2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-2:45 pm
Paper
Disc.
Democracy and State Capacity: Complements or Substitutes
Both democracy and state capacity have been linked to
improvement on development indicators in low-income countries.
This paper tests the proposition that the combination of these
characteristics is especially effective for fostering development.
Jonathan Hanson, Syracuse University
johanson@maxwell.syr.edu
Julio Rios-Figueroa, CIDE, Mexico City
julio.rios@cide.edu
4-9 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TRANSITION
STATES
Room Suite 12-250 on the 12th Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University
skaaning@ps.au.dk
Paper The European Union and Consolidating Democracy in Central
and Eastern Europe
Drawing upon a sample of 22 Central and Eastern European
countries, I test whether European Union candidacy increased the
level of democracy during and after the accession process, while
controlling for relevant economic and political factors.
Meredith-Joy Petershiem, University at Buffalo, SUNY
mjp36@buffalo.edu
Paper Corruption and European Integration: Romanian and
Slovenian Customs Reforms
This study examines the anti-corruption customs policy-making
process in Slovenia and Romania. The results show the significant
role played by a strong international community in curbing
corruption in democratizing countries.
Mihaiela Ristei, Western Michigan University
m2ristei@wmich.edu
Nenad Senic, Western Michigan University
nenad.senic@gmail.com
Paper Administrative Reform and EU Integration: NPM in the
Republic of Montenegro
This paper examines the role of New Public Management in
European Union integration, focusing particularly on administrative
reform efforts in the Republic of Montenegro. Terry questions NPM
and its values in the cultivation of a democratic culture.
Larry Darnell Terry II, Arizona State University
ldt@asu.edu
Disc. Marko Papic, University of Texas
marko.papic@mail.utexas.edu
Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University
skaaning@ps.au.dk
5-10 NON-DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
Room UEH 402 on the 4th Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison
gehlbach@polisci.wisc.edu
Paper Window Dressing or Power-Sharing Legislatures in
Authoritarian Regimes
This study looks at theories of political institutions and institutional
change in authoritrian regimes. It employs a new dataset on
legislative elections and parties in 179 authoritarian regimes
between 1970 and 2005.
Susanne Michalik, University of Konstanz
susanne.michalik@uni-konstanz.de
Paper Post-Maoism Meets McDonald’s: The Franchised Organization
of the Chinese State
Applying theories of the firm, this article proposes a franchised
model of the Chinese polity that operates on the basis of “leasing
state authority.”
Yuen Yuen Ang, Stanford University
yuen@stanford.edu
Paper
Disc.
Institutionalization and Leadership Duration in Authoritarian
Regimes
This paper demonstrates that there is an inverse relationship
between the length a single-party or semi-competitive authoritarian
regime has been in power and the length of executive tenure in
those regimes.
Ryan Kennedy, Ohio State University
kennedy.310@polisci.osu.edu
Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison
gehlbach@polisci.wisc.edu
6-101 ROUNDTABLE: "THE AMERICAN VOTER" AT
HOME AND ABROAD: US, UK, AND IRELAND
Room Empire on the Lobby Level, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Paolo Bellucci, University of Siena
paolo.bellucci@unisi.it
Discussion of The American Voter, in relation to three recent books
on voting behavior in the U.S., the UK, and Ireland, is proposed.
Panelist Larry Leduc, University of Toronto
leduc@chass.utoronto.ca
Philip Shively, University of Minnesota
shively@umn.edu
Robert Erikson, Columbia University
rse14@columbia.edu
Michael Marsh, Trinity College, Dublin
mmarsh@tcd.ie
Harold D. Clarke, University of Texas, Dallas
hclarke@utdallas.edu
Michael Steven Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa
michael-lewis-beck@uiowa.edu
Paolo Bellucci, University of Siena
paolo.bellucci@unisi.it
7-6 EUROPE OF THE REGIONS
Room Suite 15-150 on the 15th Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Rune Dahl Fitjar, International Research Institute of Stavanger
rune.fitjar@iris.no
Paper Europe of the Regions or Business as Usual
It has been conventional wisdom that the European Union increases
regionalism. This paper proposes to analyze if this conventional
wisdom is correct and if so identify exactly how the European
Union is increasing regionalism.
Michael L. Cohen, Ohio State University
cohen.271@osu.edu
Paper Local and Regional Interest in the EU and Democratic
Representation
This project examines democratic responsiveness within the EU
institutions. I estimate the effect of local and regional interest on the
legislative output of the European Commission and examine when
subnational voices are more likely to be heard.
Milena I. Neshkova, Indiana University
mneshkov@indiana.edu
Paper Strange Bedfellows: Public Support for the EU Among
Regionalists
Using individual-level data, I test under what conditions subnational
regionalists are pro-EU. It appears that these strange
bedfellows, sub-national and supra-national regionalists, provide a
convenient if unusual alliance.
Seth Jolly, University of Chicago
sjolly@uchicago.edu
Paper Decade into UK Devolution, Nationalists on the Win
This paper sets out to reveal the asymmetrical nature of the United
Kingdom Devolution and how nationalist parties namely Plydd
Cymru (the party of Wales) has forced the national assembly of
Wales into coalition governance and the SNP pushed ......
Felicia Owusu Fofie, Cardiff University School of European
Studies
boatengf@cf.ac.uk
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