2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-10:00 am
47-26 LAW, IDENTITY AND PRIVACY IN POLICY
Paper Forest Policy in India and Mexico: From Centralization to
Room Suite 9-250 on the 9th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Decentralization and Back
Chair Cathy Marie Johnson, Williams College
cathy.m.johnson@williams.edu
This paper compares the historical and current experiences of these
two countries with democratic decentralization policies in the forest
Paper Privacy: Then and Now
This paper will trace the right to privacy past public policies with
the idea of looking toward what impact concern over personal
information will have on future public policies.
Dominique Walsh, University of Minnesota
wals0247@umn.edu
sector. In each case, we look at the discourse of decentralization
versus the actual implementation and outcomes.
Gustavo A. Garcia-Lopez, Indiana University,Bloomington
ggarcial@indiana.edu
Prakash kashwan, Indiana University, Bloomington
pkashwan@indiana.edu
Paper The Politics of Personal Identification in the Voting Booth, the
DMV and Schools
51-3 ELECTORAL ORDER AND ELECTORAL
This paper examines the adoption by states of reforms in the arenas
INSTITUTIONS
of election administration, personal identification and education that
Room Salon 3 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
have dealt with issues of individual identification and information
Chair Shamira M. Gelbman, Illinois State University
collection.
sgelbman@ilstu.edu
Valentina A. Bali, Michigan State University
Paper Parliamentary Clubs and Voting Behavior in Austria, 1907-1918
baliv@msu.edu
This paper examines the realtionship between parliamentary club
Paper Supreme Court, the Solicitor General, and the Advocacy
membership and roll-call voting in the Austrian Parliament between
Coalition Framework
1907 and 1918 in order to address how legislatures can funcation
This paper conceptualizes the Supreme Court as always external
effectively in an ethnically divided society.
to advocacy coalitions. In turn, it makes the argument that policy
Philip J. Howe, Adrian College
analysts looking for an internal legal actor should examine the
philipj.howe@gmail.com
Office of the Solicitor General.
Paper Electoral Order and Political Participation: Scheduling,
Todd A. Curry, Western Michigan University
Calendar Position, and Antebellum Turnout
todd.a.curry@wmich.edu
Why doesn’t surge-and-decline theory extend to antebellum
Disc. Cathy Marie Johnson, Williams College
electoral politics We argue that the era’s distinctive electionscheduling
regime helps account for distinctive electoral patterns
cathy.m.johnson@williams.edu
and clarifies present day surge-and-decline dynamics.
Scott C. James, University of California, Los Angeles
scjames@ucla.edu
Sara M. Butler, University of California, Los Angeles
sbutler21@ucla.edu
48-3 COMPETITION WITHIN FEDERAL SYSTEMS
Room Salon 7 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Mikhail Filippov, Binghamton University (SUNY)
filippov@binghamton.edu
Paper Testing Tiebout: Intra-District Public School Choice as a Quasi-
Market
Intra-district public school choice is a dominant educational reform
in the U.S. Its proponents argue that it will increase allocative
efficiency, productive efficiency, and equity. This paper uses a
multi-method approach to test these propositions.
Suzanne Leland, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
smleland@uncc.edu
Kenneth Godwin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
godwink@gmail.com
Andrew Baxter, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
baxterassoc@gmail.com
Paper Public Spending and Strategic Interactions Among Canadian
Provinces
The purpose of this paper is to test the existence of strategic
interactions related to public expenditures among the 10 Canadian
provincial governments, using a dynamic panel dataset covering the
period 1976-2006.
Martial Foucault, University of Montreal
martial.foucault@umontreal.ca
André Blais, University of Montreal
andre.blais@umontreal.ca
Disc. Vera E. Troeger, University of Essex
vtroe@essex.ac.uk
49-7 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESSES, SOCIAL OUTCOMES II
Room Suite 14-150 on the 14th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Paper Trade-offs Between Accuracy and Meaning in Common-Pool
Resource Predictions
This paper will consider a hypothesized trade-off between accuracy
and meaningfulness in predictions made that correlate institutional
arrangements with outcomes in common-pool resource settings.
Michael Cox, Indiana University
miecox@indiana.edu
Paper Emergence of the Elected Senate: The 17th Amendment and
Institutional Change
This research will attempt to uncover some of the internal
and external processes contributing to the passage of the 17th
Amendment, allowing for direct election of U.S. Senators.
Daniel A. Cicenia, University of Florida
dcicenia@ufl.edu
Paper Institutional Friends of Pollsters Before and Just After the 1948
Election
While the 1948 election was a blow to the polling industry, pollsters
faced earlier legitimacy challenges. Survey researchers, foundation
staff, and marketers defended pollsters, viewing them as compatriots
with institutional ties and common values.
Amy Fried, University of Maine
amy.fried@umit.maine.edu
Disc. Shamira M. Gelbman, Illinois State University
sgelbman@ilstu.edu
54-7 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RELIGION
Room UEH 410 on the 4th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Paper Religion, Economics, and Political Attitudes
We present a formal model in which an individual’s decision about
whether to engage in religious activities depends on the costs as
well as the social insurance and doctrinal benefits associated with
these activities.
Matt Golder, Florida State University
mgolder@fsu.edu
Ben Gaskins, Florida State University
bgaskins@fsu.edu
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