2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-2:45 pm
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United States – Mexico: Divergance and Convergence of
Foreign Policy Views Post 9/11
This article looks at the intersections and interactions between the
United States and Mexico in the issue realm of foreign policy.
Brandon Valeriano, University of Illinois, Chicago
bvaler@uic.edu
Matthew Powers, University of Illinois, Chicago
mpower5@uic.edu
The Defence of Canada and the Struggle Against Terror in
North America and Abroad: An Overview
Unlike any other U.S. ally in the struggle against terror, Canada is
militarily engaged in defense efforts with the U.S. both in North
America and overseas, above all in Afghanistan. This paper will
assess both.
Joseph T. Jockel, St. Lawrence University
jockel@stlawu.edu
Smoke-free Regulation: Global Institutions, Federal and State
Challenges
Germany’s smoke-free regulation forms a confluence of policy
streams. The convergence comprises international public health
institutions, EU governing bodies, federal and state governments—
each key to health, safety and environmental regulation.
Victoria Ann Doyon, George Mason University
vdoyon@gmu.edu
16-3 POWER POLITICS
Room Suite 10-250 on the 10th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Ajin Choi, Yonsei University
choiajin@yonsei.ac.kr
Paper The American Non-Threat: Explaining the Absence of Anti-US
Balancing
Is the theoretical reduction of power to relative capabilities on
an absolute scale helpful This paper argues that it is not, and
that operationalizing the relativity of power yields a productive
framework overlooked in mainstream IR theory.
Richard W. Maass, University of Notre Dame
rmaass@gmail.com
Paper Bargaining Over Power
If rapid shifts in relative power lead to war, limiting the rising
state’s growth should appease the declining one. Indeed, I show
that commitment problems never lead to war when capabilities are
added as a dimension in the bargaining space.
Thomas Paul Chadefaux, University of Michigan
chadefau@umich.edu
Paper Perceptions, the Offense-Defense Balance, and War
This paper revises offense-defense theory. War is most likely when
actors' perceptions of the offense-defense balance diverge and least
likely under perceived offense-dominance. A statistical analysis of
conflict (1816-1992) supports these claims.
David Rowe, Kenyon College
rowed@kenyon.edu
Paper Private Goods or Public Goods: Satisfaction With the Status
Quo, Power Parity, and Fatal Militarized Interstate Disputes
I will link between power transition theory and the democratic
peace theory in order to figure out under what conditions two
states are more likely than other pairs of states to engage in violent
interstate conflicts.
Yong-Hee Park, Texas Tech University
ypark3@hotmail.com
Disc. Vaidya Gundlupet, University of Chicago
vaidya@uchicago.edu
Kyeonghi Baek, University of Southern Mississippi
kyeonghi.baek@usm.edu
17-12 DOMESTIC POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL
CONFLICT
Room Cresthill on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Valentin L. Krustev, University of Alabama
valentin.krustev@ua.edu
Paper Regimes, Capabilities, and the Timing of Armed Conflict
Escalation to War
This paper examines how political regimes and relative capabilities
affect the timing of escalation of militarized disputes to war while
controlling for sample selection by militarized dispute onset.
Volker Krause, Eastern Michigan University
vkrause@emich.edu
Paper The Dynamics of Peace and Democracy: Implications for
Democratic Peace
This study aims to identify the reversed causal relationship of the
democratic peace proposition and to examine the influence of peace
or international conflict on democracy.
Dongsoo Kim, University of Georgia
dskim@uga.edu
Paper Conflict, Casualties and Government Change
Do the costs of interstate conflict affect government composition
and durability in democratic states
Jason Matthew Smith, Texas A&M University
jsmith@politics.tamu.edu
Michael T. Koch, Texas A&M University
mtkoch@politics.tamu.edu
Paper Explaining International Peace: Economic Interdependence and
Domestic Politics
One dimension that enhanced interdependence explanation of
peace research is shifting theoretical attention toward the domestic
level analysis.This study introduces two refinement independent
variables: free trade and member certain trading arrangement.
Sirivalaya Kachathan, Texas Tech University
sirivalaya.kachathan@ttu.edu
Kritsadathan Kachathan, Texas Tech University
kkachath@yahoo.com
Paper Informed Decisions and War
This paper models governments as a networked system and offers a
new perspective on governmental decision-making.
Wayne Allen Thornton, Harvard University
thornton@fas.harvard.edu
Disc. Valentin L. Krustev, University of Alabama
valentin.krustev@ua.edu
17-20 EXAMINING GROUPS AND THE EFFECT ON CIVIL
CONFLICT
Room Suite 13-250 on the 13th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Ravi Bhavnani, Michigan State University
bhavnani@msu.edu
Paper Solving the Medieval Rebel's Dilemma: The Flemish Revolt of
1323-1328
This paper uses Mark Lichbach's approach to collective dissent to
analyze the Flemish Revolt of 1323-1328, one of the longest revolts
in medieval Europe.
Cristian Alexander Cantir, University of Kansas
ccantir@gmail.com
Paper Civic Associations, Local Governance, and Conflict Prevention
in Indonesia
This research aims to explore what types of democratic local
governance structures can prevent ethnic violence in Indonesia.
The theories of civic associations and peace, self-autonomy and
representative bureaucracy provide the theoretical framework.
Hisako Kobayashi, University of Southern California
hisakoko@usc.edu
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