideration of Lessing's Ernst and Falk
Svetozar Minkov, Roosevelt University
syminkov@gmail.com
Disc. Daniel Doneson, Lauder School of Government
ddoneson@gmail.com
31-7 EARLY BIOPOLITICAL TRENDS
Room Suite 8-254 on the 8th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Sara R. Jordan, University of Hong Kong
sjordan@hku.hk
Paper The Four Humors and the U.S. Constitution
The revolution in medicine that occurred between Federalist 10’s
initial publication and its rediscovery in 1913 has concealed the
significance of Madison’s strategic use of an eighteenth-century
medical metaphor from contemporary commentators.
Thomas Raymond Laehn, Louisiana State University
tlaehn1@lsu.edu
Paper Natural Right and Natural Selection: Jefferson, Lincoln, and
Darwin
This paper will consider two kinds of argument in favor of natural
rights: negative (Jefferson) and positive (Lincoln). I will argue that
Darwinian biopolitics can support the latter.
Kenneth Caldwell Blanchard, Northern State University
blanchak@northern.edu
Paper Locke, the French Enlightenment, and the Problem of
Materialism
This paper considers two of Locke’s French enthusiasts: Helvetius
and La Mettrie. The paper will reflect on the validity as well
consider the political implications of their interpretation of Locke.
Peter McNamara, Utah State University
peter.mcnamara@usu.edu
Disc. Sara R. Jordan, University of Hong Kong
sjordan@hku.hk
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