2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Paper Workers and Democracy:Labor Rights and International
Institutions in South Korea
Susan L. Kang, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Overview: In the paper, I argue that despite lack of strong
enforcement powers, international institutions were able to
influence the South Korean government to better protect and
codify basic labor rights.
Paper International Influences on Domestic Decisions of Transitional
Justice
Sara E. Dahill-Brown, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Leigh A. Payne, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Courtney J. Hillebrecht, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tricia D. Olsen, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Andrew G. Reiter, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Overview: This paper measures the impact of international civil
society on the domestic transitional justice decisions. Specifically,
it seeks to understand the relationship between INGOs and the
adoption of particular transitional justice mechanisms.
Disc. Darren Hawkins, Brigham Young University
15-201 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: THE DOMESTIC
POLITICS OF INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Room State, 4 th Floor, Table 1, Thur at 12:45 pm
Presenter Understanding the Cyclical Relationship Between the
President and the Intelligence Community
Elizabeth Grimm, Georgetown University
Overview: The Intelligence Community has vacillated between a
symbiotic relationship with the policy-making arm of the
executive branch to an adversarial rapport. This study develops a
model of this rapport to understand the junctures of executive
influence.
Presenter The Politics of Intelligence: The Politicization of Intelligence
Since 9/11
Robert D. Stacey, Regent University
Overview: This paper examines three cases to help establish and
understand the awkward and sometimes debilitating relationship
between the professional intelligence community and the more
political decision makers in the United States in the post-9/11 era.
15-202 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: RELIGION,
POLITICS, AND FOREIGN POLICY
Room State, 4 th Floor, Table 2, Thur at 12:45 pm
Presenter US Catholic Clergy and the War in Iraq
Benedict E. DeDominicis, Wright State University, Lake Campus
Overview: The study examines American nationalism and the
increasing religiousity of American politics in the form of
identification with religious communities while examining Ohio
politics as a campaign battleground state.
Presenter Christian Zionism, Ideology, and American Foreign Policy
Robert O. Smith, Baylor University
Overview: How does American Christian Zionism inform and
influence US Middle East policy, especially post-9/11? The
movement’s ideology taps deep currents of American experience
and offers a unique supplement to traditional pro-Israel lobbies.
16-3 SECURITY NORMS AND TABOOS
Room Salon 6, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 12:45 pm
Chair Andrew C. Richter, University of Windsor
Paper When Norms Matter and U.S. Sanctions Against Strategic
Partners
Charles W. Walldorf, Jr., Auburn University
Overview: When do norms matter? This paper offers a nuanced
constructivist explanation to answer this question in the context of
U.S. relations with South Africa, Greece, and Turkey during the
Cold War.
Paper Losing Afghanistan: Unlearned Lessons of Past Wars
Jacob F. English, InterMedia: Global Research
Overview: International military forces have made mistakes that
closely reflect those of past conflicts. This study tracks changes in
public sentiment, strength of insurgents, and the phenomenon of
defining success in terms of body count in the war on terror.
Disc. Olga Bogatyrenko, University of California, Davis
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17-3 MEDIATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Room Sandburg 8, 7 th Floor, Thur at 12:45 pm
Chair Renato Corbetta, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Paper The Power to Enforce? International Organizations and
Conflict Management
Megan Shannon, University of Mississippi
Overview: I investigate the ability of international organizations to
mitigate commitment problems surrounding conflict management.
Using data on territorial claims, I explore if the active involvment
of IOs helps disputants reach and comply with agreements.
Paper Who’s Using Whom? Strategic Bargaining and Civil War
Mediation
Richard W. Frank, SUNY, Binghamton
Overview: In contrast to recent research, I argue that the
occurrence and timing of mediation is driven more by the
conflicting parties than the external mediator. I incorporate lessons
from the interstate bargaining literature in creating a bargaining
theory.
Paper Third Party Mediation: Which States Get Invited?
Jaclyn D. Streitfeld, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Shweta Moorthy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Overview: This paper will look at the ‘demand-side’ of conflict
mediation and seeks to find what criteria disputants use to select
certain third party mediator state(s) for a conflict.
Paper An Integrated Model of International Mediation: Who
Mediates, and How?
Bernd Beber, Columbia University
Overview: How do mediators become involved in international
conflicts, and how does this affect mediator effectiveness? This
paper presents an integrated game-theoretic model of both the
selection and the implementation stage of mediation.
Disc. Resat Bayer, Koc University
17-201 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: ISRAEL/PALESTINE
CONFLICT
Room State, 4 th Floor, Table 3, Thur at 12:45 pm
Presenter The Internal Politics of Insurgency: Reflections from the
Palestinian Case
Wendy Pearlman, Harvard University
Overview: Most appreciate that a national movement’s unity
affects its success. This essay theorizes how it shapes its methods
as well. A study of the Palestinian case, it reconceptualizes
political fragmentation and its impact on conflict processes.
17-202 INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE: LEARNING TO BE A
TERRORIST
Room State, 4 th Floor, Table 4, Thur at 12:45 pm
Presenter Reading, Writing and Arithmetic: Understanding Terrorist
Group Learning
William J. Josiger, Georgetown University
Overview: How can law enforcement, intelligence professionals
and policy makers exploit a greater understanding of terrorist
group learning to disrupt these groups and prevent future attacks?
Presenter Volatile Breeding Grounds: The Origins of Terrorist Tactics
in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
Christine M. Sixta, University of South Carolina
Overview: Why did the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood digress
from a social movement to a terrorist organization? This case
study is the first chapter in a dissertation that seeks to understand
why social movements resort to the use of terrorist tactics.
18-3 MANAGING THE RISE OF CHINA
Room Salon 7, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 12:45 pm
Chair Vincent Wei-chengWang, University of Richmond
Paper Resisting U.S. Pressure: Changes and Continuity of China’s
Exchange Rate Policy
Tun-jen Cheng, College of William and Mary
Dan Maliniak, College of William and Mary
Overview: This paper contends that China’s astute deployment of
trade benefits to key players in the U.S. and China’s ability to
frame the issue in neo-liberal terms neutralized exchange rate
policy hawks in the U.S.