2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-10:00 am
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Promoting Civic Engagement Through Organizational
Innovation: The Role of Area Agencies on Aging
The need for organizational innovation to promote civic engagement
is responsive to concerns by social scientists that our civic culture
is flagging. This paper recognizes the potential of older adults to
reinvigorate civic participation.
Jeffrey Steven Kahana, Mount Saint Mary College
kahana@msmc.edu
Lawrence T. Force, Mount Saint Mary College
force@msmc.edu
The Public-Private Divide: Pensions and Health Insurance in
Canada
The paper examines why the relationship between private and
public benefits in health insurance and pensions in Canada was
the reverse of the U.S., with public benefits in Canada coming to
dominate where private benefits were already well established.
Gerard W. Boychuk, University of Waterloo
gboychuk@uwaterloo.ca
Keith G. Banting, Queen's University
keith.banting@queensu.ca
Serfs at the Mercy of a Hungry Beast
Discussion will center of the impending Social Security crisis
and the appropriate means of meeting the shortfall in light of 1)
historically strict tax policies overburdening low- and middleincome
workers and 2) lax tax policies for the wealthy.
Bobby Dexter, Chapman University
dexter@chapman.edu
Agenda Building: Issues of Diversity in Elder Self Care
Attention
Mona Noriega, University of Illinois, Chicago
mnorie2@uic.edu
Glenn D. Beamer, University of Maine
glenn.beamer@umit.maine.edu
49-17 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND
INSTITUTIONS
Room PDR 8 on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Derek Kauneckis, University of Nevada, Reno
kauneck@unr.edu
Paper The Effects of Federal Environmental Justice Policy on State
Enforcement
This paper examines the effects of federal environmental justice
policy on state government enforcement of U.S. pollution control
laws.
David M. Konisky, University of Missouri
koniskyd@missouri.edu
Paper The Green House Effect: Congress Member Behavior on
Environmental Issues
We seek to determine which causal factors influence Congress
member voting patterns on environmental policy issues. We focus
on three factors: member ideology; economic and political needs of
the home district, and scientific expert information.
Walt Jatkowski, University of Oklahoma
jatk9385@ou.edu
Matthew Colin Krimmer, University of Oklahoma
matthew.c.krimmer@ou.edu
Paper Good Governance, Scale and Power in the European Union: A
Case Study of North Sea Fisheries
This research is about the pursuit of ‘good governance’ through
institutional reform in the EU, with particular reference to the case
of North Sea fisheries management.
Liza Griffin, University of Westminster
l.griffin3@westminster.ac.uk
Disc. Derek Kauneckis, University of Nevada, Reno
kauneck@unr.edu
50-19 LINKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
PEOPLE
Room Suite 15-250 on the 15th Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Michael New, University of Alabama
mnew@bama.ua.edu
Paper Police Accountability in Divided Societies: The Role of
Politicians
This paper employs case studies of Canada and the UK to examine
the role of the legislature in police accountability, focusing on the
complications that arise when a society is deeply divided and the
police are drawn into inter-group conflict.
Clare Joanna McGovern, University of British Columbia
cmcgover@interchange.ubc.ca
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What Volunteerism Does for Government and How Can
Agencies Promote It
The paper discusses the nature and status of citizen volunteerism in
public agencies at the local level of government, and what public
agencies are doing to promote volunteerism and make it effective
for the participants and for themselves.
Enamul Choudhury, Wright State University
enamul.choudhury@wright.edu
Ahmed Shamima, Northern Kentucky University
Ahmed@nku.edu
Impact of Affiliation with a Research Center on Faulty
Productivity: A Case of the Mid-America Earthquake Center
The paper attempts to examine the impact of affiliation with the
Mid-America Earthquake Center on research productivity. More
specifically, the paper aims to explore the publishing activity of
faculty before and after the affiliation.
Ozgu Karasipahi Akcakir, University of Illinois, Chicago
oakcak2@uic.edu
Yamini Jha, University of Illinois, Chicago
yjha2@uic.edu
Negotiating Bureaucratic Responsiveness in Collaboration with
Citizens: Findings from Action Research in Los Angeles
This study asks: how can we explain the patterns of administrator
responsiveness observed in each of two cases of collaboration
between administrators and neighborhood council representatives
Thomas A. Bryer, University of Central Florida
tbryer@mail.ucf.edu
Impact of Education on Small Towns: The Political Impact of
Government Laboratories on Small Towns
The political impact of government laboratories on small towns
has not been fully explored in the field of Political Science. This
paper seeks to fill that void by exploring the political impact of the
government laboratories.
Jeffrey Todd Doyle, Washington State University
jeffrey.doyle@mso.umt.edu
Michael New, University of Alabama
mnew@bama.ua.edu
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