2006 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

25-204 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE:WOLLSTONECRAFT AS THEORIST ANDTHEOLOGIANRoom TBA, Sat 3:45 pmPresenter Slavery which Chains the Very Soul of Woman: TheTheology of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Birth of ModernFeminismSarah E. Spengeman, University of Notre DameOverview: The focus of this paper is the theology of MaryWollstonecraft as communicated through her early writings. Iargue that Wollstonecraft's faith in God provides the essentialfoundation for her feminist philosophy and radical politicalideas.26-11 RACIALIZED MEDIARoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Sat 3:45 pmStephen Maynard Caliendo, North Central CollegeInterviewing the Interviewers: Journalistic Norms andRacial Diversity in the NewsroomTerri L. Towner, Purdue UniversityKatsuo A. Nishikawa, Purdue UniversityRosalee A. Clawson, Purdue UniversityEric N. Waltenburg, Purdue UniversityOverview: By conducting face-to-face interviews with AfricanAmerican and Latino journalists, we investigate the influence ofjournalistic norms and racial diversity on news coverage inmainstream newsrooms. We argue that journalistic norms shapethe behaviorColor-Coded Coverage: The Racial Strategy Frame in LocalElection ReportingMatthew P. Taylor, Mount St. Mary's UniversityOverview: This study measures use of the racial strategy framein mayoral election coverage. Five variables are examined inthis coverage: racial identifiers for the candidates, endorsementsrelated to race, opinion polls, geography, and crowd descriptors.Images of Latin American Immigrants in the ArgentineSociety: Analysis of Media Coverage of Immigration 1992-1994Julia Albarracin, Western Illinois UniversityOverview: Using qualitative and quantitative methods, thispaper explores the construction of an ôimmigration crisisö inArgentina by showing how immigrants from Southern Conecountries became associated with unemployment, crime, andmost ills of the ArgentineRace, Sex and Violence: Lynching and the Politics ofPornographyNiambi M. Carter, Duke UniversityOverview: Has played a fundamental role in America's racialproject. Pornography borrows heavily from the images of blacksexuality central to lynching narratives and reinscribe them withnew meaning for yet another generation through interracialfilms.Julie Webber, Illinois State University26-20 RACIAL GROUPS IN AMERICAN POLITICSRoomChairPaperPaperTBA, Sat 3:45 pmSylvia Manzano, St Mary's UniversityThe Quality of The Black Legislative Experience WithinCity CouncilsGregory G. Neddenriep, No AffiliationOverview: I rely on data generated by two nation-wide surveys(one of black city councilors and one of their whitecounterparts) to describe the quality of black legislativeexperience within city councils and to explain why the qualityvaries.Spatial Profiling: To What Extent Do the Cleveland PoliceDepartment's Traffic Ticketing Patterns Target Blacks?Ronnie A. Dunn, Cleveland State UniversityOverview: This study analyzed the traffic ticketing patterns ofthe Cleveland Police Department by race, at the city, policeprecinct, and street level.PaperPaperDisc.Does Assimilation Bring Resistance to Racial Preferences?Mingying Fu, University of California, Los AngelesOverview: This paper examines whether an adoption ofAmerican identity is associated with an acceptation ofconservative racial attitudes, and explores determinants ofAsians’ racial attitudes associating with their immigrationbackgrounds.The Impact of African-American Members on CongressCharles Tien, Hunter College/Graduate Center, CUNYDena Levy, SUNY, BrockportOverview: In this paper we approach the question of whether ornot gains in descriptive representation for African Americansalso result in losses in substantive representation from adifferent angle than previous research. We assess the long-termimpact of elHenry Flores, St Mary's University27-14 THE NATURE AND PHENOMENON OFLAWRoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Sat 3:45 pmFrancis J. Carleton, III, University of Wisconsin, Green BayNatural Right and Acquisition in Grotius, Selden, andHobbesJeffrey Edwards, SUNY, Stony BrookOverview: The paper examines the 1600s debate between HugoGrotius and John Selden concerning the foundations of propertylaw. It determines how this debate relates to modern natural-lawconceptions of the normative basis of juridical and politicalobligation.Order and LawElina Treyger, Harvard UniversityOverview: This paper suggests that any defensible positivistconception of law-based order requires a foundation insomething close to natural law, and elaborates and defends onesuch conception.The Phenomenon of LawStanley C. Brubaker, Colgate UniversityOverview: In The Concept of Law, H.L.A. Hart endeavors, butfails, to preserve the phenomenon of law by viewing it from the"internal" perspective. Only the perspective of the "citizen,"joining jurisprudence with political theory, can preserve thephenomenon.Commodifying Environmentalism and the New Counter-MovementBrian D. Solis, University of MarylandOverview: Links the commodification of sustainability tonatural law and articulates the new counter-movement thatdevelops in reaction to this commodifiationFrank Lovett, Washington University, St. LouisFrancis J. Carleton, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay27-24 MODERN THINKERS IN ACTIONRoomChairPaperPaperPaperTBA, Sat 3:45 pmPeter McNamara, Utah State UniversityThe Theorist as Architect: John Locke and the CarolinaConstitutionScott C. Pandich, St. Lawrence UniversityOverview: An examination of John Locke's work on theconstitution of the Carolina colony.The Rights of Confederate States: Montesquieu and theCivil War RealityHalima K. Khan, Northern Illinois UniversityOverview: Taking lead from the perceived paucity ofphilosophical discussion on the issue of secession this paper willattempt to show that the U.S. Civil War was at once bothlegitimate and illegitimate when examined in light ofMontesquieu's writings.Montesquieu on Power: Lessons for TodayPeter M. Levine, National-Louis UniversityOverview: Consistent with Montesquieu’s constitutional theorythat power exercised by governments should be limited, statesshould seek to limit their exercise of power in internationalaffairs through a variety of different mechanisms.241