2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-2:45 pm
Paper
Paper
Disc.
Return to Normalcy The 2007 Elections in New Orleans
The 2007 Louisiana elections mark the first major contest held in
Orleans Parish under normal voting arrangements since Hurricane
Katrina. This paper investigates what this election can tell us about
the city's likely post-Katrina electorate.
Christopher Lawrence, Tulane University
clawren@tulane.edu
Retrospective Economic Voting in Mayoral Elections: Evidence
Since 1970
This study tests the impact of economic conditions on mayoral
incumbent reelection success. Election results from 24 cities
between 1970 and 2005 indicate that improving economic
conditions increase the probability of an incumbent victory.
Jeremy W. Main, University of Missouri, St. Louis
jeremymain@umsl.edu
Conor M. Dowling, Binghamton University
cdowlin1@binghamton.edu
Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College
jfkraus1@aol.com
47-12 MANAGING FOR DISASTER: HOMELAND
SECURITY POLICY(Co-sponsored with Public
Administration, see 50-25)
Room UEH 406 on the 4th Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University
sks@msu.edu
Paper Actions and Perceptions of Disasters: A Survey of
Organizations in Memphis, Tennessee
This research investigates ways in which Memphis/Shelby
County area organizations currently manage, prepare, and respond
to disasters, and how they use, and are likely to use, disaster
information in reducing disaster risks.
Abdul-Akeem A. Sadiq, Georgia State University
asadiq1@student.gsu.edu
Christopher Weible, Georgia Institute of Technology
chris.weible@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
Arleen Hill, University of Memphis
aahill@memphis.edu
Rob Olshansky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
robo@uiuc.edu
Divya Chandrasekhar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
divya.chandrasekhar@gmail.com
Jeremy Bateman, University of Memphis
jbateman@memphis.edu
Paper Distributed Preparedness as a New Federalism
Security agencies should restructure the relationship among
states, localities, and the federal government by physically and
operationally dispersing national government agencies across the
country and the world.
Patrick S. Roberts, Virginia Tech/Harvard University
proberts@gov.harvard.edu
Paper Rating Disaster Vulnerabilities: Comparing Generalists and
Specialists
Using county-level survey data from Florida, the authors analyze
the types of vulnerabilities that local officials rate as critical when
planning for (1) a natural disaster, and (2) a man-made (terrorist)
disaster.
Susan A. MacManus, University of South Florida
samacmanus@aol.com
Kiki Caruson, University of South Florida
kcaruson@cas.usf.edu
Disc. Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University
sks@msu.edu
Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University
sks@msu.edu
49-9 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING AND
CHANGE
Room Suite 14-150 on the 14th Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Yungnane Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
yungnane@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Paper Issue Attention Cycles: Katrina and the Debate over Coastal
Wetland Loss
This paper uses Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to build upon Downs’
Issue-Attention Cycle (1972), looking specifically at the role of
a focusing event as the catalyst for shifts in environmental policy
framing.
Mary Hallock Morris, University of Southern Indiana
mhmorris@usi.edu
Paper Environmental Epidemiology of Air Pollution in New Delhi:
Environmental Policy and Politics for a Nation’s Capital
This paper discusses the process and outcome of environmental
policy changes during last decade in New Delhi, the capital city of
India. It examines the political aspects and policy implications from
the environmental epidemiology perspective.
Maulik V. Baxi, Columbia University
mvb2112@columbia.edu
Paper Invasive Species: Framing Environmental Policy in the Great
Lakes Region
This essay examines the relevance of framing environmental policy.
The cases examined are the outbreak of Asian carp and the dumping
of ballast water. It proposes that environmental policy is often
caught between technical and ideological frames.
Thomas M. Ethridge, University of Illinois, Chicago
ethridge@uic.edu
Paper Effects of Organizational Structure on the Activity Level of
Virginia LEPCs
This examines the implementation of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) in Virginia using results
from a survey of local emergency planning committee (LEPC)
members.
Jill Templeton, James Madison University
stephejm@jmu.edu
Gary Kirk, James Madison University
kirkgr@jmu.edu
Disc. Maulik V. Baxi, Columbia University
mvb2112@columbia.edu
50-9 AGENCY PERFORMANCE
Room PDR 5 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Marilyn E. Koltz, SUNY, Geneseo
klotz@geneseo.edu
Paper Incentives, Cream Skimming, and Efficiency: Performance
Related Pay in Employment Service
This paper is an empirical study of the effects of performance
related pay in employment service. Different clients require very
different efforts. This allows us to test whether performance related
pay leads to cream skimming.
Søren Serritzlew, Aarhus University
soren@ps.au.dk
Christina Skytte Christensen, Niras
ckc@niraskon.dk
Louise Tarp Thorgaard, Epinion
louise_tarp@hotmail.com
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