2006 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 21 – 8:30 am – 10:15 am2-5 LEGISLATIVE DYNAMICS - VETOES,DEBATE AND DEVELOPMENTRoomChairPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Fri 8:30 amChristopher J. Kam, University of British ColumbiaTalking the Talk: Multiparty Government and LegislativeDebateGeorg Vanberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillLanny W. Martin, Rice UniversityOverview: Legislative debate is a central aspect of democraticpolitics. This paper investigates how the competing policy andposition-taking incentives of parties in coalition governmentsshape the allocation of scarce debate time to legislativeproposals.Different Types of Veto Players and the Fragmentation ofPowerMichael Stoiber, University of DarmstadtOverview: I propose a modified veto player approach tomeasure the degree of power fragmentation in different politicalsystems at different points of time.The French Senate: A Representative Institution Foreign toIts Own PeopleAndrea L. Johnson, Macalester CollegeOverview: This paper examines the democratic role of theFrench Senate—an institution constitutionally designated torepresent the French people that is, however, paradoxicallyunfamiliar to and disliked by the very citizens it was establishedto represent.Christopher J. Kam, University of British Columbia3-3 HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONS ANDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Co-sponsoredwith International Political Economy, see 12-15)RoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Fri 8:30 amJonathan K. Hanson, University of Michigan, Ann ArborRulers and Capital in Historical PerspectiveAbhishek Chatterjee, University of VirginiaOverview: The paper seeks to propose a framework toconceptualize and explain the relationship between rulers andcapital holders over time and across regions. The framework isthen used to illuminate the variation in the development ofcapital markets.Governments Against States: The Logic of Self-DestructiveDespotismNeil A. Englehart, Bowling Green State UniversityOverview: Why do states fail? Most analyses focus on existingvariables such as GDP, and ethnic diversity, but fail to yieldgood explanations of the causes of state failure. Instead we needto collect data tailored to the phenomenon; several arediscussed.Genealogy of the State: Peninsular State of War and theBirth of South Korean Developmental StateJin-Ha Kim, University of ChicagoOverview: What produced the Korean developmental state? TheKorean War brought about the modern bureaucracy based uponthe model of the South Korean Mass Army. Through theDisciplinary Revolution, it would give birth to thedevelopmental state.A License to Loot: Privateering and Property Rights asPrivate GoodsChristina Gathmann Maneval, Stanford UniversityHenning Hillmann, Stanford UniversityOverview: A selective property rights model is developed andapplied to quantitative evidence on state-licensed piracy toidentify the conditions under which states promote criminalactivities, and how they influence economic and politicalperformance.Cameron G. Thies, Louisiana State University3-201 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: POLITICALECONOMY OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURESRoom TBA, Fri 8:30 amPresenter International Transfers, War-Making, and State-BuildingAnas Malik, Xavier UniversityOverview: External debt and covert financing intervene in thewarmaking-statebuilding link. Rather than tax effort, developingcountries prefer to borrow or manipulate the money stock forrevenue-raising.Presenter Blood for Money: The Subcontracting of Defense in theDeveloping WorldBozena C. Welborne, University of Colorado, BoulderZane Kelly, University of Colorado, BoulderOverview: I explore the variance in subcontracting defense toprivate firms among authoritarian and transitioning regimes indeveloping countries.3-202 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: GLOBALIZEDTRADE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYRIGHTS, AND LABORRoom TBA, Fri 8:30 amPresenter Contesting Globalization: Lessons from the "Fair TradeCoffee" Movement and BeyondMark S. Keida, Miami UniversityOverview: This paper adds to the growing literature on"globalization" and "labor". Specifically, it looks at thestrategies by which labor groups challenge, manage, and contestthe corporate-led "flexibilization" of the "workforce."4-7 THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ANDIDEOLOGY IN DEMOCRATIZATIONRoomChairPaperPaperPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Fri 8:30 amMatt Murphy, Reed CollegeWhom to Serve and Protect?Lee D. Walker, University of KentuckyRichard Waterman, University of KentuckyOverview: This paper examines the effect that support for thepolitical government and several other political factors have oncitizens' attitudes towards police in three Latin Americancountries and the United States.A Comparative Analysis of Ideological Constraint UsingLatent Class ModelsDrew A. Linzer, University of California, Los AngelesOverview: The structure of individuals' opinions about politicsis shown to vary between new and established democracies; Iargue that this pattern provides significant insight into crossnationaldifferences in the efficacy of democracy as a politicalsystem.The Myth of National Political Culture and the Fallacy ofElectoralism in Conflicted Societies and Lopsided StatesWilliam A. Barnes, Independent Scholar, Attorney at LawOverview: “Democracy promotion” in Central America andIraq: epistemological hubris and vulgar modernization theorycombine to create the delusion that elections + counterinsurgency= a recipe for replacing a political culture of“sectarian” civil war with a political culture of centrist nationaldemocracy.Political Culture and Democracy: Are Attitudes Conduciveto Democracy?Ronald F. Inglehart, University of Michigan, Ann ArborChristian Welzel, International University, BremenOverview: Which mass attitudes (if any) are most conducive todemocracy? This paper tests attitudinal variables from the threemain schools of political culture, as predictors of six leadingmeasures of democracy, using data from 70 societies.Democratization in the Middle East: Qatar as a Case StudyAssem M. Dandashly, University of OklahomaOverview: This paper deals with democratization in the MiddleEast, taking Qatar as a case study. I analyze if the developmentstaking place fall within liberalization, or are they only policiestowards the security of the regime.TBA128