2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-2:45 pm
6-2 THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN
BRAZIL
Room UEH 402 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Barry Ames, University of Pittsburgh
barrya@pitt.edu
Paper A Transition Model of the Change in Support for Lula in Brazil,
2002 to 2006
Using panel data, this paper attempts to answer the question on what
factors predict whether a person who supported Luiz Inácio Lula in
2002 will continue to support him in 2006.
Miguel Garcia, University of Pittsburgh
mig37@pitt.edu
Amy Erica Smith, University of Pittsburgh
aes40@pitt.edu
Paper Assessing Spatial Theories of Voting Using Panel Data: The
2006 Presidential Election in Brazil
Using panel survey data to deal with the endogeneity of political
attitudes, we test spatial theories of voting in both the first
(multinomial) and second (binomial) rounds of the 2006 presidential
election in Brazil.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Raga, University of Pittsburgh
jcr753@pitt.edu
Laura Wills, University of Pittsburgh
law27@pitt.edu
Santiago Olivella, Washington University in St. Louis
olivella@wustl.edu
Paper The Determinants of Strategic Voting in the 2002 and 2006
Presidential Elections in Brazil
Taking advantage of panel survey data, I pursue two goals in this
paper. First I present an assessment of the amount of strategic voting
found in the last two presidential elections in Brazil. Second, I
develop an analysis of its causes.
Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Zepeda, University of Pittsburgh
jar48@pitt.edu
Paper Ideological Thinking in the 2002 and 2006 Brazilian Presidential
Elections
This paper asks to what extent the Brazilian electorate understands
the terms "right" and "left" and utilizes them in electoral decisions.
Amy Erica Smith, University of Pittsburgh
aes40@pitt.edu
Disc. James A. McCann, Purdue University
mccannj@purdue.edu
7-301 POSTER SESSION: ISSUE CONSTRAINTS IN PARTY
PROGRAMS
Room Grand on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Poster 1 Issue Constraints in Party Programs: An Empirical Analysis of
Policy Spaces
This paper examines the interdependencies between policy areas:
how do positions on one issue constrain the choice of positions on
other issues Expert survey data from established democracies is
used to explore this question.
Markus Wagner, London School of Economics
m.wagner@lse.ac.uk
7-302 POSTER SESSION: PARTICIPATION OF THE POOR
IN EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES
Room Grand on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Poster 2 Political Participation of the Poor in European Welfare States
What effect does poverty have on political participation This
research attempts to provide a political portrait of Europe's poorest
voters, using data on poverty and social exclusion from rounds of
the Eurobarometer conducted in the 1990s.
Tracy H. Slagter, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
slagtert@uwosh.edu
7-303 POSTER SESSION: ELECTORAL RULES AND
EXECUTIVE POWER IN ITALY
Room Grand on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Poster 3 Electoral Rules and the Executive: Strengthening Italy's Prime
Minister
This paper shows how electoral reform strengthened the Italian
Prime Minister in the 1990s.
Francesco Stolfi, University College, Dublin
francesco.stolfi@ucd.ie
7-305 POSTER SESSION: NEW TRANSNATIONAL.
ACTIVISM
Room Grand on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Poster 4 Demystifying the New Transnational Activism: EU Protests,
1997-2007
How have recent EU protests shifted, and why have mobilization
difficulties arisen The impact of the anti-globalization movement,
the War on Terror, European enlargement, and grievances about
Europeanization are explored using qualitative data.
Helma G. E. de Vries, North Carolina State University
helmadevries@gmail.com
7-306 POSTER SESSION: CENTRAL AND EAST
EUROPEAN STATES AND THE LISBON STRATEGY
Room Grand on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Poster 5 Central and East European States and the Lisbon Strategy: The
Europeanisation of National Systems of Innovation
The paper deals with New Central and East European EU Member
States' efforts to transform their (postcommunist) national systems
of innovation within the broader framework of the EU's Lisbon
Strategy.
Stefan H. Fritsch, Bowling Green State University
sfritsc@bgnet.bgsu.edu
8-5 DRUGS, GANGS, CRIME AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Room UEH 412 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Paper Diffusion of Democratization Mechanisms: The Creation of
Peru's Human Rights Ombudsman
In this paper I argue that the creation of an independent human
rights ombudsman office--by a Congress dominated by a
notoriously non-accountable executive--was an unexpected
consequence of international pressure on Fujimori after his 1992
self-coup.
Vilma C. Balmaceda, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
vbalmace@nd.edu
Paper Probing Tranquility: Capture, Fracture and Ban in U.S.-
Colombia Drug Policy
This paper discusses the concepts of capture and fracture, as well
as Georgio Agamben's concept of 'ban' in the context of U.S.-
Colombia relations in the area of drug suppression.
Ross Steven Chergosky, University of Hawaii, Manoa
chergosk@hawaii.edu
Paper Recycling Dictators: Former Military Officials as Democratic
Candidates
This paper analyzes the political fortunes of military and security
officials who ruled during their respective countries' dictatorial
regime--many implicated in human rights abuses--as candidates in
new democracies.
Brett Jefferson Kyle, University of Wisconsin, Madison
bjkyle@wisc.edu
Leigh A. Payne, University of Wisconsin, Madison
lapayne@wisc.edu
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