2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-10:00 am
Paper
Paper
Paper
Religion and Wealth as Causes of Happiness: Complements,
Substitutes, or Neither
We use a simple micro-economic model to explain why selfreported
happiness is positively correlated with wealth and
religiosity, but that people in rich countries consume fewer religious
goods than people in poor countries.
Bill Clark, University of Michigan
wrclark@umich.edu
Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan
ringlehart@gmail.com
The Growth and Identity of American Mosques: From Conflict
to Competition
This paper explores the interaction between religious orientation
and ethnic identity that occurs within American Mosques.
Khurram Saddiqui, University Of Michigan
ksiddiqu@umich.edu
Dynamics of Persecution: How Religious Violence Changes the
Rules of Religious Conflict
This paper seeks to explain why religious persecution occurs in
previously peaceful locales, and how these locales revert back to
religious peace with specific emphasis on Jehovah's Witnesses.
David Smith, University of Michigan
davidsth@umich.edu
54-8 CIVIL RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Room Suite 15-250 on the 15th Floor, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Khalil M. Habib, Salve Regina University
khalil.habib@salve.edu
Paper Jonathan Mayhew: Conservative Revolutionary
In this essay I examine Jonathan Mayhew’s sermons, "A Discourse
Concerning Unlimited Submission" (1750) and “The Snare
Broken” (1766) to show that Mayhew’s theological radicalism
coexisted with a conservative politics (articulated in the latter).
Howard L. Lubert, James Madison University
luberthl@jmu.edu
Paper (Un)Civil Religion Thomas Paine, John Locke, and the Role of
the Churches in Liberal Society
This paper compares Thomas Paine’s and John Locke’s opinions of
the proper relationship between the Christian churches and liberal
society.
William B. Parsons, Carroll College
wparsons@carroll.edu
Paper Tocqueville on American Religion: Separation or Political
Institution
This paper considers Tocqueville's account of religion's benefits to
American political society, the dangers for democracy in a loss of
religious unity, and the prospect of privatized forms of religion that
may exacerbate democratic individualism.
L. Joseph Hebert, St. Ambrose University
hebertjosephl@sau.edu
Disc. Khalil M. Habib, Salve Regina University
khalil.habib@salve.edu
56-1 WHAT SHOULD WE TEACH UNDERGRADUATES
(Co-sponsored with Caucus for LGBT Political Science
and Caucus for New Political Science, see 60-5 and 63-4)
Room Empire on the Lobby Level, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Joanne Connor Green, Texas Christian University
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Disc.
j.green@tcu.edu
Intellectual Diversity, or Not: The South Dakota Legislature's
Attempt to Define for State Faculty the "Free Exchange of
Ideas" and Require Them to Report on Their Implementation
in the Classroom
In 2006, the South Dakota Legislature proposed a bill that, on its
face, appeared to encourage the "free exchange of ideas." This paper
addresses the path of the bill, its eventual demise and the aftereffects
on faculty.
Ann M. Vidoloff, Northern State University
ann.vidoloff@northern.edu
Another Nail in the Closet Door Revisited: American
Government Textbooks
This is a proposal to update and expand an essay, "Another Nail in
the Closet Door: Introductory American Government Textbooks and
the Gay Rights Movement," published in 1981.
Trudy Steuernagel, Kent State University
tsteuern@kent.edu
Irene Barnett, Kent State University
focault@aol.com
Scott Rainone, Kent State University
srainone@kent.edu
Socializing the Undergraduate Political Science Major
This work identifies ways in which political science undergraduate
majors in the classroom demonstrate familiarity with the values
of their academic discipline. Further, it examines the socialization
process that teaches them those values.
Mary P. McGuire, SUNY, Cortland
mcguirem@cortland.edu
Method to the Madness: An Assessment of Bachelor Degree
Programs and Research Methods Programs in the United States
This paper will provide further evidence that the field of political
science for the most part, ignores research methods as an area
within the field. It also considers the impact that this may have on
the future of political science.
Jeffrey Todd Doyle, Washington State University
jeffrey.doyle@mso.umt.edu
Ann Marie Mezzell, University of Georgia
mezzell@uga.edu
William C. Garriott, Jr., Centre College
william.garriott@centre.edu
58-108 ROUNDTABLE: WOMEN SHOULD ASK:
NEGOTIATION IN THE ACADEMIC WORKPLACE
Room Honore on the Lobby Level, Fri at 10:00 am
Chair Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Beloit College
duerstgj@beloit.edu
Panelist Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University
andersen@maxwell.syr.edu
Kay Lehman Schlozman, Boston College
kschloz@bc.edu
Lynn M. Maurer, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
lmaurer@siue.edu
Susan Welch, Pennsylvania State University
swelch@psu.edu
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