2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-2:45 pm
47-4 MAYORS AND CITIES IN PUBLIC POLICY
Room PDR 17 on the 5th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Evan McKenzie, University of Illinois, Chicago
mckenzie@uic.edu
Paper The Effect of Mayoral Control on Educational Inputs and
Achievement
In an effort to assess whether mayoral control actually improves
urban public schools, pooled cross-sectional time series methods
are used to address mayoral control's effect on class size, per-pupil
expenditures and standardized test scores.
Adam J. McGlynn, University of Texas, Pan American
mcglynnaj@utpa.edu
Paper Identifying High-Risk Areas to Target Policies to Address
Juvenile Crime
This paper discusses the development of community indicies used to
identify high-risk areas for juvenile crime and gang activities. The
paper discusses how the results were used by policymakers to help
inform policy and programmatic decisions.
Tom James, University of Oklahoma
tjames@ou.edu
Geogoo Song, University of Oklahoma
gsong@ou.edu
Paper Availability, Accessibility, and Quality of Neighborhood Health
Resources
This project looks at residents’ perception of services and
community characteristics conducive to maintaining a healthy life;
it expands the traditional view of health inequalities to include
neighborhood-level resources and policy priorities.
Sorina O. Vlaicu, George Mason University
svlaicu1@gmu.edu
Connie L. McNeely, George Mason University
clm@gmu.edu
Paper Business Improvement Districts and the Private Provision of
Public Services
This paper assesses privatization efforts through Business
Improvement Districts in New York City. The analysis estimates the
relative importance of wealth concentration, service demand and
neighborhood economic status in predicting BID formation.
Rachel Meltzer, New York University
meltzerr@juris.law.nyu.edu
Disc. Evan McKenzie, University of Illinois, Chicago
mckenzie@uic.edu
49-3 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND
COMPLIANCE
Room Suite 9-150 on the 9th Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair David M. Konisky, University of Missouri
koniskyd@missouri.edu
Paper Affirmative Motivations and Compliance in Public Policy: A
Study of the Endangered Species Act and Private Landowners
Beyond a fear of punishment, why are private landowners willing
to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – a law that
imposes exacting limitations on the use of private property
Andrea H. Olive, Purdue University
olivea@purdue.edu
Paper Race-to-the-Bottom Denial: Reassessing the Globalization-
Environment Debate
This paper reviews the literature that challenges the existence of an
environmental race to the bottom and argues that it obscures some
important connections between globalization and environmental
regulation.
David J. Blair, Huron University College
dblair@huron.uwo.ca
Paper
Disc.
Inspectors and Regulated Officials: Are Their Relationships
Adversarial
The relationships between environmental inspectors and regulated
officials are commonly presumed to be adversarial, if not outright
hostile. Closer examination of these relationships, however, yields
suprisingly different relationships.
Michelle C. Pautz, Elon University & Virginia Tech
mpautz@elon.edu
Andrea H. Olive, Purdue University
olivea@purdue.edu
David M. Konisky, University of Missouri
koniskyd@missouri.edu
49-4 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
Room PDR 9 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Paper State Climate Change Policies: Internal Determinants or
Regional Diffusion
This paper examines states’ climate change policies using several
analytic approaches. The results show that states’ internal factors
are stronger predictors of states’ climate change policies than are
diffusion effects from neighboring states.
Daniel C. Matisoff, Indiana University
dmatisof@indiana.edu
Paper
Paper
Climate Change Policymaking in the United States: Strategies
Learned from the Sub-National Experience
This paper considers the factors leading to successful climate
policymaking in California, and how lessons from the sub-national
experience can be applied to national climate policymaking in the
United States.
Amanda M. Rosen, Ohio State University
rosen.81@osu.edu
Implementation Capacity and Carbon Trading: Is California
Prepared
Based on my dissertation research on the California’s first emission
trading system-RECLAIM, this essay examines the interest group
politics environment of and the regulatory challenges to California
market-based solutions for global warming.
Xueyong Zhan, University of Southern California
xzhan@usc.edu
50-4 POLICY INNOVATIONS
Room Wabash on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 2:45 pm
Chair Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
dmoynihan@lafollette.wisc.edu
Paper Comparing Virtual States: Governance and Information
Technology
Government use of information technology calls for reliance on
what Jane Fountain calls “the virtual state." This paper explores
Fountain’s technology enactment thesis related to how IT systems
and bureaucracies interact in varied national settings.
Richard K. Ghere, University of Dayton
richard.ghere@notes.udayton.edu
Paper
Lessons Learned from Government Service Delivery via Secure
Video Links
The RSD has increased access to vital government services in rural
and Native American communities in six states via interactive video
networks. This work considers the challenges and opportunities
presented by this mode of electronic service delivery.
Dana Michael Harsell, University of North Dakota
dharsell@mail.business.und.edu
Robert S. Wood, University of North Dakota
professorwood@gmail.com
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