2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

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Paper Explaining Violence against Civilians in Civil War Jessica A. Stanton, Columbia University Overview: This paper seeks to explain why some rebel groups deliberately attack civilians during civil war, while other groups refrain from targeting civilians, complying with the norms of noncombatant immunity codified in international humanitarian law. Disc. Christopher Sprecher, Texas A&M University 20-7 ECONOMICS AND ETHNICITY: SOURCES OF CONFLICT AND COOPERATION Room Salon 7, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Mahendra Lawoti, Western Michigan University Paper State Withdrawal and Ethnic (De)mobilization Stephen Bloom, Southern Illinois University Overview: This paper tests the relationship between the withdrawal of the state and instances of ethnic conflict, using existing datasets on ethnic conflict and economic liberalization. Paper An Experimental Study of Ethnicity and Public Goods Contribution Christia Fontini, Harvard University Marcus Alexander, Harvard University Overview: A quasi-natural field n-person public goods experiment to assess the role of ethnic diversity and institutions in people’s propensity to cooperate with each other in ethnically diverse post conflict societies. Paper Why Not Peace? A Study of the Origins of Peaceful vs. Violent Movements Renat Shaykhutdinov, Texas A&M University Overview: Peaceful movements are more effective than violent groups in the successful attainment of the desired goals. In this paper I explain why certain groups still resort to violence. My explanation is lined to the availability of valuable resources. Paper Dollars vs. Symbols: Redistribution, Indigenous Identity, and Nationalism Brian D. Shoup, Indiana University Overview: Do redistribuitve policies serve instrumental and pecuniary interests in divided societies, or are they motivated by more symbolic considerations? Disc. Hudson Meadwell, McGill University 21-5 INFORMATION PROCESSING Room Salon 12, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Brian Kisida, University of Arkansas Paper A Model of Survey Response: Perceptions about Candidate Issue Position Sung-youn Kim, University of Iowa Milton Lodge, Stony Brook University Charles Taber, Stony Brook University Overview: We propose a theory of survey respondents' perceptions about candidate issue position and test itagainst the Lau-Redlawsk experimental data. Paper Understanding vs. Prediction in Candidate Evaluation David Redlawsk, University of Iowa Overview: This paper argues that the ultimate goal of research into voter decision making should be to understand, not merely predict, and that in order to understand we must move beyond traditional variance models into process-driven approaches. Paper The Role of Attitude Functions in Motivated Political Reasoning Sanser Yener, Stony Brook University Overview: I use three issues, namely, national service, Social Security, and immigration, and examine the effect of attitude functions-whether the attitude serves a self-interest function or a value-expressive function-on motivated reasoning. Paper Institutional Context, Perceived Motivations and Institutional Evaluations David Doherty, University of Colorado, Boulder Overview: This research looks at how the salience of the institutional environment affects how individuals make judgments about what motivates political actors as well as what they want to motivate these actors. Disc. Beth Miller, University of Missouri, Kansas City Page | 274 22-102 ROUNDTABLE: THE FUTURE OF ELECTION STUDIES: COOPERATIVE ONLINE SURVEY RESEARCH Room Adams, 6 th Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Panelist Stephen D. Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Douglas Rivers, Stanford University Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles Donald Kinder, University of Michigan Wendy Rahn, University of Minnesota Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego Overview: This roundtable will discuss findings from the 2006 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, a two-wave web survey that interviewed over 35,000 respondents before and after the November 2006 Congressional election. 24-9 ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND VOTER MOTIVATION Room Salon 8, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Jean-Francois Godbout, Northwestern University Paper Separation of Powers and Turnout Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan Rebecca B. Morton, New York University Melanie J. Springer, Washington University, St Louis Overview: We examine whether the variation in the institutional structure of the U.S. states influences turnout. Our comparative assessment focuses on differences in budgetary, appointment, and veto powers, and whether these differences affect levels of turnout. Paper Electoral Systems and Voter Turnout: A Micro-level Analysis Eric Chang, Michigan State University Tse-hsin Chen, Michigan State University Overview: This paper argues that a voter’s turnout propensity increases as the distance between her policy position and that of her most (least) favored party decreases (increases). Using the CSES survey data, we find strong empirical support for our claims. Paper The Seat Share of the Smaller Parties and Social Trust John L. Ensch, University of California, Irvine Overview: This paper provides an analytical framework for examining the relationship between social trust, and democracy in newly democratizing countries. It tests district magnitude and assembly size, as determining factors of interpersonal trust. Paper Overhang Seats and Strategic Voting in MMP Henry A. Kim, University of California, San Diego Nathan F. Batto, University of the Pacific Overview: We identify a hitherto unexamined form of strategic voting in MMP systems, in which large parties' supporters strategically vote for small parties in the list tier. We present both theoretical rationale and empirical evidence thereof. Disc. Raymond M. Duch, University of Oxford 25-16 THE CONSEQUENCES OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION Room Salon 9, 3 rd Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Casey A. Klofstad, University of Miami Paper Echo Chambers or Overlap? Ideological Patterns of Student Networks Brian J. Gaines, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Overview: Using novel data, we explore students' social networks to gauge how closed or open they are ideologically. Paper Polarization and Homogenization in Small Group Deliberations Robert C. Luskin, University of Texas, Austin James S Fishkin, Stanford University Kyu S. Hahn, University of California, Los Angeles Overview: We use evidence from more than a dozen Deliberative Polls to examine and explain the extent to which the members of randomly assigned, moderated small groups converge on the same, more extreme view.
Paper How Wife and Husband Influence Each Other Yukio Maeda, University of Tokyo Overview: This paper examines the manner in which spouses influence each other’s opinions. Special attention is paid to the differences between cases wherein the spouses’ opinions are perceived correctly and those in which they are perceived incorrectly. Paper Developing Interest in Politics: The Effect of Early Life Socialization Danielle Shani, Princeton University Overview: In this paper, I argue that adolescent experiences, such as enjoying social studies and participating in youth activities, as well as the political environment at home, have a long reach in shaping political interest well into adulthood. Disc. Casey A. Klofstad, University of Miami 27-17 THE INTERNET AND ITS APPLICATIONS Room Clark 1, 7 th Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Frank McKenna, Bowling Green State University Paper The Origins and Effectiveness of Arguments in Strategic Communication Patrick J. Sellers, Davidson College Taylor Ansley, Davidson College Overview: Our paper examines strategic communication in national political debates, specifically the recent Supreme Court nominations. The analysis documents the growth of blogs and suggests why certain issues and arguments prove more successful than others. Paper The Changing Face of Incumbency: An Exploration into Joe Lieberman's Digital Identity? Diana T. Cohen, University of Florida Overview: This paper explores the changing nature of Joe Lieberman's digital identity over the course of the 2006 election. Paper Tribal Government Websites: Political Communication for Member Elizabeth A. Wabindato, Northern Arizona University Overview: This paper explores how American Indian tribal governments are utilizing the internet in order to communicate with tribal members who live on and off the homeland. Paper Blogging for Democracy: Deliberation, Autonomy, and Reasonableness in the Blogosphere John W. Maynor, Middle Tennessee State University Overview: This paper will argue that traditional models of deliberative democracy fail to take account of the new modes and orders of political engagement through the internet, and in blogs in particular. Paper Traveling Cyberspace Without A Compass - Hazards for Democracy? Sharon L. Keranen, Wayne State University Overview: Man’s innate passions may collide with technology in learning and understanding politics. This is a discussion of Plato and Bacon’s world in the 21st Century. Disc. Matthew S. Hindman, Arizona State University 29-16 INSTITUTIONAL FORCES AND AMERICAN RACIAL POLITICS Room Clark 7, 7 th Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University Paper Native American Political Representation in State Legislatures Steven J. Doherty, Dickinson State University Overview: This study examines the level of Native American representation in state legislatures in western states and explores the major political and social factors that have shaped the experiences of Native American state legislators. Paper The Election of Latinas to State Legislatures and Congress Jason Casellas, University of Texas, Austin Overview: This paper examines the election of Latinas to several state legislatures and Congress. Using data from the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, as well as interviews with key Latina leaders. Paper Collaboration vs. Conflict in Casino Compacts: Exploring the Quality of Intergovernmental Negotiations Paula R. Mohan, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Overview: An analysis of the factors that lead to successful collaboration vs conflict between local and tribal governments in negotiating casino compacts. Paper Handling the Jurisdictional Variation in American Indian Law and Politics Rich Braunstein, University of South Dakota Overview: An examination of variation in jurisdictional arrangements in Indian Country to assess the impact structural factors have on the state disposition of American Indian criminal cases, tribal economic development and health policy in the U.S. Paper Indigent Defendants and the Barriers They Face in the Wisconsin Court System Martin Guevara Urbina, Howard College Jamie Peterson, Howard College Magun Gutierrez, Howard College Overview: A review of the literature suggests that equal access to the law is being denied to indigent defendants in our nation's courts due to various intertwining barriers, like economics, education, social environment, legal status, quality of public defenders, Disc. Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University 32-6 SMITH AND HUME Room LaSalle 1, 7 th Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Lauren K. Hall, Northern Illinois University Paper Proximity and the Ethical in Adam Smith and Emanuel Levinas Fonna Forman-Barzilai, University of California, San Diego David Forman-Barzilai, University of California, San Diego Overview: We note parallels between Smith's sympathy and Levinas' phenomenology of the face and conclude that since both emphasize the proximate character of human interaction neither can produce objective criteria for evaluating the unfamiliar and the distant. Paper Sympathy and the Passions: Rethinking Part I of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments Edward J. Harpham, University of Texas, Dallas Overview: In this paper I will explore how a modern theory of the passions is transformed in Part I of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments through the concepts of sympathy and mutual sympathy. Paper David Hume and the Origins of Modern Citizenship Tom J. Hoffman, University of Illinois Overview: This paper examines David Hume's notion of citizenship, a notion of citizenship modelled most directly on the critic or connoisseur. Hume's understanding of citizenship along these lines is identified with citizenship. Disc. Lauren K. Hall, Northern Illinois University 33-15 IMAGINATION AND JUDGMENT Room Dearborn 2, 7 th Floor, Sun at 9:50 am Chair Eileen H. Botting, University of Notre Dame Paper The Complementary Relation between Actor's and Spectator's Judgment Capacities in Hannah Arendt's Thought Ozge Celik, University of Colorado, Boulder Overview: What is the significance of the distinction between the actor and the spectator in terms of their capacity to judge in Hannah Arendt's thought? Paper Rereading the Political through the Aesthetic: Arendt and Lyotard on Kant Leila M. Ibrahim, Cornell University This paper examines Arendt's and Lyotard's metapolitics against the backdrop of their appropriation of Kant's aesthetics. Page | 275
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