MPSA

63-20 Local Environmental Politics (Co-sponsored with
59. Urban and Local Politics, see 59-12)
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, Jack M Mewhirter, University of Cincinnati-
Main Campus
jack.mewhirter@uc.edu
3:05 Assessing Local Practitioner Beliefs and Attitudes
Toward the Implementation of Sustainable Public
Procurement Practices
Edward W. Schwerin, Florida Atlantic University
schwerin@fau.edu
Eric W. Prier, Florida Atlantic University
eprier@fau.edu
Clifford P. McCue*, Florida Atlantic University
cmccue143@gmail.com
3:18 An Exploration of the Collaboration and Policy
Choices of Local Governments
Cali Anne Curley, Indiana University-Purdue
University-Indianapolis
curleyc@iupui.edu
3:31 Scaling Down the "Netherlands Fallacy": A
Local-Level Quantitative Study of the Effect of
Affluence on the Carbon Footprint across the
United States
Matthew Thomas Clement, Texas State University
mtc73@txstate.edu
Andrew Pattison, Colgate University
apattison@colgate.edu
3:44 When Size Matters: Predictors of Adaptation
Planning in Small, Medium and Large U.S. Cities
Saatvika Rai, University of Toledo
saatvikarai@gmail.com
3:57 Disc., Jack M Mewhirter, University of Cincinnati-
Main Campus
jack.mewhirter@uc.edu
Disc., Richard Feiock, Florida State University
rfeiock@fsu.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
63-21 Water Policy and Politics
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State
University
james.stoutenborough@isu.edu
3:05 Institutional Design in Regional-Scale Common-
Pool Resource Institutions: Securing Access to
High-Quality Drinking Water in Boston, New
York, Portland, and San Francisco
Tomas Olivier, University of Arizona
olivier@email.arizona.edu
3:18 The Paradox of Participatory Decision-Making:
Are ‘Good’ Plans too Hard to Implement?
Elisa Kochskämper*, Leuphana University,
Luneburg
elisa.kochskaemper@leuphana.de
Edward Challies*, Leuphana University, Luneburg
challies@leuphana.de
Jens Newig*, Leuphana University, Luneburg
newig@uni.leuphana.de
Nicolas W Jager, Leuphana University Lueneburg
jager@uni.leuphana.de
3:31 Measured and Perceived Impact of Regional
Nonprofits on Water Quality
David P. Adams, California State University-
Fullerton
dpadams@fullerton.edu
3:44 Being Strategic: How Organized Interests
Attempt to Influence Louisiana's Wetland Policy
Mary Theresa Hallock Morris, University of
Southern Indiana
hallock35@gmail.com
3:57 Disc., James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State
University
james.stoutenborough@isu.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
64-12 The Public's Role in the Policymaking Process
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, Ryan Knowles Merrill, University of
Southern California
ryanmerr@usc.edu
3:05 How the House Always Wins: The Impact of
Democratic Mechanisms on State Casino
Gambling Expansion
Kim Manh, University of Houston
KimManh@Yahoo.com
3:18 Increasing Citizen Participation and the Effect on
Local Government Strategic Planning Policy
Decisions Using a Principal-Agent Theory
Perspective
Michael P. Wallner, Boise State University
michael.wallner@montana.edu
3:31 Institutional Trust and Democratic Policymaking:
Implications for Consent-Based Siting of Nuclear
Facilities in the U.S.
Kuhika Gupta, University of Oklahoma-Norman
Campus
kuhikagupta@ou.edu
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith*, University of Oklahoma-
Norman Campus
jenkinssmith@gmail.com
Carol L. Silva*, University of Oklahoma-Norman
Campus
clsilva@ou.edu
3:44 Policy for Science by Ballot or by Roll Call?:
Comparing Legislator and Citizen Voting on Stem
Cell Research
Jonah James Ralston, University of Wisconsin-
Whitewater
ralstonj@uww.edu
3:57 Disc., Jonah James Ralston, University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater
ralstonj@uww.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
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