2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

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41-13 FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTION: DEATHS, DEPARTURES, AND NEW BLOOD Room PDR 6, 3 rd Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Pamela C. Corley, Vanderbilt University Paper Politicized Departure from the United States Supreme Court, 1789-2006 James Lindgren, Northwestern University Ross M. Stolzenberg, University of Chicago Overview: The odds of a Supreme Court justice retiring in the first two years of a president of the same party are about 2.6 times the odds of retiring late in the term of a president of the opposing party. Dying in office shows roughly the opposite pattern. Paper Departures from the Court: The Importance of the <strong>Political</strong> Landscape Kjersten R. Nelson, University of Minnesota Eve M. Ringsmuth, University of Minnesota Overview: The authors use ideological distance measures to re-test the hypothesis that justices use strategic political considerations when deciding whether to leave the Court. Paper Assessing Changes in State Representation on the U.S. Courts of Appeals Kevin M. Scott, Congressional Research Service R. Sam Garrett, Congressional Research Service Overview: We investigate and analyze changes in state representation of circuit court judges confirmed since 1891 in order to test hypotheses about factors that influence changes in state representation. Paper A Competing Risks Model of Exits from the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1954-2004 Richard L. Vining, Emory University Overview: This paper employs a competing risks model to examine departures from the U.S. Courts of Appeals from 1954- 2004. The impact of reforms to retirement statutes is studied along with political, personal, and institutional factors affecting departures. Disc. Christine L. Nemacheck, College of William & Mary Pamela C. Corley, Vanderbilt University 41-24 DECISION MAKING ON TRIAL COURTS Room Parlor E, 6 th Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Jolly A. Emrey, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Paper Impact of Selection System on Sentencing Decisions in Felony Trial Courts Nathan A. Jones, University of Virginia Overview: Modeling “justice” as unexplained variation, this paper tests the claim that elections place justice “at risk” using a heteroskedastic regression model to predict felony sentence length and error terms across states with different selection systems. Paper The Impact of Motivations on Judicial Role Conceptions and Behavior Barsha L. Mount, Charleston Southern University Overview: This paper examines the relative influence of the institutional norms and structures of state trial courts and the personal motivations of judges on their role conceptions and behavior. Paper Contextualizing the Law: Sex Assault Cases and Trial Court Decision-Making Megan A. Greening, University of North Texas Overview: This study examines sexual assault cases and trial court decision-making in Dallas County 1999-2005. I test legal and extra-legal factors to determine if they influence sentencing decisions and discuss the subsequent policy impact of such decisions. Paper What Are They Thinking?: Federal Judges Thoughts on Redistricting Mark J. McKenzie, University of Texas, Austin Overview: This study in judicial behavior in redistricting relies on in depth interviews and a judicial survey of sitting federal judges. This NSF funded study examines the nature of partisanship and other factors in redistricting decisions. Page | 258 Paper Unemployment, Politics, and the Risk of Execution in the U.S. States Isaac Unah, National <strong>Science</strong> Foundation Overview: Do Economic Conditions explain execution risk of deathrow inmates in the American States? I argue that activity on deathrow reflects economic conditions in the states and that these economic effects are mediated by gubernatorial politics. Disc. Charles A. Smith, University of Miami Jolly A. Emrey, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 44-11 THE POLITICS OF POLICY DIFFUSION I (Cosponsored with Public Policy, see 46-17) Room Parlor C, 6 th Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Ronald E. Weber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Paper When the Smoke Clears: The Diffusion of Successful Youth Access Antismoking Policies Craig Volden, Ohio State University Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan Overview: This paper examines state antismoking policies to address youth access to tobacco. We analyze whether the youth access policies that most effectively reduce teenage smoking spread more quickly and more completely across the states than do less effective. Paper Local Governments and Policy Diffusion: Building State Capacity Kathleen Hale, Auburn University Overview: The influence of local government innovation on subsequent state innovation in criminal justice reform is tested by cross-sectional time series analysis using data from local drug court programs across the fifty states from 1989 through 2005. Paper Testing the Emulation of Success Hypothesis in Criminal Justice Policy Christopher Olds, Texas A&M University Overview: Research on state policy diffusion for too long has focused on geographical proximity between states to explain policy adoption. This project looks into the possibility that states emulate other states only when policies achieve desired outcomes. Paper Policy Diffusion and Learning in Federal States: Evidence from Switzerland Fabrizio Gilardi, University of Lausanne Katharina Fueglister, University of Lausanne Overview: This paper studies the diffusion of health insurance subsidy policies across the 26 Swiss cantons between 1996 and 2005. It examines whether policy makers learn from policy or political outcomes, and whether the impact of learning varies over time. Disc. Ronald E. Weber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Jeremy L. Hall, University of Alabama, Birmingham 45-7 REINVENTING/RESTRUCTURING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Room Burnham 4,7 th Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair J. Edwin Benton, Universitiy of South Florida Paper Put Up or Shut Up: City Council Response to Efforts to Reinvent Government Timothy B. Krebs, University of New Mexico John P. Pelissero, Loyola University, Chicago Overview: Despite the popularity of reinventing government at the local level, we know little about it from an empirical standpoint. In this research we analyze city council responses to managers’ efforts to reinvent city government through the budgetary process . Paper Discovering the Ties that Bind: A Search for Connections Between Municipal Governmental Forms and Expenditure Decisions Charles L. Sampson, University of Missouri Overview: This study queries whether forms of municipal government are significant to understanding municipal expenditure decisions and the extent to which institutional theory aids that explanation.
Paper A Comparison of Wisconsin Park Departments and Illinois Park Districts David N. Emanuelson, Aurora University Overview: In this quantitative analysis, Illinois park districts and municipal park departments are compared to Wisconsin park departments in terms of service levels and efficiencies to identify the differences between states and structures of government. Paper Small Towns, Fiscal Stress and the Restructuring of Public Services Gary A. Mattson, Northern Kentucky University Overview: A twenty year retrospect of the municipal service policy behavior of 77 rural midwest county seat towns facing budgetary shortfalls. Paper Conciliated Model of Municipal Governance and Mayoral Rule in Cincinnati Stephen T. Mergner, University of Cincinnati Overview: This work is unique from the common approaches to mayoral leadership literature in that it takes the opposite approach and holds the officer-holder constant while analyzing multiple consequences of governmental reform. Disc. J. Edwin Benton, Universitiy of South Florida 45-9 POLICY IMPACTS OF ENHANCED PARTICIPATION Room Clark 5, 7 th Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University Paper Tiebout Mobility Under Conditions of Electoral Competition Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado Lapo Salucci, University of Colorado Overview: This paper tests the thesis that a high degree of electoral competition alters the incentives of citizens by creating effective opportunities for voice, thus decreasing the perceived attractiveness of exit. Paper Implementing Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles Juliet Mussu, University of Southern California Michael Sithole, University of Southern California Mark Elliot, University of Southern California Christopher Weare, University of Southern California Overview: This paper provides a process evaluation of the implementation of a budgeting process in Los Angeles, and evaluates the extent to which the emergent process reflects the representative and deliberative requisites for effective participation. Paper Under Pressure: Does the Threat of Citizen Initiative Impact Local Policy Decisions? Tara A. Blanc, Arizona State University Barbara C. McCabe, Arizona State University Overview: Initiative election studies focus only on measures that reach the ballot; however, the mere threat of initiative may prompt officials to act to forestall popular response. We explore how this threat may be used to sway local growth policy decisions. Paper E-Democracy at the Local Level Tony E. Wohlers, Cameron University Overview: The increasing application of information and communication technologies in the public sector has contributed to remarkable advances in electronic- or e-government. Some argue that e-government strengthens the existing public service. Paper Government in Translation: The Local Politics of Language Policies Els de Graauw, University of California, Berkeley Overview: Drawing from both qualitative and quantitative data from fieldwork conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area, I analyze the role of nonprofit organizations catering to immigrants in the framing, legislation, and implementation of local language policies. Disc. Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University Megan Mullin, Temple University 46-11 STEM CELL POLITICS AND POLICY Room PDR 7, 3 rd Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Alesha E. Doan, University of Kansas Paper Predictors of State Stem Cell Research and Cloning Policies Sorina O. Vlaicu, George Mason University Connie L. McNeely, George Mason University Overview: This paper looks across U.S. states to analyze stem cell research and cloning policies and explain variations in policy outcomes. Options for federal policies are proposed. Paper How Does the National Competitiveness Discourse Influence Stem Cell Research Policymaking? Myong Hwa Lee, Northern Illinois University Overview: This paper addresses the development of the Korean permissive therapeutic cloning policies in terms of national competitiveness discourse. How did the national competitivness discourse dominate stem cell debate? How did the discourse influence stem cell research? Paper Politics, Policy and a Patchwork of Regulation: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Anne K. Davis, University of Michigan Overview: This paper examines the legal status of embryonic stem cell research at the national level and in the 50 states and focuses on the impact of state level efforts to fund, protect or restrict such research. Paper Creating Frankenstein: Morality, Politics and Stem Cell Research Alesha E. Doan, University of Kansas Overview: Stem cell research is increasingly becoming a salient political issue. This research explores two main components of the debate: the role of framing by active participants in the debate and the extent to which the public perceives stem cell research. Disc. Karsten Vrangbaek, University of Copenhagen Gerard W. Boychuk, University of Waterloo 48-5 PRESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC POLICY (Cosponsored with Presidency and Executive Politics, see 38-17) Room LaSalle 3, 7 th Floor, Sat at 4:25 pm Chair Chris Rodgers, University of Texas, Dallas Paper Presidential Influence of Financial Markets Thomas M. Martin, University of Kentucky Overview: A conceptual framework of presidential rhetoric and power, positing that the president’s rhetorical leadership creates market volatility in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Paper A Historical Institutionalist Analysis of Bush's Social Security Reform Hector L. Ortiz, Syracuse University Overview: Bush’s Social Security reform allows us to explore the utility of historical institutionalists’ accounts of policy development and presidential leadership. I apply historical institutionalism to explain the process and the outcome of the reform. Paper Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets Erik C. Snowberg, Stanford University Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania Eric Zitzewitz, Stanford University Overview: We combine evidence from elections from 1880 to 2004 with prediction market data and find that the victory of a Republican presidential candidate raises equity prices 2-3% versus the victory of a Democrat. Disc. 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