2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-8:00 am
Paper
Disc.
Electoral Institutions and Democratic Consolidation in the
Mexican States
We exploit the longitudinal variation in political competitiveness
in the Mexico’s local and state elections from 1990 to 2004 to
analyze its impact on the formation and development of independent
electoral management bodies.
Francisco Javier Aparicio, CIDE, Mexico City
javier.aparicio@cide.edu
Sandra Jessica Ley, CIDE, Mexico City
sjleyg@gmail.com
Gilg Seeber, University of Innsbruck
gilg.seeber@uibk.ac.at
6-5 VOTERS AND ELITES IN LATIN AMERICA
Room PDR 6 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Erika Moreno, Creighton University
erikamoreno@creighton.edu
Paper Can Politicians Gain Popularity at the Expense Institutional
Legitimacy
Under certain circumstances, challenges to rules and norms can
be rewarded by sectors of the public, at the expense of trust in
institutions. Why would citizens approve of politicians who violate
the norms and rules of a democratic regime
Salvador Vazquez del Mercado, Northwestern University
svazquez@northwestern.edu
Paper Understanding Candidate-centered Voting in New Democracies
Through an examination of voter behavior in Mexico and Brazil,
this paper examines variation in individuals' tendency to vote for
candidates on the basis of personal appeal versus policy appeal.
Mary C. Slosar, University of Texas, Austin
maryslosar@mail.utexas.edu
Paper Emotional Evaluations: Mexican Partisan Brands and Political
Sophistication
What is the relationship between party images and the electorate’s
emotional bonds in Mexico Using national-level survey data, I
study the effects of political sophistication and party identification
on the creation of party images.
Luis M. Estrada, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
lestrada@itam.mx
Paper Policy-Based Abstention in Brazil’s 2002 Presidential Election
The paper presents a unified model of individual abstention and
vote choice to examine policy-based abstention in multy-candidate
elections, studying the 2002 presidential race in Brazil.
Gabriel Katz, California Institute of Technology
gabriel@hss.caltech.edu
Disc. Erika Moreno, Creighton University
erikamoreno@creighton.edu
7-3 ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR THE EU (Co-sponsored with Comparative Politics:
Political Behavior, see 6-14)
Room Salon 8 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Basak Yavcan Ural, University of Pittsburgh
bay4@pitt.edu
Paper Niche Theory and European Expansion’s Affect on Interest
Group Behavior
This paper will attempt to use niche theory as a template to explain
changes in economic-related interest group behavior in Europe, as
supranational governance structures gain more prominence.
Laila Fatemah Sorurbakhsh, University of Houston
iamlaila@gmail.com
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Paper
Disc.
Policy Evaluation and Public Support for European Integration
This contribution adds an evaluative policy dimension to the
current debate on public support for EU integration. The multilevel
framework explores the influence of EC legislative trends on
support in twelve member states over the last twenty years.
Brooke Luetgert, University of Mannheim
brooke.luetgert@uni-mannheim.de
Economic Interests and Public Support for the Euro
We examine support for the common currency after the euro’s
introduction in 2002. We hypothesize that concern about rising
prices following the introduction of the euro may have dampened
enthusiasm for the project.
Susan A. Banducci, University of Exeter
s.a.banducci@exeter.ac.uk
Jeffrey A. Karp, University of Exeter
j.karp@exeter.ac.uk
Peter Loedel, West Chester University
PLoedel@wcupa.edu
Thomas Koenig, University of Mannheim
koenig@uni-mannheim.de
Basak Yavcan Ural, University of Pittsburgh
bay4@pitt.edu
9-7 THE NORTH KOREA CRISIS
Room Suite 13-250 on the 13th Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Virginie Grzelczyk, Victoria University of Wellington
Virginie Grzelczyk@gmail.com
Paper How to Negotiate with North Korea: Analysis of the 2.13
Agreement
This article will evaluate the 2.13 Agreement in the fifth Six-Party
Talk in light of several negotiating strategies. The evaluation will be
considered not only based on general negotiating strategies, but on
North Korea’s negotiating style.
Yurim Yi, Boston University
yryi@bu.edu
Paper Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation: The Road to Peaceful
Coexistence or Reunification
This study examines questions of whether and to what extent the
ongoing inter-Korean cooperation has eased tensions in the Korean
Peninsula and induced reforms in the North Korean economy.
Jihyun Kim, University of South Carolina
kim64@mailbox.sc.edu
Paper Good or Bad Neighbors Exploring the Nature of the PRC-
DPRK Relationship
This research is aimed at analyzing the nature of the Chinese
relationship with North Korea and answering the question of
whether or not China is still propping up its neighbor, or whether it
is also looking for direction from the United States.
Virginie Grzelczyk, Victoria University of Wellington
Virginie.Grzelczyk@gmail.com
Paper
Disc.
U.S.-Asia Geopolitical Strategy: Perspectives in Terms of the
Korean Peninsula
Asian politics and international relations between Korea-U.S.
Sunny Lee, Institute for Korea
ikupd@yahoo.com
Frank Plantan, University of Pennsylvania
fplantan@sas.upenn.edu
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