2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-4:45 pm
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A Socialist Feminist Analysis of Seasonal Workers in Turkey
Home is a social formation embedded amongst several layers
of social reality; it is claimed to be produced through different
dynamics than those of the public sphere.
Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca, Binghamton University
akucukkirca@gmail.com
Electoral Volatility among Kurds and the Supremacy of Service
Over Ideology
This paper is derived from a case study in Turkey’s southeast, which
is predominantly Sunni-Muslim and Kurdish yet includes other
religious groups such as Yezidis, Alevis, or Assyrians as well as
non-Kurdish people such as Turks and Arabs.
Seda Demiralp, American University
demirals@yahoo.com
Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago
sultant@uic.edu
13-16 CHINESE ECONOMIC REFORM
Room UEH 407 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Stan Hok-Wui Wong, University of California, Los Angeles
wonghok@ucla.edu
Paper Complex Learning: The Expansion of China's Coastal Strategy,
1982-1985
In the 1980s, Chinese elites were engaged in a complex learning
process, during which they gradually adopted an outwardly-oriented
development regime. This paper analyzes internal documents to
understand the policy readjustment phase.
Lawrence C. Reardon, University of New Hampshire
chris.reardon@unh.edu
Paper The Fruits of Communism: Three Waves of Industrialization in
Rural China
This paper investigates the three waves of industrialization in four
rural counties of China. It contends that the reform-era industrial
prosperity is achieved on the basis of pre-reform era institutional
legacies.
Hongxing Yang, University of Chicago
yanghx@uchicago.edu
Paper Rethinking the Party-State Relationship and Related Issues in
Post-Mao China
My empirical examination of higher education reform finds a
coexistence of separation and fusion between the Party and the
state in post-Mao China. I argue that this coexistence has been the
sources of both economic success and many reform failures.
Qinghua Wang, University of Orgeon
gwang@uoregon.edu
Paper Locus of Responsibility and Politico-Economic Reform in China
Drawing upon national survey data from China, this research
addresses popular views of whether the individual or the state
should be responsible for social well-being, as well as the
implications for political and economic reform in China.
Tianjian Shi, Duke University
tshi@acpub.duke.edu
Wei Shan, Duke University
wshan3000@gmail.com
Disc. Stan Hok-Wui Wong, University of California, Los Angeles
wonghok@ucla.edu
14-14 PARTISANSHIP AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Room UEH 410 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Texas A&M University
greinhardt@bushschool.tamu.edu
Paper The Impact of Globalization and Government Ideology on
Economic Performance
This paper examines the impact of globalization and government
ideology on economic performance (e.g. economic growth,
unemployment, and inflation) in both developed and less developed
countries.
Eunyoung Ha, University of California, Los Angeles
heyoung@ucla.edu
Paper The Partisan Basis of Bilateral Investment Treaties
We examine the ways in which the partisan character of government
affects the tendency of developing countries to embrace bilateral
investment treaties (BITs) as part of their economic development
strategy.
Jason Yackee, University of Wisconsin
jason.yackee@alumni.duke.edu
Luke Keele, Ohio State University
keele.4@polisci.osu.edu
Paper Partisan Commitment: A Dynamic Model of the Politics of
Investment
We model in a dynamic setting the interaction between a partisan
host government, and a foreign investor who aims at obtaining
the most favorable investment conditions while minimizing the
probability of opportunistic behavior by the host government.
Pablo Martin Pinto, Columbia University
pp2162@columbia.edu
Santiago Miguel Pinto, West Virginia University
smpinto@mail.wvu.edu
Disc. Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Texas A&M University
greinhardt@bushschool.tamu.edu
14-30 TRADE POLICY
Room Suite 12-150 on the 12th Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Charles R. Hankla, Georgia State University
chankla@gsu.edu
Paper Trading Policy: Constituents and Party in U.S. Congressional
Trade Voting
In this paper I apply one-to-one matching research designs to
compare the effects of constituency and party on trade policy voting
in both the U.S. House and Senate. I find that that party plays a
significant role in legislative voting.
Nicholas Weller, University of California, San Diego
nweller@ucsd.edu
Paper Constituent Influence on International Trade Policy in the
United States
I examine whether current U.S. trade politics is dominated by the
factor-based trade model or the sector-based trade model, applying
a Bayesian hierarchical ideal point estimation technique to all traderelated
congressional votes since 1987.
Gyung-Ho Jeong, Washington University, St. Louis
gjeong@artsci.wustl.edu
Paper Partisanship, Mobility, and Trade Policy: Qualifying Partisan
Impact on Trade Policy
This paper argues and shows empirically that trade policy positions
of parties are not only shaped by their partisan identities, but also
conditioned by the prevailing level of domestic interindustry labor
mobility
Qiang Zhou, Columbia University
qz2002@columbia.edu
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