2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

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Paper Closing the Gap between Elites and Society? Regional Politicians in Spain Xavier Coller, Georgetown University Overview: Analysis of the diminishing gap between politicians and society in what gender, age, place of birth, studies and profession is concerned. Analysis of the case of Spanish regional politicians in the democratic period. Disc. Xiaojun Yan, Harvard University Page | 262
Sunday, April 15 – 8:00 am – 9:35 am 2-15 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS AND WELFARE STATES Room Salon 1, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am Chair Alex Hicks, Emory University Paper Economic Volatility, Openness and the Welfare State Ian Down, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Overview: This paper challenges the standard assumption in much of the welfare state and globalization literature that the effects of greater openness on the domestic economy are to increase domestic economic volatility, and thus insecurity. Paper An Agent-Based Model of the Diffusion of Welfare State Reforms Fabrizio Gilardi, University of Lausanne Stephane Luyet, University of Lausanne Marek Blaszczyk, University of Lausanne Overview: This paper affirms the importance of interdependence and diffusion for the study of the welfare state, and develops an agent-based model of the diffusion of welfare state reforms that sheds light on how policy diffusion processes unfold. Paper More Rights, Fewer Pensions? Pension Portability in Germany and the EU Alexandra Hennessy, Boston University Overview: Why does Germany support parts of a single European pension market, but not others? I argue that EU mandated corporate pension policies jeopardize unfunded book reserve pensions, a corner stone of Germany’s comparative institutional advantage. Paper The Impact of Government Partisanship on Redistribution in Open Economies Evelyne Huebscher, European University Institute Overview: I analyze whether government partisanship still has an impact on policies in open economies. Using data from the LIS database, I test the influence of partisanship on redistribution in general, and on different income categories and economic sectors. Disc. Alex Hicks, Emory University 3-14 ORDER AND DISORDER Room Salon 2, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am Chair Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University Paper Dynastic Succession in Modern Autocracies Jason Brownlee, University of Texas, Austin Overview: This paper tests prevailing theories of dynasticism among post-World War II authoritarian regimes. Finding that the phenomenon defies standard cultural and developmental variables, I propose an alternative explanation that recasts dynastic succession. Paper Recreating <strong>Political</strong> Order: <strong>Political</strong> Parties and Hybrid Regimes Adrienne LeBas, Michigan State University Overview: This paper arguing that the strategies chosen by elites to win constituencies and build party organizations during democratization shape the structure of politics and the degree of political order. Paper Why Minorities Don't Rebel: Accounting for the Missing Separatists Among the Basques and Kurds Benjamin Smith, University of Florida Overview: This paper develops a state-focused theory of ethnonational conflict and its absence, arguing that differential patterns of material state building account for variation in separatist mobilization among the Kurds of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Paper Government Dynamics in Authoritarian Regimes Milan Svolik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Overview: I study a model of authoritarian politics in which the joint desire of the dictator and the governing elite to rule is complicated by a conflict of interest between them. Two powersharing regimes, contested and established dictatorships. Disc. Dan Slater, University of Chicago Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University 3-24 THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION Room Salon 4, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am Chair Heiner Schulz, University of Pennsylvania Paper Capital Controls and Openness in Resource-Rich Economies Nancy E. Brune, University of Pennsylvania Overview: Using original data on financial openness (1970-2004), this paper explores the impact of a country’s natural resource endowments (and mediating effects of external actors) on the variation of financial openness in the developing world. Paper The Chinese State and Foreign Capital: Who Controls Whom? Roselyn Hsueh Romano, University of California, Berkeley Overview: China's accession to the WTO forced the economic liberalization of previously closed industries. An examination of the recalibration of government control of FDI across industries reveal, however, that reregulation has accompanied economic liberalization. Paper Globalization and Ethnic Discrimination Jason P. Sorens, SUNY, Buffalo Overview: Effects of international economic openness on discriminatory policies against ethnic minorities, conditional on natural resource abundance. Disc. Heiner Schulz, University of Pennsylvania 4-15 PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA Room PDR 4, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am Chair Eric McLaughlin, University of Illinois Paper The Authoritarian Past and Democratic Support in Southern Africa Jason M. Wells, University of Missouri Overview: I ask how citizens think about their experiences with past authoritarian regimes, relative to their experiences with new democratic regimes, and whether these thoughts influence their commitment to, or satisfaction with, democracy. Paper Patterns of Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa Anna Brigevich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Overview: This paper examines the process of democratic transition in Sub-Saharan African countries, and argues that three distinct patterns of democratization and stability have emerged. Paper Criminalization of the State and the Crisis of Governance in Africa Raphael O. Ogom, DePaul University Overview: Examines why democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa is “widely approved, but everywhere in doubt” and contends that the ‘criminalization of the state’ is the antithetical cankerworm weakening the foundations of democratic consolidation in the subcontinent. Paper Democratic Consolidation and Riots in South Africa Beth E. Harkavy, Columbia University Overview: The following paper examines the increasing number or riots that have occurred in South Africa’s townships using democratic theory. I use both quantitative and qualitative analysis to argue that these riots have occurred because South Africa’s democracy has developed in a way that does not adequately link citizens to governmental institutions. Paper Trust, Social Capital and Democracy in Newly Transitioned States: The Role of Civil Society in Kenya Henry K. Wambuii, University of Central Missouri Greg Streich, University of Central Missouri Overview: Using the case of Kenya, we disentangle the causal paradox of social capital, trust, and democratization in ethnically homogeneous states by examining the role of civil society organizations that have emerged to fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Disc. Eric McLaughlin, University of Illinois Page | 263
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