2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-8:00 am
2-1 COALITION GOVERNMENTS AND PORTFOLIO
ALLOCATION
Room UEH 408 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Nicole Bolleyer, University of Exeter
n.bolleyer@exeter.ac.uk
Paper Formateur Advantage in Portfolio Allocation: The Impact of
Institutions
Using data on coalition governments in 13 European countries,
I demonstrate that the institutional arrangements affect portfolio
allocations. In particular, the investiture vote promotes the
formateur advantage, while bicameralism obstructs it.
Yoshikuni Ono, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
onoy@umich.edu
Paper Live for Today, Hope for Tomorrow Rethinking Gamson's Law
I consider a theory of portfolio allocation that provides a rationale
for the empirical phenomenon termed Gamson's law. The theory
focuses on how portfolio allocations influence the stability of
coalitions. The theory is tested on European cabinets.
Indridi Haukur Indridason, University of Oxford
indridi.indridason@politics.ox.ac.uk
Paper Measuring and Mis-Measuring Government Duration in
Parliamentary Democracies
We present and analyze a new dataset on government duration
in eleven Eastern European countries from 1992 to 2007 that
specifically takes account of caretaker periods and delays in the
government formation process.
Sona N. Golder, Florida State University
sgolder@fsu.edu
Courtenay Ryals, Florida State University
cnryals@gmail.com
Paper Intra-Party Dynamics in Single-Party Majority Governments
This paper examines the bargaining between factions in a singleparty
majority government, which under some circumstances
results in the party’s split. It treats party unity as an outcome of the
bargaining process rather than an assumption.
Hande Mutlu, New York University
hande.mutlu@nyu.edu
Disc. Nicole Bolleyer, University of Exeter
n.bolleyer@exeter.ac.uk
Rob Salmond, University of Michigan
rsalmond@umich.edu
3-1 BEST FILTER FOR ANALYZING TURKEY: EUROPE
OR ISLAM
Room PDR 8 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Birol Ali Yesilada, Portland State University
yesilada@PDX.EDU
Paper Reflections of Europeanization of Turkish Public Sphere in
Newspapers
I Analyze how coalitions in Turkish domestic politics stake out their
positions over the proxy issue of EU membership and place the
Turkish debates within the context of the Europeanization processes
of the public spheres of other candidate states.
Burc Besgul, Marmara University
bbesgul@bilgi.edu.tr
Paper Muslim States and International Norms: Pakistan and Turkey
Muslim states such as Turkey and Pakistan face a unique set of
challenges in adapting to the Westphalian state norm superimposed
by the international system. I also identify mediating factors which
help or hinder the assimilation process.
Simanti Lahiri, University of Notre Dame
slahiri@wisc.edu
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Past As Present In Narrating “Europe”: A Reading of Turkish
High School Textbooks
Our argument is that the historical narrative concerning the creation
of the Turkish Republic as disseminated through standard textbooks
has a very strong framing impact on Turkish contemporary politics.
Zeynep Gulsah Capan, Hautes Etudes Internationales
capan4@hei.unige.ch
Ozge Onursal, Istanbul Bilgi University
oonursal@bilgi.edu.tr
Why So Stubborn Strange Cases of Denial: Turkey and Japan
I develop a model of status stratification in the international system
and demonstrate the implications of the model in the case studies
of Turkey and Japan, and their common inability to deal with past
crimes.
Ayse Zarakol, Washington & Lee University
zarakola@wlu.edu
Catherine Warrick, Villanova University
catherine.warrick@villanova.edu
4-1 INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, ELECTIONS, AND
DEMOCRACY
Room UEH 405 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Joel Simmons, SUNY, Stony Brook University
jwsimmon@umich.edu
Paper Elections, Democracy, and Foreign Investment
This paper represents a new approach to the relationship between
democracy and foreign direct investment in developing countries.
Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky
eabeau2@email.uky.edu
Gary W. Cox, University of California, San Diego
gcox@ucsd.edu
Paper International NGOs and Local Political Change
This paper explore how international NGOs affect local politics,
drawing on sub-national evidence from Bolivia.
Carew E. Boulding, University of Colorado, Boulder
carew.boulding@colorado.edu
Paper An Informational Theory of Election Observers, Allowing for
Domestic and International Audiences
Using an original database on the global spread of elections from
1960-2004, we test hypotheses about how election observers affect
international and domestic audiences.
Susan D. Hyde, Yale University
susan.hyde@yale.edu
Nikolay Marinov, Yale University
nikolay.marinov@yale.edu
Paper Voting for Peace: International Donors and Pressures for
Democracy in Post-Conflict Societies
This paper seeks to understand better the relationship between
international actors and domestic elites in post-conflict societies,
and to identify when and why first elections after conflict can
undermine the peace as opposed to bolstering it.
Irfan Nooruddin, Ohio State University
nooruddin.3@osu.edu
Tom Flores, University of Michigan
teflores@umich.edu
Disc. Joel Simmons, SUNY, Stony Brook University
jwsimmon@umich.edu
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