2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Paper Does Environmental Policy Design and Affect
Implementation?
Chris Koski, University of Washington
Overview: This paper investigates the affects of policy design
attributes on implementation efforts. I use policy design
characteristics as explanatory factors accounting for variation in
implementation, controlling for existing theoretical explanations.
Paper Regulatory Enforcement in Border Counties: Do States Free
Ride?
David M. Konisky, University of Missouri, Columbia
Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina
Overview: We test the hypothesis that state regulatory
enforcement effort is less vigorous in border counties than in nonborder
counties through time-series, cross-sectional analysis of
Clean Air Act enforcement actions from the period of 1985-2000.
Disc. Warren S Eller, Texas A&M University
50-3 REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY: GENDER
AND ORGANIZATION
Room PDR 7, 3 rd Floor, Fri at 4:25 pm
Chair David Pitts, Georgia State University
Paper Occupational Segregation and Employment of Women by
Federal Agencies
Gregory B. Lewis, Georgia State University
Overview: This paper examines the effect of changes in the sexual
segregation of occupations on changes in the employment and
status of women in federal agencies.
Paper Determinants of Diversity in the Federal Government
Sungjoo Choi, University of Georgia
Overview: The present study explores what determines variation
in the workforce diversity of federal agencies, using the sample
drawn from 291 federal agencies.
Paper The Relative Influence of Race and Gender: Descriptive
Representation and Perceptions of School Discipline
Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia
Don P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas
Overview: Using survey data, we examine how the race and sex of
administrators, street level bureaucrats and clients influences
policy outputs and perceptions of organizational effectiveness.
Paper Return on Human Capital Investment: What Every Mentor's
Protege Should Know
Bonnie G. Mani, East Carolina University
Overview: An analysis of federal government expenditures for
human resource development, with an emphasis on the career
development of women in the public service.
Paper Executive Pay Comparisons: Women and Minorities in
Government and Nonprofits
Bethany G. Sneed, Eastern Michigan University
Overview: We examine public and nonprofit agencies regarding
the salary of women and minorities in executive level positions to
determine and compare the earning potential at the various
governmental levels and in nonprofit organizations.
Disc. David Pitts, Georgia State University
50-7 PUBLIC TRUST AND BUREAUCRACY
Room Suite 9-250, 9 th Floor, Fri at 4:25 pm
Chair Kaifeng Yang, Florida State University
Paper Citizen Attitudes of Government Administrators as Public
Stewards
David J. Houston, University of Tennessee
Lauren Harding, University of Tennessee
Abe Whaley, University of Tennessee
Overview: What attitudes are held about public administrators as
public stewards and what explains these attitudes? GSS data are
used to examine perceptions about government administrators’
commitment to serving the public and involvement in corruption.
Paper Trust in Politics and Administration: Reconciling the
Differences
Enamul Choudhury, Miami University
Overview: Drawing upon the research in public opinion and
public administration, the paper discusses how the evidence and
arguments on trust and distrust complement one another in
democratic governance.
Paper Why People Do Not Trust Ambitious Bureaucrats
Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa
Rebecca J. Hannagan, Northern Illinois University
Overview: Do the personal traits of bureaucrats matter? This
paper uses two laboratory experiments to test how people react to
ambitious decision makers. We find that people tend to equate
ambition for authority with self-interested and unfair behavior.
Paper Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems and
Local Government Management
Lydia A. Murray, City of Chicago
Shayne Kavanagh, Government Finance Officers Association
Overview: Implementation of CRM is a growing trend in local
government as a way to improve service delivery and performance
mangement. This paper examines lessons learned from early
adapters of this approach: Chicago (US), Westminster (UK) and
Southwark Council (UK).
Disc. Thomas A. Bryer, University of Southern California
Kaifeng Yang, Florida State University
51-7 DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESSES:
INSTITUTIONAL AND TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS
Room PDR 8, 3 rd Floor, Fri at 4:25 pm
Chair Robert Mickey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Paper Policy Feedback and Regime Change
Petra Hejnova, Syracuse University
Overview: This paper explores the ways through which state
policies developed and implemented under one political regime
continue to affect citizens' participation in public life after a
regime transformation.
Paper All But Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson as an Administrative
Creator
Stephanie P. Newbold, University of Texas, Dallas
Overview: Thomas Jefferson’s role in establishing the University
of Virginia refutes the notion that he did not have an
administrative mind or was interested in the daily operations of
government. Such efforts, instead, point to his abilities as an
administrator.
Paper Property Qualifications, Political Parties, and American
Democratization
Justin A. Moeller, University of Georgia
Overview: This paper examines the roll of economic development,
class and social conflict, and political parties in the removal of
property qualifications for voting in the United States.
Paper Precursor to the Civil Rights Movement: African-Americans
at Home and Abroad in World War II
Robert P. Saldin, University of Virginia
Overview: Major U.S. wars ultimately enhance democracy
because marginalized minority groups (including women in World
War I and African-Americans in World War II and Korea)
participate in the war effort and then reap the benefits of greater
inclusion in society.
Paper Democratic and Authoritarian Stabilization in the Post-WWI
Successor States
Elisa M. Tarnaala, Universidad de Bogota JTL, The New School
for Social Research
Overview: This paper examines how inclusion and exclusion,
repression and tolerance between governments and the radical Left
and Right oppositions were essential mechanisms relevant to
democratization in interwar Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland and
Hungary
Disc. Stephen G. Bragaw, Sweet Briar College
Zachary A. Callen, University of Chicago
Page | 195