2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-10:00 am
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Title IX in the 1970s: From Stealth Politics to Political
Negotiation
This paper examines the political conflicts surrounding Title IX in
the 1970s. We focus on discourse during its adoption and regulatory
phases. A key issue is how the tension between “separate” and
“equal” in gender policy is addressed in public.
Jean C. Robinson, Indiana University, Bloomington
robinso@indiana.edu
Julia C. Lamber, Indiana University
lamber@indiana.edu
Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Indiana University, Bloomington
walters@indiana.edu
How Big the Camel’s Nose Funding Religious Schools in
Australia and the U.S.
Divergent patterns of funding for religious schools in Australia and
the U.S. can be traced to (1) stronger institutional constraints in the
U.S., (2) lingering sectarianism in the U.S, and (3) partisan fluidity
in Australia during the period 1955-1970.
Damon Mayrl, University of California, Berkeley
mayrl@berkeley.edu
State-Level Educational Politics and the Origins of No Child
Left Behind
This paper shows that the expansion of federal authority in raising
educational standards, monitoring performance, and holding schools
accountable for results stemmed from elite efforts to overcome the
limits of state-level education policymaking.
Jesse Hessler Rhodes, University of Virginia
jhr7t@virginia.edu
Carol Elizabeth Dietrich, DeVry University
cdietrich@devry.edu
53-4 CONSTRUCTIONS OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTS IN
THE U.S. (Co-sponsored with Political Anthropology, see
55-5)
Room PDR 17 on the 5th Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Carol Atkinson, Stanford University
cla2@stanford.edu
Paper Defending the American Left: A Historical Perspective on
Popular Activism Around the Courts
This paper, will give a brief history of U.S. left wing political
prisoner defense and anti-lynching activism, covering both general
patterns that occur within these movements over time as well as
major historical transitions within them.
Rebecca N. Hill, Borough of Manhattan Community College,
CUNY
rebhillbmcc@gmail.com
Paper Torture and American Identity in the Global War on Terror
This paper uses Q methodology with follow-up interviews to
probe subjective understandings of torture, including the complex
legal, moral, strategic and ideological reasoning involved in its
defininition and justification.
Timothy D. Newman, Bowling Green State University
tnewman@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Beckett Warren, Bowling Green State University
bwarren@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Paper Politics and Popular Culture: Political Implications of Narrative
Structure
A content analysis of popular stories and movies demonstrates
that they normalize and valorize flawed social structures and
overwhelmingly model only individual level responses to the
equities, tyranny and injustice characters may encounter.
Margaret M. Young, Albion College
myoung@albion.edu
Murray Young, Lambton-Kent School Board
hmyoung@ciaccess.com
Paper
Learning the Truth and Stating the Facts: The U.S. State
Department and the Construction of “Human Rights” in
Annual Country Reports
Tracking discourse through a decade of U.S. State Department
Annual Country Reports on Human Rights (1995-2005) offers
insight into the place and “career” of human rights in American
politics.
Nancy A. Matthews, Northeastern Illinois University
n-matthews@neiu.edu
54-13 RELIGION AND POLITICAL THEORY
Room UEH 406 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 10:00 am
Chair Geoffrey C. Bowden, Malone College
gbowden@malone.edu
Paper Religion and Anti-Intellectualism: Hofstadter Revisited
This study explores the relationship between religious
denomination, faith experience, and anti-intellectualism, with
emphasis on assessing the impact of faith and anti-intellectualism on
political participation and civic engagement.
John J. Ulrich, East Central University
julrich@ecok.edu
Paper Challenging Years of Responsibility: Christian Realism and the
Cold War
This paper considers the political uses of the concept of
"responsibility" by a group of American Protestant theologians
calling themselves Christian Realists. It seeks to "de-center"
Reinhold Niebuhr as the spokesperson for Protestant realism.
Mark Thomas Edwards, Ouachita Baptist University
edwardsm@obu.edu
Paper Locke and the Imprudence of Persecution
This paper examines John Locke’s prudential arguments for
toleration and argues that they remain strong despite changing
contexts. They call for caution as we enact policies affecting groups
who appear to harm our interests or way of life.
Owen Dennis Yeates, Brigham Young University
owen.yeates@byu.edu
Disc.
Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Columbia University
asc2112@columbia.edu
Adam George Yoksas, Loyola University, Chicago
ayoksas@luc.edu
56-5 NEW SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: A
CHALLENGE TO POLITICAL SCIENCE (Cosponsored
with Public Policy, see 47-31)
Room
Chair
Paper
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Honore on the Lobby Level, Sat at 10:00 am
William Waltman Newmann, Virginia Commonwealth University
wnewmann@vcu.edu
The Writing On the Wall: The Trend to Restructuring Social
Science and Public Policy Programs into Schools
This introduces the panel by noting a significant reallocation and
restructuring of Political Science programs among other social
science departments into schools of public affairs.
Deborah Brock, Virginia Commonwealth University
dmbrock@vcu.edu
Doing Political Science: Are We All Political Scientists
This paper describes the increasing diversity of the advanced
degrees of faculty who teach political science. The author notes
strengths and weaknesses, particularly placing this into the context
of the integration of political science programs.
John M. Aughenbaugh, Virginia Commonwealth University
jmaughenbaug@vcu.edu
Maintaining the Integrity of the Political Science Curriculum
and Research Agenda in a Comprehensive School Setting
As departments merge, this paper seeks to answer the key question:
can we teach our courses and do our research in a multi-disciplinary
environment
Christopher J. Saladino, Virginia Commonwealth University
cjsaladino@vcu.edu
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