2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-8:00 am
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Fiscal Institutions and the Bond Ratings of U.S. States
We examine the effects of a host of institutional features on state
bond ratings relying on multiple bond raters and a host of fiscal
institutions and management rules from the early 1970's to the
present.
Robert W. Walker, Washington University in St. Louis
rww@wustl.edu
Skip Krueger, University of North Texas
skrueger@unt.edu
Re-Examining the Effects of the Rules of the “Budget Process
and Spending Growth”
We re-examine the relationships between traits of the budget
process in the American states on spending as set out in Crain &
Miller ('90). We turn to an alternative & ask: when & under what
conditions do rules on budgeting result in less spending
Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College
rfw@dartmouth.edu
Siona Robin Listokin, George Mason University
slistoki@gmu.edu
Martial Foucault, University of Montreal
martial.foucault@umontreal.ca
46-5 MINORITY REPRESENTATION
Room Suite 15-250 on the 15th Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Megan Mullin, Temple University
mmullin@temple.edu
Paper Political Incorporation in a Multicultural Context: London
Boroughs
We test an integrated model of local political incorporation to
examine representation of Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) on
London borough councils 2001-2006. Spatial, political, economic,
and social factors are strong predictors of BME success.
Susan E. Clarke, University of Colorado, Boulder
clarkes@colorado.edu
Keeley Wynne Stokes, University of Colorado, Boulder
keeley.wynne@colorado.edu
Paper Latino Leaders and Service Delivery: Examining Attitudes in
Local Contexts
Using the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, I examine the
attitudes of Latino residents in 52 cities in Los Angeles County to
determine whether descriptive representation influences satisfaction
with services delivered by local government.
Carlos E. Cuellar, Rice University
ccuellar@rice.edu
Paper 21st Century Black Mayors, Non-Majority Black Cities, and the
Representation of Black Interests
This presentation examines the relationship between black residents
expectations of their black mayors and the mayors' responsiveness
in the context of non-majority black cities.
Ravi K. Perry, Brown University
ravi_perry@brown.edu
Paper Nonprofit Organizations and the Promise of Inclusive Urban
Governance
Using mixed methods, I argue that nonprofit organizations – despite
their non-profit, and thus supposedly non-political, status – play
an active and influential role in the contemporary local politics of
immigrant representation.
Els de Graauw, University of California, Berkeley
degraauw@berkeley.edu
Disc. Megan Mullin, Temple University
mmullin@temple.edu
47-6 IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND INTERESTS IN
HEALTH POLICY REFORM
Room Cresthill on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Mark E. Tompkins, University of South Carolina
tompkins.mark@sc.edu
Paper Universal Health Insurance in the United States: A Good Idea
This paper studies the effect of health insurance on cardiovascular
death rates across U.S. states.
John A. Doces, Bucknell University
john.doces@bucknell.edu
Paper Public Reason and Scarce Medical Resources
The distinction between moral and political values, drawn most
famously by John Rawls, sheds much light on current debates
regarding the allocation of scarce medical resources. We examine
this distinction and apply it to the question of lotteries.
Eduardo Bruera, Stanford University
bruera@stanford.edu
Peter Stone, Stanford University
peter.stone@stanford.edu
Paper Health Reform Ideas in the Primeval Soup
This paper traces the development of health policy ideas over the
last forty years in Kingdon's "primeval soup". It concludes with an
assessment of how contemporary health reform ideas are likely to
inform the coming policy debate.
James M. Brasfield, Webster University
brasfijm@webster.edu
Paper Post-Soviet Health Care: Russia, Poland, and Kazakhstan
This paper provides an overview of the reforms and evolution of
health care systems in three post-Soviet states.
Ewa Piotrowska, Marquette University
ewa.piotrowska@marquette.edu
Paper Advocacy Coalitions in HPV Vaccine Service Delivery in the
States
The paper explores how HPV vaccine advocacy coalitions evolved
into coalitions of service providers when they failed to achieve their
state legislative policy goals.
Mitzi Lane Mahoney, Sam Houston State University
pol_mlm@shsu.edu
Disc. Mark E. Tompkins, University of South Carolina
tompkins.mark@sc.edu
47-19 EVALUATING POLICY AND PERFORMANCE:
INNOVATIVE METHODS AND FRAMEWORKS
Room Salon 9 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 8:00 am
Chair Evan Ringquist, Indiana University
eringqui@indiana.edu
Paper The Essential Role of Pair Matching in Cluster-Randomized
Experiments
Most political science field experiments are cluster-randomized
but ignore both the methods necessary for these data and design
features that can save considerable efficiency. We develop simple
and powerful methods for use in these experiments.
Kosuke Imai, Princeton University
kimai@princeton.edu
Gary King, Harvard University
king@harvard.edu
Clayton Nall, Harvard University
nall@fas.harvard.edu
Paper The Analysis of The Coalition of Essential Schools: Annenberg's
Challenge
Ambassador Annenberg made a $500 million contribution to the
public education system in 1993. This paper is utilizing selected
contemporary theoretical frameworks to analyze this educational
reform and possibility of scaling up from this model.
Jiang He, University of Georgia
jhe@uga.edu
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