2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

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holders most threatened by third parties have the most incentive to co-opt. Paper JFK and the Cold War: The Role of Narratives in Political Decision-Making Gregg D. Lindskog, University of Virginia Overview: This paper argues that presidents construct narratives that share numerous traits with analogical and heuristic devices. I show how narratives structure diverse political choices and policy outcomes in the context of the JFK presidency. Paper Rethinking the Revolt Against Speaker Cannon: The Constitutional Determinants of this Legislative Reorganization Gisela Sin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Overview: Interchamber dynamics explain the timing and character of the legislative reorganization that followed the Cannon revolt. In contrast to existing theories, I argue that the central figure in the revolt is not Joseph Cannon, but William Howard Taft. Disc. Matthew J. Dickinson, Middlebury College William M. Leiter, California State University, Long Beach 53-8 RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR Room Parlor C, 6 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Erika Seeler, Duke University Paper The Trust Between Us: Effects of Trust on Political Participation Caroline M. Nordlund, Dickinson College Overview: This paper examines the effects how political trust is built within local churches and the effects that it has on individual congregant political behavior. Paper Macro-Religiosity and Cultural Policy Mood Ken Mulligan, Southern Illinois University Tobin Grant, Southern Illinois University Overview: We introduce concepts and measures of macroreligiosity and cultural policy mood. We show that increasing secularization in the U.S. has coincided with growing liberalism in cultural policy mood. Paper Reversing the Causality: Considering the Impact of Politics on Religion Ariane Zambiras, University of California, Berkeley/LaSSP/IEP Toulouse Overview: Our paper employs anthropological approaches to shed light on the issue of religion and politics in the United States, analyzing characterizations of atheists, opinions about the death penalty, and church shopping behavior. Paper Faith Matters: Religion and American Civic Life David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University Overview: This paper will report findings from a major new survey of Americans designed to uncover the links between different dimensions of religiosity and various measures of civic engagement, including indicators of social capital. Disc. Stephen T. Mockabee, University of Cincinnati Page | 78
Thursday, April 12 – 9:50 am – 11:25 am 1-1 INNOVATIONS IN THE STUDY OF VOTER TURNOUT (Co-sponsored with Political Participation and Turnout and Methodology, see 26-1 and 35-15) Room Salon 5, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 9:50 am Chair David Darmofal, University of South Carolina Paper The Bayesian Voter's Turnout Decision in International Perspective Christopher H. Achen, Princeton University Overview: This paper derives a simple Bayesian model for turnout data. In various national and international datasets, the implied new statistical estimator, "double probit," outperforms conventional methods and has a simpler theoretical interpretation. Paper The Costs of Voting Over Time: Disruption and Transportation Effects Henry E. Brady, University of California, Berkeley John McNulty, Binghamton University Overview: In elections from 2002-2006, Los Angeles County's alternation between 5000 and 2000 polling places amounted to experiments where polling place location was manipulated--thus affording a chance to observe the impact on turnout of these changes. Paper The Genetic Basis of Voter Turnout James H. Fowler, University of California, San Diego Overview: Matching public voter turnout records to an adult twin registry , we show that the decision to vote is primarily determined by genetic factors, suggesting that biological evolution has played an important role in the development of political cooperation. Paper Research Frontiers in Field Experimentation Alan S. Gerber, Yale University Donald P. Green, Yale University Overview: We use recent field experiments to demonstrate that the method has important advantages over the traditional alternatives, illustrate how its application has expanded beyond political mobilization, and show how field experiments can be used. Disc. Jake Bowers, Harvard University Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of Michigan 1-112 ROUNDTABLE: MENTORING ROUNDTABLE ON PUBLISHING WITH COLLEAGUES AND PUBLISHERS (Co-sponsored with Midwest Women's Caucus, see 57-103) Room Red Lacquer, 4 th Floor, Thur at 9:50 am Chair Brigid C. Harrison, Montclair State University Panelist Susan Gluck Mezey, Loyola University, Chicago Chuck Myers, Princeton University Press Monica Eckman, McGraw-Hill Publishers Joan Catapano, University of Illinois Press Overview: This roundtable mentoring session will provide practical advice from both colleagues and publishers on publishing journal articles, academic trade books, and scholarly works in political science. 2-301 POSTER SESSION: POLITICS AND POLICY IN INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES Room Exhibit Hall, 4 th Floor, Thur at 9:50 am Presenter The Politics of Technology Transfer in the Oil Industry: British and Norwegian Policies in Transition, 1969-1986 (Board 1) Rafael J. Balderrama, University of Texas, Pan American Overview: How effective is technology transfer in integrating large oil enclaves into a domestic economy? The study shows strong disparities depending on how the host states defined the risks and complexity of the process and its overall expected benefits. Presenter Minority Governments and Legislative Rules in Parliamentary Democracies (Board 2) Sang-Jung Han, University of Michigan Overview: This paper examines variation on the frequency of minority governments across parliamentary democracies by focusing on the role of legislative rules and procedures as a key consideration in government formation. Presenter Towards A New Politics of Food: Shifting Food Regimes (Board 3) Jennifer G. Rutledge, University of Minnesota Overview: This paper explores a new politics of food by concentrating on the rapid growth of organic agriculture in the OECD countries. I argue that the demand for organic products represents an important shift in food regimes towards ‘new agrarianism’. Presenter Predicting Female Political Representation in OECD Countries (Board 4) Matthew E. Weiss, University of Iowa Overview: This paper utilizes regression analysis to examine the effects of political, cultural, and socio-economic variables in explaining the variance of the percentage of women elected national legislatures in highly developed OECD democracies. 3-1 CLIENTELISM Room Salon 2, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 9:50 am Chair Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame Paper Public Employment as Redistribution in China: Fiscal Games, Mass Clientelism, or Risk Management? Yuen Yuen Ang, Stanford University Overview: This paper assesses the competing effects of federal, clientelist, and external pressures in driving public employment distribution in China. Findings from this paper lend an empirical basis for exploring how private rents in the form of public jobs become institutionalized within a single-party system of rule. Paper Decentralization and Poverty Reduction:The Case of Authoritarian Enclaves Elda L. Becerra Mizuno, Duke University Overview: This paper will study the preservation of local authoritarian enclaves in the case of Mexico as a result of this country’s federalist arrangement, and the effect of these inequalities on the welfare of the poor. Paper Vote-Buying and Education in India: When Textbooks Buy Political Support Mary Breeding, American University Overview: Do elected representatives utilize education as a mechanism of buying citizens' votes? I observe one case in which politicians' utilize direct rents to households and benefits to school neighborhoods in public education to buy political support. Paper Do Poverty Relief Programs Strengthen or Undermine Democracy? Ana L. De La O, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Overview: This paper empirically examines the effects of Progresa, a Mexican poverty relief program, on political behavior of voters and parties. Analysis of a randomized experiment suggests that the program strengthened Mexican democracy. Paper Clientelism and MNC-State Bargains in Developing Countries Mona M. Lyne, University of South Carolina Overview: The paper presents a model of clientelist politics to explain political leaders' assent to what are apparently detrimental bargains with MNCs. Disc. Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame Luis Fernando Medina, University of Virginia 3-201 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: FREE TRADE ZONES Room State, 4 th Floor, Table 1, Thur at 9:50 am Presenter Highway to the Danger Zone: The Effect of Free Trade Zones on Political Participation Chris Markl, University of Colorado Overview: Through trade agreements like NAFTA and the GATT/WTO, nations have opened ‘free trade zones’ to attract foreign direct investment. Missing from the analysis of free trade zones is the study of these areas on political participation. Page | 79
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Paper The New and Old Electoral Con
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Presenter Doing it Thai Way: Toward
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Paper Gender Bending: Strategies in
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Paper The Policy Preferences and Pr
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Paper EUs "Power of Attraction" and
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Paper Going Negative in a New Media
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Paper Does Environmental Policy Des
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Paper Is Federalism Dead in Russia,
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Paper External and Domestic Issues
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Paper Ideology vs. Social Identity:
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Paper A Study of Chinese Peasants
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Paper Types of Political Participat
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Paper God and Caeser: Religion in t
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Presenter The Role of Kenya's Tradi
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Paper The Peace Process and the Pal
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Paper A Systems Theory Understandin
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Paper Somewhere in the Middle: The
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includes all possible important pre
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Presenter William Lowndes Yancey an
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Paper The Politics of Electoral Sys
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Paper A Comparison of Wisconsin Par
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Presenter Dimensions of Religosity,
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Paper Activating, Mobilizing Race a
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