2006 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

10-12 DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCESOF POST-COMMUNIST ELECTIONSRoomChairPaperPaperPaperparties,PaperDisc.TBA, Sun 8:30 amOana I. Armeanu, Southern Methodist UniversityIssue Salience and Dynamic Economic Voting in NewDemocraciesHyeok Yong Kwon, Texas A&M UniversityOverview: This paper examines the electoral effects of issuesalience of unemployment in new democracies. Analyzingsurvey data from the post-Communist countries, the paper findsdynamic electoral consequences of economic reforms in newdemocracies.Electoral Rules and Political Corruption in Post-CommunistCountriesTatiana Kostadinova, Florida International UniversityOverview: This paper argues that the rules of electoralcompetition have had a strong effect on resulting levels ofpolitical corruption in Eastern Europe. Cross-sectional timeseriespanel data are used to test this proposition.Explaining Electoral Volatility in Post-Communist RomaniaSilviu M. Matei, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisOverview: Addressing the institutionalization of politicalI use a logit model for ecological inference to explain the highlevel of volatility of the Romanian party system. The modeluses socio-demographic characteristics as explaining variables.The Fourth Power: Mass Media and Campaign Finance inSouth Eastern EuropeBogdan Stanciu, Eastern Illinois UniversityOverview: Mass media and campaign finance in southeasternEuropeBryon Moraski, University of Florida11-12 REGIME TYPE AND INTERNATIONALBEHAVIORRoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Sun 8:30 amScott M. Fitzsimmons, University of CalgaryCan Democracy Still Promise the Victory in MilitarizedDisputes?Kwang-Jin Kim, University of Missouri, ColumbiaOverview: This paper examines the effect of democracy anddynamic statecrafts such as economic coercion and air power onthe outcome of militarized disputes.Domestic Institutional Constraints on InternationalCooperationSam R. Bell, SUNY, BinghamtonOverview: I examine the effect of institutional structures on theability of democracies to cooperate internationally.Are Democracies More Transparent in Their ExternalAffairs Than Dictatorships?James J. Marquardt, Lake Forest CollegeRobert J. Lemke, Lake Forest CollegeOverview: This paper tests several hypotheses on transparencyand regime type.The Impact of Regime Change on Issue Onset and IssueViolenceMichelle L. Keck, Texas Tech UniversityOverview: This study seeks to expand research on issues byexamining if regime change influences issue onset and issueviolence. It will also examine if the level and incidence of issueviolence varies across regime types.Gaye B. Muderrisoglu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor11-13 RETHINKING GLOBAL GOVERNANCEAFTER THE WAR IN IRAQRoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Sun 8:30 amFrancois Debrix, Florida International UniversitySublime Spectatorship and the War in Iraq: RevisitingGlobal Governance as America's Politics and Aesthetics ofTerrorFrancois Debrix, Florida International UniversityOverview: The sublime is the pleasurable experience throughvisual representation of a situation or event that wouldotherwise be painful or terrorizing if lived or experiencedfirsthand.Critique, Cosmopolitanism, WarScott Nelson, Virginia Tech UniversityOverview: Derrida's "counter-method" of deconstructioninterrupts the imperative of theory, likening its practice to aform of war. This paper examines the significance of Derrida'scritical theory to the imperatives of political theory today.The Next 'Long Twilight Struggle with Totalitarianism'?Recreating Islamic Radicalism, Iraq, and Insecurity in theBush (43) Administration as Islamo-FascismTimothy Luke, Virginia Tech UniversityOverview: This paper looks at how the current alliance ofliberal capitalist states lead by the U.S.A. under President Bush(43) is struggling to define the "war on terror" as essentiallyWorld War IV.Suspended Sovereignty and the Law of Foreign Occupation:Incorporating the Biopolitical Paradigm into GlobalGovernanceAlex Barder, Florida International UniversityOverview: The legal concept of suspended sovereignty has beenreceiving greater attention within the last decade. Theimplementation of humanitarian interventions in Somalia,Kosovo - to name a few - and more recently the occupation ofIraq in 2003.Pablo Toral, Florida International University12-13 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, INSTITUTIONS,INTERESTS, ANDTRADE POLICIES (Cosponsoredwith Economic Policy, see 42-16)RoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperTBA, Sun 8:30 amJeffrey W. Ladewig, University of ConnecticutConstituency Size and Support for Trade LiberalizationSean D. Ehrlich, Florida State UniversityOverview: This paper tests the oft-used assumption thatpolicymakers with larger constituencies will be more supportiveof free trade because they will be less susceptible toparticularistic pressure by analyzing roll call vote data from theU.S. Congress.Political Geography and the Import Restriction BiasLucy M. Goodhart, Columbia UniversityOverview: The paper presents a model that explains theobserved import restriction bias in trade policy and in whichrepresentatives are responsive to local employment conditions.Why Regions, Not Sector or Class? Lobbying for TradeCompensation in Japan, 1950-2002Megumi Naoi, University of California, San DiegoOverview: Using a new dataset covering interest group lobbyingon trade before Diet committees from 1950 to 2002 in Japan,this paper investigates when regional competitions, as opposedto class or sectoral competitions, prevail in trade politics.Political Determinants of Interindustry Labor FactorMobilityQiang Zhou, Columbia UniversityOverview: This paper proposes a theory to endogenizeinterindustry labor factor mobility within the political process. Iargue that certain government policies can influence levels offactor mobility and governments manipulate them for politicalpurposes.251