2006 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

4-10 TRANSITION AND INTEGRATION INCENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEANDEMOCRACIESRoomChairPaperPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Fri 8:30 amKaren J. Vogel, Hamline UniversityMaking Democracy Work: Presidential Powers and CabinetStability in Central and Eastern EuropeAngelica Ghindar, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignSvitlana Chernykh, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignOverview: We present a theory about the institutionaldeterminants of cabinet stability in Central and Eastern Europe.We argue that the type of political regime (parliamentary, semipresidential,and presidential) is a central determinant of cabinetsurvivalWhy Sources Matter: The Importance of ComparativeMeasures of Protest and Repression in Eastern Europe,1980-1995Claudia Dahlerus, Albion CollegeOverview: I explain why disaggregating measures of politicalconflict generated from news-sources helps explain changes infrequency rates of protest and repression before, during, andafter democratization in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, andPoland.Third Party Intervention in Ethnic Rights Negotiations: AnEuropean AnalysisAnca Turcu, University of Texas, DallasOverview: The paper examines the role of third partyintervention in negotiations between actors who holddisproportional amounts of power. It focuses on minoritymajorityrights negotiations in the context of EU integration ofEastern and Western countries.David R. Foley, Canisius College4-20 THE THIN LINE BETWEENCONSOLIDATION AND BREAKDOWN INNASCENT DEMOCRACIESRoomChairPaperPaperDisc.TBA, Fri 8:30 amPaul D. Trampe, George Mason UniversityDemocratic Society and Adaptive Management Models:Comparing the Resilience and Collapse of Ten DemocraticSystemsAmy Lauren Lovecraft, University of Alaska, FairbanksSultan Tepe, University of Illinois, ChicagoOverview: Drawing on ten cases (Iran, Nicaragua, Iraq, Nigeria,Colombia, Turkey, Israel, Germany, the UK, the US) we ask towhat extent the Gunderson and Holling's resilience theory isuseful to explain the adaption and maladaption of democraticsociety?Default Factors of Democratic Transitions in Belarus,Ukraine, and RussiaOlga Zagoroulskaya, University of Wisconsin, OshkoshOverview: This study attempts to use a comparative approach ofinstitutional and behavioral factors that contributed to failures ofdemocracy in some transitional countries. I examine Belarusand compare it with Ukrainian and Russian models of transition.Jack Bielasiak, Indiana University, Bloomington5-6 EU INTEGRATION IN COMPARISONRoomChairPaperPaperTBA, Fri 8:30 amDavid Ellison, Grinnell CollegePublic Support for European Integration Among NewMember States: An Empirical Test of Five TheoriesChris Hasselmann, Washington UniversityOverview: This paper tests five competing theories of supportfor integration previously examined within the EU-15 amongthe 10 new member states, with the goal of better understandingthe kinds of policy demands likely to emanate from the region.The Role of European Integration in the Scottish DevolutionReferendaSeth K. Jolly, Duke UniversityOverview: Taking advantage of Scottish referenda overdevolution in 1979 and 1997, I utilize public opinion data to testPaperPaperDisc.whether Scots are more likely to support regional parties andgreater autonomy because they find independence more feasiblein a deeper EU.European Integration and National ElectionsCatherine E. Netjes, Free University, AmsterdamOverview: To what extent do attitudes towards the EuropeanUnion (EU) influence national vote choice-a process referred toas EU issue voting? This analysis examines the extent andconditions under which EU issue voting takes place across timeand space.America Redux, Europe Recast: Issues of Federalism,Constitutionalism, and Sovereignty in the Context of the USand the EUAnna M. Rulska, Old Dominion UniversityOverview: This essay centers around issues of federalism andconstitutionalism in the US and EU. By comparing the past USand current EU integration, this paper attempts to assess thefuture of the EU in the context of the Euro-Atlantic community.David Ellison, Grinnell College5-201 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: CLIENTALISMAS POLITICAL STRATEGYRoom TBA, Fri 8:30 amPresenter Clientelism as Political Strategy; a Formal TheoryLeonardo A. Gatica-Arreola, University of GuadalajaraOverview: This paper proposes a formal model to explain theuse of clientelism and its relationship with political competition,social cleavages, poverty and inequality.5-202 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: COURTS INEUROPERoom TBA, Fri 8:30 amPresenter Trusting the ECJ: Integration, the EU, and DecisionsKathleen R. Barrett, Georgia State UniversityOverview: This paper will test possible explanations for thevariation of trust in the ECJ arguing that trust in the ECJ isrelated to trust in European institutions, belief in Europeanintegration, and reaction to ECJ decisions.Presenter Everwatching: Courts as an Accountability Mechanism in aLiberalized MarketDorit Rubinstein, University of California, BerkeleyOverview: The role of courts in the newly liberalizedtelecommunications and electricity sectors in three Europeancountries, the UK, France and Sweden. The paper found agrowth in the use and influence of courts, but limited to certainactors and issues.7-3 EXECUTIVES AND THEIR ALLIES:PRESIDENTS AND THEIR CABINETS INLATIN AMERICARoomChairPaperPaperTBA, Fri 8:30 amViviana M. Abreu-Hernandez, Puerto Rico Council on HigherEducationCoalition-Based Presidentialism in South AmericaMagna M. Inácio, Federal University of Minas GeraisOverview: The paper analyzes the coalition-basedpresidentialism in South America (Brazil, Chile, Argentina,Uruguay and Bolivia), the diversity of the strategies offormation of the governments and its consequences on thestability of the multipartisan cabineIssue-Salience and Presidential Approval in Latin AmericaGregg B. Johnson, SUNY, BuffaloSooh-Rhee Syu, SUNY, BuffaloLeslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, University of MississippiOverview: Systematic studies of presidential approval in LatinAmerica are relatively recent, though given the region'seconomic and political volatility particularly important.Building upon the voluminous research on presidential approvalin the United States.129