2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-2:45 pm
Saturday, April 5-2:45 pm
1-1 PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION IN NEW
DEMOCRACIES (Co-sponsored with Comparative
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Politics: Developing Countries, see 3-14)
Crystal on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Left-Wing Veto Players and Agenda Setters: Economic Reform
in Developing Democracies
Why do some states implement economic reform policies while
others fail to do so In this paper, I show that the number and
ideological positions of veto players and their interactions explain
differences in economic reform efforts and outcomes.
Julia Hyeyong Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
juliakim@ucla.edu
Do Competitive Elections Matter Elections and Policy
Outcomes in Mexican Municipalities
Following an empirical strategy that exploits wide variation in
electoral competition in Mexico during the years 1988-2002, this
paper assesses its effect on taxation, public expenditures and the
coverage of public services at the municipal level.
Juan Fernando Ibarra del Cueto, University of Chicago
jfibarra@uchicago.edu
What Does Meaningful Participation Mean
"What does meaningful participation mean" investigates some of
the conceptual and methodological issues associated with using this
loaded term that is essential to critical evaluations of democracy.
Michael Marx McCarthy, Johns Hopkins University
mmccarthy@jhu.edu
Clientelist Accountability in Policy Representation: Evidence
from India
This paper uses original public opinion data of 1700 households and
40 political leaders to assess how clientelism, in its many forms,
influences how political leaders represent the policy preferences of
their constituents in Bangalore, India.
Mary E. Breeding, American University
mary.breeding@american.edu
Alberto Simpser, University of Chicago
asimpser@uchicago.edu
Mariela Szwarcberg, University of Chicago
marielas@uchicago.edu
1-3 VOTERS AND COALITION GOVERNMENT (Cosponsored
with Comparative Politics: Political Behavior
and Comparative Politics: Industrialized Countries, see
6-11 and 2-15
Room Red Lacquer on the 4th Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Michael Thrasher, University of Plymouth
M.Thrasher@plymouth.ac.uk
Paper Voting for Coalitions: Strategic Voting Under Proportional
Representation
We demonstrate that voters in PR systems vote based on
expectations about coalition composition. In particular, they employ
Duvergerian logic: when expecting an unfavorable coalition, they
desert their first choice and endorse a lesser of evils.
Matias A. Bargsted, University of Michigan
bargsted@umich.edu
Orit Kedar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
okedar@MIT.EDU
Paper Incentives for Strategic Voting in a PR System
We examine the role of expectations and party preferences on voting
for coalition governments.
Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside
shaunb@ucr.edu
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
Todd.Donovan@wwu.edu
Jeffrey Karp, University of Exeter
j.karp@exeter.ac.uk
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A Strategic Ideological Vote
This paper investigates the conditions under which voters cast a
strategic (non-ideological) vote for coalition governments.
Raymond Duch, University of Oxford
raymond.duch@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Voting for Coalitions The Role of Coalition Preferences and
Expectations in Voting Behavior
In the paper, we investigate the effect of coalition preferences and
expectations on vote decisions, above and beyond the preferences
for specific parties.
Michael Meffert, University of Mannheim
meffert@sfb504.uni-mannheim.de
Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim
Thomas.Gschwend@mzes.uni-mannheim.de
Randy Stevenson, Rice University
stevenso@ruf.rice.edu
4-14 TRUTH IN TRANSITION
Room UEH 402 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Ekaterina Levintova, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
levintoe@uwgb.edu
Paper Filling a Void: Understanding Human Rights Abuse and the
Role of Literature in Social Healing
Literature can be used as a tool for genocide education to fill in the
gaps left by truth commissions that typically rely on quantifiable
data to illustrate the "truth" of a particular conflict after the fact.
Katie A. Kruger, California State University, Long Beach
kkruger@csulb.edu
Paper Vetting in Transitional Societies
Why do some states and not others employ vetting This paper
utilizes the norms and democratic transitions literatures to
investigate the causal mechanisms that influence transitioning
societies to implement vetting processes.
Moira Katherine Lynch, University of Minnesota
lynch218@umn.edu
Paper Seeking Truth after Fifty Years: Truth Commission on Jeju
April 3rd Massacre in Korea
This paper explores the process of the establishment of the National
Committee for Investigation of the Truth about the Jeju 4.3 (April
3rd) Massacre and the process of truth-seeking and debates and
controversies occurred in the middle of process.
Hunjoon Kim, University of Minnesota
kimx0759@umn.edu
Disc.
Andrea Elizabeth Jones-Rooy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ajonrooy@umich.edu
4-24 TRANSITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN
AMERICA
Room PDR 17 on the 5th Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Gustavo A. Gordillo, Indiana University, Bloomington
ggordill@indiana.edu
Paper Denounce vs. Control: Legislative Oversight in Mexico and
Latin America
With data from five states in Mexico I document how legislators
oversee the bureaucracy in developing countries. Inability to
directly enforce sanctions forces legislators to use formal powers of
control only to denounce bureaucratic wrongdoing.
Alejandra Rios-Cazares, University of California, San Diego
arioscaz@weber.ucsd.edu
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Civil Society and Police Reform in Brazil
This study examines the various roles and relative impact of Civil
Society on Police Reforms and subsequently, police violence in
three states and at the level of the federal government in Brazil over
the last 15 years.
Ronald E. Ahnen, St. Mary's College of California
rahnen@stmarys-ca.edu
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