2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-8:00 am
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Support for a Women’s Agenda Within the Partisan Context of
the States
This study examines the effects that variation in partisan context
in the US state legislatures has on women legislators' voting on
women's issues bills.
Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa
tracy-osborn@uiowa.edu
The Transformation of Congresswomen and Foreign Policy-
Making, 1991-2007
Little is known about gender dynamics in defense and foreign
policy-making in the House of Representatives. In this paper, we
explore gender differences in committee membership and legislative
activity in these domains from 1991-2007.
Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
kpearson@umn.edu
Kjersten R. Nelson, University of Minnesota
nels1561@umn.edu
Shauna Lani Shames, Harvard University
shames@fas.harvard.edu
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Confidence in the Courts: A Latino Perspective
An examination of Latino support for national and local courts.
Robert D. Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American
rdwe116@panam.edu
J. L. Polinard, University of Texas, Pan American
polinard@panam.edu
James Wenzel, University of Texas, Pan American
wenzel@panam.edu
Diana Evans, Trinity College
diana.evans@trincoll.edu
Is Black Political Empowerment Unconstitutional
This paper explains current contraints on black mayoral political
empowerment strategies. I apply the concept of judicial regimes to
show how the court has reinterpreted constitutional law to render
many empowerment strategies unconstitutional.
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Indiana University, Bloomington
yalex@indiana.edu
Julie Novkov, University at Albany, SUNY
jnovkov@albany.edu
28-21 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER
QUOTAS
Room UEH 405 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Karen Bird, McMaster University
kbird@mcmaster.ca
Paper Gender Quota Discourses: The Norwegian Case
Worldwide we see an overwhelming consensus that the underrepresentation
of women in politics causes a problem for women’s
full citizenship.
Ingrid Guldvik, Lillehammer University College
ingrid.guldvik@hil.no
Paper A New Political Order or Another Violent Backlash Women
Rights and Gender Quotas in Afghanistan
Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses, this case will deal
with the adoption and implementation of gender quota legislation in
Afghanistan and the potential risk for a future violent backlash.
Adriana Maria Crocker, University of Illinois, Springfield
acroc2@uis.edu
Paper Gender Quotas: Understanding Adoption Using Cross-Diffusion
This paper examines those factors, both international and domestic,
that are most influential in a state’s decision to adopt a legislative
gender quota, including diffusion patterns and regime-type.
Kara L. Ellerby, University of Arizona
kellerby@email.arizona.edu
Paper Sequences of Reform: Legal Setbacks and Gender Quotas in
France and Britain
This paper develops a new approach for analyzing sequences of
policy reform, which is illustrated through a comparison of legal
setbacks and campaigns for gender quotas in France and Britain.
Mona Lena Krook, Washington University, St. Louis
mlkrook@wustl.edu
Disc. Janneke van der Ros, University College of Lillehammer
janneke.vanderros@hil.no
Karen Bird, McMaster University
kbird@mcmaster.ca
29-14 RACE AND THE COURTS
Room Wabash on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Julie Novkov, University at Albany, SUNY
jnovkov@albany.edu
Paper Minority Voting Rights and The (Even) Strang(er) Career of
Justice Clarence Thomas
This paper will argue that what is truly “strange” about Justice
Thomas’ career is the extent to which his personal hardship has
informed his approach to--and thus become embedded in--the
institutional battles over the role of race in representation.
Christina R. Rivers, DePaul University
crivers@depaul.edu
30-9 ETHICS AND POLITICS IN ARISTOTLE
Room UEH 408 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Catherine Borck Horsefield, University of Notre Dame
cborck@nd.edu
Paper Aristotle's Contribution to Liberalism's Search for the Good
An examination of Aristotle's conception of the "common good",
that aids, not undermines, critical liberal aims of articulating a nontelelogical
Good .
Clyde Hosea Ray, Villanova University
clyde.ray@villanova.edu
Paper Aristotle on Property, Economics, Eudaimonia, and
International Development
I work out what Aristotle means by private property and partially
common use, and then fit this into his views on rationality,
eudaimonia, and economics. This new understanding can contribute
to modern international development theory.
Eamon T. Aloyo, University of Colorado, Boulder
aloyo@colorado.edu
Paper Aristotle and the Discovery of Political Science
In this paper I explore how the perplexity of the structure of
Aristotle's Politics, and the substantive discussion of the best and
best possible regime are shaped by Aristotle’s understanding of the
relationship between philosophy and politics.
Elliot Bartky, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
bartky@ipfw.edu
Paper Aristotle's Politics as a Justification for Democracy
Two theorems offer the essence of Aristotle’s Politics, viz.,
democracy offers the best prospect to deliver two things at once:
justice and stability. Applications of "The Politics" to modern
nations and organizations directly follow.
Krishna K. Ladha, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
krish.ladha@gmail.com
Paper Aristotle's Liberalism
What is the relevance of Aristotle's political philosophy for
liberalism The paper explores the limited ways in which Aristotle's
ancient philosophy of politics directs reform for modern democratic
liberalism.
Eric S. Petrie, Michigan State University
petrie@msu.edu
Disc. Catherine Borck Horsefield, University of Notre Dame
cborck@nd.edu
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