2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-12:45 pm
Paper Village Elections in China: From the Perspective of Elite and
Voters
About village elections, elite and voters have their own perceptions
and preferences, which affect their behaviors during electoral
processes and further shape electoral outcomes. From this
perspective, this paper examines the roles of elections.
Shiru Wang, Yale University
shiru.wang@yale.edu
Paper Unified Model of Voter's Choice: A Case of Polish
Parliamentary Elections 1997-2005
The task of this paper is to explore unified model of voting in Polish
parliamentary elections since 1997 using individual level data.
Piotr Paradowski, Loyola University, Chicago
pparado@luc.edu
Paper Transformation of the Ukrainian Voter: The Effects of the
Orange Revolution on Voter Preference in Ukrainian National
Elections
The paper will consist of a quantitative study on the effects of the
Orange Revolution on Ukrainian voting preference, with a special
emphasis on the possible rise of ethnic based voter preferences.
Bruce Laymon Blair, University of Alabama
b_blair00@hotmail.com
Paper Reigniting A Revolution Voting in the 2006 and 2007
Ukrainian Elections
After the 2004 Ukrainian Orange Revolution the Orange parties
lost control of the government in 2006 but surprisingly regained a
plurality in 2007. We present the first empirical analyses of these
attempts at democratic reform in Ukraine.
Arthur H. Miller, University of Iowa
arthur-miller@uiowa.edu
Alina Zakharchuk, University of Iowa
alina-zakharchuk@uiowa.edu
Disc. Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University
frank.thames@ttu.edu
14-12 CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITAL
MOBILITY
Room Suite 15-150 on the 15th Floor, Sat at 12:45 pm
Chair Eunyoung Ha, University of California, Los Angeles
heyoung@ucla.edu
Paper The Political Economy of Capital Mobility
Now financial globalization casts important influences on domestic
politics and economy. The extent of financial globalization varies
from country to country. I try to offer a political explanation for this
variation.
Stan Hok-Wui Wong, University of California, Los Angeles
wonghok@ucla.edu
Paper Capital Mobility and its Effect from Political Economy
Perspective
Capital mobility creates asymmetrical power relations between
capital and labor and between firms and states. It leads to a system
of domination in favor of capital. Labor in developing countries is
in the most sensitive and disadvantaged position.
Aticha Suebsawangkul, University of Missouri, St. Louis
aticha69@yahoo.com
Paper How Does Capital Mobility Impact Policy
I investigate the relationship between international capital mobility
and domestic policies that are important to businesses, and I find
that capital openness will affect rich and poor countries very
differently.
Matthew John Spence, University of California, Los Angeles
mspence@ucla.edu
Paper
Disc.
Democracy, Transparency, and the Confidence Crisis in the
Global Capital Markets
The paper shows that democracy breeds transparency, that
transparency helps an economy to avoid a confidence crisis, and
that democracy is less likely to suffer the "sudden-stop" of credit
disbursements in global bond markets than autocracy.
Yong Kyun Kim, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
ykkim@email.unc.edu
Eunyoung Ha, University of California, Los Angeles
heyoung@ucla.edu
14-27 CHINA'S OIL STRATEGY AND DIPLOMACY
TOWARD NON-WESTERN COUNTRIES
Room Salon 2 on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 12:45 pm
Chair Yuan-Kang Wang, Northern Illinois University
ykwang@niu.edu
Paper China’s Geo-Strategic Maneuver in the Acquisition of Oil: In
Non-Western World
To explain how China access to oil energy, there are two models
forwarded by previous studies: neo-mercantilistic model; liberal
economic one. I’ll use these two models to analyze China’s oil
strategies and activities in the non-western world.
Chung-chian Teng, National Chengchi University
ccteng@nccu.edu.tw
Paper Energy Security in the Contemporary East Asian Strategic
Relations
We would like to look at the interplay among major players (e.g. S.
Korea, Japan, India, Russia) in East Asia and the role of China in
this network. Our focus on two major fronts: the oil shipment and
supply and state vs. market.
Ming Lee, National Chengchi University
minglee@nccu.edu.tw
Kuo Hsiung Lee, National Chengchi University
james@nccu.edu.tw
Paper China’s Current Energy Strategy and Oil Diplomacy Towards
Russia and Central Asia
I’ll analyze factors affecting China’s oil acquisition in Central Asia
and Russia, e. g. security consideration, economic interactions and
the role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. I’ll look at the role
of state in their oil relationship.
Hong-Yi Lien, National Chung Cheng University
lienhongyi@yahoo.com.tw
Paper Rising China’s Oil StrategyTowards Iran
I’m going to explore the factors which affect China-Iran oil
relationship and Iran’s role in China’s westbound oil strategy. In
addition to Iran’s strategic location in Euroasia and its oil, I will
focus on the influence of the Sino-U.S. relation.
Wen-Sheng Chen, National University of Kaohsiung
vincent@nuk.edu.tw
Paper China’s Grand Strategy in the Pursuit of African Oil
Beijing has invested in exploration, production and transporting
African oil through its national oil corporations. Political factor
facilitates this oil relation. I’ll investigate into the role of oil
corporations and that of state in Africa.
Chen-Shen Yen, National Chengchi University
ysyan@nccu.edu.tw
Disc. Yuan-Kang Wang, Northern Illinois University
ykwang@niu.edu
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