2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-2:45 pm
17-15 STATE CHARACTERISTICS AND CIVIL WAR
Room Suite 9-150 on the 9th Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Michael G. Findley, Brigham Young University
mike_findley@byu.edu
Paper Geography, Insurgency and Civil War: Exploring the
Conditions that make Insurgencies Form and Last Longer
We examine the relationship between geography and the formation
and maintenance of various civil war types.
Andrew M. Akin, University of Alabama
amakin@bama.ua.edu
Doug Gibler, University of Alabama
dmgibler@bama.ua.edu
Paper Intergroup Relations in Federal States and Civil Conflict
This paper addresses the impact of intergroup relations in
determining the success of federalism as a conflict mitigating
strategy in plural societies.
Ottawa Tai Sanders, Binghamton University (SUNY)
osander1@binghamton.edu
Paper Political Violence in sub-Saharan Africa: A Micro-Level
Analysis
Using Afrobarometer survey data from 18 sub-Saharan African
countries, this study identifies the factors that contribute to an
individual’s engagement in political violence and disposition to do
so if circumstances present themselves in the future.
Wonbin Cho, University of Kentucky
wonbin.cho@uky.edu
Matthew F. Kirwin, Michigan State University
kirwinma@msu.edu
Paper A Theory of Political Change and Stability in Resource
Developing Economies
A rational conflict may arise where differences in preferences,
externalities, and prohibitive transfer mechanisms prevail. In such
cases democratic institutions may be ineffective in preventing
conflict and external intervention may be necessary.
Joshua Gogo, Carleton University, Ottawa
jgogo@connect.carleton.ca
Disc. Michael G. Findley, Brigham Young University
mike_findley@byu.edu
17-24 TERRORISM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
Room Suite 14-150 on the 14th Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Alex Braithwaite, University College, London
abraithwaite@gmail.com
Paper Choosing Violence or Nonviolence: How Political Groups Select
their Strategies
We present and test a theoretical framework that incorporates the
internal, social, and structural factors that influence the strategic
decisions of political parties and terrorist organizations.
Nancy Susanne Martin, University of Texas, Austin
nsmartin@mail.utexas.edu
Ami Pedahzur, University of Texas, Austin
ap2976@mail.la.utexas.edu
Arie Perliger, University of Haifa
aperliger@poli.haifa.ac.il
Leonard Weinberg, University of Nevada, Reno
weinbrl@unr.nevada.edu
Paper The Distribution of Voters and the Electoral Consequences of
Violence
This paper analyzes the effects violence has on the distribution
of voter preferences and party platforms. I find that parties utilize
violence to escape the median voter’s preferred policy and to effect
their probability of winning an election.
Christopher James Haid, University of Chicago
haid@uchicago.edu
Paper
Disc.
Illiberally Countering Terror: Panel Study of Non-Monotonic
Regime Effects
Panel study evaluating a theoretically motivated empirical attempt
to reconcile the debate between contrasting empirical findings
regarding the effect of political regime type and the occurrence of
terrorist attacks.
Dominick' E. Wright, University of Michigan
dewright@umich.edu
Skyler J. Cranmer, Harvard University
scranmer@iq.harvard.edu
19-14 HUMAN SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND
INTERVENTION (Cp-sponsored with International
Security, see 16-22)
Room Salon 12 on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair M. J. Peterson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
mjpete@uchicago.edu
Paper Sovereignty as Responsibility and Non-intervention in Darfur,
Sudan
Security Council Members have increasingly come to accept the
concept of sovereignty as responsibility, yet it will not use force in
Sudan without its consent. This paper traces the interaction of norms
and power politics in Council decision-making.
Carrie Booth Walling, University of Minnesota
walli035@umn.edu
Paper The Iraq Wars: Implications for Multilateralism and the UN
Charter System
Examines multilateral cooperation from Operation Desert Storm to
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The transformation of U.S. foreign policy
from multilateralism to unilateralism is highlighted, as is the impact
of this change on the UN Charter system.
Carol M. Glen, Valdosta State University
cmglen@valdosta.edu
Paper From State Security to Human Security
This paper explores shifts in thinking and practice regarding
international security. Chiefly, it maintains that human security,
as a welcome entry point into the state, stabilizes potentially
destabilizing situations and enhances state capacity.
Matthew S. Weinert, University of Delaware
mweinert@udel.edu
Disc. M. J. Peterson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
mjpete@uchicago.edu
20-7 POLITICS OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRATION
Room Salon 2 on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 2:45 pm
Chair Johanna Kristin Birnir, University of Maryland
jkbirnir@umd.edu
Paper The Civic Incorporation of Latino Immigrant Youth: Are
Mexicans Different
We examine the degree to which adolescent first- and secondgeneration
Mexican immigrants differ from other immigrant youth
with respect to support for core American values, intentions to
naturalize, and various modes of political engagement.
Mark Setzler, High Point University
msetzler@highpoint.edu
Nick McRee, University of Portland
mcree@up.edu
Paper Racing Gender in American Immigration
Using Michel Foucault's theories about power, I explore how
categories of race and gender are reformulated when economics
is introduced. U.S. immigration policies showcase this by making
entrance to the U.S. more difficult for non-whites and women.
Sokthan Yeng, DePaul University
syeng@depaul.edu
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