2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-4:45 pm
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Are Mothers Disfranchised
I examine the domestic responsibilities presently undertaken by
various categories of women in America, the chief alternative
arrangements that have been advocated, and which arrangements are
desirable and the role government should in revising them.
James Chalmers, Wayne State University
jchalmers@wayne.edu
Manipulating Motherhood: The Enduring Legacy of
Revolutionary Gender Role Revisionism in Post-Sandinista
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan revolutionary and counter-revolutionary forces sought
to control women by manipulating the idea of motherhood;
however, Sandinista-advocated gender roles largely replaced
conservative counterrevolutionary constructs and retain prominence.
Anjela Jenkins, University of Texas, Austin
ajenkin@mail.utexas.edu
The Bottle, the Breast, and the State: Breastfeeding Rights
Policy and the Role of Grassroots and Traditional Women’s
Rights Groups
This paper examines the recent trend of the passage of breastfeeding
rights policies and the positions of various women's groups. I seek
to find common goals that these groups can promote during the
policy formulation and adoption process.
Maureen Rand Oakley, Mount St. Mary's University
oakley@msmary.edu
Margaret E. Rincker, Illinois Wesleyan University
mrincker@iwu.edu
Sharon Chanley, Upper Iowa University
chanleys@uiu.edu
29-4 ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION AND
IMMIGRANTS
Room Suite 8-254 on the 8th Floor, Thur at 4:45 pm
Chair Michelle Hartman, Saint Peter's College
mlhartphd@aol.com
Paper Racism, Group Position, and Attitudes About Immigration
Among Blacks and Whites
We examine the effects prejudice and group position on
immigration among Blacks and Whites.
Vincent L. Hutchings, University of Michigan
vincenth@umich.edu
Cara Wong, University of Illinois, Urbana
cjwong@umich.edu
James Jackson, University of Michigan
jamessj@isr.umich.edu
Ronald Brown, Wayne State University
aa4723@wayne.edu
Paper The Aftermath of a Hurricane: Latino Immigration in New
Orleans
Using focus group data, we examine African Americans' attitudes
towards Hispanic immigration in the Greater New Orleans area. We
develop a model measuring black attitudes as a function of group
contact, competition and economic self interest.
Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Louisiana State University
bcutai1@lsu.edu
Paper Juan for All: Implicit Attitudes and the Nature of Anti-
Immigrant Opinion
This study assesses explicit and implicit attitudes toward
immigrants. It finds that implicit anti-Latino attitudes shape support
for immigration policies even as individuals register their opposition
to immigration through non-racial concerns.
Efren O. Perez, Duke University
eop2@duke.edu
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U.S. Public Support for Immigration in the Age of Terrorism
Using 2004 ANES data, this paper explores whether support for
immigration has changed since 9/11. More so than economic
factors, race seems to be the most reliable guide for indicating
whether a respondent will support immigration restriction.
Daniel George Lehman, Temple University
dlehman@temple.edu
Niambi Michele Carter, Duke University
nmc2@duke.edu
30-13 GENDER IN THE CITY FROM ATHENS TO AUSTEN
Room Suite 13-250 on the 13th Floor, Thur at 4:45 pm
Chair Andrea Radasanu, Northern Illinois University
aradasan@chass.utoronto.ca
Paper The Absence of Eros in Aristophanes’ Assembly of Women
The manly women in Aristophanes’ comedy, who overthrow the
all-male Athenian assembly and usher in a new political order, do
violence to eros in the process. I argue that abandoning eros is the
beginning of the end for any city, democratic or otherwise.
Rima Pavalko, University of Maryland
rpavalko@gvpt.umd.edu
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Socrates’ Critique of Manliness
This paper looks to examine the sexual equality or suppression
of sexual differences sketched out in Book V of the Republic that
deprives the city of a genuine need for women.
Gregory McBrayer, University of Maryland
gmcbrayer@gvpt.umd.edu
Marriage as Friendship: Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen
This paper explores the possible impact that the eighteenth-century
political theorist Mary Wollstonecraft had on the novels of Jane
Austen.
Alyssa Guthrie, University of Notre Dame
aguthrie@nd.edu
Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan
awsaxon@umich.edu
31-5 JUST WAR THEORIES
Room UEH 412 on the 4th Floor, Thur at 4:45 pm
Chair Christian R. Donath, University of California, San Diego
cdonath@ucsd.edu
Paper Hugo Grotius on Sovereignty and Intervention in the
International System
The paper examines the thought of Hugo Grotius on the question
of the legitimacy of governments from a domestic and international
perspective, and suggests Grotius' theory may have use for presentday
debates over humanitarian intervention.
Nicholas Troester, Duke University
nrt@duke.edu
Paper Justice through War in Early Modern Political Thought
Early modern theories of just war address the problem of how to
verify claims of right in the context of a headless international
community. I discuss the main institutional mechanisms suggested
by these theories as a solution to this problem.
Pablo Kalmanovitz, Columbia University
pk2115@columbia.edu
Paper Contingent Ethics: Pragmatism and Just War Thought in
Aquinas and Ibn Taymiya
Aquinas and Ibn Taymiya faced similar historical political
environments, and thus arrived at similar just war principles,
despite drawing on different religious traditions. This suggests that
pragmatism has played a major role in just war theory.
Morkevicius O.F. Valerie, University of Chicago
morkevicius@uchicago.edu
Disc. Christian R. Donath, University of California, San Diego
cdonath@ucsd.edu
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