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12:07 United in Diversity?: Explaining Citizen Support<br />
for EU Cohesion Policy<br />
Nicholas Charron, University of Gothenburg<br />
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se<br />
Monika Bauhr*, University of Gothenburg<br />
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se<br />
12:18 Issue Congruence Among Citizens, Interest<br />
Groups and the European Commission: Talking<br />
for the People or Over People’s Heads?<br />
Jan Beyers*, University of Antwerp<br />
jan.beyers@uantwerpen.be<br />
Vlad Gross, University of Antwerp, Belgium<br />
gross.vlad@gmail.com<br />
12:29 Disc., Magda Mihaela Giurcanu, East Carolina<br />
University<br />
giurcanum16@ecu.edu<br />
Disc., Cyril Jayet, Universite Paris - Sorbonne<br />
cyril.jayet@paris-sorbonne.fr<br />
12:40 Audience Discussion<br />
12-1 Social Stability, Mobility, and Contestation: In<br />
Central Asia and Beyond<br />
Fri at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Chair, Charles J Sullivan, Nazarbayev University<br />
charles.sullivan@nu.edu.kz<br />
11:35 Homeownership and Societal Stability in Non-<br />
Democracies: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan<br />
Hannah Chapman*, University of Wisconsin-<br />
Madison<br />
Hschapman@wisc.edu<br />
Theodore Gerber*, University of Wisconsin-<br />
Madison<br />
tgerber@ssc.wisc.edu<br />
11:48 Misruling the Mobs: The Consequences of<br />
Cracking Down in Central Asia<br />
Charles J Sullivan, Nazarbayev University<br />
charles.sullivan@nu.edu.kz<br />
12:01 The Effect of Local Permanent Registration or<br />
"Propiska" System on Social Cleavages in Post-<br />
Soviet Kyrgyzstan<br />
Ajar Chekirova, University of Illinois-Chicago<br />
acheki2@uic.edu<br />
12:14 Eand Participation in Four Post-Soviet Cases:<br />
Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan<br />
Dawn E. Nowacki, Linfield College-McMinnville<br />
Campus<br />
dnowacki@linfield.edu<br />
Molly L McTaggart, Linfield College-McMinnville<br />
Campus<br />
mmctagga@linfield.edu<br />
12:27 Disc., Charles J Sullivan, Nazarbayev University<br />
charles.sullivan@nu.edu.kz<br />
12:40 Audience Discussion<br />
14-11 Government Reform and Innovation in China:<br />
Causes, Variations, and Consequences<br />
Fri at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Chair, Yiqing Xu, University of California-San<br />
Diego<br />
yiqingxu@ucsd.edu<br />
11:35 Online Consultation and Governance Reform in<br />
Chinese Ministries and Provinces<br />
Steven J. Balla, George Washington University<br />
sballa@gwu.edu<br />
11:45 Assessing China's E-Government in Local,<br />
Provincial and National Levels<br />
Xia Li Lollar, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater<br />
lollarx@uww.edu<br />
11:56 The Early Bird Catches the Worm?: Rewarding<br />
Local Innovation in China<br />
Xiaonan Wang, University of Maryland-College<br />
Park<br />
xwang21@terpmail.umd.edu<br />
Ciqi Mei*, Tsinghua University<br />
cmei02@gmail.com<br />
12:07 Bottom-Up Innovation: The Logic of Governance<br />
Reform in China<br />
Dimitar Dimitrov Gueorguiev*, Syracuse<br />
University<br />
ddgueorg@maxwell.syr.edu<br />
Xuelian Chen*, China Center for Comparative<br />
Politics & Economics<br />
chenxuelian@cctb.net<br />
12:18 Sustaining Administrative Reform in China: The<br />
Case of Shunde District, Guangdong Province<br />
Liang Yuqing, Management College, Shenzhen<br />
University<br />
rain_sun123@live.cn<br />
12:29 Disc., Yiqing Xu, University of California-San<br />
Diego<br />
yiqingxu@ucsd.edu<br />
Disc., Narisong Huhe, University of Strathclyde<br />
huhe.narisong@gmail.com<br />
12:40 Audience Discussion<br />
15-6 Elections, Electoral Systems and Public Trust in<br />
Africa<br />
Fri at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Chair, Robert Britt Mattes, University of Cape<br />
Town<br />
rbmattes@princeton.edu<br />
11:35 List Proportional Representation in Africa: The<br />
Dumbing Down Effect<br />
Shaheen Mozaffar*, Bridgewater State University<br />
smozaffar@bridgew.edu<br />
Robert Britt Mattes, University of Cape Town<br />
rbmattes@princeton.edu<br />
11:45 Opposition Parties Rising, or Ruling Parties in<br />
Decline?: Explaining the Increasing Viability of<br />
Africa’s Political Opposition<br />
Carolyn Logan, Michigan State University<br />
clogan@msu.edu<br />
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