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Paper Uncertainty and Heterogeneity in the Issue-Basis of Party Identification Andrew D. Garner, University of Mississippi Overview: This paper seeks to contribute to the party identification literature by examining how the clarity of citizens’ issue preferences conditions the effect of issues on party identification. Disc. Paul R. Abramson, Michigan State University 25-17 PUBLIC OPINION ON ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Room Parlor F, 6 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Kent L. Tedin, University of Houston Paper Self-Interest, False Consciousness, Ignorance, and Values in U.S. Tax Opinion Andrea L. Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Overview: Examines bases of Americans’ views on various taxes and tax reform proposals, and how support and attitudinal structures vary across groups of differing economic status and political influence. Paper The Politics of Free Trade: View from the U.S. Sukru D. Koyluoglu, Eastern Michigan University Overview: This study focuses on the politics of free trade as it attempts to capture the reactions of people, over a wide spectrum of the society, who are affected directly or indirectly by the free trade policies of the last one and a half decade. Paper Information and Consumer Uncertainty Paul M. Kellstedt, Texas A&M University Suzanna L. De Boef, Pennsylvania State University Overview: We investigate the causes of individual-level consumer uncertainty using the Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, and ask whether individuals with low or high levels of information and sophistication exhibit more uncertainty. Paper Political Trust, Ideology, and Public Support for Tax Cuts Thomas J. Rudolph, University of Illinois Overview: Using data from three different surveys of the American public, this paper analyzes the joint role that political trust and ideology play in shaping public attitudes toward tax cuts, accelerated tax cuts, permanent tax cuts, and the inheritance tax. Paper Feelings Toward Big Business and Labor: Changes Over Time Adam H. Hoffman, University of Maryland Overview: Tracking the publics' perception of business and labor over the past four decades, this paper examines the relative success of business in the policy process and how, as compared to labor, it has maintained a favorable image among the public. Disc. Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University Kent L. Tedin, University of Houston 26-2 GETTING OUT THE VOTE: MOBILIZATION AND VOTER TURNOUT Room Clark 9, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Jason Barabas, Florida State University Paper Mobilizing Minorities: New Lessons from California Field Experiments Melissa R. Michelson, California State University, East Bay Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Irvine Donald P. Green, Yale University Overview: Results from a series of community organization-led voter mobilization experiments from the June 2006 primary election in California, most with minority populations, yielding a number of new "best practices" for guiding such efforts. Paper Do Voter Registration Drives Increase Voter Turnout? Tina M. Ebenger, Calumet College of St. Joseph Darren Henderson, Calumet College of St. Joseph Overview: The paper gauges the effect of a voter registration drive on voter turnout (and other assumptions regarding voting behavior), by conducting a voter registration drive at CCSJ. It then compares the results to a previous study done in 2004. Page | 72 Paper Does Canvasser Dress Affect Voter Turnout: The T-Shirt Experiment Andra Gillespie, Emory University Overview: Do well-dressed canvasser increase voter turnout more? This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment, where casually and professionally dressed canvassers visit voters in a randomized field experiment. Disc. David W. Nickerson, University of Notre Dame 27-9 RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF POLITICS Room Clark 1, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University Paper The Racialized Portrayal of Poverty Rosalee A. Clawson, Purdue University Mark P. Franciose, Purdue University Adam B. Scheidt, Purdue University Overview: We examine the racialized portrayal of poverty in news magazines between 1999 and 2006. Paper Media Framing of the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Kimberly Gross, George Washington University Marcie Kohenak, George Washington University Overview: This paper examines media coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The paper presents the results of a content analysis of print and broadcast media that examines the causal explanations offered for why individuals failed to leave New Orleans. Paper Ethnicity and Episodic Framing in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina Eran N. Ben-Porath, University of Pennsylvania Lee K. Shaker, University of Pennsylvania Overview: This experiment-based study finds that attribution of blame to the government for Hurricane Katrina increases when images of victims appear in news. The presence of images increases the gap between blacks’ and whites’ attribution of responsibility. Paper On the Down Low--Media Narratives and Black Attitudes Towards Black Men Lester K. Spence, Johns Hopkins University Overview: "Down low" behavior has been posited by many media accounts as the reason for the increase in HIV/AIDS rates among heterosexual black women. What are the effects of this particular narrative on the attitudes of black Americans? Paper Racialized Media Framing in Federal Elections, 1990-2006 Stephen M. Caliendo, North Central College Charlton D. McIlwain, New York University Overview: This paper features a comprehensive analysis of all federal election contests from 1990 to 2006 where at least one candidate in the general election was either African American or Latino/a. Disc. Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University Elizabeth Wabindato, Northern Arizona University 28-4 THE IMPACT OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS, STATE LEGISLATURES, AND THE JUDICIARY Room Parlor B, 6 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Jilda Aliotta, University of Hartford Paper Gender and the U.S. Courts of Appeals: Do Female Judges use a “Different Voice”? Katherine F. Scheurer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Overview: In this paper, I employ logistic regression to examine whether gender influences the final voting decisions of U.S. Courts of Appeals judges across a number of different policy areas. Paper Building a Legislative Reputation on National Security: The Impact of Stereotypes Related to Gender and Military Experience Michele L. Swers, Georgetown University Overview: An analysis of President Bush's judicial nominees shows that in the face of extreme levels of partisan and institutional pressures, the impact of gender considerations is minimal even in a context where the symbolic politics of gender loom large.
Paper The Rise of the Conservative Woman in the 109th Congress Brian P. Frederick, Northern Illinois University Overview: This paper looks at the rise of conservative women in the U.S. House over the past decade. This paper shows that in the two most recent Congresses Republican women are almost as Conservative as their male Republican colleagues. Paper Effectiveness of Female Legislators:106th-108th Congress Michelle L. Wade, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Kami Whitehurst, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Overview: We extend Jeydel and Taylor's (2003) examination of the differences of legislative effectiveness between male and female legislators by adding recent data from the 106th-108th Congress. Paper Solidarity? Race and Female State Legislators' Policy Preferences Natasha L. Bingham, Louisiana State University Overview: This paper analyzes the interaction of race and gender by examining the bill initiation and sponsorship of female legislators in the lower chambers of 15 state legislators. Disc. Tracy L. Osborn, Bridgewater State College Jilda Aliotta, University of Hartford 28-8 PERSPECTIVES ON FEMINIST THEORY (Cosponsored with Political Philosophy: Approaches and Themes, see 33-30) Room Clark 7, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Michaele Ferguson, University of Colorado, Boulder Paper Sexual Politics Revisited: Darwinian Feminists and Feminist Evolutionists Rebecca J. Hannagan, Northern Illinois University Overview: Unlike previous biological accounts of gendered behavior, the observations of Darwinian feminists suggest that the evolved female political strategy exerts a formidable check on male power. Paper What is 'Revolutionary' in the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments? Penny A. Weiss, Purdue University Overview: 300 people met in 1848 "to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women." The document they passed is misread as a minor corrective to the 1776 Declaration of Independence. It has a more revolutionary character. Paper The Extraordinary Woman: Engendering Max Weber's Theory of Charisma Karen L. Mitchell, Ottawa University Overview: Political systems determine the role of gender on access to power but authority rests on gendered-cultural norms. Weber's typology does not compensate for this. Only though charisma can women in traditional systems exercise legitimate authority. Paper Mary Wollstonecraft and the Iconography of First-Wave Women's Rights Movements in Germany, Britain, and the United States Eileen Hunt Botting, University of Notre Dame Elizabeth Kozlow, University of Notre Dame Christine Carey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Overview: This paper is the first to explore how Mary Wollstonecraft, the Enlightenment protofeminist philosopher, was used by leading first-wave women's rights activists as a transnational icon to unite and ignite their women's rights. Paper Gender Equality in F. Schlegel's Idea of the True State Murray W. Skees, Morgan State University Overview: Sexual equality, according to Friedrich Schlegel, nurtures an environment that promotes love and devotion, two characteristics that are essential for a true state. Disc. Michaele Ferguson, University of Colorado, Boulder Shauna Shames, Harvard University 29-1 IDENTITY, RACE AND POLITICS Room PDR 5, 3 rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Jan E. Leighley, University of Arizona Paper Black Ethnic Participation in NYC: Race, Identity, and Engagement Christina M. Greer, Columbia University Overview: This study unfolds the attitudinal similarities and differences between the three black ethnic groups, as well as observes the comparability of ethnicities when observing traditional and non-tradidtional forms of participation and civic engagement. Paper American Blackness: Competing Identities Or A Common Script ? Ronald E. Brown, Wayne State University Wassim H. Tarraf, Wayne State University James S. Jackson, University of Michigan Overview: This paper attempts to contribute to the emerging scholarship that focuses on the relative saliency of a “shared racial group identity” between American born blacks and black immigrants from the Caribbean. Disc. Randall D. Swain, Morehead State University Jan E. Leighley, University of Arizona 29-17 MINORITY PUBLIC OPINION AND AMERICAN RACIAL POLITICS Room Suite 9-128, 9 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair David Leal, University of Texas, Austin Paper Race, Class, and Trust in Public Institutions Terrell L. Strayhorn, University of Tennessee Overview: Recent data suggest that trust in public institutions has declined. Using data from the National Study of Civic Education, results suggest that race and class exert significant influence on the level of one's trust in institutions. Paper Putting It Out There: How Black Institutions Affect Black Group ID Harwood K. McClerking, Ohio State University Overview: Extant work suggests that Black indigenous institutions (Black media, etc.) work to maintain group identity. This research work moves to another important question: How do these institutions actually make a difference in Black group identification? Paper Gender, Ethnicity, and Support for Bilingual Education Robert D. Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American Overview: We examine whether the ability of Latinos to translate descriptive representation into substantive representation in contingent upon gender. We find that Latinas are more effective at substantively representing Latino/as than their male counterparts. Paper Latino Preferences and Policy Outcomes Sylvia Manzano, Texas A&M University Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona Overview: Using Senate Exit Polls and agency specific data, this paper examines the relationship between Latino public opinion and policy outcomes in the fifty states. We consider the impact of Latino preferences on a range of public policy areas. Disc. David Leal, University of Texas, Austin 30-8 SOCRATIC EDUCATION Room Dearborn 1, 7 th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am Chair Elliot Bartky, Indiana University Purdue University, Ft. Wayne Paper Fear, Friendship and Failure in Plato’s Protagoras Martin J. Plax, Cleveland State University Overview: Socrates’ narrative of his rebuttal of Protagoras, out of concern with the political impact of Prtagoras’ hubris, aims at dissuading his comrade from pursuing Protagoras as a teacher. Paper Utilitarian Reason and the Teaching of Protagoras Andrew S. Hertzoff, California State University, Sacramento Overview: The adoption of a utilitarian calculus by Socrates at the end of the Protagors is shown to demonstrate not Socrates' own views, but the inevitable position that Protagoras himself will be forced to adopt by his interest in presenting himself as acceptable. Page | 73
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