MPSA

11:30 Chair, Edgar Jorge Marcolin, Purdue University-
Main Campus
emarcolin@hotmail.com
11:35 Colonial Origins of Caribbean Development: A
Controlled Experiment
Ethan Jon Hollander, Wabash College
hollande@wabash.edu
Matthew J. Ford*, Wabash College
mjford18@wabash.edu
W. Levi Chitty*, Wabash College
hollande@wabash.edu
Patrick R. Troy*, Wabash College
hollande@wabash.edu
Gabriel N. Murei*, Wabash College
hollande@wabash.edu
11:48 Latin America Public Policies towards
Formalization of Domestic Workers: A
Comparative Study of Mexico, Uruguay,
Argentina, Chile and ILO Recommendations
Marta Cebollada Gay, ITAM, Mexico City
marta.cebollada@itam.mx
12:01 Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America
Ricardo Borges Gama Neto*, UFPE
ricardo.gamant@ufpe.br
12:14 The Institutions of Inequality in Latin America
Laura Garcia Montoya, Northwestern University
lauragarciam@u.northwestern.edu
12:27 Disc., Edgar Jorge Marcolin, Purdue University-
Main Campus
emarcolin@hotmail.com
Disc., Nicole Warmington-Granston, Governors
State University
nwarmington-granston@govst.edu
12:40 Audience Discussion
14-19 More than Just Guanxi: Chinese Politics and
Social Network Analysis
Sat at 11:30 am
11:30 Chair, Peter L. Lorentzen, University of California-
Berkeley
lorentzen@berkeley.edu
11:35 Tigers in Cage: A Network Explanation of
Corruption Prosecution in China
Jia Li, University of Chicago
jiali@uchicago.edu
11:48 The Changing Characteristics of Chinese Private
Sector Elites and Their Relationship with the
Communist Party: An In-depth Analysis of China
Rich List
Zhu Zhang, Tulane University of Louisiana
zzhang11@tulane.edu
12:01 Power Dynamics within the Chinese Communist
Party
Chao-yo Cheng, University of California-Los
Angeles
ccheng11@ucla.edu
12:14 Friends or Foes: Networks of Political Visits
Among Chinese Localities
Xiao Ma, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
maxiao@uw.edu
12:27 Disc., Junyan Jiang, University of Pennsylvania
junyanji@sas.upenn.edu
Disc., Franziska Barbara Keller, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
fbkeller@nyu.edu
12:40 Audience Discussion
15-14 New Directions in Ethnic Politics: Exploring
Relationships between Ethnicity, Religious
Institutions, and Politics
Sat at 11:30 am
11:30 Chair, Martha Wilfahrt, Northwestern University
martha.wilfahrt@northwestern.edu
11:35 Christianity, Islam, and the Political Salience of
Ethnic Identity in Africa
Robert A. Dowd*, University of Notre Dame
rdowd1@nd.edu
11:45 Political Competition, Perceived Discrimination,
and the Relative Strength of Ethnic versus
National Attachments in Africa
Elena Gadjanova, Max Planck Institute
gadjanova@mmg.mpg.de
11:56 How the Religious “Elect” Engage Elections:
FBO’s Involvement in African Elections, 1989-
present
Elizabeth Sperber, University of Denver
elizabeth.sperber@gmail.com
12:07 Sharing, Shame and Honor: Evidence from Urban
Ghana
Jeffrey William Paller, University of San Francisco
jeffrey.paller@gmail.com
12:18 Determinants of Local Service Provision in
Africa: Evidence from Malawi
12:29 Disc., Shana Warren, New York University
shana.warren@nyu.edu
12:40 Audience Discussion
16-9 Mapping Middle East Identity
Sat at 11:30 am
11:30 National Stories in Multi-Cleavage Society: A
"Wall" or a"Bridge"?
Shaul Shenhav, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
shaul.shenhav@mail.huji.ac.il
Tamir Sheafer*, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
tamir.sheafer@mail.huji.ac.il
Yael Rivka Kaplan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
yael.kaplan@mail.huji.ac.il
11:44 Social Closure and Boundary Nesting: Sunni-
Turkish Majority vs. Kurdish and Alevi
Minorities
Zeki Sarigil, Bilkent University
sarigil@bilkent.edu.tr
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