2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-10:00 am
7-10 THE POLITICS OF COMPLYING WITH EU LAW
Room UEH 402 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Nathan D. Griffith, Belmont University
griffithn@mail.belmont.edu
Paper Why Comply State Compliance to International Trade and
Environmental Law in the European Union
This paper addresses the issue of state compliance to supranational
law and assess the role of enforcement and management
mechanisms to reach efficient levels of compliance in international
political systems and the European Union.
Sarah Helen McLaughlin, London School of Economics
s.h.mclaughlin@lse.ac.uk
Paper The EU Single Pension Market: Comparing Old and New
Member States’ Progress
This paper tests two competing hypotheses about the ability of old
and new member states to comply with EU pension directives. We
find that it is easier for some new member states to comply with EU
pension policies than it is for old member states.
Alexandra Hennessy, University of Rochester
hennessy@bu.edu
Paper Between Politics and Administration: The Adoption of EU Law
in the New Member States
This paper presents the results from a comparative case-study on
compliance with European Union (EU) law in the new memberstates
from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Dimiter D. Toshkov, Leiden University
DToshkvo@fsw.LeidenUniv.nl
Disc. Nathan D. Griffith, Belmont University
griffithn@mail.belmont.edu
9-14 DEMOCRACY IN EAST ASIA
Room UEH 404 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Jessica C. Teets, University of Colorado, Boulder
jessica.teets@colorado.edu
Paper Internal Political Efficacy, Regime Type, and Democratic
Legitimacy
I investigate the linkage between political efficacy and democratic
legitimacy, considering the multiple dimensions of efficacy and how
the relationship is conditional on regime type.
Heather Nicole Pierce, University of Missouri, Columbia
hnpcmc@mizzou.edu
Paper Political Leadership and Democracy in Nepal
Ending nearly two centuries of dictatorship under the rule of Shah
Kings, Nepal held democratic elections in 1991. Ever since, Nepal
is slipping into perpetual chaos. In these sixteen years, why is there
no liberal democracy in Nepal
Ina Acharya, Minnesota State University, Mankato
ina.acharya@gmail.com
Paper Democratic Transition in ROC and ROK: Ancient Regime
Matter
This essay applies a historical institutionalist approach toward the
comparative study of democratic transition in Taiwan and South
Korea. The authors argue the authoritarian regime and international
context matter.
Chen Pao Chou, Hamline University
cchou01@hamline.edu
John Arne Grummel, Bucknell University
jag049@bucknell.edu
Paper Voter Turnout in Thailand: An Analysis of the 2005 Thai
National Election
This article uses a linear regression analysis to test two contending
theories, resource theory and clientelism theory, to better understand
voter turnout in the 2005 Thai National Elections with data at the
provincial level.
David A. Owen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
dowen@siu.edu
Disc.
Jeffrey Payne, DePauw University
jeffreypayne@depauw.edu
13-11 RUSSIA'S HYBRID REGIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR
THEORY AND PRACTICE
Room Salon 2 on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Regina Smyth, Indiana University, Bloomington
rsmyth@indiana.edu
Paper The Effect of Gubernatorial Support on Legislative Behavior in
the Russian Duma
Support by regional governors in legislative elections affected how
Duma deputies behaved in significant ways.
Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University
frank.thames@ttu.edu
Paper Sources of Party System Success and Failure: Russia in
Comparative Perspective
This paper uses original survey data from national and four district
elections in Russia in 2003-2004 to explore the sources of parties’
failure to dominate electoral politics, which poses a puzzle to
comparative theory.
Timothy J. Colton, Harvard University
tcolton@fas.harvard.edu
Henry E. Hale, George Washington University
hhale@gwu.edu
Paper The Frontiers of State Power: Russia’s Regional Borders Across
Political Regimes
This paper provides a historical perspective on the Kremlin’s recentralization
of power and its attempts to re-draw regional borders.
Paul Goode, University of Oklahoma
paulgoode@ou.edu
Paper Presidentialism and Party Consolidation: The Development of
Russian Legislative Parties 1996-2003
The paper compares of the structure of legislative coalitions in the
Yeltsin and the Putin period. I find that formal parties versus crossparty
voting blocs had a much more dominant role in the more
authoritarian Putin period.
Tanya Georgieva Bagashka, University of Rochester
bagk@mail.rochester.edu
Paper The Relationship Between Turnout and Competition Levels in
Russia
We use aggregate data from Russia’s regions over time to determine
when higher voter turnout reflects political conditions commonly
associated with competitive electoral politics as opposed to the
ability of elites to drive election outcomes.
William M. Reisinger, University of Iowa
william-reisinger@uiowa.edu
Bryon J. Moraski, University of Florida
bmoraski@ufl.edu
Disc. Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
abarnes3@kent.edu
Regina Smyth, Indiana University, Bloomington
rsmyth@indiana.edu
14-26 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT IN
CHINA AND INDIA
Room UEH 410 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Udaya Wagle, Western Michigan University
udaya.wagle@wmich.edu
Paper The Politics of U.S.-China Trade Dispute over Intellectual
Property Rights and Its Impact on International Trade
Institutions
This paper examines important issues in US-China trade dispute
over the intellectual property rights. Of particular interest is why
the US has been unwilling to use institutional resources to correct
wrongdoings in the case of China's IPR violations.
Yinan Wang, Miami University of Ohio
wangy1@muohio.edu
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