2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-10:00 am
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Grafting the Head of Liberty: The Move to the Left in Latin
America
The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of
the dynamics and possible consequences of this leftist trend in Latin
American politics considering the interplay between democratic
transitions and market policies implementation.
Gustavo A. Gordillo, Indiana University, Bloomington
ggordill@indiana.edu
Democratic Transition and National Populism in Contemporary
Serbia
I examine the relationship between international pressures to
democratize a state, and the popularity of right-wing populist parties
which represent a protest vote against against external forces that
are perceived to violate national sovereignty.
Michael A. Rossi, Rutgers University
mrossi1@rci.rutgers.edu
Xin Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
xinzhang@ucla.edu
4-17 POLICY, PERFORMANCE, AND PUBLIC OPINION
Room Suite 13-150 on the 13th Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Hiroki Takeuchi, Stanford University
hirokit1@stanford.edu
Paper Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy The
Citizens' Point of View
Empirical evidence based on an innovative new dataset suggests
that democracy generates some popular support for the market but
economic liberalization does not clearly enhance the support for
democracy.
Pauline Anne Grosjean, University of California, Berkeley
pgrosjean@are.berkeley.edu
Claudia Senik, Paris School of Economics, Paris Sorbonne
senik@pse.fr
Paper Democracy and its Discontents: Dissatisfaction and
Participation in Mexico
Using original and secondary survey data, I show that Mexicans
who are dissatisfied with democracy in their country vote and
participate in other conventional ways less, while changing electoral
preferences and protesting more.
David Crow, University of Texas, Austin
dbcrow@mail.utexas.edu
Paper Effects of Private Goods vs. Public Goods on Democratic
Dispositions
I explore the effects that public goods have on democratic attitudes
in new democracies. Specifically, how particularistic excludable
private goods compare to universalistic non-excludable public
goods on beneficiaries attitudes toward democracy
Katsuo Antonio Nishikawa, Purdue University
knishika@purdue.edu
Disc. Daniel Christopher O'Neill, Washington University in St. Louis
danoneill@wustl.edu
Hiroki Takeuchi, Stanford University
hirokit1@stanford.edu
5-9 POLICY OUTCOMES III
Room PDR 16 on the 5th Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Indridi Haukur Indridason, University of Oxford
indridi.indridason@politics.ox.ac.uk
Paper Counting Calories: Democracy and Distribution in the
Developing World
Are certain types of regimes better at translating economic growth
into consumption for the poor We propose an alternative measure
of transfers to the poor that innately captures distribution: average
daily calorie consumption.
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University
blaydes@stanford.edu
Mark Kayser, University of Rochester
mark.kayser@rochester.edu
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The Interference of a Crisis in the Public Policy System: A Draft
About the Airspace Crisis in Brazil
An analysis over the airspace crisis in Brazil. An overview of the
airspace public policy core based in a non-projection of predictions
and careless of the public policy and the consequential events that
generated a airspace crisis in Brazil.
Bruno Quintao de Souza, West Virginia University
bdesouza@mix.wvu.edu
Who Gets Public Goods New Data from Above
Satellite images of the earth at night reveal large differences in
the provision and distribution of electrification and outdoor lights
between democracies and autocracies. I test theories of public goods
provision with data for the entire world.
Brian Min, University of California, Los Angeles
bmin@ucla.edu
Institutional Determinants of Healthcare Reform in Eastern
Europe
This paper examines the institutional determinants of healthcare
system choice in six Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia).
Ivailo Marianov Kotzev, University of Connecticut
ivailo.kotzev@uconn.edu
Indridi Haukur Indridason, University of Oxford
indridi.indridason@politics.ox.ac.uk
Martin Gruberg, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
gruberg@uwosh.edu
5-18 DECENTRALIZATION
Room Suite 10-150 on the 10th Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Elena Panova, Université du Québec à Montréal
e_panova@yahoo.com
Paper The Retreat of the Central State in Federalized Decentralizing
Polities: The Cases of Brazil, Spain and South Africa
This paper develops a general comparative framework to interpret
the changes in the patterns of territorial governance in democratic
Brazil, Spain and South Africa as a consequence of their respective
processes of decentralization and federalization.
Helder Do Vale, European University Institute
HELDER.FERREIRA@EUI.EU
Paper The Role of International Organizations on Levels of
Democratization
This paper comes to important conclusions about the role of
international organizations in democratization. Further, it also
introduces new measurement strategies for both quality of
democracy and duration of membership.
Yavuz Akalin, University of Texas, Dallas
Akalinaposta@yahoo.com
Paper Strategic Exclusion and Political Decentralization
This paper considers strategic choice of the central government to
exclude some groups from bargaining process over decentralization
in transitions, and discusses the consequences using case studies of
Spain and Russia.
Cynthia M. Colley, Binghamton University
cynthia.colley@binghamton.edu
Disc. Elena Panova, Université du Québec à Montréal
e_panova@yahoo.com
Claudia Halbac, New York University
ch222@nyu.edu
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