2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-8:00 am
6-8 CITIZENS AND THE WELFARE STATE
Room Suite 10-250 on the 10th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Catherine Eunice De Vries, Leiden University
cvries@leidenuniv.nl
Paper Population Ageing and Demand for Public Pensions in Welfare
States
This study will investigate the micro level relationship between
ageing and welfare states from a comparative perspective with
analysis of the ISSP data among the 15 democracies focusing on
what affects public demand for public pension.
Endo Masahisa, Cornell University
me66@cornell.edu
Paper External Political Efficacy and Social Spending in 20 OECD
Countries
The institution for fairness as well as responsiveness is highlighted
in the concept of external efficacy. More social spending amount
evoke increased external political efficacy both in OLS regression
model and two-level hierarchical modeling.
Changkuk Jung, Michigan State University
jungcha1@msu.edu
Paper Worlds of Welfare Discourse: Sweden, Germany and the U.S.
In this paper I apply network text analysis to focus group transcripts
I conducted in Sweden, Germany and the U.S. to explore the
differences in public discourse on the welfare state in these three
countries.
Bedriye Aysuda Kolemen, University of Georgia
aysuda@uga.edu
Paper Do Voters Reward and Punish Governments for Changes in
Income Tax Policy
A cross-national study of the effect of changes in income tax rates
on support for incumbent governments.
Erik R. Tillman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
etillman2@unlnotes.unl.edu
Baekkwan Park, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
pbk70@hotmail.com
Disc. Catherine Eunice De Vries, Leiden University
cvries@leidenuniv.nl
Bedriye Aysuda Kolemen, University of Georgia
aysuda@uga.edu
7-14 POLITICS OF LABOR MARKETS
Room Suite 12-250 on the 12th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Gregory Baldi, Georgetown University
gcb5@georgetown.edu
Paper German Party System and Labor Market Reforms
This paper shows how moderate pluralism in the German party
system and its centripetal and programmatic mode of political
competition have affected labor market policy, and more in
particular, the segmentation of unemployment benefits.
Georg Picot, University of Milan/Research Unit on European
Governance, Turin
georg.picot@unimi.it
Paper The Politics of Youth Unemployment in England, France, and
Germany
This paper examines the politics of youth unemployment in Western
Europe since the economic crisis of the 1970's.
Gregory Baldi, Georgetown University
gcb5@georgetown.edu
Paper Labor Market Reforms in Western Europe: Change Through
Hybridization
This paper compares and contrasts labor market reforms in Western
Europe and argues that there has been a trend of partial convergence
(in normative and organizational terms) and partial divergence (in
financial and instrumental terms).
Joerg Timo Weishaupt, University of Wisconsin, Madison
jtweishaupt@wisc.edu
Paper
Disc.
Influencing Unemployment: Examining the Role of Unions in
the Welfare State
This paper examines the role of labor unions in determining
unemployment policies in Western Europe. I argue that the growing
disparity between policy preferences of unions and leftist parties is
crucial to explaining declining union influence.
Scott Powell, Ohio State University
powell.413@osu.edu
Herbert Bruecker, Institute of Employment Research, Germany
herbert.Bruecker@iab.de
8-16 POPULISM AND POLITICS
Room UEH 407 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Paper Accountability or Populism Democracy in Unequal and Open
Polities
The Brazil 06 election results suggest the existence of a coalition
between the poorest and the richest in the country. I use a formal
model to argue that such coalition is possible with universal
franchise, high inequality and an open economy
Cesar Zucco, Princeton University
zucco@princeton.edu
Paper Clientelistic Networks or Policy Teams: Bolivian Political
Parties
This paper traces the migratory patterns of Bolivian politicians from
the 1980's to the present in order to explain whether Bolivia’s party
system has collapsed, realigned, or was never an institutionalized
party system to begin with.
Miguel Centellas, Dickinson College
centellm@dickinson.edu
Paper The Institutional Impact of Populism
This paper examines the institutional implications of Latin
American populism. It argues that the particular appeals and
linkages inherent in any populist mobilization pave the way for the
concentration of political power.
Robert R. Barr, University of Mary Washington
rbarr@umw.edu
9-4 IMMIGRATION AND LABOR IN JAPAN
Room UEH 412 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Byoungha Lee, Rutgers University
byoungha@rci.rutgers.edu
Paper Post-National Politics in Japan: The Immigrant Voting Right
and North Koreans
This study examines debates on the immigrant voting right in Japan
by focusing on North Korean community that has rejected the right.
This exceptional case shows how a diasporic identity is related with
the post-national politics in Japan.
Choong Hoon Lee, New School for Social Research
leec608@newschool.edu
Paper Comparative Study on the Immigration Policies in Japan and
Korea: Interests, Norms, and Institutions
Why are Japan and Korea taking different paths of immigration
policies despite they had shared the similar policies until 2004
I explain this variance focusing on distinct structure of state
institutions and civil society as well as alliance pattern.
Byoungha Lee, Rutgers University
byoungha@rci.rutgers.edu
Paper Labor Market Deregulation Policies in Contemporary Japan
This paper will examine political processes of labor market
deregulation policies with an analytical focus on Japan.
Jiyeoun Song, Harvard University
song7@fas.harvard.edu
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