2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

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Paper Fear of Terrorism and National Defense Politics Musa Tuzuner, Kent State University Osman Dolu, Kent State University Overview: In this paper, we statistically show a substantial policy outcome, increasing the US National Defense Budget, as a function of state-contextual-variables as opposed to be a reflection of fear of terrorism as framed by the politicians. Disc. Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Purdue University John H. Parham, Davenport University 16-1 MODELING PATHWAYS TO REVOLT Room Salon 6, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Bridget L. Coggins, Dartmouth College Paper Just War Theory and the Northern Ireland David Schmitt, Northeastern University Overview: Applying just war theory to the IRA campaign of violence during the contemporary era, this paper argues that republican justifications for their pursuit of Irish unification through a violent struggle against British rule fail to meet the tests of just war. Paper The War on Terror: Regimes’ Responses (Saudi Arabia and Indonesia) Ribhi I. Salhi, Roosevelt University Overview: This paper will assess the effectiveness of these two countries in fighting their national terrorism. It analyzes the political concerns for them for rallying behind the U.S. on its global war on terror. Paper Cluster Analysis of Revolutionary Causation in Twenty-four Revolutions and Rebellions Christopher Newman, Elgin Community College Overview: The paper proposes to subject leading accounts of twenty-four revolutions and rebellions to textual analysis using the Simple Concordance Program. The most commonly used words and phrases will then be subjected to cluster analysis. Disc. Joshua C. Walton, Claremont Graduate University 17-1 IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY: GEOGRAPHY, BORDERS, AND CONFLICT Room Sandburg 8, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Krista E. Wiegand, Georgia Southern University Paper Point A to Point B: Straight-Line Borders and the Probability of Conflict Cyrus Karimian, University of Kentucky Overview: Examines international conflict between contiguous dyads, estimating the effects of different geographical borders. Why are straight-line borders prone to peace when contiguous dyads are more likely to engage in conflict than non-contiguous dyads? Paper The Making of the Territorial Order: How Borders Are Drawn David B. Carter, University of Rochester Hein Goemans, University of Rochester Overview: We find that new international borders drawn in the aftermath of secession and militarized conflict are drawn not according to principles of ``nationalism'' or military strategy, but rather in accordance with previous administrative frontiers. Paper Taking Geography Seriously: War and Geographic and Colonial Networks Peter M. Li, National University of Singapore Overview: This paper adopts techniques and concepts from graph theory and social network analysis to construct a measure of geography which can better aid our understanding of the mechanism by which geography affects the likelihood of international conflict. Paper Sustaining Peace in Post-Secessional Dyadic Relations Ioannis Ziogas, University of Georgia Mwita Chacha, University of Georgia Overview: This research is concerned with identifying dynamics that may resonate upon two states' relationship, when one of them has been created through the process of partition and the other has not. Disc. Krista E. Wiegand, Georgia Southern University Page | 70 19-1 POWER, ECONOMICS, AND CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Room Clark 10, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Duncan Snidal, University of Chicago Paper Evaluating World Bank Post-Conflict Assistance Programs, 1987-2006 Irfan Nooruddin, Ohio State University Thomas Edward Flores, University of Michigan Overview: We examine reconstruction efforts by the World Bank in post-conflict societies and explain which countries receive funds and which ones successfully recover. Paper Power Preponderance, Institutional Homogeneity, and the Likelihood of Regional Integration Gaspare M. Genna, University of Texas, El Paso Overview: This paper introduces a theory and research design that attempts to explain and predict levels of regional integration worldwide. Systematic testing of the hypotheses is introduced in the preliminary research design. Paper Trade Links and the Kantian Peace: A Network-Theoretic Approach to Communication, Inter-Cultural Understanding, and Conflict Han Dorussen, University of Essex Hugh Ward, University of Essex Overview: We examine Classical Liberal arguments about international trade using social network theory and find that trade networks indeed are pacifying. Paper Vicious and Virtuous Circles: Is Peace Endogenous to IGO Attributes and Memberships? Charles Boehmer, University of Texas, El Paso Timothy Nordstrom, University of Mississippi Erik Gartzke, Columbia University Overview: We examine endogeneity between state membership in IGOs with interstate peace and institutional structure of IGOs. Disc. Megan Shannon, University of Mississippi Duncan Snidal, University of Chicago 21-4 HEURISTICS: HOW "GOOD" ARE THEY? Room Parlor H, 6 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Christopher Lawrence, Saint Louis University Paper First Things First; Heuristic Reasoning and the Source Cue Environment David Schwieder, Susquehanna University Overview: This paper broadens the study of source cue based heuristic reasoning by adding an analysis of the surrounding media environment to existing studies that have examined individual processing of these kinds of cues. Paper Fuzzy Heuristics and Voting Drew Seib, Southern Illinois University Overview: This study examines a person’s ability to use the ideology heuristic when it is not clear to the recipient by presenting subjects with a combination of ideologically traditional and nontraditional candidates. Paper Understanding Ideological Identity through Personality Traits: A Common Heuristic? Leonie Huddy, Stony Brook University Everett Young, Stony Brook University Overview: We examine how using nonpolitical personality traits such as open-minded and traditional to understand ideological labels’ meanings (“liberals are open-minded”) allows people to define their ideological identity. Disc. Sung-youn Kim, University of Iowa Toby W. Bolsen, Northwestern University 21-7 DELIBERATION Room Salon 12, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Thomas E. Nelson, Ohio State University Paper An Examination of Neutral Respondents in a Deliberative Experiment Lori M. Weber, California State University, Chico Peter Muhlberger, Texas Tech University Overview: A central claim of deliberation research is attitude change. This paper examines “neutral” responses from a
deliberation experiment. We argue that these respondents can lack the mental "schema" for absorbing new political information. Paper The Interplay between Political Discussion and Sense of Community Mary R. Anderson, University of Memphis Overview: This paper explores the interplay between sense of community and patterns of political discussion. Paper Is Deliberative Democracy Psychologically Plausible? Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan Yanna Krupnikov, University of Michigan Adam Seth Levine, University of Michigan Overview: In deliberation, participants take turns speaking. We examine communicative dynamics that are related to communicative sequences. We use these insights to build a new theory of deliberative effectiveness. Paper Strategic and Communicative Rationality in a Deliberative Field Experiment Peter J. Muhlberger, Texas Tech University Overview: Strategic participants may seek to manipulate democratic deliberation. This paper validates a measure of manipulation and finds that it occurs more in some online deliberations and is explained by political internalization and authority attitudes. Disc. Thomas E. Nelson, Ohio State University 22-1 BALLOT ORDER EFFECTS Room Salon 8, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Michael J. Hanmer, Georgetown University Paper Titling Effects on Passage of State Ballot Initiatives Chad Murphy, University of California, Riverside Jackie Filla, University of California, Riverside Overview: Does changing the titles of ballot initiatives change the level of support for the initiative? Paper The Causes and Consequence of Ballot Order-Effects Marc N. Meredith, Stanford University Yuval Salant, Stanford University Overview: We show that ballot order changes the outcomes of over five percent of California local elections. Focusing on multimember district elections allows us to isolate the mechanisms causing order-effects in a way unavailable in single-member districts. Paper Ballot Effects: Expanding External Validity Through Wider Experimentation Joseph Sempolinski, Yale University Overview: A replication of the ballot order experiment described in Koppell and Steen 2004. The method utilizes the rotation of ballot order in New York City for primaries. This is a replication in the same setting over a new, more varied and larger dataset. Disc. Michael J. Hanmer, Georgetown University 23-1 THE IMPACT OF MONEY AND FINANCE REGULATIONS Room Salon 7, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair David Dulio, Oakland University Paper The FEC as Enforcer: Evaluating the ‘Toothless Anaconda’ Michael M. Franz, Bowdoin College Overview: This paper evaluates the enforcement actions of the FEC by exploiting a unique database of 700 legal complaints moderated by the commission since 1995. Paper Spending Limits in Practice: The Case of Albuquerque Anthony G. Gierzynski, University of Vermont Donald Gross, University of Kentucky Overview: This paper reports on a time series analysis of the impact of mandatory campaign spending limits in Albuquerque, NM city elections on the costs of elections, voter turnout, competition, reelection rates of incumbents, and electoral success. Paper Public Money, Candidate Time, and Electoral Outcomes in State Legislative Elections Michael G. Miller, Cornell University Overview: Using survey data, I find that publicly-funded candidates spend less time raising money and more time actively seeking votes than traditionally funded candidates. Further, this extra time in the field translates to general election vote gains. Paper Money and Elections: The Iowa State Legislative Elections of 2006 Arthur Sanders, Drake University Overview: This study uses finance data and interviews with party and group leaders to explore the strategies, successes and failures in the 2006 Iowa State House and Senate elections with a focus on the impact of money on those races. Disc. David Dulio, Oakland University Kevin M. Wagner, Florida Atlantic University 24-2 GENDER QUOTAS AND WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION Room Sandburg 1, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University Paper Electoral Quotas: Frequency and Effectiveness Richard E. Matland, Loyola University, Chicago Overview: This paper proposes a model of gender quotas for elections to parliamentary positions, taking the legislative recruitment process as a starting point. It then analyzes the variables that influence which types of quotas are adopted. Paper Democratic Legitimacy or Electoral Gain? Why Countries Adopt Gender Quotas Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, University of Mississippi Harvey Palmer, University of Mississippi Overview: We empirically test a theory of endogenous institutional change to determine whether states and parties adopt legislative gender quotas to achieve long-term goals of democratic legitimacy via more inclusive electoral participation or if they adopt quotas. Paper The Global Impact of Quotas: On the Fast Track to Increased Female Legislative Representation Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison Alice Kang, University of Wisconsin, Madison Overview: This crossnational study of 153 countries demonstrates that today the introduction of quotas offers the most explanatory power for women's representation in national legislatures together with party-list proportional representation electoral systems. Paper Theorizing the Implementation and Impact of Candidate Gender Quotas Mona Lena Krook, Washington University, St. Louis Overview: Gender quotas have now been adopted in more than one hundred countries around the world, but result in varying changes in the numbers of women elected to political office. Disc. Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University 25-1 PARTISANSHIP AND PARTY CUES Room Salon 9, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Paul R. Abramson, Michigan State University Paper Why Does Macropartisanship Vary Substantially from Cohort to Cohort? Matthew D. Atkinson, University of California, Los Angeles Overview: Macropartisanship varies substantially from cohort to cohort. The macropartisanship of each cohort is explained by the national policy mood during the cohort's early adolescence. The mechanism underlying this relationship is event-driven socialization. Paper Party Frames and Public Opinion Rune Slothuus, University of Aarhus Overview: The relative impact of party cues and issue frames on citizens' opinion formation and interactive effects of source, message, and receiver characteristics are investigated in a series of experiments embedded in a 2006 national representative survey. Paper Asymmetric Partisan Biases in Perceptions of Political Parties Jonathan Woon, Carnegie Mellon University Overview: I show that citizens’ perceptions of party positions on issues vary systematically as a function of partisanship, show that its effects are nonlinear and vary across issues, and investigate the role of affect, sophistication, and issue salience. Page | 71
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