2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Saturday, April 5-4:45 pm
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Disc.
Citizen and Industry Groups’ Strategic Use of Policy and
Political Information
This study analyzes individual industry and citizen groups’ strategic
use of policy and political information on new technology and older
policy issues in Congressional hearings in response to changing
policy and political conditions over time.
Bryan S. McQuide, University of Idaho
mcquide@uidaho.edu
Explaining the Influence of Ethnic American Lobbies in Foreign
Policy
This paper first determines which ethnic lobbies are the most
influential in U.S. foreign policy, and then analyzes the sources of
ethnic group influence in the foreign policymaking process.
David M. Paul, Ohio State University, Newark
paul.68@osu.edu
Kenneth Godwin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
godwink@gmail.com
39-12 PRESIDENTIAL-CONGRESSIONAL POLICY-
MAKING I (Co-sponsored with Legislative Politics:
Institutions, see 40-27)
Room Salon 12 on the 3rd Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Jeffrey S. Peake, Bowling Green State University
jpeake@bgsu.edu
Paper The Two Bush Presidencies
This paper looks to see if there is a new type of “two presidencies”
in the Bush administration. The two presidencies would include one
presidency for policies dealing with terrorism and another for all
other policies both domestic and foreign.
Elizabeth Freund, Albright College
efreund@alb.edu
Paper The Curse of the Second-Term Presidency: Fact or Fiction
The success rate of first-term, second-term and one-term-only
presidents in the achievement their domestic policy agendas is
examined to address the theory that all second-term presidents will
be less influential as policy-makers.
Margaret E. Ellis, University of Oklahoma
ellisme@ou.edu
Paper You’ve Got to Play to Win: A Selection Model of Presidents’
Success on Key Votes, 1953-2004
I argue presidents exert influence on roll-call votes by affecting the
alternatives subject to vote, not changing members' preferences over
them. Hypotheses are tested with original data on 769 initiatives and
213 corresponding key votes, 1953-2004.
Matthew Nolan Beckmann, University of California, Irvine
beckmann@uci.edu
Paper Timing of Institutional Changes in the House: A Constitutional
Theory
Strategic legislators consider the broader bargaining environment
when deciding relevant rule changes. The timing of changes arise
from shifts in the policy stance of the Senate and the President
relative to the minority faction of the Majority Party
Gisela Sin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
gsin@uiuc.edu
Paper Interbranch Warfare: Congressional Scandal Allegations
Against the President
Using a multilevel model of Congressional scandal allegations
against the president from 1985-2006, I consider how member
characteristics interact with political context to predict
scandalmongering.
Brendan Nyhan, Duke University
bjn3@duke.edu
Disc. Jeffrey S. Peake, Bowling Green State University
jpeake@bgsu.edu
40-15 LIFE IN LEGISLATIVE MINORITIES
Room UEH 409 on the 4th Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion University
jrichman@odu.edu
Paper Across the Aisle: Cross-Party Activity Among U.S. Senators
In an era of responsible parties, what compels a legislator to risk
sanctions and work with lawmakers from the opposite party We
examine cross-party collaboration and identify factors that explain
such behavior.
Sally Friedman, SUNY, Albany
friedman@albany.edu
Cecilia Ferradino, SUNY, Albany
Cferradino@hotmail.com
Paper Fighting From the Floor: Minority Parties' Use of House Floor
Procedure
This paper explores the growing use of floor tactics by House
minority parties to alter legislation or slow the legislative process,
including multiple motions to adjourn and making unexpectedlysuccessful
motions to recommit.
Matthew Green, Catholic University of America
greenm@cua.edu
Paper Minority Party Success in the House of Representatives
Despite majority party control over the House agenda, minority
party members are able to have legislative success. In this paper, we
build a model of minority party success testing various hypotheses
using data from the 102nd-108th Congresses.
Edward Hasecke, Wittenberg University
ehasecke@wittenberg.edu
Jason D. Mycoff, University of Delaware
mycoff@udel.edu
Paper Differences and Changes in Danish Party Organizations:
Central Party Organization versus Parliamentary Party Group
This paper tests five hypotheses on differences and changes
in Danish party organizations the last 50 years. Ideology, age
and origin explain much of the difference and the central party
organizations tend to loose control of candidate nomination.
Helene Helboe Pedersen, Aarhus University
helene@ps.au.dk
Disc. Mark C. Rom, Georgetown University
mark.carl.rom@gmail.com
Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion University
jrichman@odu.edu
41-8 MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS
Room Suite 8-254 on the 8th Floor, Sat at 4:45 pm
Chair Lara A. Grusczynski, Cardinal Stritch University
lagrusczynski@strtich.edu
Paper The Real World Effects of Emotional Appeals in Political
Advertising
The paper investigates how Senate candidates in 2004 used TV
commercials to make emotional appeals to viewers. By leveraging
frequency data of ads and a national survey of voters, I assess
whether emotional appeals work outside the laboratory setting.
Michael Mathison Franz, Bowdoin College
mfranz@bowdoin.edu
Paper Campaign Finance Disclosure and Legislative Fundraising
Behavior
We investigate whether the disclosure of campaign finance
contributions given to legislators at the same time that bills affecting
interest groups are under consideration affects future legislative
fundraising behavior.
Dorie Apollonio, University of California, San Francisco
dorie.apollonio@ucsf.edu
Raymond J. La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
laraja@polsci.umass.edu
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