2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-10:00 am
Paper
Disc.
Impact of Micro-Credit on Women’s Empowerment in
Bangladesh: What is the Evidence
The paper tries to assess micro-credit’s impact on women’s
empowerment in rural Bangladesh.
Akm Khairul Islam, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
akmkhair@siu.edu
Mizanur R. Miah, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
miah@siu.edu
Susan B. Hansen, University of Pittsburgh
sbhansen@pitt.edu
Jean Wahl Harris, University of Scranton
jean.harris@stockton.edu
28-8 WOMEN'S DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION
Room Salon 4 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 10:00 am
Chair Eileen McDonagh, Northeastern University
e.mcdonagh@neu.edu
Paper Ballot Access Rules and the Emergence of Women Candidates
in the 50 States
This paper examines the effect that state ballot access rules have
on the number of women candidates running in state legislative
primaries as a way to examine how institutions structure decision
calculi to run for office.
Nathan Keith Mitchell, Texas Tech University
nathan.mitchell@ttu.edu
Paper Is the Representation of Women a Self-Sustaining Process
Is the representation of women a self-sustaining process Using
recent survey data, we explore the effect of women in state-level
office on potential candidates’ attitudes, ambitions and decisions to
run for the state senate.
Morgen S. Johansen, Texas A&M University
msjohansen@polisci.tamu.edu
Sarah A. Fulton, Texas A&M University
safulton@politics.tamu.edu
Paper The Difference Time Makes: A Longitudinal Model of Women's
Representation
In a longitudinal analysis, latent growth curve models assess the
growth of women in politics in 110 countries from 1970 to 2000
Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University
paxton.36@osu.edu
Paper Getting in the Game: Women in Latin American Legislative
Committees
Which factors affect women’s committee assignments in Latin
America Do patterns of women’s committee assignments differ
once we consider legislators' political ambition If women are "on
the sidelines," which factors allow them to "get in the game"
Amy K. Moreland, Texas Tech University
amy.moreland@ttu.edu
Disc. Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University
e339mt@polisci.tamu.edu
Adriana Maria Crocker, University of Illinois, Springfield
acroc2@uis.edu
29-2 INSTITUTIONS
Room Suite 12-250 on the 12th Floor, Thur at 10:00 am
Chair Naomi Murakawa, University of Washington
murakawa@u.washington.edu
Paper Bridging Racial/Ethnic and Economic Communities: Social
Equity and Social Capital in American Counties
TBA
John Tennert, Virginia Technical University
john.tennert@lvvwd.com
Paper
Paper
Disc.
The Presidency, the Department of Justice, and Fair Housing
Litigation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) plays a crucial role in the
enforcement of federal civil rights policy. Yet the role and
performance of DOJ in the enforcement of civil rights policy has
rarely been studied by political scientists.
Charles M. Lamb, University at Buffalo, SUNY
clamb@buffalo.edu
How Congressional Offices' Racial Composition Impacts Policy
Representation
This research demonstrates descriptive racial representation leads
to substantive racial representation not only among members of
Congress but also among their legislative aides. These aides then
influence policy indirectly through the Member.
Curt Ziniel, University of California, Riverside
curtis.ziniel@email.ucr.edu
Naomi Murakawa, University of Washington
murakawa@u.washington.edu
30-2 SOCRATES AS PARADIGM AND POLITICAL
THINKER
Room UEH 408 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 10:00 am
Chair Richard Avramenko, University of Wsconsin, Madison
avramenko@wisc.edu
Paper Apology Redux: The Paradox of Socratic Engagement
Why do political theorists continually return to Socrates I argue
that Socrates exemplifies neither philosophy nor citizenship. Plato
presents Socrates as a paradox in order to force his readers to
engage him rather than emulate him.
Joel Alden Schlosser, Duke University
joel.schlosser@duke.edu
Paper The Apology of Socrates: A Magnanimous Defense of
Philosophy
I argue that the portrait of Socrates presented in Plato's Apology
of Socrates is closely followed by Aristotle in his discussion of
magnanimity in Book IV of the Nicomachean Ethics.
James Fetter, University of Notre Dame
jfetter@nd.edu
Paper Instilling the Love of Wisdom in Plato's Euthydemus
An examination of the central question of the Euthydemus: whether
the same person can both teach wisdom and make students want to
pursue learning it.
Andrew Hertzoff, California State University, Sacramento
ahertzof@csus.edu
Paper The Relationship Between Education and Political Doctrine:
Isocrates and Socrates
In the Isocratic view the value of education is derived deductively
from political doctrine.This lacks justification. The Socratic
method as articulated in medieval Arabic interpretations of Socratic
educational thought avoids these problems.
James Robert Muir, University of Winnipeg
j.muir@uwinnipeg.ca
Paper Plato’s Philosophic Vision: Heroism and the Socratic Life
In this paper, I explore the important contribution of Socrates to
the debate about heroic motivation, about why some people act on
behalf of others even at great personal cost.
Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
akohen2@unl.edu
Disc. Ross J. Corbett, Northern Illinois University
rcorbett@niu.edu
Richard Avramenko, University of Wsconsin, Madison
avramenko@wisc.edu
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