MPSA

Thomas Persson, Uppsala University
Thomas.Persson@statsvet.uu.se
10:55 Audience Discussion
11-4 Intra- and Extra-regional Relations: Latin
America, the Caribbean, and the World
Fri at 9:45 am
9:45 Chair, João C A Botelho, Universidade Federal de
Goias
joaocarlosbotelho@hotmail.com
9:50 Brexit: A Look at its Impact on EU-
CARIFORUM Relations and Caribbean Regional
Integration
Nicole Warmington-Granston, Governors State
University
nwarmington-granston@govst.edu
10:00 Local Support of and Resistance to China: the
Case of Colombia
Zhimin Lin, Valparaiso University
zhimin.lin@valpo.edu
Gregg B. Johnson, Valparaiso University
gregg.johnson@valpo.edu
10:11 Mediterranean and the Caribbean Geopolitics in
Mirror Image: The Significance of Islands in the
21st Century
Petros Vamvakas, Emmanuel College-Boston
vamvakpe@emmanuel.edu
10:22 Trade Wars and Politics in Paradise: Intra-
CARICOM Economic Conflict and Prospects for
Deepening Integration in the Commonwealth
Caribbean
Robert Clemente Chalwell*, Eastfield College
rchalwell@hotmail.com
Iliyan Iliev, University of Southern Mississippi
iliyan.r.iliev@gmail.com
10:33 Unveiling Causal Mechanisms in UNASUR
Defense Council's Design
Victor M Mijares*, Universidad Simon Bolivar
victor.mijares@javeriana.edu.co
10:44 Disc., João C A Botelho, Universidade Federal de
Goias
joaocarlosbotelho@hotmail.com
10:55 Audience Discussion
14-9 Ethnic Politics in China
Fri at 9:45 am
9:45 Chair, Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University-
Main Campus
xuc11@psu.edu
9:50 Autonomy in Autocracy: Explaining Ethnic
Policies in Post-1949 China
Chao-yo Cheng, University of California-Los
Angeles
ccheng11@ucla.edu
10:00 Policy Discourse and Policy Change: China’s
Ethnic Policy in the Post-Mao Era
Sinan Chu, Syracuse University
sichu@syr.edu
10:11 Money Talks: Inter-Ethnic Co-optation and
Ethnic Conflict in China
Chuyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University-Main
Campus
chuyu1988@gmail.com
10:22 How Ethnic Inequality Affects Access to Public
Goods in China
Elise Pizzi, University of Iowa
elise-pizzi@uiowa.edu
Dong Yu, University of Iowa
dong-yu@uiowa.edu
10:33 Religious Extremism and Ethnic Violence:
Evidence from Xinjiang, China
Wenhui Yang, The University of Texas at Austin
yangwh11@gmail.com
10:44 Disc., Ji Yeon Jean Hong, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
jeanno1@gmail.com
Disc., Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University-Main
Campus
xuc11@psu.edu
10:55 Audience Discussion
14-10 Survey Experiments and Public Opinion in China
Fri at 9:45 am
9:45 Chair, Haifeng Huang, University of California-
Merced
hhuang24@ucmerced.edu
9:50 Anti-corruption Campaigns and Popular Support
for Authoritarian Governments
Yaoyao Dai, Pennsylvania State University-Main
Campus
yud115@psu.edu
10:00 Gauging Chinese Public Support for China's
Participation in Peacekeeping operations
Songying Fang, Rice University
sfang@rice.edu
Fanglu Sun*, Fudan University
sunfanglu@fudan.edu.cn
10:11 How Chinese Citizens Respond to Government
Propaganda on Economic
Shuai Jin, University of Iowa
shuai-jin@uiowa.edu
10:22 Propaganda Themes, Political Context, and
Citizen Reception: Propaganda Effects in China
Dan Chen, Elizabethtown College
chend@etown.edu
10:33 Unequal Demands?: Inequality, Nationalism, and
Political Reform in China
Meir Alkon, Princeton University
malkon@princeton.edu
10:44 Disc., Xian Huang, Rutgers University-New
Brunswick
xian.huang@rutgers.edu
10:55 Audience Discussion
16-4 Israel and the Middle East
Fri at 9:45 am
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