MPSA Midwest Political Science Association 74thAnnual Conference April 7 - April 10, 2016 Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 2-2 Legitimacy in Crisis: Public Radicalization, Party Polarization 6-600 Chair, TBA Does Education Lead to Higher Generalized Trust?: Testing the Mechanism of Institutional Quality on Trust Nicholas Charron, University of Gothenburg Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg The Relationship Between Populist Radical Right Political Parties And Far-Right Hate Crimes Benjamin David Farrer, Knox College Niklas Harder, University of Konstanz Party Responses to Economic Crisis: Which Parties Move to the Extremes Cassandra Grafström, Boston Consulting Group The Democratic Disconnect Yascha Benjamin Mounk, Harvard University Roberto Foa, Harvard University Disc., Kyung Joon Han, University of Tennessee Disc., Matthew W. Loftis, Aarhus University Audience Discussion 5-1 Gender, the Law, and Representation Chair, TBA Making Space for Women: Explaining Citizen Support for Legislative Gender Quotas in Latin America Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky Abby Cordova, University of Kentucky Why Do Gender Gaps in Services Exist in Some Tunisian Localities Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University Gender and Representation in a Muslim Country: The Case of Turkey Alper Tolga Bulut, University of Houston Violent Conflict, Gender, and Attitudes on Leadership: Survey Results from Nigeria Jeffrey K. Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University Nicholas Nathan Kerr, University of Alabama Disc., Vera Heuer, Virginia Military Institute Audience Discussion Transitions Toward Democracy Explaining "Explanatory" Variable: Where do "Strong" and "Weak" National Identities Come From? The Case of Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine Vera Nikolaevna Beloshitzkaya, Florida International University Youth Bulge, or a Demographic Dividend Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College Alyssa M. Conley, Texas A&M University EU Enlargement, FDI and the Economic Crisis: The Effects of EU Signaling and the Economic Crisis on Foreign Investors’ Sensitivity to the Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe Before and After EU Membership Svetoslav Misak Derderyan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Regime Change and Repression Marcel Alexander Dirsus, University of Kiel Judicial Independence: Institutional Necessity or Democratic Precursor Bailey Rose-Marie Fairbanks, Georgia State University Alexandra Zena Alicia Wishart , Georgia State University Adnan Rasool , Georgia State University From Independence to Democratic Breakdown: Political Transitions in Malaysia Emily Marie Hauser, University of Florida Enhancing Performance and Persistence: State Capacity and Inclusion in Authoritarian Regimes Eda Keremoglu-Waibler, University of Stuttgart André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart The Democratizing Effect of Education under Different Regime Types Yeaji Kim, University of Houston Lobbying for Patronage or Rent?: Pork-barrel Policies and Local Official’s Incentives in Education Provision in China Fengming Lu, Duke University Xiaoyang Ye, University of Michigan 1 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am At What Stage was the Election Stolen?: Electoral Integrity and the Will of People Alla Manukyan, Georgia State University How Does Co-optation Affect Repression under Dictatorships?: Evidence from Authoritarian Parliamentary Elections Yuree Noh, University of California, Los Angeles Chao-yo Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles Spurious Conclusions: The Implications of Missing Data on Global Studies of Modernization Florian Reiche, University of Warwick Conceptualizing Science and Democracy: An Interpretive Frame for Understanding Ethics and Power Bilgesu Sumer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Election Violence Data: Biases and Pitfalls Inken von Borzyskowski, Florida State University Michael Wahman, Lund University 7-1 8-12 Disc., Peter Grand, Institute for Advanced Studies-Austria Disc., Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Audience Discussion 9-5 Coalition Politics Chair, Petra Schleiter, University of Oxford Presidents and Prime Ministerial Party Choice in Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Systems Cristina Bucur, University of Oslo Jose Antonio Cheibub, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Coalition Politics and Parliamentary Oversight of EU Policy Making Daniel Finke, Aarhus University Policymaking by Multiparty Coalitions: The Enforcement of Coalition Compromises through Executive and Legislative Institutions Fabio Franchino, Università di Milano Robert Thomson, University of Strathclyde Christopher Wratil, London School of Economics and Political Science The Policy Impact of Ministerial Control by Junior Partners in Coalition Governments Justin Leinaweaver, Drury University Robert Thomson, University of Strathclyde All Cards on the Table: Public Opinion and Partisan Reshuffles in Coalition Governments Lanny W. Martin, Rice University Mathias Wessel Tromborg, Rice University Disc., Tiberiu Catalin Dragu, New York University Disc., Petra Schleiter, University of Oxford Audience Discussion Performance and Participation: How Citizens Get Mobilized to Act 10-4 Chair, Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Crime Victimization, Political Participation, and the Poor in Latin America Carew Elizabeth Boulding, University of Colorado, Boulder Shawnna Ann Mullenax, University of Colorado, Boulder Economic Hardships and Electoral Participation: A Multi-Level Analysis Miguel Carreras, University of California, Riverside 11-1 Nestor Castaneda, University College London Economic Development and Social Tensions: An Experimental Test of Tocqueville’s Thesis in Rural Pakistan Andrew John Healy, Loyola Marymount University Katrina Kosec, International Food Policy Research Institute Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University The Effect of Democratic Ideals on Political Behavior: A Comparative Analysis Jennifer Oser, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2 European Immigration Policy and Politics Chair, TBA Legal, Social and Political Aspects of the European Union Citizenship: From Great Idea to Bitter Reality Zbigniew Antoni Czubinski, Jagiellonian University Cracow, Poland How Does Immigrant Enfranchisement Affect Electoral Outcomes?: Evidence from Spain Jeremy Ferwerda, Brown University Guillermo Toral, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fighting Over Membership: Party Competition and the Choice of Citizenship Policy in Europe John David Graeber, University of Texas, Austin The Representation of Migrant and Refugee Interests by European Umbrella Organizations: Evidence of Strain Melissa Schnyder, American Public University Fortress Europe?: Instrumentalization of Migration and Border Issues in EU Negotiations Isabel Winnwa, Bamberg University Disc., Donna Bahry, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Melanie Kolbe, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Audience Discussion Mexico's Democratization: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Chair, TBA Groceries for Votes?: The Electoral Returns of Vote-Buying in Mexico Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston Measuring the Institutional Quality of the Mexican Regime and its Clientelistic Appeals: From Voting for Autocracy to Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes Patricia Mendoza, CGUU Impact of Sociopolitical Upheaval and Electoral Reforms on Mexico’s Democratization Process, 1945-2015 Clemente Quinones, Georgia Gwinnett College Unusual Bedfellows?: PRI-Green Electoral Alliances in Mexican Legislative Elections Jae-Jae Spoon, University of North Texas Amalia Pulido, University of North Texas Floor Amendments and Representation in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, 1979-1994 Jeffrey A. Weldon, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Joy K. Langston, CIDE Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Disc., Allyson L. Benton, CIDE Disc., Juan C. Olmeda, El Colegio de México Audience Discussion Quantitative Chinese Politics Panel 1: Public Opinion Chair, Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University Unintended Consequences of Terror Attacks: Public Opinion towards Trade Policy Yue Hou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Authoritarian Brokers?: Local Elites and Distributive Politics in China Daniel Christopher Mattingly, University of California, Berkeley Does Pollution Reduce Support for the Authoritarian Regime?: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Beijing's Air Haixiao Wang, Princeton University Meir Alkon, Princeton University Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Ideology under Autocracy: Explaining Political Participation in China Using Ideal Point Estimation Jason Yuyan Wu, University of California, San Diego Nationalism and Public Attitudes toward Globalization Boliang Zhu, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Yuhua Wang, Harvard University Disc., Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University Audience Discussion 11-14 12-1 13-2 Foreign Policy: China and Greater Asia Chair, TBA Economic Gain or National Security?: How Individuals in Five Asian Countries - Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and South Korea - Viewed China and the U.S. in 2013 Alec Seung Chung, University of Florida The Power Contest in the South China Sea: Geopolitical Flashpoint or Opportunity for Better Future Jihyun Kim, Bradley University Explaining China’s Assertiveness to Sea Territorial Disputes Jaebeom Kwon, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Measuring Sinophobia in Taiwan: Anxiety, Skepticism, and Its Political Impact on 2012 Taiwan Presidential Election Kuan-chen Lee, University of Texas, Dallas Karl Ho, University of Texas, Dallas Harold D. Clarke, University of Texas, Dallas Wei-Feng Tzeng, University of North Texas A Breaking Down of the Post-war Security Regime in Japan: Security-related Bills and the Turning Point of Post-war Security Policy Toru Oga, Kyushu University China’s Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations Min Ye, Coastal Carolina University Quan Li, Wuhan University Disc., Selina Ho, National University of Singapore Audience Discussion On the Fortunes and Misfortunes of the 'Civil State': Negotiating Secularism, Citizenship and the Role of the Military in Egypt Ismail Yaylaci, Istanbul Sehir University Disc., Nathan Gonzalez, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Sharan Grewal, Princeton University Audience Discussion 15-1 Chair, James Richard Hollyer, University of Minnesota How do Firms Deal with Political Risk Quintin H. Beazer, Florida State University Daniel Blake, IE Business School The Causes and Consequences of Regulatory Complexity in Banking Oversight Sean D. Ehrlich, Florida State University Throwing the First Punch: First-mover Advantages in the Regulation of Shale Oil and Gas Tomás Garzón de la Roza, IHEID Guardians of Market Integrity: Political Independence, Private Authority, and Stock Market Development Lucas Alan Lockhart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Disc., Ryan J. Gibb, Baker University Disc., Nicola Ann Timoney, Dublin Institute of Technology Audience Discussion 16-14 Authoritarianism and Coercive Apparatuses in the MENA Region Chair, TBA Reconceptualizing Civil-Military Relations in Autocratic Regimes: Lessons from the Arab Uprisings of 2011 and their Aftermath Risa Brooks, Marquette University The State between Policing Judicial Authority and Judging Police Powers: Police-Judiciary Relations in Mubarak's Egypt Dina I. Rashed, University of Chicago The Impact of Democracy on Trade, Debt and Financial Flows Chair, Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Yale University Public Debt and Term Limits Eric Arias, New York University The Politics of Backlash: Congress and Chinese Direct Investment in the United States Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University Lauren Mattioli, Princeton University Sophie L. Meunier, Princeton University The Politics of Last Resort Lending Michael Gavin, University of Toronto Risks and Rewards: How Political Regimes and Time Horizons Shape Bargaining Outcomes Between Multinational Oil Companies and Host Countries Jordan Kyle, Columbia University Financial Crisis, Asset Diversification, and Democracy Jeheung Ryu, University of Rochester Disc., Andreas Thomas Kern, Georgetown University Audience Discussion Maintaining Power and Managing Succession in Africa Chair, Brandon Kendhammer, Ohio University Explaining A stalled Democratic Consolidation in Ethiopia Yohannes Y. Gedamu, Georgia State University Political Succession in Africa Kris L. Inman, National Intelligence University Clarity of Responsibility and Corruption in African Politics: A Clientelist Culture in Developing Democracies Tonya M. Kenny, Louisiana State University Managing Legitimacy: The Case of Uganda Devin Scott Lynn, University of Colorado, Denver Local Government and the Costs of Voting Opposition in Dominant-Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from a PreElection Survey in Tanzania Rachael Sarah McLellan, Princeton University Disc., Jude Kagoro, Bremen University Disc., Brandon Kendhammer, Ohio University Audience Discussion Business Politics: Regulation, Competition, and Economic Outcomes 17-1 U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century Chair, TBA The Congagement Policy of Our Time: U.S. Rebalancing to Asia Arafat Kabir, Illinois State University What Democratization, Trade Expectations, and Military Power All Mean for the Future of Sino-U.S. Relations Nori Katagiri, St. Louis University Possible Changes in Sino-U.S.-Taiwan Relations If Tsai Ing-wen were the Next ROC President Weizhan Meng, University of Hong Kong Is Economic Growth Good or Bad for China?: The New Finding from Sino-Indian Relations in Trade Cooperation Wayne Tan, National Chung Hsing University Jin Na, National Taiwan University Disc., Hiroki Takeuchi, Southern Methodist University Audience Discussion 3 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 18-1 Experiments in National Security Decision Making Chair, TBA Behavioral Consequences of Probabilistic Precision: Experimental Evidence from National Security Officials Jeffrey A. Friedman, Dartmouth College Jennifer S. Lerner, Harvard University Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University The Causes and Consequences of Misperceptions in the Middle East and North Africa Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College Thomas Zeitzoff, School of Public Affairs Democratic Leaders, Resolve, and War Jonathan Renshon, University of Wisconsin Keren Yarhi-Milo, Princeton University Joshua David Kertzer, Dartmouth College/Harvard University Social Distance and Parochialism in the Lab Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, University of Virginia Béatrice Boulu-Reshef , Université Paris 1 Panthéon, Sorbonne Eliciting and Modeling Probability Forecasts of Continuous Quantities Joe Wiley Tidwell, University of Maryland, College Park Thomas S. Wallsten, University of Maryland Heather Yang, University of California, Berkeley Don A. Moore, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Jeffrey A. Friedman, Dartmouth College Audience Discussion 19-400 New Studies in Arms Control Featherweight Hammer: Explaining the Use of Export Controls in Information Security Trey Herr, George Washington University Fear and Resistance: Security Assessment and Responses to Pressures to Stop Adventurous Military Behaviors Seok Ryul Kang, Purdue University Credibility in Crisis: Crisis Management and Allies’ Nuclear Proliferation Jooeun Kim, Georgetown University Opposing Nonproliferation without Proliferating: A Rational Policy with Irrational Mask Hongyu Zhang, University of Georgia Disc., Stephen E. Gent, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Disc., William Jerome Spaniel, Stanford University 20-1 4 Civil Conflict Dynamics Chair, TBA Unpacking Ethnicity: Exploring the Underlying Mechanisms Linking Ethnic Fractionalization and Civil Conflict Hilde Anderssen Bakkan, Norwegian University of Science & Technology Tor Georg Jakobsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Jo Jakobsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology All About that Space: Geography, Civil War Battles, and Peacekeeping Deployments J. Michael Greig, University of North Texas Melda Ozsut, University of North Texas Ethnic Inequality and Coups: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Christian Houle, Michigan State University Cristina A. Bodea, Michigan State University Family Matters: The Role of Ethnic Identity in Interstate Conflict Management Rachel Hannah Wayne, Florida State University Where Do They Come From, and Where Do They Go?: Rebel Group Origins and the Duration of Civil Conflict Michael William Widmeier, University of North Texas Disc., Erin Colleen McGrath, University of Maryland Audience Discussion 23-2 24-2 Congress and American Foreign Policy-Making Chair, TBA Congressional Attention to Foreign Policy: The Use of Twitter during International Crises Amnon Cavari, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Guy Freedman, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Congressional Discourse and Counterterror Policy Anna Cotter, University of Michigan The Power of the Purse and Foreign Policy-making in the U.S. Congress Gyung-Ho Jeong, University of British Columbia Carrots and Sticks: The Domestic Political Determinants of American Strategy toward China Jungkun Seo, Kyung Hee University Peter Trubowitz, London School of Economics Disc., Daniela F. Melo, Connecticut College Audience Discussion The Push for International Criminal Accountability: Backlash and Progress Chair, Jacqueline R. McAllister, Kenyon College Not in My Backyard: An Experimental Assessment of Public Reactions to International Prosecutions in Kyrgyzstan Stephen Chaudoin, University of Ilinois Terrence Chapman, University of Texas, Austin The Justice Dilemma: International Accountability and Internal Violence Daniel Krcmaric, Northwestern University Beyond Credible Commitments: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia’s Impact on Peace Settlements Jacqueline R. McAllister, Kenyon College Disc., Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M University Disc., Monika A. Nalepa, University of Chicago Audience Discussion 24-400 JSS Politics of Human Rights Chair, Rosa Aloisi, Trinity University Legal Entanglements with UN Human Rights Treaties and Higher Monitoring Standards in the Universal Periodic Review Mi Hwa Hong, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Credible Commitment and Ratification of Human Rights Treaty Mechanisms Sinh Nguyen, Purdue University Choosing Compliance: Second-Order Compliance in the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights Francesca Keiko Teraoka Parente, University of California, Los Angeles Measuring State Engagement with the UN Human Rights Council: Who Cares Bradley Carl Smith, University of Rochester Gleason Francis Judd, University of Rochester Disc., Rosa Aloisi, Trinity University 24-401 JSS The Politics of Trade Cooperation Pocketful of Mumbles?: International Courts as Authoritarian Signaling Devices Michael O'Donnell Allen, Cornell University Outside Options?: The Effect of Preferential Trade Agreements on GATT/WTO Negotiations Joshua Tyler Counselman, University of Pittsburgh Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Cold Case Reviews: Strategies of WTO Litigation Yoo Sun Jung, Texas A&M University China’s Economic Weight on the Scale of Sino-U.S. Competition over Influence: Evidence from the United Nations General 29-2 Assembly Voting Data Wen-Chin Wu, Academia Sinica Hsin-Hsin Pan, Michigan State University Ronan Tse-min Fu, University of Southern California 26-1 27-4 Campaign Donors Chair, Clifford Waters Brown, Union College Political Contribution Activity as a Reaction to Local Racial Diversity Jim Gimpel, University of Maryland, College Park Jim Glenn, University of Maryland The Impact of Citizens United on Large Corporations and Their Employees Wendy L. Hansen, University of New Mexico Michael S. Rocca, University of New Mexico Women as Contributors: An Exploratory Analysis Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh Financial Capacity, Ideology, and Political Donors in an Era of Deregulation Brian F. Schaffner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Jesse Hessler Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Disc., Akitaka Matsuo, University of Oxford Disc., Rolfe Daus Peterson, Mercyhurst University Audience Discussion Assessing the Impact of Electoral Integrity Policies Nationalized Campaigns and Midterm Dropoff Jonathan Robert Cervas, University of California, Irvine What is the Issue About?: Political Parties' Competition Over Framing Alexandra Feddersen, University of Geneva Does Intra-district Polarization Cause Party Polarization in Congress Hiroki Kubo, Rice University Home Style and Constituents' Perceptions of their Legislators Patrick D. Tucker, Washington University, St. Louis Formal Theory, Social Choice, and Elections Chair, TBA The Paradox of Grading Systems Steven J. Brams, New York University Richard F. Potthoff, Duke University Plurality Voting versus Proportional Representation in the Citizen-Candidate Model: The Role of Coalitions Aaron Kamm, New York University, Abu Dhabi Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote: a Game Theoretic Approach Daniel Kselman, IE School of International Relations On the Normative Uniqueness of Majority Rule: Generalizing May's Theorem to Infinitely Many Voting Systems Mahendra Prasad, University of California, Berkeley Parties and the Regional Incidence of Redistributive Policies Melissa Ziegler Rogers, Claremont Graduate University Dong-Wook Lee, Claremont Graduate University Disc., Allen B. Brierly, Independent Scholar Disc., James W. Endersby, University of Missouri Audience Discussion 30-500 Accountability and Voting Behavior Chair, Christopher Baird Mann, Skidmore College Voter Identification Laws and Turnout Ben Highton, University of California, Davis Voting But For the Law: Evidence from Virginia on Strict Photo Identification Daniel Jacob Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania Michael Morse, Harvard University Sarah Smith, National Journal Jesse Yoder, University of Pennsylvania Participating Provisionally: Demographics and Election Day Ballot Type Bridgett A. King, Auburn University 32-1 Examining the Effects of Voter Identification Laws on Politically Disadvantaged Populations Lindsay Nielson, Bucknell University A Population Model of Registration and Deadwood Charles H. Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stephen S. Pettigrew, Harvard University Disc., Christopher Baird Mann, Skidmore College Disc., Douglas M. Spencer, University of Connecticut Audience Discussion 28-400 Legislative Elections in the 21st Century Disc., Samuel H. Fisher, University of South Alabama Disc., Alexander Fouirnaies, Oxford University Getting Away With Murder: Mayoral Accountability for Rising Crime Sean Freeder, University of California, Berkeley Gabriel S. Lenz, University of California, Berkeley Calloused Hands: Consistency in Change in the Attitudes and Behaviors of the American Working Class Robert Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University Keith Gaddie, University of Oklahoma Moochers and Makers in the Voting Booth: How Do Beneficiaries of Federal Spending Vote in American Presidential Elections Dean P. Lacy, Dartmouth College Fiscal Accountability in U.S. Elections John M. Sides, George Washington University Disc., Alexis Antoniades, Georgetown University Disc., Christopher J. Ojeda, Stanford University Variability in Public Opinion Chair, Andrew Gooch, Yale University Less is More?: How Demographic Sample Weights Can Improve Public Opinion Estimates Based on Twitter Data Pablo Barbera, New York University Changing Attitudes or Persistent Prejudice?: Disgust in Public Opinion toward LGBT People and Issues Logan S. Casey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor How Climate Change Communication Fosters Political Inaction Adam Seth Levine, Cornell University Reuben Kline, Stony Brook University Scientists Should Pray for Rain: Weather, Partisanship, and Perception of Climate Change in U.S. Public Opinion Betsy Sinclair, Washington University, St. Louis Jeong Hyun Kim, Washington University, St. Louis Min Hee Seo, Washington University, St. Louis Patriot Priming: When and Why American Patriotism Matters in Voting for President Michael Tesler, University of California, Irvine Disc., Patrick J. Egan, New York University Disc., Andrew Gooch, Yale University Audience Discussion 5 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 34-4 35-7 36-1 6 The Content and Boundaries of Partisanship Chair, TBA Intra-Party Elite Disagreement and Mass Party Attachment Daniel J. Coffey, University of Akron Partisan Identity and the Cultural Stereotypes of Political Parties Maggie Ann Deichert, Vanderbilt University Welcome to the Party: Generational Versus Partisan Socialization in Young Partisan Activists Jeremiah John Garretson, State University of New York, Stony Brook Minority Groups and Fringe Beliefs: Cue Taking in the Absence of Party Ownership Benjamin A. Lyons, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Aaron S. Veenstra, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Disc., Mark Alexander Pickup, Simon Fraser University Disc., Alexander George Theodoridis, University of California, Merced Audience Discussion 37-10 Partisan Polarization in American Politics Chair, Michael W. Traugott, University of Michigan The Origins of Out-Party Dislike Lori D. Bougher, Princeton University Partisan Polarization in U.S. State Publics, 1936-2015: Evidence 38-3 from a Group-Level IRT Model of Citizens' Policy Liberalism Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Dunham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Christopher Warshaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Marital Agreement as an Indicator of Partisan Polarization: A Panel Study, 1900-2015 Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University Bradley T. Spahn, Stanford University The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and the Use of Core Values in the American Electorate Robert N. Lupton, Michigan State University David J. Ciuk, Franklin & Marshall College Judd Thornton, Georgia State University Blurring the Lines: Group Membership, Issue Placement, and Uncertainty Tasha S. Philpot, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Sean Richey, Georgia State University Disc., Michael W. Traugott, University of Michigan Audience Discussion Variations in News Coverage Chair, TBA The ISIS of Biological Agents: Media Coverage of Ebola in the United States Mark Taylor Daku, McGill University Kim Yi Dionne, Smith College Minority Representation and the Media: A Matter of Supply or Demand? Insights from Baltimore and Ferguson Shan J. Sappleton, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Extreme Coverage: Media Representation of Representatives Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Daniel Frederick Stone, Bowdoin College Can Academics Change the Lede?: Teaching Journalists to Incorporate Scholarly Work in News Coverage Michael W. Wagner, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Maria A.. Armoudian, University of Auckland Disc., Nicole R. Foster Shoaf, Missouri Southern State University Audience Discussion 39-1 Gender, Campaigns and Candidates Chair, TBA The Gender and Partisan Dynamics of Traits in Candidate Evaluations Nichole M. Bauer, University of Alabama To Run or Not To Run: How the Likelihood of Winning Influences the Decisions of Female Candidates Heather Louise Ondercin, University of Mississippi Gender, Ethnicity, and the Republican Party: A Vote Choice Experiment Jessica Robinson Preece, Brigham Young University Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University Quin Monson, Brigham Young University Should Female Politicians Avoid Appearing Emotional?: Gender-Specific Effects of Politicians’ Emotions on the Attribution of Leadership Qualities Anna-Maria Renner, University of Koblenz, Landau Are Women Candidates More Moderate?: An Analysis of Male and Female Candidate Donor Networks Danielle Thomsen, Syracuse University Michele L. Swers, Georgetown University Disc., Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Disc., Monica C. Schneider, Miami University Audience Discussion Black (Ideological) Heterogeneity Chair, TBA No Longer Revolutionaries?: Black Cubans, Emigration and Political Apathy Danielle P. Clealand Lenz, Florida International University The Color of Victory: The Electoral Prospects of Black Republican Congressional Candidates, 2000-2012 Andra Gillespie, Emory University What Do People Choose When Racial Solidarity and Class Interests Are in Tension Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Vesla Mae Weaver, University of Virginia Conservative in Name Only?: Ideological Self-Identification Among Blacks in the U.S. Hakeem Jerome Jefferson, University of Michigan The Curious of Black Republicans: Examining the Effect of Race-neutral Rhetoric on White Republican Affect Chryl Nicole Laird, Saint Louis University Julian Jarrel Wamble, University of Maryland Disc., K. Juree Capers, Georgia State University Disc., Ernest McGowen, University of Richmond Audience Discussion The Present-Past: History and Narrative in Black Political Thought (Co-sponsored with Race, Class and Ethnicity, see 38-19) Chair, Max Hantel, Dartmouth College From the Crises of the Post-colonial Present, Toward New Histories of the Anti-colonial Past Adom Getachew, University of Chicago Past Futures: The Imaginary, Futurity, and Unimaginable in the Thought of C. L. R. James Minkah Makalani, University of Texas, Austin Before the “Old” Jim Crow: The Rhetoric of Black Respectability and Contemporary Mass Incarceration Christina R. Rivers, DePaul University Narrating Necro-power Shatema Threadcraft, Rutgers University Reading Tocqueville Behind the Veil: African-American Responses to Democracy in America, 1841-1940 Alvin Bernard Tillery, Northwestern University Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Disc., Max Hantel, Dartmouth College Disc., Inés Valdez, Ohio State University Audience Discussion 40-1 41-1 42-4 45-1 Representation Randomization Inference for Outcomes with Clumping at Zero Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University Design-Based Kriging Estimation for Spatial Effects Cyrus D. Samii, New York University Peter Michael Aronow, Yale University Robust Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs Using Covariates Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan Disc., Chad Hazlett, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Joel A. Middleton, University of California, Berkeley Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Expropriating the Elite of Representation Mohsen Abbaszadeh Marzbali, University of Tehran Truthiness and Method: Philosophical Hermeneutics and Truth Claims Based on “Epistemic Closure” Edward W. Gimbel, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Rethinking Substantive Representation and Gender Mette Marie Stæhr Harder, University of Roskilde 46-400 Information Technology and Politics Junior Scholar A Reappraisal of Hobbes and Representation Symposium Katherine M. Robiadek, University of Wisconsin, Madison A Breath of Fresh Air: Chinese Microblog Openness and Censorship during the 2012 U.S. Embassy in Beijing Air Representation at the Constructivist Turn: Flexibility, Quality Monitoring Dispute Deliberation, and Subjectivity Chris Marty Cairns, Cornell University Qinghua Yi, Simon Fraser University Elizabeth Nicole Plantan, Cornell University Disc., Joshua William Preiss, Minnesota State University, Mankato The Freedom to Connect: Responses to an Emerging Norm Audience Discussion about Internet Access Heather Lynn Katz, Graduate Center, CUNY Ecology, Sustainability, and Political Theory Patterns of Change: A Study of the Relation between the Chair, TBA Development of Electronic Governance, Actors, Organizations, Climate Change and the Prospects for a Theory of and Institutions Intergenerational Reparative Justice Nele Leosk, European University Institute Ben Almassi, Governors State University Netizens, Nationalism, and the New Media: Online Foreign Thoreau’s Environmental Imagination and the Politics of Policy Discourse in China Wilderness Jackson Seth Woods, George Washington University Joshua Bowman, Catholic University of America Disc., Kevin Michael Wagner, Florida Atlantic University Generational Sovereignty vs Environmental Preservation: Can Disc., Kevin Wallsten, California State University, Long Beach Posterity Have Both John Edward Davidson, University of Oregon 47-600 Research Blitz on Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Sustainability and Resilience: New Political Virtues or Old Tropes of Power Social Movements Sara Jordan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Chair, Jennifer Marie Cyr, University of Arizona Kant, Ecology and Aesthetics Conspiracy Theories and the Discourse of Extremism Michelle Margaret Mawhinney, York University Winston C. G. Berg, University of Chicago Different Approaches to Kurdish Problem and the Failure of Disc., Gregory R. Peterson, South Dakota State University Peace Process Audience Discussion Salim Cevik, Ipek University Melting Europe: Labor Heterogeneity and the Effective Liberalism and its Tensions Number of Parties Chair, Steven Douglas Maloney, University of Saint Thomas Jaerin Kim, Michigan State University Berlin and Positive Liberty: Reading Berlin Against the Grain Foreign Sponsorship and Rebel Party Persistence Kathleen Cole, Metropolitan State University Michael Christopher Marshall, University of North Texas Rock the Boat, Don't Tip the Boat Over: Rawls, Habermas, and Party Funding and Corruption in Great Britain: Contexts and the Stability of Democracy Considerations Matthew Hartman, University of Notre Dame Sam David Power, University of Sussex Free Will in the Discourse on Inequality and Moral Freedom in The Electoral System as an Institutional Constraint on Party the Social Contract Switching Cosmo J. Houck, University of California, Davis Marius Radean, University of Essex The Sources of Liberal Solidarity: Rousseau and Kant The 5 Bellwether States in this Millienium's Presidential on Freedom, Domination, and the Idea of an Ethical Elections: Causes, Comparisons, and Contrasts Commonwealth Anand Shastri, Florida International University Charles Harry Taylor Lesch, Harvard University Pirate Politics: A Comparative Study of the European Pirate Disc., Colin Bird, University of Virginia Parties Disc., David J. Watkins, University of Dayton Keith Walter Simonds, University of Illinois, Chicago Audience Discussion New Parties in the News: A Regression Discontinuity Approach to News Media Coverage of New Parties Advances in Causal Inference Joost van Spanje, University of Amsterdam Chair, Joel A. Middleton, University of California, Berkeley Bjoern Burscher, University of Amsterdam The Benefits of Variable Selection in High-Dimensional MultiElias Dinas, Oxford University armed Bandit Experiments Naoki Egami, Princeton University Kosuke Imai, Princeton University 7 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 48-1 Presidential Appointments Chair, TBA Does the Transition Lead to a Job in the White House Heath Andrew Brown, City University of New York Jamel Love, Rutgers University The Incompetence Trap: The (Conditional) Irrelevance of Agency Expertise Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Notre Dame Cabinet Appointments and the Electoral Cycle David C. Nixon, University of Hawaii Revisiting James Q. Wilson's Bureaucracy: Appointee Politics and the Observability of Agency Activity William G. Resh, University of Southern California Haram Lee, University of Southern California Heejin Cho, University of Southern California Post-Cabinet Careers in Britain, Germany and the U.S.: Exploring Career Trajectories Klaus Stolz, Chemnitz University of Technology Melanie Kintz, Chemnitz University of Technology Disc., Mel Laracey, University of Texas, San Antonio Disc., Sean J. Savage, Saint Mary's College Audience Discussion 53-1 49-501 Institutions Symposia A Personality-based Model of Legislator Ideology: A Case Study in South Korea Eric Douglas Loepp, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Jarrod Kelly, University of Pittsburgh Drinking the Tea: The Tea Party Movement and Legislative Agendas in the U.S. Senate Carly Ann Schmitt, Indiana State University Chera A. LaForge, Indiana University East Unpacking the Unknown: A Method for Deriving Status Quo Distributions Ryan J. Vander Wielen, Temple University Debating Debate: The U.S. Senate’s Social Construction of Supermajority Cloture Daniel J. Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz Disc., Sunil Ahuja, Higher Learning Commission 52-1 Finding the Right Tool: Leveraging Varied Methodologies to Study Law and Courts Chair, Kevin T. McGuire, University of North Carolina Ambiguity and Certiorari Deborah Beim, Yale University Using Emotional Arousal to Predict Votes on the Supreme Court Bryce Jensen Dietrich, University of Missouri, Columbia Ryan D. Enos, Harvard University Maya Sen, Harvard University Campaigning from the Bench: New-style Judicial Campaigns and Opinion Content Conor M. Dowling, University of Mississippi Douglas R. Rice, University of Mississippi Another Seat at the Table?: The Determinants of Congressional Authorizations for Federal District Court Judgeships Morgan Hazelton, Saint Louis University Adam S. Myers, Providence College The Relational Foundations of Judicial Impact Rachael K. Hinkle, State University of New York, Buffalo Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Kelly T. Rader, Yale University Audience Discussion 8 54-5 56-1 Governors Chair, John A. Hamman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Does the Election of Female Governors Influence Women's Political Ambition Christina Ruth Ladam, University of Colorado, Boulder Jeffrey Joseph Harden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Jason Harold Windett, Saint Louis University Governors on the Run: Gubernatorial Reelection Prospects After Making U.S. Senate Appointments Timothy R. Lynch, Lewis-Clark State College Natural Disasters and Gubernatorial Approval: Evidence of a State-level Rally Round the Flag Effect Susan Pagano, Monmouth University Stephen J. Chapman, Monmouth University The Determinants of Executive Power: Forgotten Federalism and Party Bifurcation in the American States Giovanni Scaringi, Binghamton University (No?) Past Experience Needed: Explaining Governors’ Conciliatory and Confrontational Uses of Power Mitchell Dylan Sellers, University of Florida Charles Garrett Shields, University of Florida Disc., Margaret R. Ferguson, Indiana University Disc., Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina Audience Discussion Race in Urban America Chair, Amanda Rutherford, Indiana University Disparate Times and Different Measures: Examining Representational Equity in Consolidated Governments Christopher J. Acuff, University of Tennessee Use of Deadly Force: A Local-level Analysis of Fatal PoliceInvolved Shootings Jay Thomas Jennings, Temple University Meghan E. Rubado, Temple University The Adaptions of the Local Muslim Public Sphere of South Florida in Absence of Urf Mirsad Krijestorac, Florida International University The Varieties of Urban Progressive Regimes: Distinguishing Between “Pure” and Low-income/Minority Versions and Why It Matters Donald L. Rosdil, George Washington University State Level Responses to Distressed Cities with Black Mayors Jamil Shatema Scott, Michigan State University Erika Rosebrook, Michigan State University Disc., Rene Rocha, University of Iowa Disc., Amanda Rutherford, Indiana University Audience Discussion Education Politics: Advocacy and Public Opinion Chair, Sarah E. Reckhow, Michigan State University New State Taxes and Business Involvement in Education Reform: Testing a Theory on How the Wealthy Advance their Interest on Highly-Salient Valence Issues Richard Charles Barton, Syracuse University Targeted Funding for Education: Did Philanthropic Foundations Alter Their Grantmaking to Meet Changes in the Education Policy Environment Shayna Klopott, Columbia University When Advocates Implement: The Political Geography of Education Advocacy and Implications for Democratic Governance Paul F. Manna, College of William and Mary Susan Moffitt, Brown University Cadence Willse, Brown University Underworked and Overpaid: How David Slayed Goliath in the Battle Over K-12 Teachers' Collective Bargaining Rights Magic M. Wade, University of Illinois, Springfield Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Disc., Sarah E. Reckhow, Michigan State University Audience Discussion 57-1 58-1 60-8 Theories of the Policy Making Process Chair, TBA Limits and Anomalies of Resilient, Robust, Agile and Improvisatory Policymaking: A Neo-Durkheimian Institutional Explanation Perri 6, Queen Mary University of London The Promise of Constructivism for Policy Study and Recommendation David V. Edwards, University of Texas, Austin Boosting the Quality of Government in Mexico: “Small Policy”, 61-1 a Conceptual Note Oliver Meza, CIDE Carlos L. Moreno, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente Puzzling Dynamics in the Wake of Disruption Daniel Jonas Nohrstedt, Uppsala University Narratives, Stories, Frames, Discourse: What ARE These Data Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Montana State University Disc., William A. Blomquist, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Audience Discussion Directions in Environmental Policy and Governance Chair, TBA Conceptual Innovations in Environmental Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Impact Daniel J. Fiorino, American University James Meadowcroft, Carleton University Climate Governance: Mapping the Climate Change Policy Regime in the United States Matthew C. Nowlin, College of Charleston Whither We Are Tending: Green Drift and the Retrenchment Narrative in Environmental Policymaking David J. Sousa, University of Puget Sound Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis of China’s Climate Change Policy Yi-Tsui Tseng, University of Denver Disc., Graham Daniel Bullock, Davidson College Disc., Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona Audience Discussion Networking and Collaboration Chair, Saba Naseem Siddiki, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Governance of Inter-municipal Cooperation: Factors Explaining Perceived Influence Marthe Liss Holum, Trondheim Business School A Case Study on Collaborative Governance System of Urban Development Project in Korea: Focused on Garden5 and Times Square in Korea Do Yun Kim, Yonsei University A Meso-Level Stakeholder Analysis of Collaborative Policymaking: A Case Study of a Regional Food Policy Council Chris John Koski, Reed College Saba Naseem Siddiki, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Julia L. Carboni, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 63-2 Who Benefits Most from Collaboration?: How Network Position and Connections Affect What Actors Gain from Participation in Collaborative Governance Institutions Tyler Andrew Scott, University of Georgia Craig Thomas, University of Washington Advancing Sustainability through Public Procurement: Assessing the Impact of Networks, Professionalism, and Interest Groups on Green Procurement Jessica N. Terman, George Mason University Christy D. Smith, University of New Haven Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Politics on the Right Chair, TBA Monopolizing the Nation: Evidence from the Israeli Settlement Issue on Right Wing Capture of National Lexicon and Symbols Hadas Aron, Columbia University Paul Weyrich and the New Right: Laying the Foundations for a New Conservatism, 1968-1976 Chelsea R. Ebin, New School for Social Research The Libertarian Turn: Conservative Politics and the Anti-War Rhetoric of Ron Paul Michael Alvin Magee, University of Oregon Litigation: The Next Partisan Arena James Nathan Sasso, Princeton University Disc., Joseph Edward Lowndes, University of Oregon Disc., Robert W. Mickey, University of Michigan Audience Discussion Simulations and Games in Political Science Education Chair, TBA Exploring Environmental Federalism: An In-class “Race to the Bottom” Teaching Simulation Derek John Glasgow, Mercer University Teaching Presidential Impeachment and Removal through Simulation: An Experimental Approach Mel A. Kahn, Wichita State University Simulation and Role Play As Teaching Strategies To Introduce Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equality In the Classroom Ronald Davenport Petitte, Bryan College Assessing Student Learning in Mock Trials and Policy Simulations Elizabeth Wheat, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Disc., Jonathan Euchner, Missouri Western State University Disc., Andrea Olive, University of Toronto Audience Discussion 9 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-200 Poster Session: Public Administration: General Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 10 Selective Appointments, Pluralist Strategies and Regional Inequality: A Political Explanation of Unequal Development in China Lingna Zhong, University of Texas, Austin Angry Anonymity: A Content Analysis of Emotion and Identity in Comments on EPA Proposed Rules Dale Hiles, Virginia Polytechnice Institute & State University Kathryn Palombo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Explaining Municipal Financial Reporting: Internal or External Mechanisms Johabed Georgina Olvera, Indiana University Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-201 Poster Session: Public Administration: Performance Post. 4 Post. 5 Corruption in Fragile States: A Cross-Country Study Aphiradee Wongsiri, University of Missouri A Policy to Increase Territorial Equity in the Context of Partial Fiscal Decentralization: The Effects of Managerial Qualifications Julio Cesar Zambrano, Indiana University Disc., Carla Michelle Flink, University of Texas, San Antonio 11 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-202 Poster Session: Public Policy:Labor and Employment Post. 6 The Root of Youth Unemployment in Korea: Politics of Education Jiyoung Lee, Korea University Post. 7 Minimum Wage Policy: A State By State Analysis William Michael Masters, Ball State University Post. 8 Youths, Empowerment and the Politics of Unemployment in Nigeria: The 5000 Naira Stipend Debate Adetola Elizabeth Oyewo, Brainstormconsults PTY Post. 9 Low Wages Lead to High Public Assistance: Indiana Cannot Survive on $7.25 Jamie Elizabeth Morgan, Indiana University South Bend Post. 10 Wealthy or Wise: How Knowledge of Social Security Programs Influences Retirement Savings Behavior Richard Elliott Chard, United States Social Security Administration David L. Rogofsky, Social Security Administration Joanne Yoong, University of Southern California Post. 11 An Application of Policy Transfer and Diffusion Frameworks to State-level Employment First Policy Adoption Leanne Giordono, Oregon State University Disc., Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman, Indiana State University 12 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-203 Poster Session: Public Policy: Education and Judicial Post. 12 Once Corrupt, Better to Be More Corrupt? Signals Sent through Punishment to Corruption in China Linjing Wang, Purdue University Post. 13 Steps Toward Applying the Poverty Threshold to Schools Brent A. Glass, Wayne State University Kevin Gerald Lorentz, Wayne State University Post. 14 The Study on the Practice of Positive Discipline Policy in Public Junior High School in Taiwan Yu-tien Huang, TransWorld University Ying-ying Lu, Yunlin Junior High School Disc., Daniel P. Hawes, Kent State University 13 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-204 Poster Session: Public Policy: General Post. 15 The Impact of Direct Registration on the Diveristy of China’s Grassroots NGOs Anna Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hung Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong Post. 16 Rebuilding the Himalayan Nation: By The Himalayan People and For the Himalayan People Gyanesh Lama, California State University, Fresno Post. 17 Megaproject or Megadeadlock?: Dismantling the Parliamentary Debate on the “Construction Yard of the Century” Allan J. Muller, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Post. 18 Terrorists of Our Making: A Social Constructionist Approach to Formal Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Cagil Albayrak, University of Kansas 14 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-205 Poster Session: Public Opinion Post. 19 Public Opinion or Political Allies: Understanding Taiwan's 2014 Sunflower Movement Charles Kuan-Sheng Wu, Purdue University Post. 20 Politics, Religion, Gender and Climate Change Samantha Kersul, Seattle University Samantha Garrard, Seattle University Post. 21 The Impact of Natural Disasters on Individuals' Political Trust and Satisfaction with the Government Frederike C. Albrecht, Uppsala University 15 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-206 Poster Session: Policy Process Post. 22 Divergence in Perceived Influence: The Case of Fracking Politics in New York Juniper Katz, University of Colorado, Denver Post. 23 The Interaction of State Administrators and Other Political Actors: How Frequency of Contact Varies by Environment Kisha Ann Hardwick, Auburn University Post. 24 A Race to Renew: Explaining the Rise of Renewable Portfolio Standards in the American States Todd Chandler Blevins, Ball State University Disc., Jonathan Jeffrey Pierce, Seattle University 16 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-207 Poster Session: Public Management Post. 25 Variations in Public and Private Employees’ Perceptions of Organizational Preparedness for Natural Hazards Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Jenna Rae Tyler, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Post. 26 Understanding Religious Volunteers: Does Motivation Differ with Religious Tradition Mark Steven Nabors, University of Arkansas Post. 27 Risky Business: A Critical Analysis of the National Environmental Protection Act's Influence on Risk Management for Offshore Drilling Lease Sales Ellie Mary Elizabeth Roark, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Post. 28 Public Accountability and Agency Performance within Federal Agencies Brian Michael Kuhn, Bowling Green State University Post. 29 Explaining Regional Government Performance: Political Context or Managerial Capacity Ricardo Andres Bello-Gomez, Indiana University, Bloomington Juan Diego Martinez, Independent Consultant Disc., Aleksey Kolpakov, University of Nevada, Reno Disc., Nurgul R. Aitalieva, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 17 Thursday, April 7, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Thursday, April 7 at 9:45 am 74-208 Poster Session: Public Policy: Health Post. 30 The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Inequalities in Access to Care and Health Disparities Hyunjung Lee, University of Massachusetts, Boston Post. 31 Just Rhetoric or Effective Policy?: Gun Control Laws, Mental Health Spending, and Mass Shootings Jonathan Joseph Spiegler, University of Minnesota Jacob Forrest Harrison Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Post. 32 Family Leave Policy and Child Mortality: Evidence from 25 OECD Countries, 1969-2010 Joyce Shim, Dominican University Brelynn Heneghan, Dominican University Bruno Fernandez, Dominican University 79-1 18 Problems in Platonic Political Philosophy Chair, Matthew Post, University of Dallas Theology in Plato's Republic Mark J. Lutz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Why is the Tyrant Unhappy?: Plato's Gorgias on the Futility of Vice Joe Pahl Williams Muller, Harvard University Socratic Exhortation and Sophistic Rhetoric in Plato's Euthydemus Michael Joseph Rosano, University of Michigan, Dearborn Sustaining Thaumazein: Hermeneutics and the Critique of the Poets' Political Theology in Plato's Republic Robert Andrew Wyllie, University of Notre Dame Disc., Matthew Post, University of Dallas Audience Discussion Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 4-1 Chair, Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan Political Endorsements and Cross-Ethnic Voting in Africa Leonardo R. Arriola, University of California, Berkeley Donghyun Danny Choi, University of California, Berkeley Matthew Gichohi, University of California, Berkeley Are Ethnic Parties Bad for Democracy?: Particularism and Anti-Systemness in African Multiparty States Amanda Eileen Burke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Segregation, Diversity, and Candidate Entry in Ghana Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan Noah L. Nathan, Harvard University Political Spending and Finance in Ghana and Benin Amanda Pinkston, Harvard University Meet the Candidates: Information and Accountability in Primary and General Elections Pia Raffler, Yale University Melina Platas Izama, Stanford University Disc., Pablo Querubin, New York University Disc., Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 5-2 5-500 6-11 Endorsements, Financing, and Primary Elections: Roadblocks on the Path to Office in New Democracies Religion and Ethnicity in Political Behavior Chair, TBA The Diffusion of Collective Action in Authoritarian Regimes: The June 1953 East German Uprising Charles David Crabtree, Pennsylvania State University David Darmofal, University of South Carolina Holger Lutz Kern, Florida State University Lenin Lives!: Revolutionary Legacies and the Diffusion of Liberal Democracy Judith S. Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University Authoritarian Legislatures and Intra-executive Constraints Ben Harry Noble, University of Oxford Democratic Regression and Clientelism: Evidence from Russia Inga A-L. Saikkonen, Yale University A Cross-National Comparison of Nationalism in Russia, Ukrainian, Serbia and Croatia Julia Zelikova, Higher School of Economics Disc., Ora John Edward Reuter, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Audience Discussion 8-1 Chair, TBA Overcoming Coethnic Favoritism: An Experiment in an African Democracy Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego The Roles of Religious Institutions in the Process of Regime Building: The Cases of Diyanet and Al-Azhar Yunus Akcali, Turgut Ozal University The Influence of Ethnicity and Local Context on Political Behavior Adam S. Harris, University of Gothenburg Rethinking Religion and Ethnicity in Comparative Politics: A Critical Reflection with Examples from Africa Owuraku Kusi-Ampofo, University of Alberta Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Turkey: An Empirical Reassessment Avital Livny, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Intra-party Factions and Communal Threats: Explaining Fluctuations in Hindu-Muslim Violence in India, 1950-2010 Aditi Malik, Pennsylvania State University Disc., A. Kadir Yildirim, Rice University 9-3 Audience Discussion The Politics of Corruption Predictability of Corruption and a Resource Flow Helen Lee, Michigan State University The Fight Against Corruption in Mexico: Recent Changes and Future Prospects Miguel Angel Valverde, Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México High Corruption, Low Security: How a Lack of Social Spending Increases Security Risks in Latin America Shannon Drysdale Walsh, University of Minnesota, Duluth Krystin Krause, University of Notre Dame Democratic Transitions and Regressions in Communist and Post-Communist Countries Understanding Accountability for Corruption Chair, TBA Breaking the Law to Win Reelection: Corruption, Red Tape, and Electoral Accountability Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Carlos III - Juan March Institute Crime without Punishment: Assessing the Impact of Police Malfeasance on Crime Underreporting in Costa Rica Daniel Willard Gingerich, University of Virginia Virginia Oliveros, Tulane University The Determinants of Tolerance toward Corrupt Politicians: Evidence from Brazil Nara Pavao, Vanderbilt University Who Supports an Anti-Corruption Party?: Theory with Evidence from India Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Political Sophistication and Reactions to Political Corruption Matthew S. Winters, University of Illinois Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Brown University Disc., Simon Chauchard, Dartmouth College Disc., Alberto Simpser, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Audience Discussion Anti-Semitism in Modern Europe Chair, TBA Relief Through Demonization: The Discursive Purpose of Israel Bashing in Europe’s Web Community Matthias Jakob Becker, Technische Universitat, Berlin An Effective EU Response to Antisemitism R. Amy Elman, Kalamazoo College Antisemitism and Issues of Freedom of Speech on British University campuses. Ronnie Geoffrey Fraser, Academic Friends of Israel Jeremy Corbyn: Why the British Labour Party is no Longer a Safe Place for Jews Lesley Daniella Klaff, Sheffield Hallam University Black Holes: Examining Antisemitism in the Activities of European Government-funded Anti-racist and Human Rights NGOs Gerald M. Steinberg, Bar Ilan University Disc., Lesley Daniella Klaff, Sheffield Hallam University-UK Disc., Debra Lynn Leiter, University of Missouri, Kansas City Audience Discussion 19 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 10-3 11-7 13-1 20 Political Actors and Democratization in Latin America Chair, TBA Politics on the Web: Using Twitter to Estimate Brazillian Representatives Ideological Positions Luis Felipe Guedes da Graça, Getulio Vargas Foundation Rafael Martins Souza, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Ralph dos Santos Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Joao Victor Dias, Fundacao Getulio Vargas 15-12 Recycling Dictators: Former Military Regime Governors in Argentina Brett J. Kyle, University of Nebraska, Omaha Terms of Office John B. Londregan, Princeton University Eugenio Guzman, Universidad del Desarrollo Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Universidad del Desarrollo Francesca Parodi, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile Expanding Rights, Consolidating Democracy and Strengthening Political Parties: The Evolution of Constitutional Reforms in Chile, 1990-2015 Patricio D. Navia, New York University Jose Luis Saldana, University of Maryland, College Park Disc., Joy K. Langston, CIDE Disc., Alissandra T. Stoyan, Kansas State University Audience Discussion Placing East Asia in Comparative International Context Chair, TBA An Analysis of Chinese Foreign Policy on Maritime Disputes: Cycles of Conflicts, 1995-2014 Wei-hao Huang, Rutgers University Chih-Hsin Gregory Sheen, London School of Economics and Political Science Malaysia-Thailand Relations: A Case of Benign Neglect, 1981-2014 Khadijah Md. Khalid, University of Malaya How do Dominant Parties Survive after Losing Power?: A Comparison between Mexico's PRI and Taiwan's KMT Wei-Feng Tzeng, University of North Texas Amalia Pulido, University of North Texas The Micro-logic of Labor Market Dualization: The InsiderOutsider Gap and Political Behaviors in Taiwan Wei-Ting Yen, Ohio State University Fang-Yu Chen, Michigan State University Power Politics in Central Asia: An Empirical Test of Power Transition Theory in Central Asia Shuang Zhao, University of Alabama, Huntsville Charlotte Ashley Cain, University of Alabama, Huntsville Disc., Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, State University of New York, Cortland Disc., Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of California, Merced Audience Discussion Sectarianism and Violence in the Middle East 17-10 Ethnic Framing in Conflict Scenarios: Evidence from a Survey Experiment Erin York, Columbia University Daniel Corstange, Columbia University Disc., Melani Claire Cammett, Harvard University Audience Discussion Decentralization and Sub-National Political Economy Chair, Lucy M. Goodhart, Brandeis University The Specialization Curse: The Effect of Economic Specialization on Public Goods Provision Benjamin S. Barber IV, Duke University Nimah Mazaheri, Tufts University Political Economy of Intra-party Negotiation and Interregional Redistribution Diogo Augusto Ferrari, University of Michigan/CEM Decentralization, Resources and Inequality in Spain: Are There Still "Eight Spains" Yasemin Irepoglu Carreras, University of Pittsburgh Fiscal Politics of Federal States in Case of Russia Anna A. Pechenina, University of North Texas Disc., Lucy M. Goodhart, Brandeis University Audience Discussion The Political Implications of International Migration: Irregular Migration, Human Trafficking, and Diaspora Politics Chair, TBA The Dark Underbelly of Free Trade Agreements: How They Allow Human Trafficking to Flourish Christine Anne Balarezo, Independent Scholar European Migrant Crisis and Theories of International Relations Engin I. Erdem, Abant Izzet Baysal University Global Apartheid, Closed Borders, and the Segregated Structure of International Politics Andrew Samuel Rosenberg, Ohio State University The Europeanization of Irregular Migration Governance and Insecurity on Europe’s Peripheries Craig Damian Smith, University of Toronto Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey and Sino-Turkish Relations Lina Wang, University of Washington Disc., Alise Coen, University of Wisconsin, Sheboygan Audience Discussion 18-400 Grand Strategy Legitimacy and the Search for Status in China's Grand Strategy Lukas Karl Danner, Florida International University East or West?: Understanding Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Trajectories in the Post-Cold War Era John A. Mowchan, U.S. Army War College Great Power Politics and Postwar Regional Security Architectures in Western Europe and Northeast Asia Ji Hye Shin, University of Notre Dame American Military Security, Militarized Disputes, and Interestate War: Analyzying the Evolution of the U.S. Military System from 1887 to Present Robert Edward Thompson, Wayne State University Disc., Jerome Tan Sibayan, U.S. Army War College Chair, TBA Models of Crossborder Mobilization in Ethnic Civil War Nathan Gonzalez, University of California, Los Angeles Socially Mediated Sectarianism: Violence, Sunni-Shia Polarization, and Support for the Islamic State Alexandra Arons Siegel, New York University Joshua A. Tucker, New York University Ethnic Conflict and Military Coups: The Role of the Military at Independence 18-401 New Frontiers in Security Studies Leyla Mariam Tosun, Ohio State University The Value of "Cheap Talk": Predicting North Korean Between Iraq and Bahrain: Understanding the Threat of ISIS in Provocations from Official State Rhetoric Shaping Bahrain’s Sectarian Challenges Jonathon Simon Baron, Yale University Ashleen Marie Williams, Qatar University Peter Michael Aronow, Yale University Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Coding and Classifying Rendition Flights: Foreign Complicity Post-9-11 Rebecca Elizabeth Cordell, University of Essex Currencies Go to War: Incorporating Monetary Power into Military Coercive Strategies Ricardo A. Crespo, University of California, Riverside Utilizing GIS to Visualize Political Violence in Megacities Alexander Mark Halman, University of Pittsburgh Public War, Private Profit: Private Military and Security Contractors in the Global War on Terror Austin James Knuppe, Ohio State University Disc., Alexander Steven Von Hagen-Jamar, University of Michigan Network Effects of Iranian Nuclear Development: Exploring Strategic Implications Using Computational Modeling William Frankenstein, Carnegie Mellon University Kathleen M. Carley, Carnegie Mellon University Introducing Nu-CLEAR: A Latent Variable Approach to Measuring Nuclear Capability Bradley Carl Smith, University of Rochester William Jerome Spaniel, Stanford University Disc., Stephen E. Gent, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Disc., Richard Johnson, University of Strathclyde Audience Discussion 22-2 18-402 Regional Security Civil-Military Relations and Conflict Escalation in Regional Nuclear Powers Giles David Arceneaux, Syracuse University Regional Patterns of Interstate Conflict Sean P. Braniff, University of Notre Dame Omar Christian Coronel, University of Notre Dame National Security and Water Disputes in Asia Hassan A. Khan, University of Southern Mississippi 18-403 Social Origins and Consequences of Violence The Long-Term Impact of War on Social Attitudes Travers Barclay Child, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam/Tinbergen Institute Elena Nikolova, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Refugee Crisis: A Crisis of Failed And Fragile States of the Developing World Binneh S. Minteh, Rutgers University Mohammad Alkahtani, Nova Southeastern University The Role of Emotion in Sustaining Violent Social Movements in Northern Ireland Irena L. Sargsyan, Georgetown University Disc., Michael A. McIntyre, DePaul University 23-1 18-404 On Drones U.S. Drone Strikes' Effectuate Muslim Collective Identity Monique Cheree' Mullett, University of Akron Brandi Elizabeth Barr, University of Akron Civil Society's Influence on (Non)Disclosure of Military Information Related to the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): The Case of Turkey Nihal Sen, Georgia State University Drones as Tools of the State System Jacob William Shively, University of West Florida Disc., Kyle T. Kattelman, Fairleigh Dickinson University 19-1 Methods and the Study of WMDs Chair, TBA Not in my Back Yard: Public Perceptions and Terrorism Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas Clayton McLaughlin Webb, Texas A&M University To Use or Not to Use, That is the Question: A Nested Analysis of Bio-Chemical Weapon Non-Use in Modern War Martin Jeffry Claar, Northern Illinois University Damir Kovacevic, Northern Illinois University The Tragedy of Arming Andrew James Coe, University of Southern California Jane Eugenia Vaynman, Harvard University 25-1 Democracy, Autocracy, and Civil Conflict Chair, TBA One-party Regimes and Political Stability: Is the Relationship Causal Philip Hultquist, Roosevelt University Russell Frakes, Roosevelt University Anocracy and Civil War Revisited Yuta Kamahara, Yokohama National University Autocracy, Religious Restriction, and Religious Civil War Dongsuk Kim, Korea National Diplomatic Academy Hyun Jin Choi, Kyung Hee University What Explains Political Instability in the World and in Latin America Mario Torrico Teran, FLACSO, Mexico Press During Wartime: Conflict and Press Freedom in Democracies and Autocracies Thorin M. Wright, Arizona State University Daniel Phillip Berliner, Arizona State University Disc., Susanne Martin, University of Nevada, Reno Audience Discussion Domestic Politics and American Foreign Policy Chair, TBA U.S. Human Rights Policy in Post-Soviet Region: The Case of Azerbaijan Galib Bashirov, Florida International University Explaining Constraints in the India-U.S. Climate Agreement, 2008-2009 Shivaji Kumar, Ohio State University Outmaneuvering Kissinger: Role Theory and U.S. Intra-Elite Conflict during the Portuguese Transition, 1974-1976 Daniela F. Melo, Connecticut College Foreign Policy Forging Polarization?: The Reagan Military Buildup and Party Polarization in America Jungkun Seo, Kyung Hee University Disc., Gyung-Ho Jeong, University of British Columbia Audience Discussion Domestic and International Implications of U.S. Human Rights Practices Chair, TBA Who’s For Humanitarian Intervention?: Race and Support for U.S. Military Involvement for Humanitarian Purposes Antwain Hannibal Leach, University of Mississippi Getting Away With Torture: The Dynamics of Rule Evasion in the "Global War on Terror" Rebecca Sanders, University of Cincinnati Disc., Peter Haschke, University of North Carolina, Asheville Audience Discussion 21 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 27-9 28-1 29-1 22 Quasi-Experimental Studies of Political Participation Chair, TBA Health Insurance and Political Involvement Diana Elena Burlacu, Humboldt University, Berlin Crime Victimization and Political Engagement: Estimating Causal Effects in Denmark with Public Registry and Survey Data Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen Steven E. Finkel, University of Pittsburgh Kim Mannemar Soenderskov, Aarhus University Redistricting, Competitiveness, and Turnout: Evidence from 5.5 Million Voters in 50 States Benjamin Hayman Schneer, Harvard University Daniel J. Moskowitz, Harvard University Contact with the Criminal Justice System and Voter Turnout Paul Franz Testa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Disc., Sanford Clark Gordon, New York University Disc., Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion Reject or Reward?: Voters and Minority Female Candidates in the States Eric J. Juenke, Michigan State University Paru Shah, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Stand Here: Diversity, Candidate Selection, and Electoral Results in Canada and the UK Mike Medeiros, McGill University Benjamin Forest, McGill University Disc., David Lublin, American University Disc., Danielle Thomsen, Syracuse University Audience Discussion 31-2 And the Winner Is: Effects on Electoral Outcomes Chair, TBA Running in Someone Else’s Shoes: The Electoral Impact of Running as an Appointed Senator Carrie Parker Eaves, Elon University The Impact of Outside Group Expenditures in the U.S. House Elections, 2010-2014 Victoria Farrar-Myers, Southern Methodist University Girish Jefferson Gulati, Bentley University Addressing a Puzzle of Candidate Recruitment: Characteristics of Best Challengers for Incumbent-Occupied and Open Seat Election Contests Jim Gimpel, University of Maryland, College Park Kris Miler, University of Maryland Charles R. Hunt, University of Maryland Going Beyond National Elections: Using Bayesian Methods and Big Data to Predict the 2014 House Elections Tobias Konitzer, Stanford University David Rothschild, Microsoft Research Sharad Goel, Microsoft Research Houshmand Shirani-Mehr, Stanford University Effects of Negative Campaigning Poul Erik Mouritzen, University of Southern Denmark Robert Klemmensen, University of Southern Denmark Disc., Adam Joseph Ramey, New York University, Abu Dhabi Disc., Joel Sievert, Duke University Audience Discussion Gender, Minorities and Legislative Representation Chair, TBA Analysing the Relation Between Women's Descriptive Representation and Access to the Parliamentary Floor in Postwar Westminster, 1945-2015 Kaspar Beelen, University of Toronto What Causes the Under-representation of Women at Lower Levels of Government?: An Analysis of the German Case Across Four Levels of Government Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, University of Salzburg Christina Eder, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Corinna Kroeber, University of Salzburg Vanessa Marent, University of Salzburg Immigrant Representation in the 2013 German Elections: The Impact of Immigrants’ Residential Concentration under MixedMember Electoral Rules Lucas Geese, University of Bamberg Diana Schacht, University of Bamberg 33-1 Social Aspects of Political Behavior Chair, Samara Mani Klar, University of Arizona Do Familial Networks Affect Voter Behavior Michael William Davidson, University of California, San Diego Nico Ravanilla, Stanford University Social Networks, Campaigns, and Informed Candidate Preferences Hannah Kim, University of Minnesota Pierce Ekstrom, University of Minnesota Brianna Smith, University of Minnesota Allison Williams, University of Minnesota Disagreement within Political Deliberations: An Experimental Analysis Christina Ruth Ladam, University of Colorado, Boulder Anand Edward Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder Andrew Therriault, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Interpersonal Disagreement and Public Opinion Scott D. McClurg, Southern Illinois University Anand Edward Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder Carey Stapleton, University of Colorado, Boulder Integration: How Individuals Influence One Another’s Political Beliefs Lauren Ratliff, Ohio State University Disc., Samara Mani Klar, University of Arizona Disc., Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University Audience Discussion Experimental Approaches to the Study of Politics in Africa (Co-sponsored with African Politics, see 12-9) Chair, TBA Can Media Shape Social Norms?: A Randomized Experiment Assessing Portrayals of Domestic Violence, Abortion, and Teacher Absenteeism in Rural Uganda Donald P. Green , Columbia University Susanne Baltes, Columbia University Jasper Jack Cooper, Columbia University Anna Wilke, Columbia University Mobilizing Ethnic Interests: An Experimental Study on Land and Campaign Appeals in Kenya’s Rift Valley Jeremy Horowitz, Dartmouth College Kathleen F. Klaus, Northwestern University Dangerous Disconnect: How Politicians' Misperceptions About Voters Lead to Violence in Kenya Steven Rosenzweig, Yale University An Experimental Test of the Contact Hypothesis in Nigeria Alexandra Scacco, New York University Shana Warren, New York University Women Empowerment: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Eastern Congo Peter Cornelis Van der Windt, New York University, Abu Dhabi Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, University of California, Berkeley Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Disc., Silvia Galandini, University of Manchester Disc., Sergio I. Garcia-Rios, Cornell University Audience Discussion Disc., Noam Lupu, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Gwyneth H. McClendon, Harvard University Audience Discussion 36-8 Social Media in China Chair, Jeremy Wallace, Cornell University The Party Mouthpieces Go Viral: How China’s Propaganda Machine Adapts to Social Media Kecheng Fang, University of Pennsylvania QQ, WeChat, and Weibo: Exploring the Social Media of Chinese College Students Narisong Huhe, University of Strathclyde Min Tang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics China’s Image Formation and Propaganda War against Japan: The Analysis of CCTV-4’s ‘Focus Today’ Yu-Nu Lu, Ming Chuan University Measuring Regime-Sponsored Commentary in Chinese Online Mass Media Blake Andrew Phillip Miller, University of Michigan Disc., Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University Disc., Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego Audience Discussion 37-5 Feminisms and Feminist Theories 38-16 Latino and Asian American Acculturation, Incorporation and Civic Engagement 38-100 Unspoken Politics: Implicit Attitudes and Political Thinking by Efrén O. Pérez Chair Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan Panelist Nicholas A. Valentino, University of Michigan Paul M. Sniderman, Stanford University Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley Efren Osvaldo Perez, Vanderbilt University 39-102 Biocultural Creatures: A Roundtable (Co-sponsored with Gender and Politics, see 37-102, and Contemporary Political Theory, see 43-101) Chair Kennan Ferguson, University of Wisconsin Panelist Laura Ephraim, Northwestern University Alexander Melonas, Temple University Joshua Foa Dienstag, University of Virginia Samantha Frost, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 39-600 Research Blitz!: Focused Reconsiderations of Canonical Texts and Figures Chair, S. Adam Seagrave, Northern Illinois University Carl Von Clausewitz as a Political Thinker John Furman Daniel, George Washington University Wives, Submit Yourselves to Your Own Husbands: Scriptural Interpretation of the Family in John Locke's Paraphrase Kevin Kearns, University of North Texas The Ethology of JS Mill's On Liberty Sujith Shashi Kumar, University of Maryland Aristotle's Spartans: Connecting the Dots Between the Politics and the Eudemian Ethics Benjamin Miller, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rousseau, Kant, or Hegel?: German Peace Concepts during the 19th Century Rene Michael Paddags, Ashland University Plutarch the Philosopher: A Theory of Moral Education in the Parallel Lives Michael E. Promisel, University of Wisconsin, Madison John Finnis, Francisco Suarez, and the Problem of Imperium Catherine Ellen Sims, University of Notre Dame Aristotle and Political _Akrasia_ Don Tontiplaphol, Harvard University Chair, TBA Toward a Theory of Feminist Foreign Policy M. Christine Alwan, Purdue University S. Laurel Weldon, Purdue University Western Influence on Contemporary Moroccan Feminism Sammy Badran, University of Kansas Imperative Theory and Feminist Post-Liberalism Judith A. Baer, Texas A&M University Pious Women Intellectuals’ Conceptions of Islamic Feminism in Contemporary Turkey Didem Unal, Bilkent University Grisly Feminism: Hillary Clinton, Carly Fiorina and the Politics of Anxious Recognition in the 2016 Election Julie Ann Webber, Illinois State University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Unexpected Ripple Effects: Government Skepticism Surrounding Immigration and Health Vanessa Cruz Nichols, University of Michigan Alana LeBron, University of Michigan Francisco I. Pedraza, Texas A&M University Location Matters: The Impact of Geographical Differences on Latino Turnout in Presidential Elections Beth Ginsberg, University of Connecticut, Stamford Does Matthew Khan Vote More Than Mohammad Khan? Naming Patterns and Asian American Voting Behavior Min Hee Go, Brooklyn College, CUNY Chinbo Chong, University of Michigan A Sense of Belonging: Habitual Voting Among Latinos Angela Ximena Ocampo, University of California, Los Angeles Testing Alternative Theories of Political Incorporation: Acculturation and Multiple Identities as Predictors of Political Trust and Efficacy among Latino's Angel Saavedra Cisneros, University of Texas, Pan American Natasha Altema McNeely, University of Texas, Pan American James P. Wenzel, University of Texas, Pan American 41-2 43-1 Deliberation, Democracy, and Epistemology Chair, TBA When to Talk in School: An Epistemic Defense of Democratic Deliberation in Academic Shared Governance Chris Manick, University of Florida Liberal Agents and Epistemic Inequality Olivia Newman, Rider University Reconsidering Teiresias: Intervention, Interpretation, and the Role of Deliberation in Sophocles’ Antigone Daniel E. Patterson, University of Utah Against Instrumentalism about Democracy James Lindley Wilson, University of Chicago Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Hannah Arendt and the Political Realists Chair, Ashley Biser, Ohio Wesleyan University The Work of Our Hands in a World of Machines: Software Development as Arendtian “Work” Jennifer Forestal, Stockton University 23 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Hating Love, Loving Freedom: Romantic Anxieties in Adam Smith and Hannah Arendt Aaron Samuel Greenberg, Yale University What Does Political Realism Offer Us?: Raymond Geuss and the Question of Judgment Caleb Miller, University of California, Santa Barbara Between Radical Conflict and Consensus: A Relational Theory of Political Realism Jonathan P. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Lucas Fain, University of California, Santa Cruz Disc., Kathleen Tipler, University of Oklahoma Audience Discussion 44-3 45-2 46-1 47-3 Committees Making Decisions Chair, TBA Committees and Distortionary Vagueness Nicole Baerg, University of Mannheim Colin Henry Krainin, Princeton University Persuasion and Transparency Timothy J. Feddersen, Northwestern University Ronen Gradwohl, Northwestern University Bidding for Attention: Effort, Efficiency, and Oversight in Legislative Committees Scott J. Moser, University of Texas, Austin Jonathan Daniel Lewallen, University of Texas, Austin Voting with Process Payoffs and Partial Enactment Paul Rhode, University of Michigan Mark W. Stegeman, University of Arizona Political Economy of Faculty Selection Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago Disc., Richard M. Van Weelden, University of Chicago Audience Discussion 47-13 Analyzing Text as Data Chair, Kosuke Imai, Princeton University Changing the Story: A Field Experiment on the Impact of Issue Advocacy on Media Coverage Michael C. Dougal, University of California, Berkeley How Federal Reserve Discussions Respond to Increased Transparency Michael Egesdal, Harvard University Michael Zachary Gill, Harvard University Martin Rotemberg, Harvard University The Unreliability of Measures of Intercoder Reliability, and What to do About it Justin Ryan Grimmer, Stanford University Gary King, Harvard University Chiara Superti, Harvard University Disc., Kosuke Imai, Princeton University Disc., Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Audience Discussion Digital Era Citizenship: Informing, Engaging, and Mobilizing Citizens in the 21st Century Chair, TBA Shifting Strategies of Campaign Control and the Construction of the Vocal Citizen Jessica Baldwin-Philippi, Fordham University Securing 'Technologies of Freedom' in Democracies BornDigital: Internet Freedom and the Digital Technocrats Muzammil M. Hussain, University of Michigan Searching for the Digital “Good Citizen” Kjerstin Sonja Thorson, University of Southern California The Civic Organization and the Digital Citizen Chris Wells, University of Wisconsin, Madison 24 Disc., Lewis Friedland, University of Wisconsin Disc., David Adam Karpf, George Washington University Audience Discussion 49-3 Money, Money, Money (and Advertising) in Politics Chair, Jaclyn Jolene Kettler, Boise State University “Dark Money” and “Dirty Advertising”: Are Anonymous Ads More Negative Daniel E. Chand, New Mexico State University Disguised Contributions from Corporations to Political Campaigns Adam R. Fremeth, University of Western Ontario Brian Kelleher Richter, University of Texas, Austin Brandon Schaufele, University of Western Ontario Money Follows the Winner: Evidence from Business Interests' Contributions During the 2008 U.S. Presidential General Election Jeremy Gelman, University of Michigan Paul Zachary, University of California, San Diego Dark Money in the Nonprofit Sector: How has the Rise of Super PACS Affected Public Perception of the Nonprofit Sector and its Advocacy Efforts Barbara J. Hosto-Marti, University of Missouri, St. Louis In Their Best Interests: The Strategic Use of Emotions in Political Ads Sponsored by Interest Groups Newly Paul, Appalachian State University Disc., Justin T. Fisher, Brunel University, London Disc., Jaclyn Jolene Kettler, Boise State University Audience Discussion Learning from Party Platforms and Manifestos Chair, Henrik Alf Jonas Hermansson, University of Copenhagen Issue Ownership vs. Conflict Extension: Understanding State Party Polarization Daniel J. Coffey, University of Akron Candidates vs. Parties?: An Examination of the Relationships between Parties and their Presidential Candidates as Expressed by Social Media Matthew Phillip Giebert, Texas A&M University The Nationalization of U.S. Political Parties, 1932-2014 Daniel Jacob Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley Coding Historical Party Manifestos: Appeals to Group Identities and Policy Positions in a Democratizing Multinational State Philip J. Howe, Adrian College Edina Szöcsik, University of Bern Christina Isabel Zuber, University of Konstanz More Than Words: Predicting Ambiguity and Position of Party Manifestos Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Daniel Lee, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Disc., Henrik Alf Jonas Hermansson, University of Copenhagen Disc., Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University Audience Discussion Institutional Mechanisms Chair, TBA Process or Substance?: Messaging Strategies in the U.S. Congress Travis J. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles A Comparative Study of the Legislative Filbuster in the United States, 1939-2011 John C. Davis, University of Arkansas, Monticello Institutional Change and Floor Speech in the U.S. Congress David A. Gelman, University of Rochester Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Vote-Switching from Initial Passage to Post-Passage: Evidence for Policy Change as a Result of House-Senate Negotiations Josh Ryan, Utah State University Legislative Caucuses: How Informal Institutions Incentivize Entrepreneurship and Build Policy Coalitions Adam Zelizer, Columbia University Disc., Robert X. Browning, Purdue University Audience Discussion 52-16 53-5 54-3 Issues in Federal Courts Chair, TBA Judging by the Economy Scott H. Ainsworth, University of Georgia The Garcetti Effect and the Erosion of Free Speech Rights of K-12 Public Education Employees: Causes and Remedies John Connolly, University of Texas, Arlington Lewis Wasserman, University of Texas, Arlington In Their Words: The Sentencing Behavior of U.S. District Court 55-1 Judges According to Legal Actors Scott Bradley Harris, West Virginia University Citizen Petitions and the Endangered Species Act: A Study of Institutional Agenda Setting Beth M. Henschen, Eastern Michigan University William P. McLauchlan, Purdue University Rethinking Patent Law: Assessing the Practical Implications of Statutory Reform on Judging and Policy Banks Prescott Miller, University of Texas, Dallas Brett W. Curry, Georgia Southern University Disc., Deborah Beim, Yale University Disc., Beth M. Henschen, Eastern Michigan University Audience Discussion State Legislative Decisionmaking Chair, Holley Elizabeth Tankersley, Coastal Carolina University What Makes a Decision Difficult for State Legislators Steven Betz, Wayne State University Marjorie Ellen Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University Constituency Diversity and Representation in American State Legislatures Eric Hansen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Legislative Voting and Environmental Policy in the States Robert Edward Hogan, Louisiana State University Expertise and Incentive: The Effects of Legislative Professionalism on State Policy Under the Affordable Care Act Sarah Poggione, Ohio University David A. Longo, Ohio University Measuring and Modeling the Effects of Institutions and Elections on Partisan Polarization in the 50 State Legislatures and Congress Lynda Powell, University of Rochester Disc., Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton Disc., Holley Elizabeth Tankersley, Coastal Carolina University Audience Discussion Insights on Collaboration and Local Governance Chair, Richard Feiock, Florida State University Defining and Unpacking the Risks Municipal Officials Perceive in Interlocal Service Collaborations Jered B. Carr, University of Illinois, Chicago Michael D. Siciliano, University of Illinois, Chicago Mitigating Collaboration Risk in Regional Governance Jered B. Carr, University of Illinois, Chicago Chris Hawkins, University of Central Florida 57-14 Opportunities and Limits for Mayoral-Public Employee Union Collaborations: The Case of the de Blasio Administration in New York City, 2013-2016 Elizabeth C. Eisenberg, Graduate Center, CUNY Mechanisms for Collaboration to Address Institutional Collective Action Dilemmas of Local and Regional Governance in China Ruowen Shen, Florida State University Affordable Housing Development Under Neoliberalism: What Nonprofits Add to Public-Private Partnerships Patricia Ellen Tweet, St. John Fisher College Christopher Mele, State University of New York, Buffalo Equipment Sharing Among Local Governments Daniel Dixon Wendt, Bowling Green State University Disc., Richard Feiock, Florida State University Disc., Manoj Kumar Shrestha, University of Idaho Audience Discussion Diffusion and Divergence in Comparative Context Chair, TBA Diffusion or Dissent: Examining International Advocacy Efforts and Domestic Policy Divergence Gillian Beach, West Virginia University Civic Engagement and Policy Diffusion in Europe Andreu Casas, University of Washington, Seattle Governing Banks in a Global Economy: Capital Requirements after the Financial Crisis J. Kevin Corder, Western Michigan University Dancing with the Pygmy Elephant: The Canadian Space Program: Future Opportunities and Challenges Roger Handberg, University of Central Florida Dynamic Veto Player Theory: What Institutions Do In Dynamic Settings Brandon C. Zicha, Leiden Unviersity Disc., Perri 6, Queen Mary University of London Disc., Gerard William Boychuk, University of Waterloo Audience Discussion Inequality and Policy Outcomes Chair, TBA Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor and We Might Invite Them Over for Dinner: An Exploration of the Conditional Relationship between Social Capital and State Welfare Generosity Toward Immigrants in the American States Daniel P. Hawes, Kent State University Austin Michael McCrea, Kent State University Seeing The Invisible: When and Why States Pay Attention to Poverty Jamila Celestine Michener, Cornell University Polarization and Potholes: Political Segregation, Institutionalized Biases, and the Poor State of American Urban Infrastructure Clayton M. Nall, Stanford University Race, Roaches, Methyl Parathion, and Government Darryl Lamont Roberts, Tuskegee University Policy Content Typologies and Media Framing Revisited: The Cases of Same-Sex Marriage and Immigration Harry Wessel, Merrimack College Disc., William Kirby Delehanty, Missouri Southern State University Audience Discussion 25 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 59-1 60-7 61-4 Hierarchy, Management, and Preferences Budgeting, Finance, and Organizational Performance Chair, Carla Michelle Flink, University of Texas, San Antonio An Assessment of Citizen Participation on Decentralized Public Service Delivery: The Case of Vietnam Diep Thi Ngoc Duong, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale The Effects of Performance-Based Budgeting on Fiscal Health in State Government Sungkyu Jang, Indiana University, South Bend Accountability Practices, Centralized Bureaucracy, and Performance: Implications from Balanced Budget Requirements (BBRs) and Revenue Forecasting Accuracy Shinwoo Lee, Indiana University Yulianti Abbas, Indiana University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion The Challenges of Social Welfare in U.S. Politics Chair, TBA The Freedmen's Bureau: American Proto-Social Welfare and its Failure due to Ambiguity and 19th Century Paternalism Joshua Gregory Boucher, Baylor University Constructing a Public Good: How Important Social Services become State Responsibilities Michelle D. Jurkovich, University of Massachusetts, Boston Stasis by Design: Congress, Budgets, and the Limits of the Federal TRIO Programs Deondra E. Rose, Duke University The State of Noncitizen Health: State-Level Health Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants Since 1994 Jacqueline Vimo, New School for Social Research Disc., Amy Bridges, University of California, San Diego Audience Discussion 62-600 Research on Religion and Politics Chair, Andrew Ryan Lewis, University of Cincinnati Redefining National Identity after a Conflict: National Identity Formation among Northern Irish Youth Natasha L. Bingham, Loyola University, New Orleans Christopher Duffy, Loyola University, New Orleans 26 Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movements: Divergence, Deviancy, and Pathways of Resistance Daniel C. Bottomley, University of Delaware Esau Hates Jacob: Conflict and Religious Elite Rhetoric in Israel Michael Raphael Freedman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Impact of Discrimination Experiences on the Political Attitudes of American Muslims Timothy Hill, Doane College Dimensions of Religiosity, and their Influence on Outgroup Prejudice Serdar Kaya, Simon Fraser University Explaining American Preferences for Descriptive Gender Representation in Religious Institutions Benjamin R. Knoll, Centre College Three Forms of Secularism and the Nature of European Integration Michal Maciej Matlak, European University Institute Catholic Politicians and the Politics of Abortion Position Taking David Joseph O'Connell, Dickinson College Kathleen Marchetti, Dickinson College The American Civil Religion in Presidential Elections Anthony Squiers, South Texas College Matthew Patrick Arsenault, Mount Aloysius College How to Legislate Religious Affairs in the EU parliament: A Case of Difficult Politics Alp Tuncaci, State University of New Jersey, Rutgers Chair, Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia Organizing Change: Implementing Policy Reform in the Pentagon Brandon Jason Archuleta, United States Military Academy The Mid Level Bureaucrat is a Relational Animal: Relationship and Performance’s Determinants Pedro Cavalcante, Escola Nacional de Administração Pública Gabriela Spanghero Lotta, Universidade Federal do ABC Erika Kasai, Universidade Federal do ABC The Use of Research Evidence and Technical Expertise in Policy Development: Assessing U.S. Local Government Actions on Climate Change Brian J. Gerber, Arizona State University Malcolm Lowery Goggin, University of Colorado, Denver Warren S. Eller, West Virginia University Analyzing Agency Choice with Text Analysis: The Case of the NLRB Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester Matthew James Sweeten, University of Rochester Vertical Insulation in the Bureaucracy Matthew Zarit, University of Pittsburgh Disc., William G. Resh, University of Southern California Disc., Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia Audience Discussion 63-1 Simulating Conflict and Diplomacy Chair, Agnes Simon, Saginaw Valley State University 20 Years of Chaos: The Evolution of a Middle East Politics Simulation at an Australian University Mat Gordon Hardy, Deakin University Sally Totman, Deakin University Using Biographies and Autobiographies in Teaching Comparative Politics Eduardo Magalhaes, Simpson College Civil War in the Classroom: Developing and Evaluating the Darfur Simulation Todd Allin Morman, University of Missouri Agnes Simon, Saginaw Valley State University Introducing Students to IR through the Game of Diplomacy Eric Richard Rittinger, Salisbury University Disc., Kayce Mobley, Wabash College Disc., Kimberly Lynn Zagorski, University of Wisconsin, Stout Audience Discussion 66-100 Civic Engagement in the Classroom I Chair J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University Panelist Suzanne Chod, North Central College Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College Brian Robert King, Muskingum University Nicole Shoaf, Lincoln University 66-101 Civic Engagement in the Classroom II Chair Dick Simpson, University of Illinois, Chicago Panelist Jessica R. Adolino, James Madison University Baktybek Abdrisaev, Utah Valley University Catherine Bartch, Monmouth University Joseph Foster, U. S. Air Force Academy J. Wesley Leckrone, Widener University Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-200 Poster Session: Racial and Ethnic Politics Post. 1 Post. 2 Twitter as a Political Outlet for Under-represented Populations Kerra Shantina McCorkle, University of Missouri, St. Louis Understanding Americans’ Perceptions of Ideological and Partisan Positions of Different Racial Groups James C. Garand, Louisiana State University LaTerricka Smith, Louisiana State University Thomas Holbrook, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 27 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-201 Poster Session: Media and Political Campaigns Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 28 The Effect of Mudslinging in Third Party Political Advertisements on Candidate Perceptions Robert E. Bird, Stony Brook University Sara Yeganeh, Stony Brook University Excuse Me Mr. President: Honorifics as a Measure of Media Bias David Niven, University of Cincinnati Elisabeth Hieber, University of Cincinnati All the Polling that’s Fit to Print: An Analysis of Transparency in News Coverage of 2016 Primary Polls Jason Turcotte, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Karen J. Villaseñor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Klarize L. Medenilla, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona Saara Lampwalla, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Content Analyzing Campaign Flyers: An Early Look Stephen C. Brooks, University of Akron Steven Theobald, University of Akron Disc., David Niven, University of Cincinnati Disc., Stephen C. Brooks, University of Akron Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-202 Poster Session: Partisanship, Policy, and Congress Post. 7 The Similarity of U.S. Representatives’ Credit Claiming Messages Patrick Y. Wu, University of Michigan Post. 8 Laws Do Not Make a Difference: State-Level Punitive Immigration Enactments, 2005-2010 Barbara Gomez Aguinaga, University of New Mexico Post. 9 The Helpfulness of Humor: An Analysis of the Effects of SelfDeprecating Jokes in Candidate Speech Erin Susan Cikanek, University of Michigan Post. 10 Partisan Polarization, Social Identity, and Deliberative Democracy in the United States Ryan Strickler, University of South Carolina Post. 11 Attenuating Partisan Affiliation Ezekiel Luther Wright, University of Rhode Island 29 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-203 Poster Session: Public Policy Post. 12 Would You Like to Know More?: Selection, Socialization, and the Political Attitudes of Military Veterans John Tyson Chatagnier, Vanderbilt University Jonathan D. Klingler, Toulouse School of Economics Post. 13 The Relationship between Stop, Question and Frisk and Voter Turnout in New York City and Newark New Jersey Ayobami S Laniyonu, University of California, Los Angeles Post. 14 The Reclamation Act, 1902, and Federal Mega-Projects. A Socio-Historical Perspective on Water Policies in the United States Joan Cortinas Munoz, University of Arizona Murielle Coeurdray, University of Arizona Franck Poupeau, UMI Iglobes/University of Arizona Brian F. O'Neill, University of Arizona Post. 15 Federalism: A Barrier or Aid in Enforcement of Mental Health and Addiction Parity Taleed El-Sabawi, Ohio State University Disc., James Edward Vike, Widener University 30 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-204 Poster Session: Political Participation Post. 16 Voting in the Context of Multiple Threats Baodong Liu, University of Utah Post. 17 The Changing Face of Youth Participation in the Electorate: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Andrew Podob, Ohio State University Post. 18 Retrospective Voting Through a Partisan Lens John Howard Bing, Heidelberg University Stephen Ceccoli, Rhodes College Post. 19 What's the Matter with Maslow?: The Hierarchy of Needs is not Borne out by Voter Decision Making Brian Patrick Tilley, National University Post. 20 Discrepancies between Political Participation and Political Interest among the Homeless Kiela Crabtree, University of Michigan Disc., Hyung Lae Park, El Paso Community College Disc., John A. Grummel, Upper Iowa University 31 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-205 Poster Session: Institutions Post. 21 Economic Conditions and House Incumbent Approval in the U.S., 2006-2012 Michael J. Ensley, Kent State University Odeh Halaseh, Kent State University Post. 22 Revisiting a President-Centered Explanation of Presidential Influence in Congress: Breaking the Iron Triangle of Spatial Models, Regression Analyses, and Roll Call Votes Shunta Matsumoto, Meijo University Post. 23 Explaining Lobbying Success in Wisconsin: The Powerful Trio of Bill Complexity, Issue Salience, and Policy Area Henrik M. Schatzinger, Ripon College Post. 24 The Dark Side of Decisions: Presidential Censorship Jess R. Gagliardi, Adams State University Conor B. McKenna, Adams State University 32 Thursday, April 7, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 am 71-206 Poster Session: State and Local Politics Post. 25 'Nullifying' the Federal Reserve: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of the Passage of State Tender Laws William Lawrence Greene, South Texas College Post. 26 (How) Do Legislators Use Public Office to Accumulate Wealth?: Evidence from the Florida House of Representatives Kevin Thomas Fahey, Florida State University Disc., Daniel P. Franklin, Georgia State University 78-102 Successful Negotiation: Job Offers and Beyond Chair Emily Ann Beaulieu, University of Kentucky Panelist Vicki L. Claypool, University of Iowa Brian Janssen, University of Iowa Dongkyu Kim, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego Sara B. Mitchell, University of Iowa Kirk A. Randazzo, University of South Carolina Sophia J. Wallace, Rutgers University 87-1 Non Profit Governance and Communication Chair, TBA Reconciling Competing Evaluation Demands: The Role of Nonprofit Leaders Pau Hall Aragay, Seton Hall University Social Media Adoption and Utilization in Small and Medium Nonprofit Organizations Hugo D. Asencio, California State University, Dominguez Hills Rui Sun, California State University, Dominguez Hills Nonprofit Board Members and the Affective Commitment Scale: Identifying Antecedents of Commitment Jeffrey John Aulgur, Arkansas Tech University Jeremy S. Schwehm, Arkansas Tech University Small Nonprofit Organizations and the Utilization of Social Media: Insights from a Multicase Study Otilia Iancu, Savannah State University Maurice Brooks, Savannah State University Candice Davis, Savannah State University Audrey Mathews, Savannah State University Enforcing Transparency: Lessons from Complying with Requirements on Tax-exempt Hospitals Under the Affordable Care Act Harold C. Moeller, Rutgers University Disc., Claudia Jeanne Coleman, University of Akron Disc., Susanne Wallman Lundåsen, Mid Sweden University Audience Discussion 33 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 1-3 Chair, Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University Racial Inequality and Local Provision of Public Goods in the United States Yeokwang Brian An, University of Southern California Morris Eli Levy, University of California, Berkeley Rodney E. Hero, University of California, Berkeley The Economic Other: How Americans Think About Inequality and Social Spending Meghan R. Condon, Loyola University, Chicago Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University "Deservingness" and Social Welfare Attitudes: The Role of Policy Delivery Mechanism Christopher Reid Ellis, Bucknell University Christopher Faricy, Syracuse University Thinking of Winners and Losers in the Economy: How Are Attitudes Towards Wealth Redistribution Changed by Narratives of Wealth and Poverty Thomas J. Hayes, University of Connecticut Salil Deepak Benegal, University of Connecticut Politics of Exclusion Karen Long Jusko, Stanford University Disc., Holona LeAnne Ochs, Lehigh University Audience Discussion 4-600 34 Are Strong Local Ties More Useful than Weak External Ties?: Civil Society and the Effectiveness of Local Governance Reform in the Honduran Health Sector Vania Ximena Velasco Guachalla, University of Colorado, Boulder Alan Zarychta, University of Colorado, Boulder Can't Win for Losing: Welfare and the "Other" (Cosponsored with Class and Inequality, see 64-4) 5-3 6-14 Blitz Chair, Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College Taxing Higher Incomes: What Makes the High-income Earners Consent to More Progressive Taxation in Latin America Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne Armin von Schiller, German Development Insitute/Hertie School of Governance An Agrarian Resource Curse?: Insights from Other Primary Commodity Exports Derick Chun Pang Fan, Ohio State University Education and Development: How the Distance from the Technological Frontier Affects the Results Gabriela Gomes Coelho Ferreira, University of Sao Paulo Francisco Urdinez, University of Sao Paulo Redefining Co-Nationals: Variations in Jordan’s Citizenship Policies since 1950 Lillian Clara Frost, George Washington University The Politics of Electoral Reforms in Turkey Esra Issever Ekinci, Syracuse University The Nexus Of Federalism And Economic Development: A Politico-Economic Analysis of Balochistan, Pakistan Rameesha Javaid, Lahore School of Economics The Institution Necessary for Growth Woubet Kassa, American University Charting Foreign Policy at the Age of Regional Uncertainties: The Case of Azerbaijan Ruchan Kaya, University of Florida Efgan Niftiyev, Caspian Strategy Institute Do Interventions by Politicians Matter?: Examining the Impacts of Interventions by Members of the Parliament on Infrastructure Projects under the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan Muzhdah Kohistani, Ministry of Higher Education, Afghanistan Kyohei Yamada, International University of Japan International Organization Regulations: A Contributing Factor to Poor Health in Sub-Saharan Africa Rachel Lynn Santon, Saint Louis University 7-3 Political Parties, Economics, and Political Violence Chair, TBA Understanding Elections-Related Violence: Evidence from Indonesia S. P. Harish, New York University Risa Toha, Harvard Kennedy School Riding the Tide of Anti-Regime Sentiment: Determinants of Varying Manifestations of Political Violence Petra M. Hendrickson, Michigan State University Globalization, Democracy, and Political Violence: The Interactive Effect of Economic Integration and Regime Type on the Experience of Political Violence Kyle McWilliams Rogers, West Virginia University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Trust, Transitional Justice, and Democratization Chair, TBA Human Rights and Democracy in Transitional Justice Contexts: Understanding the Work of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Gloria Yayra Ayee, Duke University The Impact of Transitional Justice on Political Trust: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala and El Salvador Risa Kitagawa, Stanford University Human Rights Prosecution and Its Deterrence Effect: The South Korean Experience Hae Won Lee, Boston University The Blank Page and the Business-as-Usual Approaches Under Strain: Reckoning with the Past in Spain and Turkey Bilgen Sutcuoglu, Yeditepe University Ebru Akarcay, Yeditepe University Gender and Generational Effects in the the Development of Political Efficacy in Cambodia Moana Vercoe, Success in Challenges Sovathana Sokhom, California State University, Dominguez Hills Disc., Aram Hur, New York University Disc., Daniel C. Tirone, Louisiana State University Audience Discussion Corruption and Bureaucratic Institutions Chair, Tanya Georgieva Bagashka, University of Houston Institutional Quality and Intergenerational Social Mobility Nicholas Charron, University of Gothenburg Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg Fighting Corruption: Global Norm and the Emergence of AntiCorruption Agencies Elizabeth Chrun, University of Washington Federalism, Party Competition, and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Pockets of Excellence, Laboratories of Democracy, or Structural Veto Players Luke Martin Shimek, Indiana University The Rule of Law as a Means to Fight Corruption: The Paradoxes of a Socio-Political Panacea Alain Sone Eloka, University of Lausanne, Switzerland The Challenges of Social Control to Curb Corruption: Lessons from the Bolivian Experience Nieves Zuniga, University of Nottingham Paul Heywood, University of Nottingham Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Disc., Tanya Georgieva Bagashka, University of Houston Disc., Scott Brenton, University of Melbourne Audience Discussion 8-2 Causes and Consequences of Anti-Criminal Vigilantism in Latin America Chair, Scott Sinclair Liebertz, University of South Alabama The Political and Social Underpinnings of Informal Institutions of Order: Comparative Evidence from Urban Vigilantism in South Africa and Latin America Eduardo Moncada, Columbia University Vigilante Mobilization and Local Order: Evidence from Mexico Javier Osorio , John Jay College, CUNY Michael Lee Weintraub, Georgetown University Livia Isabella Schubiger, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Frontier Justice: Public Support for Vigilantism in Mexico’s Drug War Reynaldo Tomas Rojo-Mendoza, San Diego State University Trust in the Neighbors, Authorities and Vicarious Support for Collective Vigilante Justice: Experimental Evidence from Mexico Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University Disc., Krystin Krause, Emory and Henry College Disc., Scott Sinclair Liebertz, University of South Alabama Audience Discussion 9-12 Examining the Effects of College Education on Democratic Attitudes in China: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis Gang Wang, University of Zurich China’s Cadre Evaluation System: What Do We Really Know Zhen Wang, Middle Tennessee State University Mandatory Retirement, Accountability and Performances: Evidence from China Xiaolong Wu, University of Chicago Land Utilization, Public Expenditure, and Mass Incidents in Chinese Local Governments: A Comparative Cases Study Lin Xing, University of Nevada, Reno Inequality and Blame Attribution in China Jing Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Disc., Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan Disc., Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego 11-401 Decentralization and Conflict (JSS) Decentralization and Ethnic Group Conflict: Understanding Administrative Unit Proliferation as an Intervening Factor Ratri Istania, Loyola University, Chicago Catering to the Religious Vote: Decentralization and the Rise of Intra-Muslim Conflict in Indonesia Jessica Soedirgo, University of Toronto A Tale of Two States: Governance, Elite Agency and Development in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after the 1990s Reform Seyedhossein Zarhani, Heidelberg University How Parties and Governments Adjust to Austerity Chair, TBA Economic Crisis, Mobilization and Party System Re-alignment Michael Courtney, Dublin City University Eoin O'Malley, Dublin City University Gary Murphy, Dublin City University Health Care in an Age of Austerity: Comparing Greece and Ireland Susan Giaimo, Marquette University The End of TINA?: Emotions, Framing Contests and Electoral Choices in the ‘Age of Austerity’ Niccole Marie Pamphilis, University of Glasgow Georgios` Karyotis, University of Strathclyde Wolfgang Rudig, University of Strathclyde Enforcing the European Semester: The Politics of Asymmetric Information in the Excessive Deficit and Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedures James D. Savage, University of Virginia What are they Talking About?: Leaders’ Attention to and Position on the Economic Crisis and the EU Gijs Schumacher, University of Amsterdam Martijn Schoonvelde, Free University, Amsterdam Disc., Craig Emmert, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Disc., Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School Audience Discussion 11-400 Powersharing and Legitimacy in China Personnel Power Sharing and Authoritarian Resilience in China Junyan Jiang, University of Chicago Yang Zhang, University of Chicago Conditional Responsiveness and Strategic Interaction: Political Interaction between Citizens’ Demands and Government Responsiveness in Cyber Space Feng Li, Peking University Selective Responsiveness: Online Public Demands and Government Responsiveness in Authoritarian China Zheng Su, Chinese University of Hong Kong Tianguang Meng, Tsinghua University 11-402 Local-Central Relations in China (JSS) State Uniform Mandates Implementation and Local Governance: An Investigation on Affordable Housing Development in China Xiang Cai, University of Texas, Dallas Loyalty and Competence under Crisis in China Dominic DeSapio, University of Wisconsin, Madison Why Vague Policy Guidelines: Between Lack of Capacity and Strategic Decision Jieun Kim, University of California, Berkeley Measuring Governance Quality of Chinese Counties Yingnan Zhou, University of Iowa Disc., Jihyeon Jeong, Ewha University Disc., Yu-Sung Su, Tsinghua University 11-403 Authoritarian Institutions (JSS) Income and Regime Support: Natural and Field Experimental Evidence from China’s Stock Market Qiang Jason Guo, New York University Rethinking Authoritarian Resilience and the Coercive Apparatus Suzanne E. Scoggins, University of California, Berkeley Experience of Party Alternation and Winner-Loser Gap in Democratic Values among East Asian Countries Chun-Ying Wu, University of Texas, Austin Chin-En Wu, Academia Sinica Evolving Insiders: Generation Gap in China's Communist Party Jielu Yao, University of Iowa City Wenfang Tang, University of Iowa Factionalism and the Exit of Central Committee (CC) Members in China: A Network Approach Yin Yuan, University of California, San Diego Disc., Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of California, Merced 35 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm 11-404 Protest, Conflict Resolution, and Judicial Reform (JSS) Identifying Gaps in Migrant Integration Policies in Russia Marina A. Kingsbury, University of New Mexico Dynamics of the Inner Elite in Dictatorships: Evidence from North Korea Paasha Mahdavi, Georgetown University John T. Ishiyama, University of North Texas Changing Gender Attitudes in Post-Communist Europe: An Institutionalist Approach Steven Saxonberg, Masaryk University Tomas Sirovatka, Masaryk University Intra-Party Democracy in China: Have the Soviet Lessons Been Learned Qinghua Wang, Independent Scholar Gang Guo, University of Mississippi Disc., Anna O. Pechenkina, Carnegie Mellon University Disc., Vasili Rukhadze, Kent State University Protesting to Death: The Scope of Suicide Protest in India Simanti Lahiri, Villanova University The Acrobatic Justice on the Marching Order: China’s Fourth Judicial Reform in Perspective Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University Judicial Reform as Political Stabilizer: Evidence from China’s Quasi-Natural Experiment Zeren Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Free the Bird from Cage: Exploring the Dynamics of Judicial Reform in China Pei Zhong, Chinese University of Hong Kong Disc., Vera Heuer, Virginia Military Institute Disc., Matthew S. Winters, University of Illinois 11-405 Governance and Authoritarian Resilience (JSS) Chair, Qingjie Zeng, Fudan University Causal Textures of Citizen Satisfaction Heungsuk Choi, Korea University What Money Can Buy: Illusion of Future Economy Yesola Kweon, Indiana University ByeongHwa Choi, Indiana University, Bloomington The Logic of Authoritarian Political Selection: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in China Hanzhang Liu, Columbia University What do Chinese Communist Party Thinkers Mean by Selfgovernance, and How Does this Concept Fit into the Political Theory of Chinese Socialist Democracy Ting Ni, University of California, Berkeley The Origin of Social Capital: A Natural Experiment in China Taiyi Sun, Boston University Understanding China’s Political System: Multilevel Representation and Democratic Accountability Qinghua Yi, Simon Fraser University Disc., Qingjie Zeng, Fudan University 13-8 The Politics of Representation in the Middle East Chair, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University Voter Turnout Fluctuations in a Non-democratic Regime: The Case of Iranian Presidential Elections Kourosh Rahimkhani, State University of New York, Binghamton Are Party-Voter Linkages in the Middle East and North Africa only Clientelistic Eva Wegner, GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies Francesco Cavatorta, Universite Laval Economic Considerations, Election Manifestos, and Party Success at the Ballot Box in Turkey F. Michael Wuthrich, University of Kansas A Comparative Study of Long Term Clientelism in Istanbul's Shanty Towns and It's Effect on Political Persuasion Kerem Yildirim, Koç University Hiding Behind Party Brand or Currying Favor with Constituents?: Determinants of Constituency Oriented Behavior in Turkey Tevfik Murat Yildirim, University of Missouri Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University Disc., A. Kadir Yildirim, Rice University Audience Discussion 14-500 Institutional Challenges in Authoritarian and Democratizing Countries Not Present but Voting: "Knopkodavstvo" in the Ukrainian Parliament Erik S. Herron, West Virginia University Maksym Palamarenko, SoftServe 36 16-2 17-2 18-3 Foreign Aid Dynamics Chair, TBA Estimating the Fungibility of Foreign Aid Steve Hall, Ball State University Misa Nishikawa, Ball State University Selfish Donors of Foreign Aid May Look Development-minded Tobias Heinrich, University of South Carolina Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Rice University Leah Long, University of South Carolina Determinants of Turkey’s Aid Distribution to Sub-Saharan African Countries Onur Sen, Georgia State University Providing the Underprovided?: The Public and Private Nature of Development Aid Anna Walsdorff, University of Rochester Disc., Elena V. McLean, State University of New York, Buffalo Disc., Faisal Z. Ahmed, Princeton University Audience Discussion Determinants of U.S. Foreign Policy Chair, TBA Warriors as Politicians: The Effect of Combat Experience on Congressional Voting Soumi Chatterjee, University of California, Los Angeles Shawn Patterson Jr., University of California, Los Angeles The War Lobby: Defense Procurement Demand and Firm Politics in Wartime Michael Zachary Gill, Harvard University How the President Interacts with Congress in Foreign Policy Jihye Lim, George Mason University Disc., Ross A. Miller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Audience Discussion Grand Strategy: Theory and Evidence Chair, TBA International Security Orders: A Typology and Hypotheses Spencer D. Bakich, University of Richmond Assessing the Effectiveness of Security Cooperation as an Instrument of U.S. National Security Policy Angela J. O'Mahony, RAND Corporation Iranian Grand Strategy Tony Rivera, Duke University U.S. Grand Strategy to Defeat ISIS: A 21st Century Version of Containment Adam Anthony Scher, United States Army The Impacts of Hegemon's Grand Strategy Preferences on Terrorist Acts Muhammed Lutfi Turkcan, Koc University Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm When Relations Sour: The Negative Consequences of Partnership with an International Organization Jamie Elizabeth Scalera, Georgia Southern University Withdrawing from Intergovernmental Organizations: Understanding When and Why States Exit Felicity Anne Vabulas, University of Chicago Disc., Gaspare M. Genna, University of Texas, El Paso Audience Discussion Disc., Spencer D. Bakich, University of Richmond Disc., Christopher J. Bolan, U.S. Army War College Audience Discussion 21-1 The Dynamics of Territorial Conflict Chair, TBA Who Wins Can Matter: Post-Conflict Settlement Strategy of Democratic States Ajin Choi, Yonsei University Territorial Disputes, Conflict-Management, and Bilateral Trade Aaron Gold, University of Tennessee Conflict Escalation and Territorial Issue Salience Christopher Macaulay, University of North Texas Does Salami-Slicing Work?: Examining Faits Accomplis in Territorial Disputes Bella Wang, Princeton University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 22-600 Political Violence: Innovations in Theory and Data 25-3 Chair, Sarah Zukerman Daly, University of Notre Dame When Political Control of Ethnic Minority's Politicization Subsides: Explaining Local Variations in State Repression of Arab Protest in Israel, 1990-2000 Ofir Abu, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Elections, Ethnicity and Political Instability 26-8 Charles Butcher, University of Otago Benjamin E. Goldsmith, University of Sydney Capitalism and the Severity of Civil Conflict Wen-yang Chang, National Chengchi University Armed Group Fragmentation and Civil War Intensity and Termination Sarah Zukerman Daly, University of Notre Dame In Defense of My Faith: The Nexus between Religion and Armed Conflict in the Developing World Orlandrew Eion Danzell, Mercyhurst University Natural Disasters, Aid, and Civil Conflict: The Case of Floods and Landslides in Colombia Jorge Andres Gallego, Universidad del Rosario Laura Becerra, Universidad del Rosario Juan F. Vargas, Universidad del Rosario Who’s Driving Whom?: A Microanalysis of Aid and Conflict Kevin DeWitt Jones, University of Maryland Spoiling Peace Agreements after Civil War: A Synthetic Control Approach with Application to the 2016 Colombian Peace Process 29-4 Kikuta Kyosuke, University of Texas, Austin Joseph K. Young, American University Economic Motivations of Ordinary Citizens in Genocide: Case Studies of Rwanda and the Ottoman Empire Dana Katherine Moyer, Villanova University Introducing the Global Election Violence Dataset Inken von Borzyskowski, Florida State University Do Colleges Breed Revolutionaries?: Education and Political Engagement in China after Tiananmen Yuhua Wang, Harvard University 24-3 International Organizations Chair, Gaspare M. Genna, University of Texas, El Paso Conflict and Continuity in European Diplomatic Cultures: Evidence from the European External Action Service (EEAS) Thomas E. Henökl, Germand Development Institute Deference and Hierarchy in International Regime Complexes Tyler Blalock Pratt, Princeton University Leadership Change, Regime Type and Human Rights Violations Chair, Holly Lynn Guthrey, Uppsala University Voting for Violence?: Elections and Human Rights David R. Davis, Emory University Brianna Bardos, Emory University Authoritarian Regime Type and the Levels of Torture Before and After the Convention Against Torture Min Rosemary Pang, Purdue University Leadership Change and Human Rights Violations Keith E. Schnakenberg, University of Kentucky Christopher J. Fariss, Pennsylvania State University Charles David Crabtree, Pennsylvania State University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Partisanship and Party Strategy Chair, Laurie L. Rice, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville The Partisan Shift of the Appalachians and the Upper South: Unhyphenated Americans and the Rise of Southern Republicans Brian Arbour, John Jay College, CUNY Cross-Pressured Voters and Voting Kyle Leon Endres, University of Texas, Austin Costas Panagopoulos, Fordham University Issue Based Appeals and the Demobilization of the Opposition Party Kyle Leon Endres, University of Texas, Austin How Parties Build and Maintain Issue Ownership: Issue Emphasis, Social Group Appeals and Competence Claims Anke Daniela Tresch, University of Lausanne Simon L. Stückelberger, University of Lausanne Disc., Chapman Rackaway, Fort Hays State University Disc., Brian F. Schaffner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Audience Discussion Representing Low Turnout and Marginalized Groups Chair, TBA An Exploratory Study of Inmate Voting Preferences in the Ohio Prison System Stephen Victor Anderson, State University of New York, Albany Women’s Political Representation: A Global Perspective Kostanca Dhima, Pennsylvania State University Identity, Institutions, and Opposition: Comparing Ethnic Party Support in Eastern Europe Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University Mackenzie McCann, Oklahoma State University Preferential Voting Systems and their Effects on Voter Turnout Among Younger American Voters Courtney Leigh Juelich, University of Iowa Can Institutions Pave the Way for the Young?: Electoral Systems and Age Representation in Parliament Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa Aksel Sundström, University of Gothenburg 37 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm The Effects of Personality on Political Science Subject Pool Participation Kylee Jo Britzman , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Benjamin Ronald Kantack, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Conditional Support: How Personality Interacts with the Environment to Influence Attitudes toward the Political System Matthew Stephen Cawvey, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Developmental Antecedents of Adult Political Ideology Joanne M. Miller, University of Minnesota Christopher Michael Federico, University of Minnesota Marti Hope Gonzales, University of Minnesota Howard Lavine, University of Minnesota It Is All About Me: The Political Correlates of the Narcissistic Personality Carl Lucas Palmer, Illinois State University Rolfe Daus Peterson, Mercyhurst University Disc., Cengiz Erisen, TOBB University of Economics and Technology Disc., Jay Thomas Jennings, Temple University Audience Discussion Disc., Michael P. McDonald, University of Florida Disc., Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa Audience Discussion 30-2 Partisan Identity, Intensity, and Ownership Chair, TBA Stay and Fight or Run Away?: Partisans in Losing Elections Randy Besco, Duke University Partisan Ambivalence, Issue Ownership, and Negative Campaigning: A Survey Experiment Stephen C. Craig, University of Florida Paulina S. Rippere, Jacksonville University Seth Charles McKee, Texas Tech University Three Concepts of Competence and their Effects on Vote Choice: How Issue Ownership, Performance and Reputation Shape U.S. Elections Jane Elizabeth Green, University of Manchester Will Jennings, University of Southampton Matching Red and Blue: Partisan Intensity, Composition and Potential Outcomes Alexander George Theodoridis, University of California, Merced Kayla Sue Canelo, University of California, Merced Chelsea Mariko Coe, University of California, Merced John Henderson, Yale University We Include Everyone Except Them: How Partisans React to Diverse Demographic Coalitions Julie Ann Wronski, University of Mississippi Raynee Sarah Gutting, Stony Brook University Disc., Eitan D. Hersh, Yale University Audience Discussion 35-1 32-100 Who Governs? Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation Chair James N. Druckman, Northwestern University Panelist Adam Seth Levine, Cornell University Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota Lisa Disch, University of Michigan, Ann Arb or Daniel M. Butler, Washington University, St. Louis Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania 33-2 34-8 38 Experiments on Group Behavior Chair, TBA Deciding in Groups Scott Bokemper, Stony Brook University Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University Do Deliberative Norms Prevent Group Polarization in LikeMinded Groups Kimmo Gronlund, Abo Akademi University Staffan Björn Erik Himmelroos, Abo Akademi University Kim Strandberg, Abo Akademi University Linked Fate: Group Identification or Heuristic Kristine C. Kay, University of California, Berkeley Tweetment Effects on the Tweeted: The Effects of Social Norm Promotion on Online Harassers Kevin Michael Munger, New York University Inequality, Effort and Between-group Competition Mateo Vasquez, New York University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion New Frontiers in Personality and Politics Chair, TBA Personality Traits and the Early Origins of Political Sophistication: Openness to Experience or Intellectualism Alexandre Blanchet, Montreal University 36-18 Can Survey Respondents Form Accurate Opinions? Chair, Peter Enns, Cornell University Constructing Political Knowledge Batteries: Scaling and Best Practices in Online Surveys and Experiments Douglas James Ahler, University of California, Berkeley Stephen N. Goggin, University of California, Berkeley Shuold I Immunize Myself Against Internet Hoaxs on Vaccination?: An Experimental Assessment of Source and Message Credibility Claudio Gentili, University Of Padua Gabriel Katz, University of Exeter Laura Sudulich, University of Kent Can Americans Understand the Policy Implication of Divided Government Hyeonho Hahm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Information vs. Context: Urban Space and Attitudes Toward Income Inequality Scott L. Minkoff, State University of New York, New Paltz Jeffrey Lyons, Boise State University Do People Actually Learn From Fact-checking?: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study During the 2014 Campaign Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College Jason Reifler, University of Exeter Disc., Peter Enns, Cornell University Disc., Kevin J. Mullinix, Appalachian State University Audience Discussion Negative Advertising Chair, TBA Reporting an Attack: How Media Framing of Attack Ads Influences Public Reception of the Message David Andersen, Iowa State University Mark G. Major, Pennsylvania State University Earned but Not Always Wanted: News Coverage of Negative Political Ads Mark G. Major, Pennsylvania State University David Andersen, Iowa State University Disproportionality in Media Representations of Campaign Negativity Dominic Patrick Nyhuis, University of Vienna Hyunjin Song, University of Vienna Hajo Boomgaarden, University of Vienna Measuring Negative Campaigning: Choice of Perception Annemarie Sophie Walter, University of Nottingham Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Creolizing Political Ecology in the Work of Ali Shariati Max Hantel, Dartmouth College “Appropriating” Democracy: A Comparison between Argumentative Strategies for Confucian and Islamic Democracy Franziska Barbara Keller, New York University Return to the Self Mina Khanlarzadeh, Columbia University Looking Back to Move Forward: Iranian Women’s Mobilization and the Question of Feminism Norma Claire Moruzzi, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Anthony Raymond Brunello, Eckerd College Audience Discussion Disc., Michelle A. Amazeen, Rider University Disc., Roderick P. Hart, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion 37-7 Causes and Consequences of of Women's Descriptive Representation Chair, TBA Stereotype Threat and Role Model Effects of Women's Political Representation Susan Banducci, University of Exeter Laszlo Horvath, University of Exeter Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, University of Exeter Samuel Vine, University of Exeter The Dynamics of Women’s Representation Across U.S. State Legislatures H. Abbie Erler, Kenyon College Women-Friendly State Legislative Districts Samantha Lynn Pettey, University of North Texas Reexamining the Link Between Descriptive Representation and Political Efficacy Katelyn E. Stauffer, Indiana University When Social Capital Becomes Political Capital: Social Capital and the Success of Minority Female Candidates in American States Ling Zhu, University of Houston Kenicia Wright, University of Houston Disc., Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Michele L. Swers, Georgetown University Audience Discussion 38-14 Media and the Shape of Race, Racism, and Racial Perceptions Nature and Politics Chair, TBA The Politics of Nature behind Kant's Categorical Imperative Umur Basdas, Yale University A Dignity of One’s Own: Nussbaum's Biocentrism and a Politics of Wonder Amy T. Linch, Pennsylvania State University Katechon, or Restraining the "Dangerous Animal": Human Nature and the Politics of Utopia Paul Mazzocchi, York University Locke's Rational Law of Nature Matthew Post, University of Dallas Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 41-100 Intellectual Portraits of Michael A. Weinstein: Action, Contemplation, Vitalism Chair Julie Ann Webber, Illinois State University Panelist Diane S. Rubenstein, Cornell University Chair, TBA Ramon Soto-Crespo, University of Illinois Framing Ferguson: Racial Frames in Mainstream Media and on Kathy Ferguson, University Of Hawaii Twitter Robert Lee Oprisko, Indiana University Kimberly Gross, George Washington University Justin Chandler Mueller, Purdue University Emily Kaplan, George Washington University Tim Seul, Waseda University Emma Haberern, George Washington University Do White Members of Congress Empathize with African44-1 Propaganda, Revolution, Networks, and Agreements Americans Chair, TBA Matthew J. Hayes, Indiana University, Bloomington Aspiring for Change: A Theory of Middle Class Activism Black, “Violent”, Newsworthy?: Mass Media, Framing, and Heng Chen, Hong Kong University Black Americans Propaganda and Credulity Jenn M. Jackson, University of Chicago Andrew Thomas Little, Cornell University Local Media Constructions of Race The Moral Bases of Agreements Melinda Kovacs, Missouri Western State University Barry O'Neill, University of California, Los Angeles Maddie Culver, Missouri Western State University Can Citizen Communication Hinder Successful Revolution Cindy Malone, Missouri Western State University Mehdi Shadmehr, University of Miami/Princeton University Brad Stanton, Missouri Western State University Daniel Bernhardt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Muslims in the Mass Media Disc., Konstantinos Matakos, London School of Economics Nazita Lajevardi, University of California, San Diego Disc., John W. Patty, University of Chicago Predictors of the 'Culture of Fear:' An Empirical Analysis of the Audience Discussion Effect of Social Media Content on Racial and Political Distrust Wilfred Reilly, Southern Illinois University F. Jane Lingle, Southern Illinois University Disc., Paula Nicole Booke, Hope College Disc., Charlton D. McIlwain, New York University Audience Discussion 39-2 40-2 Creolizing Shariati (Co-sponsored with Politics and Religion, see 62-10, and Politics of the Middle East, see 13-13) Chair, Anthony Raymond Brunello, Eckerd College Ali Shari'ati and the Articulation of an Indeterminate Collective Subject Arash Davari, University of California, Los Angeles 45-3 Methods for Text-based Analysis Chair, Paul Cornelius Bauer, European University Institute Deep-Learning Methods for Analyzing Political Language Brice D. L. Acree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Methodological Challenges in Estimating Tone from Media: Application to Economic Tone Amber E. Boydstun, University of California, Davis Suzanna Linn, Pennsylvania State University Ryan McMahon, Pennsylvania State University Jonathan Nagler, New York University 39 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Who Advises? Who Consents?: Senatorial (Non-)Participation in Judicial Confirmation Hearings Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University Eve M. Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University Kjersten R. Nelson, North Dakota State University Understanding Gridlock: Interactions between a Polarized Congress and the President Nathan Ilderton, University of Central Florida Disc., David Fisk, University of California, San Diego Disc., Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia Improving the Validity of Party Position Estimates Produced Using Automated Text Analysis: A Bayesian Approach Eric William Guntermann, Université de Montréal Beyond Aboutness: Deep Learning and Legislative Text Andrew J. Peterson, New York University Disc., Paul Cornelius Bauer, European University Institute Disc., Justin Ryan Grimmer, Stanford University Audience Discussion 47-1 Lobbying, Litigation, and Media Appearances: Roads to Influence and Representation? Chair, David Adam Karpf, George Washington University From Followers to the Front Page: Linking Interest Groups’ Online Prominence with Offline Media Appearances Robert Ackland, Australian National University Bert Fraussen, Australian National University Darren Halpin, Australian National University Herschel F. Thomas, University of Texas, Arlington Interest Group Lobbying and Congressional Committee Agenda-Setting Geoffrey Miles Lorenz, University of Michigan New Ways of Civil Society Advocacy and Strategic Litigation, the Latin America Tobacco Case Luz Muñoz, University of Barcelona Antonio Zavala, Universidad Panamericana Patricia Sosa, Tobaco Free Kids Interest Representation as a Clash of Unequal Allies Michael David Parrott, University of Maryland, College Park Frances E. Lee, University of Maryland Disc., David Adam Karpf, George Washington University Audience Discussion 47-18 52-2 Chair, Lee Epstein, Washington University, St. Louis What Justices Want: Goals and Personality on the U.S. Supreme Court Matthew E. K. Hall, University of Notre Dame Justices and Their Multiple Audiences: How Context and Audience Shape Judicial Behavior Christopher Krewson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Campaigns, Crime, and Judicial Choice: The Effects of Judicial Campaigns on Judicial Decisionmaking Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University The Motive Awakens: How Personal Motives Influence Judicial Behavior Ryan James Owens, University of Wisconsin, Madison Ryan Christopher Black, Michigan State University Justin P. Wedeking, University of Kentucky Patrick C. Wohlfarth, University of Maryland, College Park Judicial Self-Restraint: Public Opinion and Judicial Review in the Separation of Powers Joseph Daniel Ura, Texas A&M University Alison Higgins, Texas A&M University Nicholas Conway, Texas A&M University Disc., Kevin T. McGuire, University of North Carolina Disc., Maya Sen, Harvard University Audience Discussion Agenda Setting A Issue Definition: Interest Groups, Think Tanks, and Political Parties Chair, Daniel A. Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University ‘Blue-Ribbon Opinions:’ Examining Policy Recommendations on Federal Advisory Committees, 1996-2012 Andrew T. Cloran, Indiana University The Role of Partisan Policy Elites in Issue Definitions of Education Policy E. J. Fagan, University of Texas, Austin Shaping the Agenda: A Text Analysis Approach to Studying Group Preferences Travis Miller Johnston, University of California, Berkeley James McVey, University of California, Berkeley The Third House: Group Bills in the California State Legislature Mary Alice Kroeger, Princeton University Party Framing Toward Renewable Energy: A Comparative Study of German, the United Kingdom and the United States Jale Tosun, University of Mannheim Shaun Bevan, University of Edinburgh Robert Henry Cox, University of Oklahoma Disc., Daniel A. Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University Disc., Brandon C. Zicha, Leiden Unviersity Audience Discussion 53-500 State Policy Chair, Boris Shor, Georgetown University Public Perceptions of Policy Diffusion Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa Julianna Pacheco, University of Iowa A Patient’s Right to Choose: An Examination of States’ Receptivity to End-of-Life Policy Innovations Bianca Easterly, Lamar University The State of State Arts Agency Appropriations: Identifying State and Regional Determinants of Appropriation Levels Dana Michael Harsell, University of North Dakota David T. Flynn, University of North Dakota A Time Series Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Adoption of State Level Anti-Abortion Legislation Michael J. New, University of Michigan, Dearborn Interstate Cooperation in the American States Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina Ann O'M. Bowman, Texas A&M University Disc., Sarah Poggione, Ohio University Disc., Boris Shor, Georgetown University 49-500 Knowledge Expertise and Committees The Decline of Specialization and Committee Deference in House Defense Appropriations Debates, 1955-2015 Robert X. Browning, Purdue University Conner E. Smith, Purdue University Knowledge, Expertise, and Committee Power in Congress James M. Curry, University of Utah 40 Unlearning What We Have Learned: The Future of Judicial Politics Research 54-1 New Approaches to Analyzing Urban Inequality Chair, TBA Efficacy of Neighborhood Self-Governance in Addressing Community Disorder Michael Craw, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm The Consequences of Privatizing Local Public Service Delivery on Citizen Attitudes and Behavior toward Local Government Ryan Dawkins, University of Colorado Segregation and the Provision of Local Public Goods Benoy Jacob, Claremont Graduate University Black Neighborhood Attachments, Politics, and the Built Environment of Social Capital Todd C. Shaw, University of South Carolina Kirk Foster, University of South Carolina Barbara Combs, Clark Altanta University Neighborhood Disinvestment Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced Disc., Jered B. Carr, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Benoy Jacob, Claremont Graduate University Audience Discussion 56-2 57-2 58-2 Implementing U.S. Health Reform Chair, Michael Kelley Gusmano, The Hastings Center The Three Faces of Access: The Affordable Care Act, Insurers, and Physicians Simon F. Haeder, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dana B. Mukamel, University of California, Irvine David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin, Madison Employers as a Source of Political Information and Opposition to the Affordable Care Act Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez, Harvard University Insuring the Future of Obamacare on the Insurance Marketplace Adrienne Hosek, University of California, Davis The Causes of Obamacare Enrollment Ethan Porter, University of Chicago Betsy Sinclair, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Michael Kelley Gusmano, The Hastings Center Audience Discussion 60-9 Policy Making in the Face of Disasters Chair, TBA Horizontal or Vertical?: The Role of Political Ties in Disaster Recovery Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University The Emergence of Policy Coalitions in the Aftermath of Extreme Events: Colorado’s Flood Recovery in Comparative Context Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado, Boulder Elizabeth Albright, Duke University Waves of Blame and Winds of Change: Governance and Opportunism in Double Crisis Lina Monica Eriksson, Uppsala University A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of Wildfire Policy Responses Lydia Anne Lawhon, University of Colorado, Boulder Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado, Boulder Juhi Huda, University of Colorado, Boulder John Berggren, University of Colorado, Boulder Elizabeth Koebele, University of Colorado, Boulder Adrianne Kroepsch, University of Colorado, Boulder A Welfare Economics Model of Community Disaster Resilience Xiangyu Li, West Texas A&M University, Canyon Policy Learning and Diffusion after Disaster Kristin Taylor O'Donovan, Wayne State University Policy Ambiguity, Conflict, and Institutions: Governance Challenges in Disaster Housing Recovery Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 60-13 Framing Environmental Issues Chair, TBA Chernobyl, Fukushima, Indian Point?: The Impact of Analogy on Attitudes towards Nuclear Power Jessica E. Boscarino, Marist College Science versus Policy Framing in Climate Policy, 2000-2015 Heather W. Cann, Purdue University Leigh Stafford Raymond, Purdue University Matching Messages with Individual Value Orientations to Encourage Environmental Behavior: Results from a Field Experiment Alex DeGolia, University of California, Santa Barbara Tracing Relationships between Nested Public Goods and Energy Policy Preferences Ryan Knowles Merrill, University of Southern California Nicole Sintov, University of Southern California Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Framing by Local Governance in the United Kingdom and United States Rebecca J. Romsdahl, University of North Dakota Robert S Wood, University of North Dakota Andy Hultquist, University of North Dakota Disc., Ashlie B. Delshad, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Disc., Sverker C. Jagers, Luleå University of Technology Audience Discussion The Politics of Education Chair, Tom Rabovsky, Indiana University, Bloomington Access and Power: Exploring the Relationship between Economic Resources and Stakeholder Engagement Thaddieus Watts Conner, New Mexico State University The Influence of Land Grant Institution Funding on State Income Inequality Daniel L. Fay, Mississippi State University Staci Zavattaro, Mississippi State University Jaqueline L. Garner, Mississippi State University The Bitter Taste of the Regulation Medicine: Does it Ameliorate Local Government Effectiveness Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, Universidade de Brasilia Alketa Peci, Getulio Vargas Foundation Male to Female Pay Inequity and Institutions of Higher Education Tom Rabovsky, Indiana University, Bloomington Hongseok Lee, Indiana University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Public-Private Comparisons Chair, TBA Public/Private – Trust, Delivery of Services and Information Protection Aaron L. Fister, University of Oklahoma Scott E. Robinson, University of Oklahoma Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma Carol L. Silva, University of Oklahoma Kerry G. Herron, University of Oklahoma A Multi-Level Analysis of Preferences for Government Employment Michael Christopher Moltz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville David J. Houston, University of Tennessee The Determinants of State Public-Private Partnership Adoptions Daniel Staton Scheller, University of Texas, El Paso Eric Boyer, University of Texas, El Paso Joao Faria, University of Texas, El Paso 41 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Making Public-Private Cooperation: Empirical Evidence from an Institutional Economic Role Model on the Example of Cooperative Transport Systems Wolfgang Hermann Schulz, Zeppelin University Isabella Geis, Zeppelin University Leadership in the Eyes of Subordinates: A Field Experiment Comparing Public and Private Organizations Claire Elizabeth Stieg, Texas A&M University Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Aarhus University Anne Bøllingtoft, Aarhus University Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 61-7 62-3 The Continuing Significance of Race Chair, TBA Issue Cleavage, Position Change, and Landmark Legislation: U.S. Political Party Preferences on Race Policies in the U.S. Congress, 1789-2014 Sean Diament, Northwestern University The Not So ‘Silent Majority’: Politics of Fear in a Racially Diversifying America Rogelio Garcia, Los Angeles City College E Pluribus Enemy?: Subnational Immigration Policy Rebellion in the USA in Historical Perspective Andrew MacGregor John Huntleigh, University of Delaware Why Is There So Little Restorative Justice in the United States Robert W. Mickey, University of Michigan Retrieving American Multiculturalism’s Original Meaning: The Legal and Political Basis of American Multicultural Education Thomas Francis Powers, Carthage College Disc., Matthew Gritter, Angelo State University Audience Discussion Religious Mobilization and Political Behavior Chair, TBA Is the Call Contagious?: Political Recruitment in Latino Churches Andre Pierre Audette, University of Notre Dame How Religious Styles Promote Policy Threat: The Case of Religious Liberty Paul A. Djupe, Denison University Benjamin Hsiung, Denison University Global Citizens’ Perceptions of Chancellor Merkel’s Foreign Policies Myunghee Kim, University of Central Florida Nikola Mirilovic, University of Central Florida Jonathan Knuckey, University of Central Florida Religious Identity and Political Engagement: The Impact of Religious Participation on Political Acts Benjamin Toll, Miami University Disc., Ted G. Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Disc., David L. Leal, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion 65-104 Early Career at Research Institutions: Getting and Keeping a Research-intensive Faculty Positon Chair Kay L. Schlozman, Boston College Panelist Deborah Jean Natoli, University of Southern California Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Benjamin R. Knoll, Centre College Jamila Celestine Michener, Cornell University 42 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 70-200 Poster Session: Methodology, Research Design, Research Ethics Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Bayesian Non-Linear Factor Analysis: A Generalized Approach for Continuous Transformations Kevin Anthony McAlister, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Verified Bayesian Computation, with Application to Nonparametric Statistical Models of Election-fraud and Causal Inference Bryce Edward Corrigan, Cornell University The Orange Game: An Online Platform to Study Economic Decisions Alessandro Del Ponte, Stony Brook University Benchmarking Research Integrity in Publishing and Graduate Education: A Comparative Study Franchesca Victoria Nestor, West Virginia University Gillian Beach, West Virginia University Trisha Buchanan Phillips, West Virginia University Disc., Michael B. Gibilisco, University of Rochester Disc., Davin Matthew Raiha, Ivey Business School 43 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 70-201 Poster Session: Methodology in the Study of Institutions, Conflict Post. 5 Post. 6 Post. 7 44 Testing Cederman: Relative Capability as the Missing Link in Modeling and Projecting Conflict-intensity Patterns Matthew Mark Felice, Florida International University Risk Aversion and Roll Call Votes Danielle Jeanne Martin, University of Michigan Inferring Who Actually Writes the Majority Opinion from Opinion Texts Soichiro Yamauchi, University of Tokyo Disc., Douglas R. Rice, University of Mississippi Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 70-202 Poster Session: Methodology in the Study of Political Behavior Post. 8 The Effect of Emotions and Political Ideology on Deliberative Attitudes Margarita Orozco, University of Wisconsin, Madison Post. 9 Who Cheats on What?: A Comparison of Web-based Survey and Face-to-Face Survey when Measuring Political Knowledge Jong-Heum Chung, Seoul National University Post. 10 The Effect of House Prices On Attitudes Toward Social Welfare Policies Weihuang Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Post. 11 Voting on Equal Opportunity in Contests: Evidence from an Online Synchronous Experiment Soenke K. Ehret, New York University 45 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-207 Poster Session: Political Opinions, Attitudes, and Ideology Post. 12 Wear to Where: An Analysis of Sartorial Choices and Performing Power Mary Margaret Gainey, Carroll University Post. 13 The Social Positioning of American Political Ideology Graham W. Wright, Brandeis University Post. 14 Online Studies of Moral Frames in Abortion Attitudes Elizabeth Chase Connors, Stony Brook University Timothy J. Ryan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Post. 15 The Effect of Changing Temperatures on State-level Opinion about Climate Change Sarah Parrish Bergquist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Christopher Warshaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Post. 16 How Disagreement in Political Discourse Leads to Political Engagement: Comparing the First-time Voters and the Experienced Voters Sample in the U.S. Midterm Elections of 2014 Hailey Hyun-kyung Oh, George Mason University Disc., Jason M. Turcotte, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 46 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-208 Poster Session: Polarization Post. 17 Legislative Polarization: A View from the States Eloise Anastasia Hincker, Appalachian State University Courtney Bradway, Appalachian State University Post. 18 Party Identification and In-Group, Out-Group Influence on Candidate Perception J. David Schmitz, Texas Tech University Gregg R. Murray, Texas Tech University Post. 19 Trouble Brewing: Polarization and the Rise of the Tea Party Michael Joseph Simrak, Purdue University Post. 20 Is Civil Political Engagement Possible?: Examining Factors Associated With Non-Polarized Political Engagement in a Divisive Era James Edward Vike, Widener University Disc., Zachary Folsom Cook, DePaul University 47 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-209 Poster Session: Judicial Politics II Post. 21 Judicial Diversity and Opinion Language in the U.S. Courts of Appeals Susan Haire, University of Georgia Laura P. Moyer, University of Louisville Robert K. Christensen, University of Georgia John Szmer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Post. 22 On Stability of SCOTUS Legitimacy: A Dynamic Panel Analysis of Individual-level Evidence Fanghui Zhao, University of Pittsburgh Post. 23 Why do Courts Defer to Administrative Agency Judgment Devin Foster Judge-Lord, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Deborah Beim, Yale University 48 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-210 Poster Session: Politics of Disadvantaged Groups Post. 24 Gender Neutral Restrooms on College Campuses: Helping or Hurting Gender Variant Students Cheryl Ann O'Brien, Idaho State University Post. 25 Most Other People and Me: A Case Study of Opinions about Same-Sex Marriage among United Methodist Parishioners in an Arkansas County Mark Steven Nabors, University of Arkansas Post. 26 Racially Marginalized, Politically Informed: An Inquiry Into the Internet and Racial Politics Alejandro Javier Pineda, University of Michigan Post. 27 Empowering Women: Do Individual Attitudes or Social Groups Matter Most Livia Baer-Bositis, Tufts University 49 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-211 Poster Session: Elections and Representation Post. 28 Does Size Matter?: Examining the Impact of Geographic and Population Size on Legislative Representation Courtney B. Bradway, Appalachian State University Eloise Anastasia Hincker, Appalachian State University Post. 29 Transnational Voting: Impact on Political Participation in Host Country Hyung Lae Park, El Paso Community College Post. 30 We Saved You A Seat: Interest Group Representation on Federal Advisory Committees Alexander C Furnas, University of Michigan Post. 31 Discerning Source Credibility in Strategic Voting Robyn Lynn Stiles, Louisiana State University Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University Post. 32 Why City Governments Control where their Employees Live: Boston's Residency Requirement Shiro Kuriwaki, Harvard University Post. 33 Conditionally Effective: Understanding Conditional Party Government through the Lens of Legislative Effectiveness Michael Patrick Olson, Harvard University Disc., Colin D. Swearingen, John Carroll University Disc., Amanda Friesen, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 50 Thursday, April 7, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thursday, April 7 at 1:15 pm 71-212 Poster Session: Political Rhetoric and Culture Post. 34 Rejecting the Negative?: Voter Response to Negative Campaigning John W. Williams, Principia College Post. 35 Political Culture and Democracy in 140 Characters or Less John A. Grummel, Upper Iowa University Melle Starsen, Upper Iowa University Post. 36 Attributing Political Ideology to Biology Versus Choice Influences Attitudes About Political Outgroups Melissa N. Baker, University of California, Merced Ingrid J. Haas, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Post. 37 The Politics of Lying Daniel P. Franklin, Georgia State University David Prindle, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Brian Patrick Tilley, National University Disc., Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign 83-100 Arthur Meets Critics: Sampaio's Monograph "Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants" Chair Sergio C. Wals, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panelist Anna C. Sampaio, Santa Clara University Sergio I. Garcia-Rios, Cornell University Francisco I. Pedraza, Texas A & M University 51 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 1-106 Chair Arthur Sanders, Drake University Panelist Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University Joseph Bafumi, Dartmouth College James E. Campbell, State University of New York, Buffalo Susan A. MacManus, University of South Florida 2-3 52 8-17 Institutional Concerns and Policy Outcomes Chair, TBA Explaining Institutional Change of the Health Care System in Korea and Taiwan Ungki Jung, Johns Hopkins University Governors and Assemblies: A Subnational Level Analysis Marina Paola Lacalle, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Local Governments, Private Entrepreneurs and Property Rights Protection: Evidence from China Hongyi Hong Liang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Resource Nationalism and Mining: Comparing Nationalization Efforts across Latin America Paula Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Alissandra T. Stoyan, Kansas State University Authoritarian and Democratic Processes in Africa Chair, TBA Democratization or Business as Usual?: Evaluating the Longterm Impact of Africa’s “Watershed” Elections Anna Brigevich, North Carolina Central University History Favors the Victors, But Does Justice?: Evidence of Truth Commission Bias from South Africa Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, Binghamton University Paul Zachary, University of California, San Diego When Participation Becomes Surveillance: Participatory Approaches of Development and Authoritarian Consolidation in Sudan Anne-Laure Claire Mahé, Université de Montréal Disc., Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg Disc., Florian Reiche, University of Warwick Audience Discussion Regime Support and Political Behavior in Authoritarian States Chair, Ju Yeon Park, Columbia University The Long-Term Impact of Mobilization and Repression on Democratic Attitudes in China Scott W. Desposato, UZH/University of California, San Diego Gang Wang, University of Zurich Voting for the Devil You Know: Explaining Who Votes in Rigged Elections and Why with Evidence from Cameroon Natalie Wenzell Letsa, Cornell University Economic Evaluations and Political Support in Authoritarian Countries: A Comparative Viewpoint Ray Ou Yang, University of Iowa Yingnan Zhou, University of Iowa Disrespect for Human Rights and Contentious Participation: Evidence from China Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, State University of New York, Cortland Disc., Ju Yeon Park, Columbia University Audience Discussion Incumbents, Opposition, and Monitors: Examining Fraud as a Strategic Practice Cross-Nationally Chair, Joshua D. Potter, Louisiana State University The Fingerprints of Mexico's 1988 Presidential Election Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston Beyond the Opposition: Who Rejects Electoral Results Svitlana Chernykh, Australian National University Investigating the Cross-National Determinants of Electoral Fraud Tonya M. Kenny, Louisiana State University Joshua D. Potter, Louisiana State University Bribing or Coercing the Electorate?: The Conditional Choice of Electoral Strategy Mascha Rauschenbach, University of Mannheim Fraud is not a Last Resort Alberto Simpser, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Jose Antonio Hernandez Company, Technologico de Monterrey Disc., Andrew Thomas Little, Cornell University Disc., Joshua D. Potter, Louisiana State University Audience Discussion 5-22 6-2 The Welfare State and Equality: The Politics of Expansion and Inclusion Chair, TBA Same-Sex Relationship Recognition as a Test of the Effects of Welfare State Comprehensiveness Misty Lynn Knight-Rini, University of California, Irvine Inequality, Redistribution, and Political Unrest: Examining Contentious Politics Across Welfare Regimes David Neil Lopez, University of Washington My Baby Needs the State: Explaining Gender Differences in Attitude Change towards Welfare State Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University Diana Elena Burlacu, Humboldt University, Berlin Government Intervention and Subjective Well-Being: A Global Appraisal Alexander Carrl Pacek, Texas A&M University Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame Patrick Flavin, Baylor University Disc., Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion 4-2 Democratizing Candidate Selection: Primaries and Political Selection in Botswana Shana Warren, New York University Disc., Kristen Elaine Kao, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion 2016 Presidential Nomination Campaigns (Co-sponsored with Electoral Campaigns, see 26-100) 10-2 Political Violence in the Americas: Causes and Effects Chair, TBA A Theory of Gang Governance Nicholas John Barnes, University of Wisconsin, Madison Reducing Police Violence and Lack of Accountability: The Case of Rio de Janeiro’s UPP Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University Edgar F. Franco Vivanco, Stanford University Drug-related Violence and Party Behavior: The Case of Candidate Selection in Mexico Amalia Pulido, University of North Texas Casualties of Governance: Police Fatal Shootings, Political Partisanship and the Rule of Law in Jamaica Jason Malcolm Wilks, Florida State University Disc., Daniel Phillip Berliner, Arizona State University Disc., Reynaldo Tomas Rojo-Mendoza, San Diego State University Audience Discussion Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 11-4 Language and Politics in Asia 13-3 Chair, Joel Sawat Selway, Brigham Young University Prioritizing Education and the Effects on Standardizing Official Languages: Evidence from Singapore Brendan Apfeld, University of Texas, Austin Amy H. Liu, University of Texas, Austin Justification or Mobilization?: The Dynamic of the Concept of Democracy in Modern China Yue Hu, University of Iowa Minority Language Recognition, Economic Inequality, and Political Trust in Dictatorships Jay Chieh Kao, University of Texas, Austin Amy H. Liu, University of Texas, Austin Chun-Ying Wu, University of Texas, Austin Vernacular Education, Segregated Classrooms, and Ethnic Diversity: A Comparison of SAP and non-SAP schools in Singapore Elvin Ong, Emory University Kai Ostwald, University of British Columbia Dimitar Dimitrov Gueorguiev, Syracuse University The Political Appeal of Language: Dialect and Voter Opinion in Thailand Jacob Isaac Ricks, Singapore Management University Disc., Joel Sawat Selway, Brigham Young University 15-13 Disc., Wenfang Tang, University of Iowa Audience Discussion 12-400 Informal and Formal Means of Voice: Media, Money, and Messaging in Africa Freedom of Opinion and Freedom of Expression: The Threat of Internet Freedom on the Strength of Global Civil Society Elvis Asorwoe, Florida International University Elite Messaging and NGOs: A Case Study of DemocracyPromotion in Côte d’Ivoire Justine Davis, University of California, Berkeley Financing Political Opposition in Ghana Joseph Luna, Harvard University Finding an Outlet: Electoral Losers and Political Demonstration Allison Kathryn Patch, University of Maryland, College Park Ethnicity, Partisanship and Representation: Analyzing Kenyan Parliamentary Hansard Inbok Rhee, University of California, San Diego 12-401 Regional and International Interventions in Elections, Conflict and Norm Creation in Africa Chair, Manuela Travaglianti, University of California, Berkeley Consolidating Electoral Democracy In Ghana: The Role Of Foreign Election Observer Missions Antwi Boasiako, Brock University Pro-interventionalists vs Pro-sovereigntists in Africa: Explaining Attitudes towards the Duty to Intervene Regionally Peter H. Penar, Michigan State University The Rise of Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Diffusion of Ideas and Norms Through International Organizations Alesha Nicole Towers Porisky, University of Toronto The Francafrique Effect: French Paternalism and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa Yale A. Skipworth, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Solomon Hailu, Oral Roberts University Disc., Manuela Travaglianti, University of California, Berkeley 16-7 Authoritarian Resilience and Collapse in the Middle East Chair, TBA Growing Power: Agricultural Endowments and the Roots of Authoritarian Persistence in MENA Allison Spencer Hartnett, University of Oxford Institutions of Division: Tutelary Powers and the Fragmentation of Authoritarian Party Systems Payam Mohseni, Harvard University Sean Paul Ashley, Harvard University Trust in Government in Authoritarian Arab Countries: The Role of Attitudes toward Democracy Semih Patan, University of Illinois, Chicago The Problems of White Land in Urbanized Deserts: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Survival in Saudi Arabia and Oman Mamdouh Ahmed Shouman, Georgia State University State-Managed Media after Mass Uprisings: Censorship and Identity Conflict in Egypt and Tunisia Meir Raphael Walters, Georgetown University Disc., Dina I. Rashed, University of Chicago Disc., Eva Wegner, GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies Audience Discussion Politics of Economic Integration Chair, TBA Not All Tariffs Are Created Equal Timm Betz, Texas A&M University Amy Pond, Texas A&M University Domestic Interest, Competition and Capital Controls in the Emerging Markets Ritong Lu, University of California, Santa Barbara Boring from Within or Hammering from Without?: A Comparative Case Study of Strike Violence in the Garment Industry Fathimath Musthaq, Indiana University NAFTA After Twenty: Myths, Fears, and Realities of U.S.Mexican Economic Integration Evren Wiltse, South Dakota State University Disc., Michael Courtney, Dublin City University Audience Discussion Investment: What Do Investors Want and How Do They Get It Chair, TBA Individual Incentives and Investment Attraction Celeste Beesley, Brigham Young University Jerald Adam Long, Brigham Young Univeristy Passing on the Risk: The Role Investment Incentives Play in the Reliability of International Capital Vivienne A. Born, University of Pennsylvania Invader of Last Resort?: North-South Investment and the Foreign Policy Preferences of Financial Firms Michael J. Lee, Hunter College, CUNY Adrian Florea, Oberlin College Nicolas Blarel, Leiden University Decentralization and Foreign Direct Investment: How Political Structure Shapes M&As and Greenfield Investments Youngchae Lee, University of Rochester Disc., Alero E. Akporiaye, Bates College Disc., James Richard Hollyer, University of Minnesota Disc., Joel Luc Raveloharimisy, Andrews University Audience Discussion 53 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 17-3 Empirical Tests of Theories of Conflict Initiation and Termination Chair, TBA Electing Not to Fight: New Democracies in Bad Neighborhoods R. Joseph Huddleston, University of Southern California Ronan Tse-min Fu, University of Southern California When Does Clarity Matter?: Diversionary Propensity in Democracies and International Behavior Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois, Springfield Erik R. Tillman, DePaul University Party Duration and Conflict: Examining the Impact of Incumbent Party Tenure on Diversionary Uses of Force Jason Thomas, Syracuse University Firm-Hand Model of Rivalry Termination: Autocrats, Veto Players and Rivalry Termination Through Negotiations Chaekwang You, Ohio State University Weonjae Kim, Yonsei University Disc., Andrew W. Bausch, Carnegie Mellon University Audience Discussion 18-4 21-2 Making Power Chair, TBA The Struggle of Imitation: Complexity, Systems Integration and the Waning Advantages of Backwardness in Military Technology Mauro Gilli, Northwestern University Cyber Terror and War in Military Ventures Sunny Sunyoung Lee, Institute for Korea The Determinants of Military Manpower Policies in New States Max Zeldes Margulies, University of Pennsylvania Producing Goods and Projecting Power: How What You Make Influences What You Take Jonathan Markowitz, University of Southern California Blake McMahon, Air Force Research Institute Christopher J. Fariss, Pennsylvania State University Virtual Nuclear Weapons and International Security Darryl Lamont Roberts, Tuskegee University Jamila Lori Rice, Tuskegee University Disc., Blake McMahon, Air Force Research Institute Audience Discussion Chair Christopher D. Newman, Elgin Community College Panelist Ribhi I. Salhi, Oakton Community College Michael M. Kazanjian, Triton College Daniell Haisan, Midwest Complex Systems Collective 54 Toward Multilateral Models of War Chair, Kayce Mobley, Wabash College Empowerment of Women in Peacebuilding Anna Telise Hutcheson, Kent State University Spoiling the Mediation in Ethnic Conflict: How Do Intra-Party Dynamics Influence Turning Back to Terrorism Mustafa Kirisci, University of North Texas Political Stability in the Aftermath of Track Two Diplomacy Sumi Lee, University of Hawaii, Hilo Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight: Disproportionality and International Mediation Kayce Mobley, Wabash College Sarah Fisher, Emory & Henry College The Dynamic Interactions between Multiple Interventions Ezra Schricker, Ohio State University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 23-600 Salient Foreign Policy Issues 18-100 A New Complex Systems Approach to Understand Social Revolution 20-2 International Crisis Management Chair, TBA What Information Problem?: The Problem of Dyadic Deception 25-2 in Explaining War Michael Kevin McKoy, Wheaton College Richard Pell Jordan, Princeton University Taking Multilateral War Seriously Paul Poast, University of Chicago Gary Uzonyi, University of Massachusetts, Lowell To Bargain or Depose: Choosing between Leaders and their Domestic Enemies Melissa Willard-Foster, University of Vermont Disc., Stephen Chaudoin, University of Ilinois Disc., Kentaro Hirose, Waseda University Audience Discussion Chair, Sharon Yamen, Utah Valley University Breaking All the Norms: Sovereign Default and Foreign Policy Joshua Keegan Alley, Texas A&M University Growing Pains: Examining the Consequences of NATO's Interwar Development on U.S.-NATO Relations Julie M. Garey, Northeastern University A Conservative Revolution: Studying Obama’s Grand Strategy Jacob William Shively, University of West Florida Small States and the EU Integration: Foreign Policies of Latvia and Iceland Sandis Sraders, Old Dominion University Examining American Foreign Policy Engagement, the Obama Presidency, and Political Eurocentrism Through Interddisciplinary Computational Large Scale Text Mininng Simonee Lasalle Thomas, Clark Atlanta University Comparative Electoral Institutions, Costly Signals, and Mediation Outcomes James Preston Todhunter, Troy University As a Rising Power Turkey’s Response to the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Ozgur Tufekci, Karadeniz Technical University Assessing International Order: Major Power Culpability for Fragile and Failing States John H. Van Benthuysen, Black Hills State University The Hidden Challenger: Strategic Abandonment and Its Applications Sangbeom Yoo, Korea National Defense University The Comprehensive Approach to Post-conflict Reconstruction: U.S. and Canada in Afghanistan Compared Benjamin Zyla, University of Ottawa Static or Dynamic? Human Rights Practices in International Relations Chair, David R. Davis, Emory University Are Human Rights Practices Getting Better or Worse David L. Cingranelli, Binghamton University Mikhail Filippov, State University of New York, Binghamton Do Treaty Ratification Fights Matter for Human Rights Compliance Paul David Danyi, Purdue University Determinants that Influence the Membership to International Human Rights Regimes Matheus Soldi Hardt, Institute of Relations International, Sao Paulo The Same, Yet Different: Are Human Rights Improving Peter Haschke, University of North Carolina, Asheville Mark Gibney, University of North Carolina, Asheville Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Policy Output, Party Positions, and/or Media Coverage: A Test of Competing Mechanisms in the Thermostatic Theory of Representation Christopher Williams, University of Mannheim Martijn Schoonvelde, University of Exeter Disc., Pablo Barbera, New York University Disc., Eitan D. Hersh, Yale University Audience Discussion Disc., David R. Davis, Emory University Audience Discussion 27-2 Reactive Limits to Diaspora Enfranchisement: Categories, Causes, and Cases Chair, Daniel Jacob Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania Domestic and International Influences on the Adoption of External Voting Rights Nathan Allen, University of British Columbia Benjamin Nyblade, Johns Hopkins University Angela J. O'Mahony, RAND Corporation Citizenship Regimes and Political Integration of Immigrants: Participating in Local Elections in Belgium Barbara Sgouraki Kinsey, University of Central Florida Cristina Bradatan, Texas Tech University Diaspora Anti-Party Sentiment: The Case of Mexico Michael Paarlberg, Georgetown University Reactive Limits to Diaspora Enfranchisement: Categories, Causes and Cases Anca Turcu, University of Central Florida Uncertain Inclusion: Toward a Broader Theory of Diaspora Voting Elizabeth Iams Wellman, Yale University Disc., Jeremy Ferwerda, Brown University Disc., Daniel Jacob Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania Audience Discussion 28-4 29-12 Primaries Chair, Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis Re-assessing Primary Election Type and Candidate Ideology Steven Greene, North Carolina State University Nicholas Lafayette Pyeatt, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University How Primary Position-Taking Shapes Candidate Extremism Adam Gregory Hughes, University of Virginia Thomas Gray, University of Virginia Andrew James Clarke, University of Virginia The Effect of the Top Two Primarys in California and Washington Eric M. McGhee, Public Policy Institute of California Boris Shor, Georgetown University Accountability in State Legislative Primary Elections Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University Top-Two and Candidate Ideologies: A Quixotic Quest for Change Keith W. Smith, University of the Pacific Disc., Christian R. Grose, University of Southern California Disc., Aaron S. King, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Audience Discussion Citizen to Policy Linkages: Measuring Government Responsiveness to the People Chair, TBA Estimating Citizens' Policy Positions Using Roll Call Votes Seth J. Hill, University of California, San Diego Gregory A. Huber, Yale University Voters, Activists and Policy Representation Jan Leighley, American University Jennifer Oser, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Unequal Political Responsiveness in the Welfare State?: Testing the Opinion-policy Link in Sweden Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg Mikael Gilljam, University of Gothenburg 30-400 Forecasts, Economics, and Voting Behavior Conflict is Not Always a Bad Thing, the Impact of Government Conflict on the Ratings of Coalition Partners: Evidence from Germany Mariyana Angelova, University of Vienna Voting and the Behavioral Economics of Housing in an Affordability Crisis Michael Stephen Griffin Hankinson, Harvard University Non-Consecutive Executives: Changing Preferences in a Changing World MaryClare Teresa Roche, University of Rochester Patience as the Rational Foundation of Sociotropic Voting Austin Horng-En Wang, Duke University Disc., Steven Joseph Doherty, Dickinson State University Disc., Stacy Gwenn Ulbig, Sam Houston State University 30-401 Gender, Information, and Compassion in Voting Behavior Chair, Jeanine Elizabeth Kraybill, California State University, Bakersfield Women, Scandal, and the Double Standard Kayla Sue Canelo, University of California, Merced The Transformation of the Gender Gap in Partisanship in the U.S.: A Generational Replacement Liran Harsgor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Politics for Cognitive Misers Nate Walter Kratzer, University of Kentucky Incentivizing the Issueless Campaign: The Role of Independents and Candidate Compassion Jared Andrew McDonald, University of Maryland Disc., Ivy A. M. Cargile, St. Norbert College 31-3 Methodological Issues in Network Studies Chair, TBA The Systems Science of Politics Matthew J. Denny, Pennsylvania State University Interpretation of Geometrically Weighted Statistics in Exponential Random Graph Models of Political Networks Michael A. Levy, University of California, Davis Mark N. Lubell, University of California, Davis Philip Leifeld, University of Konstanz Skyler John Cranmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Effects of Discussion on Turnout: What Can We Learn from Observational Survey Data Matthew T. Pietryka, Florida State Universtiy Hidden Aristocracy: Unearthing the Connections Among Political and Industrial Elites Barbara Maria Piotrowska, University of Rochester Matthew James Sweeten, University of Rochester Justin Wakefield Nicholson, University of Rochester Who Discusses Politics, and How They Come to Discuss Politics?: The Social Supply of Political Discussants, 55 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Does Transparency Bias Survey Research Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University John Barry Ryan, Stony Brook University Elizabeth Chase Connors, Stony Brook University Framing, Public Opinion and Pipelines: Analyzing the Persuasiveness of Alternative Frames in Pipeline Debates Erick Lachapelle, Université de Montréal Timothy B. Gravelle, University of Essex Richard Nadeau, University of Montréal Pierre Martin, Universite de Montreal How Maps Shape Perceptions of International Security Issues Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary Elizabeth Martin, College of William and Mary Ashley Nicole Napier, College of William & Mary Comparing Two Elite-level Surveys of Parliamentarians in Poland: Does the Formulation of Questions and Survey Mode Matter Peter Jan Tunkis, Ohio State University Disc., Albert H. Fang, Yale University Disc., Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College Audience Discussion Endogenous Structuring Processes, and Their Implications on the Structure of Political Discussion Networks Hyunjin Song, University of Vienna David Lazer, Northeastern University Katherine Ognyanova, Rutgers University Michael A. Neblo, Ohio State University William Minozzi, Ohio State University Disc., Bruce Desmarais, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Bruce Desmarais, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Stefan J. Wojcik, Northeastern University/Harvard University Audience Discussion 32-500 Foundations of American Public Opinion Examining the Dynamic Ideological Stereotypes and Moral Foundations of the Words ‘Liberal’ and ‘Conservative’ in the National Media K. Elizabeth Coggins, Colorado College Andrew Post, Colorado College Moral Epistemology and the Foundations of Political Values M. Troy Gibson, University of Southern Mississippi Christopher Daniel Hare, University of California, Davis Political Efficacy and Theories of Self: Is There a “Political Engagement Mindset” Martin J. Kifer, High Point University Brian McDonald, High Point University Explaining Support for Stealth Democracy Stephen K. Medvic, Franklin & Marshall College A Fresh Look at Preferential and Behavioral Change Among Whites in the Post-VRA South William Charles Terry, University of Oregon Disc., William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University Disc., Paul M. Kellstedt, Texas A&M University 34-3 35-2 56 Theory and Measurement in Political Psychology Chair, TBA The $106,250 Question: Red or Blue? Using Experiments to Understand the Effect of Color Choice on Political Knowledge Bryce Jensen Dietrich, University of Missouri, Columbia Matthew V. Hibbing, University of California, Merced Payel Sen, University of Missouri Linking Theory and Measurement: An Item Analysis of the Racial Resentment Index Andrew Engelhardt, Vanderbilt University Understanding the Neural Underpinnings of Political Evaluation Using Functional MRI Ingrid J. Haas, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Melissa N. Baker, University of California, Merced Frank John Gonzalez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Reactions to Conflict: How Emotional and Physiological Responses to News Predict Political Interest Jay Thomas Jennings, Temple University Nicolas Martin Anspach, Temple University Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University Disc., Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Francisco I. Pedraza, Texas A & M University Audience Discussion Challenges in Survey Design Chair, Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College Checking Your Privilege at the Door: A Feminist Approach to Gaining Access and Conducting Research on Protected Populations Laticia J. Herkshan, Idaho State University Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State University 36-2 Politics and Popular Culture Chair, Heather E. Yates, University of Central Arkansas Does Celebrity Issue Advocacy Mobilize Issue Publics Darin D. Dewitt, California State University, Long Beach Matthew D. Atkinson, University of California, Los Angeles Entertainment Media Political Effects Jack Anthony Gierzynski, University of Vermont Celebrity Credibility: Is Second Place Really for Losers? Mark A. Harvey, University of Saint Mary An Aggregate Time Series Analysis of the Portrayal of Women on Prime Time TV and Public Opinion on Women’s Rights Kenneth Mulligan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Sara Renee Browning, Southern Illinois University Disc., Philip Habel, University of Glasgow-UK Disc., Heather E. Yates, University of Central Arkansas Audience Discussion 37-100 Gender in Election 2016 Chair Corrine M. McConnaughy, George Washington University Panelist Jennifer L. Lawless, American University Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley Chryl Nicole Laird, Saint Louis University Kelly Dittmar, Rutgers University 39-103 Debating Machiavelli's Gospel: A Roundtable Chair John P. McCormick, University of Chicago Panelist Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University Clifford Orwin, University of Toronto Nathan Tarcov, University of Chicago John Patrick Coby, Smith College William B. Parsons, Carroll College 43-500 Public Images, Public Spaces Chair, John William Maynor, Middle Tennessee State University On the Concept of the Image Gregg Daniel Miller, University of Washington Reflexive Public Spaces and Social Practice Art Kathleen Tipler, University of Oklahoma Christina Chang, Carleton College The Smugglers: The Rational-Critical Discourse of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Jamie Lynn Warner, Marshall University Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm David Foster Wallace and the Audience of Democratic Authority Joel Matthew Winkelman, Hamilton College Disc., Liza Taylor, Loyola Marymount University Disc., Bernardo Zacka, Stanford University 45-22 50-2 Chair, Christopher J. Zorn, Pennsylvania State University Voter Initiatives and Access to Higher Education Kristen Gail Barnes, University of Akron Standing Up and Standing Out: Niche Advocacy among Christian Legal Groups Daniel Richard Bennett, Eastern Kentucky University From Goodridge to Obergefell: Why Litigation Was An Effective Strategy for LBGT Actvists Scott Lemieux, College of Saint Rose Shauna F. Fisher, Syracuse University Losing is Losing: How Movement Opponents Respond to Litigation and Legislative Losses Alexander Geoffrey Lovell, University of Utah Context and Action: The Political Opportunity Structure and the Strategies of Public Interest Law Organizations Paul Alan Snell , University of Minnesota Disc., Michael A. Zilis, University of Kentucky Disc., Christopher J. Zorn, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion Comparative Studies of Parties, Polarization, and Partisanship Chair, Lucio Picci, University of Bologna The Effects of Electoral Rule (Dis)proportionality on Parties' Policy Platforms and Polarization Konstantinos Matakos, London School of Economics Janne Tukiainen, University of Helsinki Dimitrios Xefteris, University of Cyprus Riikka Savolainen, University of Aalto Partisanship across the Atlantic: A Comparison of Different Measures Aldo Paparo, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Cristophe Crombez, Stanford University/University of Leuven Political Polarization: A Measurement Analysis Kelly Norell Senters, University of Illinois Paul Franz Testa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Disc., Jonathan Homola, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Lucio Picci, University of Bologna Audience Discussion 51-400 Symposium on Law and Jurisprudence Chair, Cary Howard Federman, Montclair State University Representation and Reality in Arbitration Scholarship Eric Thomas George, York University A Lockean Free-Exercise Jurisprudence: Policing the Boundary Between Church and State Anthony Lister Ives, University of Texas, Austin Decentralization vs Federalism: A New Look at Localism and the Administrative State Margaret Elizabeth Moslander, University of Texas, Austin Religious Liberty Jurisprudence in a Comparative Context: Canada and the United States Kevin G. Vance, University of Notre Dame Disc., Cary Howard Federman, Montclair State University Disc., Jay Sterling Silver, St. Thomas University 47-101 Interest Group Representation and the New Elitism Chair Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University Panelist Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University Andrew S. McFarland, University of Illinois, Chicago Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University Kay L. Schlozman, Boston College Dara Z. Strolovitch, Princeton University 48-101 Bureaucratic Politics: Bert Rockman's Contributions to the Field Chair Paul A. Beck, Ohio State University Panelist Joel D. Aberbach, University of California, Los Angeles George C. Edwards, Texas A&M University Terry M. Moe, Stanford University B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh S. Laurel Weldon, Purdue University 49-5 Committees Chair, TBA The Illusory Textbook Congress Christopher Robert Berry, University of Chicago Anthony Fowler, University of Chicago Institutional Ambitions and Partisanship in the U.S. House of Representatives Alison W. Craig, Ohio State University Twitter and the Responsiveness of Congressional Participation David Robert Foster, University of California, Berkeley Chris J. Kennedy, University of California, Berkeley When are Committees Powerful Alexander Fouirnaies, Oxford University Andrew B. Hall, Stanford University Choosing the Leader: Explaining Vote Choice in the 1994 Race for House Majority Whip Matthew N. Green, Catholic University of America Douglas B. Harris, Loyola University, Maryland Disc., Michael S. Lynch, University of Georgia Disc., Paul J. Quirk, University of British Columbia Audience Discussion Interest Groups, Social Movements, Courts and Social Change 52-3 Gender and Judging Chair, TBA A Different Perception: Legitimacy Judgments and Descriptive Representation Alex Badas, Indiana University Katelyn E. Stauffer, Indiana University Judging by Gender: Explaining Sentencing Variability in Federal Human Trafficking Cases Vanessa Bouche, Texas Christian University It's Who You Are and How You Say It: The Psychology of Gender in Attorney Success at the Supreme Court Shane A. Gleason, Idaho State University Jennifer Jean Jones, University of California, Irvine Aditi Ahlawat, Oregon State University Jessica Rae McBean, Idaho State University Pursuing Equality by Different Paths: The Influence of Women’s Interest Groups as Litigators in the U.S. and Canadian Supreme Courts Lori Joanne Hausegger, Boise State University What Does A Woman Bring to the Bench Elizabeth A. Tillman, State University of New York, Buffalo Disc., Mark S. Hurwitz, Western Michigan University Disc., Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University Audience Discussion 57 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 55-3 56-3 57-11 58 Policy Effects Across Regimes Chair, TBA Citizen Perceptions of Corruption in the Public Service: A Cross-National Analysis Nurgul R. Aitalieva, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Determinants of Minimum Income Assistance Provision in the Canadian Provinces Gerard William Boychuk, University of Waterloo Jason Roy, Wilfrid Laurier University Magnifying Insecurities: Policy Feedback, Economic Insecurity, and Social Policy Preferences in Less Developed Contexts Mallory E. Compton, Texas A&M University Pollution, Corruption, and Investment in Environmental Infrastructure in China Laura Langbein, American University Jiaqi Liang, New Mexico State University Disc., Yanhua Deng, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Disc., Laura Langbein, American University Audience Discussion 58-4 Chair, TBA The Social Acceptance of New Energy Technology in Developing Countries: A Framing Experiment in Rural India Michaël Aklin, University of Pennsylvania Chao-yo Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles Johannes Urpelainen, Columbia University Triggers for Policy Change: The 3.11 Fukushima Meltdowns and Global Nuclear Policy Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University Summer Forester, Purdue University Elisa I. Hörhager, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Power to the People or Regulatory Ratcheting?: Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Attempts to Site Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in the United States: 1954-1996 Eric Swanson Berndt, Purdue University In Search of Certainty: How Political Authority and Scientific Authority Interact in Japan’s Nuclear Restart Process Paul Joseph Scalise, University of Duisburg, Essen Disc., David Konisky, Indiana University Disc., John W. Patty, University of Chicago Audience Discussion Food Policy: State and Local Governance Chair, TBA Support for Farm to School Policies in the Midwest Patricia Boling, Purdue University Local Governance of Food Policy: A Comparison of Initiatives across Eight U.S. Counties Jill K. Clark, Ohio State University Planning for a Healthier Los Angeles: A Case Study of Community-Driven Local Food Systems Planning Breanna Nicole Hawkins, University of Southern California LaVonna Blair Lewis, University of Southern California Denise Diaz Payan, University of Southern California United for Health: A Learning Community Model for Food Justice in 5 Los Angeles Communities LaVonna Blair Lewis, University of Southern California Denise Diaz Payan, University of Southern California David Sloane, University of Southern California Breanna Nicole Hawkins, University of Southern California Disc., Michelle D. Jurkovich, Univ. of Massachusetts Boston Audience Discussion The Politics of Immigration Frontiers in Energy Research: Civil Society and the Market in Comparative Perspective 59-2 Chair, TBA Anatomy of Resettlement in the U.S.: Empirical Analysis of Refugee Migration 60-10 Anuj Gurung, Kent State University Regularizing Unauthorized Immigrants: Issue Definition and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 Rachel Navarre, University of Texas, Austin China, the Transformation of Immigrant-sending to Immigrantreceiving Country Shaobin Yu, Shandong University Heungsuk Choi, Korea University Disc., Kristin Taylor O'Donovan, Wayne State University Disc., Harry Wessel, Merrimack College Audience Discussion Distribution and Capture Chair, Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester The Budget Paradox: Simultaneous Stability and Volatility in the Army's Budget Heidi Brockmann Demarest, U.S. Military Academy Pay for Performance or Pay for Politics Scott Limbocker, Vanderbilt University Mark Richardson, Vanderbilt University Contracts as Pork?: The Implications of Distributive Politics and Minority Representation in Federal Procurement Decisions William G. Resh, University of Southern California John D. Marvel, George Mason University Diagnosis Capture: A Typology for Defining and Pinpointing Agency Capture Justin Rex, Shawnee State University You Say Capture, We Say Influence Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University Franchesca Victoria Nestor, West Virginia University Disc., Robert J. McGrath, George Mason University Disc., Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester Audience Discussion Performance Management Chair, TBA I Believe I am Doing Better than You Think: Explaining the Gaps between Self-assessment and Administrative Assessment Ohbet Cheon, Texas A&M University Citizen Perceptions of Healthcare Policy Success: A CrossNational Examination Andrew Lee Morelock, University of Tennessee Accuracy versus Accessibility: How Reports for Public Consumption Can Lead to the Wrong Solution William Rauh, University of South Carolina Governance Structure and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Study of Hospital Organizations in New York City Chul-Young Roh, Lehman College, CUNY M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University Kwangho Jung, Seoul National University Transparency and Accountability: The Swedish Experience Viviana Gabriela Stechina, Uppsala University Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 60-600 Research Blitz: Local Government and Beyond Chair, John A. Hamman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Civic Engagement and Local Government Employees: Exploring the “Spill-over” Effect into the Public Square Melissa C. Emerson, University of Wisconsin, Stout Organizational Strategy, Structure and Public Service Provider Performance: Evidence from China’s Public Culture Service Pu Gong, Tsinghua University Yongheng Yang, Tsinghua University Public Opinion, Popular Support, and Independent Agencies Haram Lee, University of Southern California How Employee Empowerment Contributes to Individual and Organizational Performance?: An Empirical Assessment of Employee Empowerment in a Law Enforcement Agency Jongsoo Park, Ohio State University Does Greater Transparency Lead to Greater Accountability?: An Experiment Gregory A. Porumbescu, Northern Illinois University Sebastian Jilke, Rutgers University Erica Ceka, Northern Illinois University Determinants of Local Government Unrestricted Fund Balances: The Case of Illinois LaShonda M. Stewart, Southern Illinois University John A. Hamman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Travis W. Taylor, City of Carbondale Linking Organizational Climate for Innovation to Engagement in Innovation Implementation in the Public Sector: The Mediating Role of Psychological and Creative Self Efficacy Hedva Vinarski-Peretz, Tel-Aviv University What Make Local Officials Comply with the Policy Implementation in China's Reform Era?: A Preliminary Exploration Bo Yan, Xi'an Jiaotong University 62-9 Religious Freedom in Thought and Law Chair, TBA Complexities of Freedom of Conscience Emily R. Gill, Bradley University The Roots of Religious Freedom in Augustine and Aquinas Gabrielle Marie Girgis, Princeton University Founders and Factions: Hume’s Engagement with Machiavelli in “Of Parties in General” Joel Edward Landis, University of California, Davis Rousseau's Theological Calculus Benjamin Lynerd, Roosevelt University Disc., Kevin Kearns, University of North Texas Disc., Mary C. Segers, Rutgers University Audience Discussion 65-100 Careers off Campus: Non-academic jobs Chair Alexander James Oliver, Boston University Panelist Cynthia Ann Karaffa, Carlow University Anshul Jain, Keystone Strategy, LLC Heather M. Creek, The Pew Charitable Trusts Joanna Madej, Hippo, B.V. 59 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-200 Poster Session: Cross-national Perspectives in Africa Post. 1 Post. 2 60 Ethnic Diversity, Ethnic Competition and Social Cohesion in Africa Max Leonard Schaub, European University Institute Gender Empowerment: From Social Movement to Political Representation Zeyu Sun, Missouri State University Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-201 Poster Session: Comparative Political Economy in China 61 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-202 Poster Session: Asian Politics Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 Post. 7 62 Hunting Corruption, Aiming at Faction?: A Network Analysis of Anti-corruption in China under Xi Jinping Jia Li, University of Chicago How Public Opinion Shapes Policy Outcomes in China: The Policy Feeler Mechanism Tongtong Zhang, Stanford University Vying for the money: Proliferation of Local Government Controlled Financial Groups in China Hong Zhang, George Mason University Participatory Governance, Institutional Change, and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Papua and West Papua, Indonesia Daniel Yoo, University of Washington, Seattle Being Controlled, Active Adaption or Penetration: A Case Study on a Grass-rooted NGO’s Strategies in China Haiyan Cui, Shanghai University Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-203 Poster Session: Democratization Post. 8 Integration Processes and Challenges to Democracy in PostSoviet Countries Emil Ordukhanyan, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences Post. 9 Viewing and Measuring the Effect of Civil Society on Democratic Consolidation Using Two Case Studies Jason Capote, Brooklyn College, CUNY Post. 10 The Mechanism of Foreign Aid for Democratization: CrossNational Analysis, 1990-2010 Shusei Eshima, University of Tokyo Post. 11 Can Geographic Diffusion of Democracy Change Strong Authoritarian Regimes Min Rosemary Pang, Purdue University Disc., Luis Ochoa-Bilbao, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla 63 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-204 Poster Session: Democratization, II Disc., Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder 64 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-205 Poster Session: Modern Politics in Turkey Post. 12 Framing the "Truth": Use of Conspiracy Theories and Media in Contemporary Turkey Sezin Oney, Bilkent University Post. 13 An Alternative Look to Turkey's June 7th Elections Beyza Ekin Buyuker, University of Illinois, Chicago Post. 14 Terrorism and Voter Turnout: The Case of Turkey Adil Ceylan, Central Michigan University Post. 15 Identity and Soccer: A Comparative Analysis of Spain and Turkey Dilara Canfeda Hekimci-Adak, Bahcesehir University Disc., Kira Danielle Jumet, Marymount Manhattan College 65 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-206 Poster Session: Political Communication II Post. 16 Human Interest Frames in Asymmetric Conflict Reporting: A Comparative Analysis of Four Countries Natalia Kovalyova, University of North Texas, Dallas Post. 17 The Legalization of Digital Electoral Campaigning in Japan Joshua A. Williams, University of Washington Post. 18 Press Freedom in the Former Soviet Union: Identifying the Impact of Islam John W. Williams, Principia College Disc., Laura Sudulich, University of Kent 66 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-209 Poster Session: Governance and Conflict in the Middle East and Northern Africa 67 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-211 Poster Session: Politics and institutions in Westminster Democracies Post. 19 Party Switching in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867 Semra Sevi, University of Toronto Post. 20 Signals of Ambition: Political Speech and Career Progression Among New Entrants to the House of Commons Patrick Anthony Leslie, University of Essex Post. 21 The Politics of Parliamentary Speech: Regulating Legislative Debate in the UK House of Commons, 1811-1945 Niels Dirk Goet, University of Oxford Post. 22 Heterogeneous Mecroeconomic Voting: Evidence from the UK Julian Schuessler, University of Essex Post. 23 Judging Across the Pond:The Role of Ideology in English Judicial Decision Making at the Appellate Level Amanda Lynn Jones, University of South Carolina 68 Thursday, April 7, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Thursday, April 7 at 3:00 pm 72-215 Poster Session: Perspectives in Comparative Political Economy Disc., Gyanesh Lama, California State University, Fresno 80-2 Methodological Advances in the Study of LGBTQ+ Politics Chair, Brian F. Harrison, Northwestern University Enforce the Anti-gay Laws?: Yes, Don’t Enforce Them! Conflicting Support for the Bans on Same-sex Intimacy in Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago Mahalia Jackman, University of Manchester Intersectionality and Engagement among the LGBTQ+ Community Samara Mani Klar, University of Arizona Meghan Bergersen, University of Arizona Processes of Elite Frame Framing in Congress: The Case of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Charles Garrett Shields, University of Florida Disc., Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College Audience Discussion 81-2 Case Studies of Success and Struggle: Lessons of Leadership Decision Making and Strategy Chair, Carol Ann Traut, University of Texas, Permian Basin The John Boehner Speakership and Leadership in the House Sunil Ahuja, Higher Learning Commission Toward a Leadership Model of Obama’s Populist Legacy Sonia L. Alianak, University of Texas, Pan American How Midlevel Leaders Waged a Nine Year Battle to Overcome the Speaker, Minority Leader, and a Powerful Committee Chairman with a Successful Discharge Petition Mel A. Kahn, Wichita State University Erin Nisly, Hutchinson Community College Nixon and Abe: Different Political Systems, Similar Comebacks Anand Rao, State University of New York, Geneseo Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 88-1 Pushing the Boundaries of Understanding: Applying New Theories to Old Questions Chair, TBA Exploring the Literature on Leadership Styles, Virtue, Values, Behaviors, and Skills Within Public Leadership Literature: What Direction Might Future Research Take Jacqueline Ann Faulhaber, University of South Dakota At the Nexus of International Relations Theories (IR) and Global HIV/AIDS: New Analytical Challenge for IR Theories Owuraku Kusi-Ampofo, University of Alberta Intersectional Approaches Political Science Research: A Critical Review Sara Johanna Nyhlén, Mid Sweden University Tracing the Research Map of Hydropolitical Scholarship: Application on the Nile Basin Case Mina Michel Samaan, Technical University of Braunschweig Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 69 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 1-4 Chair, Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Depth, Participation, and the Strategic Logic of International Treaties Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Alexandros Tokhi, Berlin Social Science Center Negotiating in the Early GATT: Norms, Rules and the U.S. Tariff Schedule Robert Joseph Gulotty, University of Chicago Judith Goldstein, Stanford University The Microfoundations of Commitment to Human Rights Treaties Emily Hencken Ritter, University of California, Merced Courtenay R. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Conditional Effectiveness of the International Criminal Court Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M University Mitchell Radtke, Texas A&M University Disc., Duncan James Snidal, Oxford University Audience Discussion 3-2 5-4 7-600 70 Modelizing East Asian Welfare States by Bringing the State Back In Seokdong Kim, Claremont Graduate University Policing in Ethnically Divided Societies: Lessons from Northern Ireland Shawna Colleen Meechan, University of Oregon IMF Programs and Sensitivity to External Shocks: A Bayesian VAR Approach Mirela Sorina Miescu, Queen Mary University of London Bringing the ‘City’ Back In: Examining Urban Governance and Institutional Selection in Africa’s Conflict-Affected States David Michael Peyton, Northwestern University From Patient to Finance Capitalism: Ideas, Institutions and Interests During an Incremental Critical Juncture Nils Röper, University of Oxford Incentives for and Obstacles to EU Accession of Eastern European Members Diana Petrova White, Georgia State University The Making of International Institutions and Its Effects (Co-sponsored with International Cooperation and Organization, see 24-1) 8-9 Historical Perspectives on Economic Development Chair, Robert A. Dowd, The Persistence of Colonial Origins: The Interaction of Colonial Institutions and International Organizations Stephen Michael Bagwell, University of Georgia Industrial Revolution and Political Change Adriane Stewart Fresh, Stanford University Local Governance and Economic Development: Evidence form a Historical Natural Experiment in Southwestern China in Qing Dynasty Nan Li, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Youhong Lin, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Explaining Reversal of Fortune with Geography: An Alternative to the Institutional Shock Hypothesis Dan Lewis Wolf, University of California, Irvine Disc., Daniel Bliss, Illinois Institute of Technology Disc., Robert A. Dowd, University of Notre Dame Audience Discussion The Politics of Government Transfers Chair, TBA Who Gets What, When and How?: The Allocation of Federal Transfers to Brazilian Municipalities Mariana Batista, Federal University of Pernambuco 9-1 Social Transfers and Political Participation: Evidence from Mali and Ghana Marina Dodlova, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Not Just When, Where: Spatio-temporal Opportunism During Elections Andrew Quayle Philips, Texas A&M University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Institutions Blitz Chair, Sharon Yamen, Utah Valley University Dismantling Apartheid: How Did the Increasing Number of Black Foreign Service Officers Influence U.S. Policies John Brigance Christie-Searles, Allegheny College Political Capacity: Regionalism and Institutional Effects in Latin America Ted D. Ellis, University of Southern Mississippi Do We Feel Like a Community? Trust, Altruism, and Group Identity Chair, Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland, College Park Reattaching through the Top: Upper Chambers and National Attachment in Quebec and Scotland Damien Bol, King's College London Richard Nadeau, University of Montréal Does Islam Induce Altruism?: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Morocco Sharan Grewal, Princeton University Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University Tarek Masoud, Harvard University Examining the Social Side of Populism through Behavioral Games Kirk A. Hawkins, Brigham Young University Ethan Craig Busby, Northwestern University David Thomas Doyle, University of Oxford Nina Wiesehomeier, Swansea University Unequal Sacrifice: Income, Inequality, and the Willingness to Fight Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Anna Getmansky, University of Essex Christopher J. Anderson , Cornell University Elite Political Conflict and Social Cohesion in Northern Ireland Elizabeth Ann O'Callaghan, Georgia State University Disc., Mark Peffley, University of Kentucky Disc., Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland, College Park Audience Discussion Exploring Left and Right in Europe Chair, TBA Is Social Left/Right Cross-Nationally Comparable in European Parties Ryan Bakker, University of Georgia Seth K. Jolly, Syracuse University Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg Calling Some Voters: Concrete Partisan Messages and Voter Perceptions of Party Jason Alan Eichorst, University of Mannheim Nick Lin, University of Mannheim Exploring the Content of Left and Right across the Political Space of European Union Countries Sebastian Adrian Popa, University of Mannheim Zoltan Fazekas, Syddansk Universitet Yannis Theocharis, University of Mannheim Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Conflict Brings Clarity?: Examining the Link Between Party System Polarization and Voter Perceptions in European Elections Nathan Rexford, University of California, Davis Disc., Andrea Stephanie Aldrich, Texas A&M University Disc., Jae-Jae Spoon, University of North Texas Audience Discussion 11-11 12-2 14-2 Micro-Analyses of Resource Politics in Asia Chair, TBA The Quest for Unconventional Fuels in China and Japan Manochehr Dorraj, Texas Christian University "Big Brother, Little Brothers": Comparing China's and India's Transboundary River Policies Selina Ho, National University of Singapore Rural Political Contention in Cambodia: Studying Patterns of Peasant Resistance to Large-Scale Land Acquisitions Saba Joshi, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva New Chances for Chinese Civil Society: Environmental NGOs at the Nu River Anti-Dam Construction Movement Youngwan Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Yooneui Kim, Korea University Political Economic Motives and Mafia Practice Behind of Energy Subsidies Policy in Indonesia Asmiati A. Malik, University of Birmingham Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion The Logic of Political Ambiguity in Intergovernmental Communication Jing Vivian Zhan, Chinese University of Hong Kong Disc., Anastasia Viktorovna Obydenkova, Harvard University Disc., Emil Ordukhanyan, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences Audience Discussion 16-15 17-15 Elections and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa Chair, Hilary B. Appel, Claremont McKenna College Masters, Servants and Talents: Patterns of Local Executives’ Appointments in Post-revolutionary Ukraine Nazar Boyko, CIFRA Group Ivanna Fedynchuk, CIFRA Group Reforming Post-Communist Bureaucracies: The Effect of Transitional Justice Tatiana Kostadinova, Florida International University Milena I. Neshkova, Florida International University Why Does Andrei Steal More than Boris?: Explaining Agencylevel Corruption in Russian Public Procurement Shaun C. McGirr, University of Michigan Collapse of Emergency Management System: Civil Protection Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Collapse of Yugoslavia Edin Mujkic, University Colorado, Colorado Springs The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation on Development and Sustainability Chair, TBA Applying International Human Rights in the U.S.: Civil Society and UN Advocacy for the Right to Water in Detroit Judith S. Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University Adrian Jerome Lottie, Eastern Michigan University Reevaluating Donor Motivations in Bilateral Foreign Aid Gina Martinez, Duke University Global Development and the Militarization of AIDS Treatment J. Ricky Price, New School for Social Research Are Development Goals Universal Now?: Meeting the SDGs in Baltimore Molly Anne Ruhlman, Towson University The Effects of Informal Institutions on Diffusion of International Norms: The Case of Russia’s Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Elena N. Sokolova, Temple University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Chair, Michael Wahman, University of Missouri Ghanaian Exceptionalism: Explanations for Non-Violent Elections Gayle Alberda, Drake University Emily Acevedo, California State University, Los Angeles Ethno-religious Violence Along the Fault Line: Cases from Nigeria, the Central African Republic, and Cameroon Scott Michael Downen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale The Violent Intersection of Nationality, Land, and Elections: Understanding the Impact of African Citizenship Laws on Political Violence Anne Frugé, University of Maryland, College Park Examining the Effects of the International Criminal Court on Domestic Politics: The Coalition of the Accused in Kenya Meshack Barasa Simati, Georgia State University Disc., Kris L. Inman, National Intelligence University Disc., Michael Wahman, University of Missouri Audience Discussion Post-socialist Bureacracies; Reforms and Challenges Development, Wealth and Global Influence Chair, Menna Bizuneh, Pitzer College The ‘New’ Extractivism and Revolutionary Strategy: The New Imperialism or (Re)colonization Candi Corrales, Northern Arizona University Uneven and Combined Development of Defense Industries Caglar Kurc, Columbia University The View from the Top: Misperceptions of Relative Income and Preferences for International Redistribution in the United States Gautam Nair, Yale University Impact of Oil Prices Decrease on GCC Countries Economic and Foreign Policy Choices,, Cross Comparison of Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia Remi Benoit Piet, Qatar University Ashleen Marie Williams, Qatar University Disc., Steve Hall, Ball State University Audience Discussion 18-5 Who Participates in Collective Violence? (Co-sponsored with Conflict Processes, see 22-18) Chair, TBA All I Want for Christmas: A Study of Combat Motivation during the Christmas Truces of World War I Kathryn M. G. Boehlefeld, University of Notre Dame Jennifer Spindel, University of Minnesota Robert Ralston, University of Minnesota Keith Lambert Carter, University of Pennsylvania Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight?: Socioeconomic Representativeness in the Modern American Military Mauro Gilli, Northwestern University Causal Mechanism of the Somali Piracy Enterprise Keunsoo Jeong, University of Pittsburgh Poor But Powerful: Examining Female Insurgency Through An Economic Lens Kate Perry, University of Missouri 71 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Religion, War and Famine: A Micro-level Analysis of Rebel Recruitment Anoop K. Sarbahi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Employment Status and Support for Wartime Violence: Evidence from the Iraq War Andrew Curtis Shaver, Princeton University Disc., Thomas Michael Dolan, University of Central Florida Audience Discussion 18-6 22-12 26-2 72 Alliances and Warfare Chair, TBA European Dynastic Marriages: Making Alliances, Making War Maxim Ananyev, University of California, Los Angeles Natalia Lamberova, University of California, Los Angeles Promises under Pressure: Reassurance and Burden-Sharing Pressure in Asymmetric Alliances Brian Dylan Blankenship, Columbia University Alliance in World Politics: Exploring the New Breed of Defence Relations, 2014-2015 Meseret Demissie, University of Ottawa What is an Alliance?: Understanding Alliance and Coalitions in the 21st Century Sara Bjerg Moller, Columbia University Alliances and the Diffusion of Military Spending Alexander Steven Von Hagen-Jamar, University of Michigan Disc., Koji Kagotani, Osaka University of Economics Audience Discussion Criticism, Comedy, or Civic Virtue?: The Impacts of Parties and Interest Groups on Political Communication in Campaign Ads Walter C. Wilson, University of Texas, San Antonio William Curtis Ellis, Oral Roberts University Disc., stonegarden grindlife, University of California-Los Angeles Disc., Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College Audience Discussion 27-101 Why Don't Americans Vote? Meet the Authors Chair Bridgett A. King, Auburn University Panelist Kathleen Hale, Auburn University Mitchell Brown, Auburn University Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon Thad Hall, Fors Marsh Group Dari E. Sylvester, University of the Pacific Keith Smith, University of the Pacific Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University Megan Ruxton, Colorado State University 28-2 Civilians in Wartime Chair, TBA Women, War, and Well-Being Susan Hannah Allen, University of Mississippi Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University The Part and the Whole: Exploring Variation in the Use of Rape and other Human Rights Violations During Civil War Jennifer Clemens, University of Wisconsin Hiring and Firing: Rebel Recruiting Competition and Civilian Violence Kolby R. Hanson, Columbia University American Counterinsurgency Efforts and Selective and Indiscriminate Violence against Civilians in the Iraq War Matthew Sherman Wells, Wabash College Disc., Michael P. Jasinski, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Audience Discussion 29-3 Speech and Communication in Campaigns Chair, Rachel Lynn Bitecofer, Christopher Newport University The Local Roots of Campaign Agendas Bradford Bishop, Wheaton College Michael Henderson, Louisiana State University Examining the Effect of Disclaimer Options on the Effectiveness of Group Advertising in Elections Conor M. Dowling, University of Mississippi Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University Michael M. Franz, Bowdoin College Travis N. Ridout, Washington State University Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University The Effects of Anti-China Rhetoric on Foreign Policy towards China: A Qualitative Analysis on the 2012 Presidential Campaign Xiaodong Fang, Georgetown University Campaign Speech in Mayoral Elections: Different Rules, Different Candidates, Different Strategies 30-12 Timothy B. Krebs, University of New Mexico David B. Holian, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Throwing the Hat in the Ring: Competition and Candidate Emergence Chair, TBA Candidates and Competition in U.S. House Races, 1820-1888 Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia Joel Sievert, Duke University The Un-level Playing Field: Female Fundraising Perceptions in the 50 States Heather B. James, Rutgers University Warming the Bench: Incumbency, Primary Rules, and Pools of Potential Candidates Aaron S. King, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Chamber Competitiveness, Political Polarization, and Candidate Decisions to Run for Office Jacob Forrest Harrison Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Subsidizing Equality: Do Clean Elections Encourage Female Candidates to Emerge in State Legislative Elections David Wiltse, South Dakota State University Disc., Jim Gimpel, University of Maryland, College Park Disc., Joel Sievert, Duke University Audience Discussion The Economy, Elections, and Representation Chair, TBA Trade Shocks and Representativeness: Measuring the Impact of Import Shocks on Legislative Behavior in the U.S. James Hodgdon Bisbee, New York University The Median Voter in Political Economy of Redistribution: How Responsive is Democracy Ursula Dallinger, University of Trier, Germany Explaining Political Representation in Latin America: Effects of Party System Institutionalization, Electoral Rules, and Economic Factors Clemente Quinones, Georgia Gwinnett College Attribution Errors in Federalist Systems: When Voters Punish the President for Local Tax Increases Michael W. Sances, University of Memphis Disc., Patrick Ivan Fisher, Seton Hall University Disc., John G. Matsusaka, University of Southern California Audience Discussion Polarization and Voting Behavior Chair, TBA Ideological Polarization and Retrospective Economic Voting Michael Glenn Hall, Wichita State University Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Issue Salience and Cross-Pressures in the Contemporary American Electorate Christopher Daniel Hare, University of California, Davis Robert N Lupton, Michigan State University In Bed with the Other Party: Mixed-Partisan Households in the United States Eitan D. Hersh, Yale University Yair Ghitza, Catalist Polarization of Valence Evaluations: Evidence of Ideological Bias in Voters’ Perceptions of Candidate Quality Danielle Joesten Martin, California State University, Sacramento Disc., Randy Besco, Duke University Disc., Gabriel S. Lenz, University of California, Berkeley Audience Discussion Disc., Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas Disc., Daniel C. Lewis, Siena College Audience Discussion 34-15 31-400 Networks and Social Politics Chair, Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia Ethnicity and Social Networks Nicholas Eubank, Stanford University The Role of Social Networks in Decisions to Protest: Evidence from Ukraine and Turkey Megan MacDuffee Metzger, New York University Factional Dynamics in a Weakly Institutionalized Multiparty System: Longitudinal Network Analysis of South Korean Parties and Factions, 1988-2014 Jacob Austin Reidhead, Stanford University Alone in the Voting Booth?: The Social Origins of Split-Ticket Voting Ian Thomas Shapiro, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Nicholas Weller, University of Southern California 31-401 Contentious Politics Through Network Theory The Relevance of Tie Strength and Network Structure for the Russian Protest Movement Bruce Eric Etling, University of Oxford Partners in Crime: A Theory of Corruption as a Criminal Network with Evidence from a Lab Experiment Romain Reda Ferrali, Princeton University Assessing Dynamic Terrorist Networks Through Temporal Exponential Random Graph Modeling Patrick Felix Larue, University of Texas, Dallas Militant Group Alliance Formation Strategies Laila A. Wahedi, Georgetown University Disc., Rory Truex, Princeton University 32-9 Attitudes and Framing of Same-Sex Marriage (Co-sponsored with Mass Media and Political Communication, see 36-20, and Public Opinion, see 35-12) 36-3 Political Psychology and International Relations Chair, TBA Assessing the Effect of Conflict Frames and Elite Cues on American Public Opinion Leticia Bode, Georgetown University Amnon Cavari, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Guy Freedman, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Personality and Public Attitudes toward International Organizations: Accession, Commitment and Issue Preference Bomi Lee, Sogang University The Impact of Personality on Foreign and Security Policy Attitudes in Germany Markus Steinbrecher, Bw Center for Military History and Social Sciences Neuro Constructivism Filip Viskupic, University of Georgia Personality Traits and Individual Feeling of National Pride in South Korea Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Disc., Andrew W. Delton, Stony Brook University Disc., Efren Osvaldo Perez, Vanderbilt University Audience Discussion Information, Control and Contention in Authoritarian Regimes Chair, TBA System-Destabilizing Protest and the Collection of Information on Popular Discontent in Autocracies Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia Ruben Enikolopov, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Alexey Makarin, Northwestern University Maria Petrova, New Economic School Corruption, Censorship, the Media and the Market in China Jonathan H. Hassid, Iowa State University Finding and Decoding Pseudonymous Social Media Posts from the Chinese Government’s “Fifty Cent Party”, A Secret Organization Designed for Distraction, not Argument Gary King, Harvard University Jennifer Pan, Stanford University Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego Information Problems, Migration Restrictions, and Public Service Provision in China Jeremy Wallace, Cornell University Disc., Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Peter L. Lorentzen, University of California, Berkeley Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Majority Opinion: How Public Opinion Reacts to Court Decisions Regarding Same-Sex Marriage 37-500 Gendered Institutional Problems Dylan Billings, University of Oklahoma Time’s Up: Assessing Gender Inequality in Academic Issue Framing and the Evolution of Attitudes toward Same-Sex Presentations Marriage, 1977-2014 Bethany Albertson, University of Texas, Austin R. Steven Daniels, California State University, Bakersfield Adria K. Lawrence, University of Chicago Explaining Change in Attitudes Toward Gay Marriage: A Panel The Repeal of the Direct Combat Exclusion Rule: The Study Relevance of Demographics and Institutional Structure on Hye-Yon Lee, University of Pennsylvania Attitude Toward Policy Change Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania Amanda Ross Edwards, North Carolina State University The Influence and Success of Word Changes in Shifting Public Holly Danford, North Carolina State University Opinion: More So, Different Issues, and Type of Shift David C. Walton, National Defense University Anand Shastri, Florida International University Marriage Equality: The Role of Social Identity in MacroOpinion Development Joshua Levi Whaley, Binghamton University 73 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Never Trust a Wolff?: Philosophical Anarchism and the Problem of Promising Alan Ward, University of California, San Diego Impossible Situations:On the Breakdown of Moral Integrity at the Frontlines of Public Service Bernardo Zacka, Stanford University Disc., Gordon P. Henderson, Widener University Disc., Robert Clark Mayer, Loyola University, Chicago Audience Discussion Rhetorical Analysis of Media Coverage of Campus Sexual Assault: Implications for Policy Heidi Lawrence, George Mason University Lourdes Fernandez, George Mason University Bonnie Stabile, George Mason University The Effectiveness of the Anti-Rape Movement on U.S. College Campuses through a Lens of Intersectionality Brooke Hannah Mascagni, Texas A&M University Disc., Vicki Lynn Hesli Claypool, University of Iowa Disc., Nathaniel Swigger, Ohio State University 38-18 39-3 Race, Protest, Police, and the Media Chair, TBA Insurgency or Mainstream Politics: How Emotions Influence the Political Strategies Blacks Pursue to Alleviate Racial Inequality Antoine Jevon Banks, University of Maryland Ismail K. White, Ohio State University Brian D. McKenzie, University of Maryland Urban Protest and Politics: Black Lives Matter and Mayoral Attitudes Towards Police Reform Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University Kris-Stella Trump, Harvard University Vanessa Williamson, Harvard University Dehumanization and the New Role of Biological Racism in American Politics Ashley E. Jardina, Duke University Spencer Piston, Syracuse University Policing the Bureaucracy: The Effect of Internal Monitoring on the Quality of `Stop, Question and Frisk' in New York City Jonathan F. Mummolo, Stanford University The Protester's Dilemma Omar Wasow, Princeton University Disc., Ariel White, Harvard University Disc., Miya Woolfalk, Wellesley College Audience Discussion A Symposium on Plato (Co-sponsored with Society for Greek Political Thought, see 79-5) Chair, TBA Nietzsche's Anti-Platonic Psychology in On the Genealogy of Morals Jeffrey Metzger, Cameron University Treating Unacknowledged Conflict and Anxiety: Plato’s Gorgias Martin Jerome Plax, Cleveland State University Inspired Knowing: Affective Cognition and Political Judgment in Plato Nina Valiquette Moreau, University of Chicago Plato, Nietzsche and the Dionysian Drama of the Soul Troy Manuel Vidal, Columbus State University Disc., Benjamin Miller, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Disc., William B. Parsons, Carroll College Audience Discussion 40-3 74 Political Ethics Chair, TBA Illegitimate ‘Blackmail' or Democratic Action?: Conceptualizing the Fall 2012 Prisoners’ Hunger Strike in Turkey through a Habermasian Lens Amy Bartholomew, Carleton University Libertarian Personal Responsibility: An Essay on the Ethics, Practice and American Politics of Personal Responsibility Joshua William Preiss, Minnesota State University, Mankato Locke and the Limits of Religious Liberty Ryan L. Reed, Bradley University 42-2 Democratic Theory: Militancy, Care, and Epistemic Virtue Chair, Michael Ashley Julius, Coastal Carolina University Recognition and the Consensus Horizon in Democratic Politics Laura Back, University of Washington What's Wrong with Militant Democracy Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College, CUNY Ian Zuckerman, Stanford University Fetal Pain Legislation: The Problem of Epistocracies for Democracies Naomi Scheinerman, Yale University Racist Voters and Minority Candidates: A Problem for Liberal Democracy Nenad Stojanovic, Princeton University Who Will Police the Police and the Principles?: Judicial Review of Executive and Administrative Actors David J. Watkins, University of Dayton Scott Lemieux, College of Saint Rose Disc., Huss Banai, Indiana University Disc., Kathleen Cole, Metropolitan State University Audience Discussion 44-8 Preferences, Context, and Complexity Chair, TBA Rationality and Complexity: A Formal Model of Strategic Error in Electoral Contests Michael John Burton, Ohio University Dynamic Context Dependent Voting Steven Callander, Stanford University Simple Minds: Inherent Limits on Strategic Complexity in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Fredrick S.W. Clarke, La Sierra University Deriving Unidimensional Voter Preferences in Jury Setting Krishna K. Ladha, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Individual Preferences Over Collective Outcomes Elizabeth Maggie Penn, University of Chicago Disc., Peter Edmund Buisseret, University of Chicago Disc., Ronen Gradwohl, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 44-400 Terrorism, Repression, Punishment, and Trolls Incentives or Disincentives Dan Alexander, Harris School of Public Policy On Political Parties and Terrorist Groups Livio Di Lonardo, New York University Unpacking the Repression-Decentralization Dilemma Michael B. Gibilisco, University of Rochester Developing Risky Partnerships: Understanding how Terrorist Groups Form Relationships Saurabh Pant, Princeton University Internet Trolls and the Incentives of Authoritarian Regimes to Manipulate Information Jakub Piotr Redlicki, University of Oxford Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Disc., Trevor Johnston, Harvard Kennedy School Disc., Scott Allen Tyson, University of Chicago 44-401 Communication, Information, and Adjudication 45-5 46-2 47-21 Bringing in a Different Level: The Right-wing Shift of Political Parties and Their Regional Implementation Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Universite Catholique de Louvain Régis Dandoy, Université Catholique de Louvain Disc., Anna Brigevich, North Carolina Central University Disc., Ruth Dassonneville, Université de Montréal Audience Discussion Information Transmission in Congressional Hearings Ian Palmer Cook, University of Pittsburgh Learning from Opposition Betul Demirkaya, Washington University, St. Louis Effort Allocation in a Resource Constrained Court: A Theory of 48-400 Administration and Policy The Priorities of a President: Understanding Presidential Policy District Court Case Management Attention and Prioritization Ryan Hubert, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Michelle Eissler, University of Texas, Austin Cheap Talk and Rotating Principals Executive Power in Unlikely Places: The Presidency and Gregory M. Sasso, University of Chicago America’s National Forests Simulating Democratic Procedures: An Agent-based Model of Maria Lynn McCollester, Boston College Voting and Deliberation Delegating Discretion: Executive Orders and Bureaucratic Simon Scheller, University of Bamberg Control Disc., Patrick Le Bihan, Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse Michael Edward Thunberg, West Virginia University Disc., Andrew Thomas Little, Cornell University Raquel Echeverria, West Virginia University Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University Spatial Voting Preferences and Models Disc., Karen M. Hult, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Chair, John Henderson, Yale University University Common-Space Scaling the American Judiciary and Legal Disc., Ian Ostrander, Texas Tech University Profession Adam Bonica, Stanford University 48-401 Executive Influence and Success Maya Sen, Harvard University Carrots and Sticks in Presidential Lobbying of Congress Nonparametric Scaling of Political Parties David Robert Foster, University of California, Berkeley Anastassios Kalandrakis, University of Rochester Stock Market Reactions to Firm Visits by the President of the Unification of the Spatial Model of Party Competition United States with Issue Ownership Theory, and its Application to Party Colby Dwight Green, Rice University Competition in the Netherlands, 1998-2012 Douglas Schuler, Rice University Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Anastasiya Zavyalova, Rice University Disc., John Henderson, Yale University Richard J. Swartz, Rice University Disc., Keith T. Poole, University of Georgia He Shall, She Shall: Examining Gender Differences in Audience Discussion Gubernatorial Policy Agendas and Success Samantha Guthrie, American University Legislators, Candidates, and Journalists: Elites and Measuring Gubernatorial Executive Power in the American Social Media States Chair, TBA Mitchell Dylan Sellers, University of Florida Same Effort, Same Result?: Exploring the Gender Differences Disc., Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Notre Dame in Campaigning and Electoral Outcomes Disc., Ryan D. Williamson, University of Georgia Laura Sudulich, University of Kent Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University Twitter as the Modern Campaign Bus?: Political Reporters and 49-600 Legislative Research Blitz Chair, Michael Ensley, Kent State University Homophily during the 2012 Campaign Cultivating Leaders in Congress: The Democratic Study Group Kevin Wallsten, California State University, Long Beach and Leadership Emergence in the Reform Era Insights Into the Frequency of Use and Importance State Emily Caitlin Baer, University of Minnesota Legislators Assign to Mature, Internet Enabled, and Traditional From Enactment to Repeal: Why Are Laws Targeted for Repeal Mass Communication Technologies Nathaniel Birkhead, Kansas State University Joe Franklin West, University of North Carolina Jordan M. Ragusa, College of Charleston Disc., G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa Faces of Congress: Contemporary Media and Communication Disc., Christine B. Williams, Bentley University Strategy in the House and Senate Audience Discussion Anthony Jacob Chergosky, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Parties and their Voters: Ideologies, Perceptions, and Roll-Call Voting Under Random Seating Assignment Partisan Stability David Darmofal, University of South Carolina Chair, Anna Brigevich, North Carolina Central University Charles J. Finocchiaro, University of South Carolina The Political Perceptions of Party Voters and Members Indridi H. Indridason, University of California, Riverside Yuksel Alper Ecevit, Bahcesehir University Congressional Resume Building for Higher Office: The Odul Celep, Isik University Influence of Ambition on Legislative Effectiveness Voting for Small Parties under Different Contexts: Electoral Kenneth Michael Ferstle, Wayne State University System, Ethnic Fractionalization and Federalism Bargaining over a Burden: How Legislatures Distribute Costs Mi-son Kim, University of Iowa when Benefits are Fixed The Effect of Partisan Affect and Stereotypes on Non-political Benjamin M. Gruenbaum, Harvard University Decision-making Serge J. Severenchuk, University of North Carolina 75 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Using Ideas as My Maps: Exploring the Flow of Ideas Through the Legislative Process Joshua Yoshio Lerner, Duke University Partisan and Electoral Incentives in Congressional Speeches Margarita Maria Ramirez, University of Houston Reassessing Legislative Relationship: Interdependence Shifts in Legislative Votes over Time Emily Ursula Schilling, Washington University, St. Louis Explaining Legislative Votes: The Effect of Electoral Constituencies on Legislative Behavior in the U.S. House, 2009-2015 Neil Visalvanich, Durham University Lindsay Nielson, Bucknell University 50-1 New Angles on Diffuse and Specific Support and Legitimacy of Courts Intuitive Federalism and Public Opinion Toward Government Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University Federalism, Agency Survival, and the NEA in the 1990s Gordon Shockley, Arizona State University Disc., Sean Hildebrand, Ball State University Disc., Eric Scott Zeemering, Northern Illinois University Audience Discussion 54-2 Chair, Sara C. Benesh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Off to the Courts or the Agency?: Public Attitudes on Legal and Bureaucratic Approaches to Policy Enforcement Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University Quinn Mulroy, Northwestern University Trusting Justice?: Lessons from Africa Shannon I. Smithey, Westminster College Judicial Elections and the Acceptance of Specific Decisions Benjamin W. Woodson, University of Missouri, Kansas City 57-3 The Different Causes of the Republican Schoolmaster and Legitimizing Effect Functions of Court Decisions Benjamin W. Woodson, University of Missouri, Kansas City An Interbranch Perspective on Supreme Court Legitimacy: An Experimental Study of the Representation and Policy Seeking Mechanisms Michael A. Zilis, University of Kentucky Hyeonho Hahm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Sara C. Benesh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Disc., Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion 52-500 Symposium on State Courts The Bench and the Bar: Analyzing the Representativeness of State Courts Tracey E. George, Vanderbilt University Albert H. Yoon, University of California, Berkeley Game Changer?: Citizens United, Judicial Elections, and Turnout in 2012 Nicholas Lee LaRowe, University of Southern Indiana State Supreme Court Responsiveness to Court-Curbing Legislation Meghan E. Leonard, Illinois State University Regulating Judicial Elections C. Scott Peters, University of Northern Iowa The Effectiveness of Fundraising Restrictions on Judicial Elections Joseph V. Ross, Florida Gulf Coast University Disc., Brent David Boyea, University of Texas, Arlington Disc., Christine L. Nemacheck, College of William & Mary 53-3 76 Intergovernmental Relations Chair, Eric Scott Zeemering, Northern Illinois University Indiana Stellar Communities Program: A Re-evaluation of Public Partnerships and Outcomes in Rural Indiana JoAnna Lynn Mitchell-Brown, Sagamore Institute/Butler University Reexamining the Role of States in the Federal Policy Making Process: 1950s and 1960s Robert Andrew Peters, Western Michigan University The Politics of Urban Education Chair, TBA Shuttered Schools and the Local State: The Case of Chicago Alba Alexander, University of Illinois, Chicago Liam R. Bird, Northwestern University Talking in the Halls: The Role of Deliberative Democracy School Board Actors in the Shaping Attitudes of School Board Actors Toward Public Education Jonathan Edward Collins, University of California, Los Angeles What Is the Cost of Disagreement Between an Agenda Setter and the Electorate?: Evidence from School Bond Issues in Ohio Walter Thomas Melnik, Michigan State University Disc., Samuel Bassett, University of Illinois, Chicago Audience Discussion Applying the Narrative Policy Framework Chair, TBA The Shaping of Characters in Policy Narratives: A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of the Delta Smelt Fish Issue in California Chandra Commuri, California State University, Bakersfield Making Sense of Complexity: The NPF and Agenda Setting Holly L. Peterson, Oregon State University Michael D. Jones, Oregon State University How to Embrace Your Opponent: Policy Narratives and Public Opinion on Climate Change in the U.S. Jonathan Jeffrey Pierce, Seattle University Holly L. Peterson, Oregon State University Samantha Garrard, Seattle University Samantha Kersul, Seattle University Ideology Over Science: The Case of Immunizations Brent S. Steel, Oregon State University Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University Merging the Meso and Micro within the Narrative Policy Framework: Identifying Group Level Influences in Individual Level River Narrative Data James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State University Mark K. McBeth, Idaho State University Donna L. Lybecker, Idaho State University Sarah Davis, Idaho State University Disc., Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Montana State University Audience Discussion 58-500 Symposium: Environmental Politics and Policy The Eye of the Beholder: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Information-Based Environmental Governance Strategies Graham Daniel Bullock, Davidson College Rhetoric on the Environment: The Obama Administration Ashlie B. Delshad, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Returning them to the Sea: The Politics and Policy of Marine Mammal Reintroduction Attempts Jesse C. Donahue, Saginaw Valley State University China in Antarctica: Science as Power on the Frozen Continent Jonathan Harrington, Troy University Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm The Comparative Politics of Institutional Diversity in Water Policy Reforms: Six Case Studies in Private Water Supply Remunicipalization Raul Pacheco-Vega, CIDE Disc., Cali Anne Curley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Disc., Rebecca J. Romsdahl, University of North Dakota 60-6 60-21 Public Sector Attitudes and Job Satisfaction Chair, Brandy A. Kennedy, Georgia College and State University Entering Public Service: Is the Hurdle Getting Higher David M. Bredenkamp, Indiana University Managing Public Sector Job Satisfaction: The Impact of Organizational Communication Management Practices Charles DiStefano, Southern Illinois University New Evidence on the Impact of Privatization on Performance: Longitudinal Study on Contracting Out, Job Satisfaction, and Perceived Performance in U.S. Federal Agencies Gyeo Reh Lee, Indiana University Sergio Fernandez, Indiana University, Bloomington Shinwoo Lee, Indiana University How to Make Public Sector Employees to be Empowered?: Exploring Contextual and Organizational Factors of Employee Empowerment Jongsoo Park, Ohio State University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Leveraging Social Media Technology in Higher Education to Enhance the Student Experience: Overcoming Institutional Hurdles and Barriers Brandon Cordell Waite, Ball State University Darren A. Wheeler, Ball State University Disc., Mel Cohen, Miami University Disc., Brian Robert King, Muskingum University Audience Discussion 67-101 Publishing in Political Science: Traditional and New Opportunities Chair Terri L. Towner, Oakland University Panelist Mikaela Katelyn Strech, Oakland University Molly Knappenberger, Oakland University Jacqueline Wan-Jeng Yee, Oakland University Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University Amy Leigh Atchison, Valparaiso University Federal Level Bureaucrats Chair, Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia Varieties of Bureaucracy: Examining Diverse Bureaucratic Profiles in OECD Countries Seoyoun Choi, Michigan State University What Moves Macro Bureaucratic Approval Louis Fucilla, Indiana University, Bloomington The Removal Power: “Retrofitting” the Concept within the Administrative State Aaron C. Matson, University of South Dakota Chad B. Newswander, University of South Dakota Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 61-100 Qualitative Methods and American Political Development Chair Shamira Michal Gelbman, Wabash College Panelist Richard Franklin Bensel, Cornell University Abhishek Chatterjee, University of Montana Allan Joshua Colbern, University of California, Riverside Graham G. Dodds, Concordia University Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University 63-3 Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning Chair, Delton Thomas Daigle, George Mason University Online Learning in Politics and International Relations in Turkey Ebru Canan Sokullu, Bahcesehir University Mehmet Ali Tugtan, Bilgi University Crafting an Effective, Hybrid Learning Experience in Political Science Frank S. Cohen, Franklin Pierce University Teaching Social Sciences Online: Meeting Students Where They Are James Richard Martin, Creighton University On-line Learning is not for Slackers Andrea Olive, University of Toronto Jerald Sabin, University of Toronto 77 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 73-205 Poster Session: Terrorism, Atrocities, and Violent Insurgencies Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 78 Burning it Down: The Use of Scorched Earth Tactics in Civil Conflict Thomas Gerard O'Mealia, University of Michigan Jessica Sun, University of Michigan Legal Institutions, Credible Commitment, and Insurgency Philip Edward Henrickson, Florida State University Terrorists of Our Making: A Social Constructivist Approach to Formal Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Cagil Albayrak, University of Kansas Banking Secrecy, Transnational Violent Non-State Actors, and State Stability Charles Arthur Dainoff, University of Kentucky The Domestic Politics of Terrorism: Clinton’s Response to the 1998 African Embassy Bombings Derick L. Hulme, Alma College Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 73-206 Poster Session: Perceptions, Identities, and World Views Post. 6 Post. 7 Post. 8 Post. 9 Cosmopolitan Nationalism and Contemporary Latin American Foreign Policy Luis Ochoa-Bilbao, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Rogelio Regalado-Mujica, Instituto de Ciencias Juridicas de Puebla Iran, Nuclear Weapons, and the Politics of Fear Fahmida Zaman, Illinois State University Reversals within the Palestinian Nationalist Narrative: Consequences of Maximalist Demands Caleb Andrew Bowers, American University The Influence of the Initial Justification for the Use of Force on War Disapproval Erin Elizabeth Hurley, University of Sydney, Australia 79 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 73-207 Poster Session: Security, Bargaining, and Decisionmaking Post. 10 Henry Kissinger's Negotiation Campaign to End the Vietnam War Eugene B. Kogan, Harvard University Post. 11 The North Korean Dilemma: How Much More Difficult it will be When Kim Jong Un Truly Secures his Hermit Kingdom Ernest Yat-Kwan Wong, United States Military Academy Post. 12 A Comparison of Decision-Making Differences toward Participating in the U.S.-led Missile Defense System between Japan and South Korea Yuanyuan Hsu, National Taiwan University Post. 13 Beating their Swords into Knives: Why States are Trapped between Big and Small Wars Matthew Mark Felice, Florida International University 80 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 73-208 Poster Session: International Institutions and Norms Post. 14 The Western Sahara Conflict and the Limits of Contemporary Cosmopolitanism Myrna Rodriguez-Añuez, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Post. 15 From the Organization of African Unity to the African Union: Norm Localization and the Development of Responsible Sovereignty Charlotte Jude Hulme , Yale University Post. 16 Why is the International Court of Justice Effective?: Focusing on the Case Studies of Compliance in ICJ Bo Won Kim, Korea University Post. 17 Examination of Democratic Institutional Constraints on the Use of Force for Peaceful Purposes Ryoya Kangawa, Miami University Disc., Benn Lemnyoi Bongang, Savannah State University 81 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-200 Poster Session: Constituting the Political: Exclusion, Representation, Solidarity Post. 18 Constituting a "Public" for Public Assistance: Epistemic, Normative, and Institutional Dimensions of Citizen Participation in Program Administration and Regulation Kristin Lauren Zuhone, University of Pennsylvania Post. 19 For a Systematic Conception of Substantive Representation:"Acting For" and "Acting Against" Women Tyler Thomas Theel, Texas A&M University Post. 20 Whose Cost is it Anyway?: Redefining Social Exclusion for Minority Groups Diana Elena Popescu, London School of Economics and Political Science 82 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-201 Poster Session: Enhancing the Theory and Practice of Politics through Epistemological Encounters Post. 21 Science, the Deep Past, and the Political Lowell S. Gustafson, Villanova University Post. 22 Our Higher Angels: A Neuro-Psychological Theory of Leadership for Political, Policy, and Social Reform Deborah Jean Natoli, University of Southern California Disc., Ben Almassi, Governors State University Disc., Thomas Coke Ellington, Wesleyan College 83 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-202 Poster Session: Law's Respite, Liberty and Order in the Republican Tradition Post. 23 Is Rawls a Neorepublican Kendra Tully, University of California, Davis Disc., Anthony Squiers, South Texas College 84 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-203 Poster Session: Beliefs, Identities and Technologies of Power Post. 24 On the Role of Belief Dynamics in the Rise and Fall of Hegemonic States: The USA in Power, Social-psychological, and Historical Contexts Richard W. Chadwick, University of Hawaii Disc., Catherine Bartch, Monmouth University 85 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-204 Poster Session: History in Theory: Source, Method and Map Post. 25 Old Questions, New Approaches: Contemporary Interpretations of Early Modern Political Texts Stephanie Bernadette Martens, Laurentian University 86 Thursday, April 7, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Thursday, April 7 at 4:45 pm 75-205 Poster Session: Selves and Souls in the Modern State Post. 26 Postmetaphysical or Post-secular Modernity?: Reflections on some Normative Tensions in Jürgen Habermas’ Recent Work Adrian Nicolae Atanasescu, University of Toronto Post. 27 Dining Together at the Church of Antioch: Post-Crucifixion Christian Perspective on Tolerance Discourses in Modern Secular Politics Seongjoon Ahn, Korea University 79-2 Classical Political Philosophy and Modern Theories of Politics Chair, Peter Ahrensdorf, Davidson College Overlap of Sovereignties: A Hobbes's Political Problem in Translating the Homeric Poems Andrea Catanzaro, Università di Genova The Socratic Teaching of Constructivism: A Reading of Pangle and Ahrensdorf’s "Justice Among Nations: On the Moral Basis if Power and Peace" Nathan Michael Dinneen, Rochester Institute of Technology The “Liberal Theory” of Aristotelian Economics James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University Love of Gain, Philosophy, and Public Choice Theory: On Plato's Hipparchus Sean David Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology Disc., Peter Ahrensdorf, Davidson College Disc., Michael Joseph Rosano, University of Michigan, Dearborn Audience Discussion 87 Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Friday, April 8 at 8:00 am 2-400 A Constituency-Level Explanation of Party-Voter Linkage Jae Hee Jung, Washington University, St. Louis Who Wins in Early Elections?: Electoral Timing and LDP Survival in Japan Charles T. McClean, University of California, San Diego Critical Events and Party Participation in Government Ioannis Loukas Vassiliadis, University of Rochester Disc., Benjamin David Farrer, Knox College 2-401 3-401 88 5-5 Junior Scholars Symposium: (In)Equality and State Policy Is Under-Consumption Responsible for Persistent Stagnation in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector? Econometric Evidence and Implications for State Policy, 1965-2008 Shaukat Ansari, University of Toronto A Theory of Substitutive Governance: Legal and Macroeconomic Implications in the European Union Daniel Habchi, University of Minnesota Cleavage Structure, Limited Redistribution and Concentration of Power: When and How Do Ascriptive Identities Shape Developed Welfare States Alon Yakter, University of Michigan Disc., Johannes Lukas Karreth, State University of New York, Albany Disc., J. Nicholas Ziegler, Brown University 3-400 How Does Foreign Investor React to the Guillotine?: Empirical Analysis of Regulatory Effect on FDI GeonWoo Park, Yonsei University Disc., Gary Bland, RTI International Disc., Rachel Sigman, Naval Postgraduate School Junior Scholar Symposium: Parties In and Out of Government 6-12 Democracy, Diversity and Development Chair, William Charles Terry, University of Oregon The Present Absence of Bedouins: Israel’s Plan to Develop the Negev Region and the Bedouins Esra Bakkalbasioglu, University of Washington From De Jure to De Facto: Ethnic Occupational Stereotyping and the Persistence of Hierarchy Nicholas Semi Goldman Haas, New York University Pavan Mamidi, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Regime Change and Microfinance Policies Lindsay Alice Jouben, West Virginia University The Quest of “Atomistic” Development: Policy Analysis of Maldevelopment in Pakistan Samee Ullah Khan Lashari, Northern Arizona University Ethnoracial Divisions and Public Goods Provision: New Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities Giuliana Pardelli, Princeton University Alexander Kustov, Princeton University Disc., Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University Disc., William Charles Terry, University of Oregon State Capacity and Development Chair, Rachel Sigman, Naval Postgraduate School Does Internal Conflict Help or Harm State Capacity?: Evidence from Tuareg Migration Maxim Ananyev, University of California, Los Angeles Michael Poyker, University of California, Los Angeles A Dirty Dilemma: An Integrated Approach Evaluating Influencers on the Political Economy of E-Waste Trade Jamila Glover, Old Dominion University South Korea’s Transition from Imitator to Innovator: The Role of External Demand Shocks Namho Kwon, Carnegie Mellon University Lee Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University Political Regimes, Elections, and Tax Revenues Josiah Franklin Marineau, University of Texas, Austin 7-5 Migration and Politics Chair, TBA Political Migration is Economic Migration: Economic Migration is Political Migration Chipo Dendere, Georgia State University Migration, Political Preferences and Free Trade David Thomas Doyle, University of Oxford Migration and Participation in Local Insurance Programs in Rural Myanmar Kent Freeze, Carleton College Jackson Bahn, Carleton College Peter Sang, Carleton College The Effects of Emigration on the Social Capital of Sending Communities Nicholas J. Spina, Edgewood College Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions Chair, TBA Landowners and Democracy: The Social Origins of Democracy Reconsidered Michael Edward Albertus, University of Chicago Stumbling at the Finish Line?: Remittances and Developing Country Democratization Ida K. Bastiaens, Fordham University Daniel C. Tirone, Louisiana State University Towards A Natural History of Regimes: Democratic Transitions, Authoritarian Reversals, and Economic Development in the Long Run Andrew Colopy, University of California, Irvine Public Memory (Not History) in Political Transition: Political Economy of Democratic Transition in Myanmar/Burma Tun Myint, Carleton College Democracy as Property Rights Abdulhadi Sahin, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University Disc., Didac X. Queralt, Institute of Political Economy & Governance Audience Discussion Decentralized and Centralized Governments Chair, Nicholas Charron, University of Gothenburg Does Decentralization Alleviate Malcontent?: Territorial Distribution of Power and Protest Events Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, Binghamton University Graig Klein, Binghamton University Choices for the Second Best: Policy Targeting and Redistributive Spending by Economically Disparate Regions in a Decentralized Polity Dongwook Lee, Claremont Graduate University The Effects of Decentralization on Party Selective Entry in Parliamentary Elections Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester How Does Re-Centralization Affect Electoral Competition at the Local Level?: Evidence from Spain Using a Regression Discontinuity Design Guillermo Toral, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am When the Radical Wing also Runs in Election: Anchoring or Stereotyping Austin Horng-En Wang, Duke University Fang-Yu Chen, Michigan State University Trade, Legislator’s Preference, and Taiwan’s Military Spending Puzzle Jun Xiang, Rutgers University Wei-hao Huang, Rutgers University From Two to One Voting Dimension: Integration between Economic Voting and Issue Voting (Independence-Unification) in Taiwan Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of California, Merced Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, State University of New York, Cortland Disc., Chien-Kai Chen, Rhodes College Audience Discussion Political Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization in Authoritarian Regimes Yu Xiao, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Nicholas Charron, University of Gothenburg Disc., Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion 8-600 9-4 11-6 Research Blitz: Comparative Political Behavior Chair, Levente Littvay, Central European University What Drives Non-discretionary Distributive Politics in New Democracies?: Evidence from Ghana Joseph Asunka, University of California, Los Angeles Electoral Systems, Party Mobilization and Gender Gaps in Political Participation in Advanced Industrial Democracies Katrine Beauregard, Australian National University Duverger’s Law and the Canadian Exception: Evidence from Canadian Provincial Elections Steven Eric Galatas, Stephen F. Austin State University The Negative Effect on Citizen Trust of Chaotic Government Formation Processes Sune Welling Hansen, University of Southern Denmark Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark Quality or Quantity?: Exploring the Relationship between Quality of Government, Size of Government, and Life Satisfaction Alexander Jakubow, New Mexico State University Alexander Carrl Pacek, Texas A&M University Dynasty's Downfall: The NDP Victory In Alberta Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College Taking a Cue from the Experts: Public Opinion Change on Financial Regulation René Lindstädt, University of Essex Nathan Jensen, George Washington University 11-21 Regionalist Identities and Secessionism in Europe Chair, TBA The Dynamics of Regional Political Distinctiveness Over Time Britt Cartrite, Alma College Dan Miodownik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Are Scottish Voters Committed to the EU Project?: An Analysis of the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum John Connolly, University of Texas, Arlington Second-Tier Secessionism in Europe: How has Support for Independence in Wales, Wallonia, and Galicia Changed with Increasing Claims in Scotland, Flanders, and Catalonia Glen Duerr, Cedarville University The Right (Time) to Secede: Why Nationalist Parties Demand a Referendum for Independence When They Do Gemma Sala, Grinnell College Online/Offline Scottishness Sabrina Elena Sotiriu, University of Ottawa Disc., Alessandro Del Ponte, Stony Brook University Disc., Seth K. Jolly, Syracuse University Audience Discussion Ideology, Elections, and Representation in Taiwan Chair, Kuan-chen Lee, University of Texas, Dallas Politics of Population Aging in Taiwan: The Impact of Democratization Chien-Kai Chen, Rhodes College Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, Rhodes College Hardcores in SNTV System: Regional Disadvantage and Party Representation in Taiwan Nick Lin, University of Mannheim Jinhyeok Jang, University of Louisville 12-6 The Politics of Population and Demographic Change Chair, Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Women’s Empowerment Meets Women’s Liberation: The Disconnect Between Global and Chinese Approaches to Gender and Population Danielle F. S. Cohen, Cornell University Happy Generations, Depressed Generations: How and Why Chinese People's Life Attitudes Vary across Generations Yu-Sung Su, Tsinghua University Labor Shortage, Development Strategies, and Social Insurance in China Yujeong Yang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor How Authoritarian Local Government Responds to Workers' Demands: An Empirical Study of Strikes in the Pearl River Delta in China Yujeong Yang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Wei Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University Age and Fiscal Extraction: Evidence from China Zeyang Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Disc., Eun Bin Chung, University of Utah Disc., Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Audience Discussion Civic Awareness, Ethnicity, and Manipulation in African Elections Chair, Jeffrey William Paller, Columbia University The Effects of Civic Education and Electoral Observation on Voters During Violent Elections: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire 2015 Elections Leonardo R. Arriola, University of California, Berkeley Aila Michela Matanock, University of California, Berkeley Manuela Travaglianti, University of California, Berkeley Justine Davis, University of California, Berkeley Civic Awakening vs Parochial Identity: Nigeria's 2015 Elections and Igeria's 2015 Elections and Nation Building Ernest Uchenna Ereke, University of Abuja Tony Obayi Onyishi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Demand and Capacity in African Sub-national Election Manipulation-New Evidence and Data from Malawi Michael Wahman, University of Missouri The Rise of ‘Ethnic Parties’ in Africa: The Case of Ghana Theophilus A. Yakah, University of Virginia Disc., Adam S. Harris, University of Gothenburg Disc., Jeffrey William Paller, Columbia University Audience Discussion 13-501 Foreign Policy and Security in a Transitioning Middle East The BRICS and the Conflict between Israel and the Palestinians Guy Jonathan Sands Burton, University of Nottingham, Malaysia 89 Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Communitarian Politics and the Prospect of Middle East Nation State System Imad A. Salamey, Lebanese American University Understanding the Middle East: The Changing Fault lines and the U.S. Response Leena Thacker Kumar, University of Houston Disc., Tony Rivera, Duke University 14-1 International and Regional Conflict, Cooperation and Migration Chair, Nelli Babayan, Transatlantic Academy and Free University, Berlin East or West: The Post-Soviet States and their Foreign Policy Choice after Independence from the Soviet Union Ecaterina Locoman, Rutgers University Whoever Is Not Against Us is For Us?: Nation-Expanding Mobilization in the Kremlin’s Discourse Jessica Marie Mahlbacher, Graduate Center, CUNY Pivot to the West: How Georgian Political Culture Shaped a Western-Centric Foreign Policy Benjamin Shearn, George Mason University Migration in Northeastern Russia: Data Analysis from Field Survey Dekabrina M. Vinokurova, Finansovo-Ekonomichesky Institute Olga A. Avdeyeva, Loyola University, Chicago Explaining Foreign Policy Change in Transitional States: A Case Study of Ukraine between Two Revolutions, 2004-2014 Lidiya Oleksandrivna Zubytska, University of Kansas Disc., Olga A. Avdeyeva, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Julia Zelikova, Higher School of Economics Audience Discussion 15-3 16-11 90 Screening For Losers: Trade Institutions and Information Jason S. Davis, University of Michigan Reassessing Network Dynamics in PTA Formation Narisong Huhe, University of Strathclyde Qiang Zhou, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Precedential Power: The Role of the United States in Shaping International Law at the WTO Soumyajit Mazumder, Harvard University Disc., Joel Luc Raveloharimisy, Andrews University Audience Discussion Political Economy of Labor Markets 17-4 Chair, Matthew Mark Felice, Florida International University Ethnic Cleansing and Its Alternatives during Wartime: A Comparison of Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires Zeynep Bulutgil, Tufts University Ethnic External Support, Insurgent Groups, and Splintering Brandon Jeffrey Ives, University of Maryland, College Park Does Military Rule Make a State More Belligerent Nam Kyu Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Repressive Governments and Foreign Invasion Johann Park, Mississippi State University Protest Variation and Government Repression via Martial Law and States of Emergency Gabriela S. Rangel, University of Kentucky Jaclyn Margaret Johnson, University of Kentucky Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 18-2 Chair, Philipp Rehm, Ohio State University Unemployment Reduction or Labor Force Enlargement?: How Partisanship Matters for the Targeting of Active Labor Market Policy in Europe Axel Hans Cronert, Uppsala University Behind the Gender Gap: Labor Market Inequality and Differences in Economic Attitudes Analia M. Gomez Vidal, University of Maryland, College Park Becoming Red and Blue: The Economic Foundations of Political Diversity across American States Lucy M. Goodhart, Brandeis University Not So Risky Business?: How Public Policy can Enhance the Desirability of Self-Employment for Risk-Averse Individuals Carolin Rapp, University of Bern 19-3 Jennifer Shore, Heidelberg University Jale Tosun, Heidelberg University Risks and Occupational Change in International Perspective: How Labour Market Institutions and Policies Mitigate Effects of Technological Change and Offshoring Stefan Thewissen, University of Oxford David Rueda, University of Oxford Disc., Philipp Rehm, Ohio State University Audience Discussion Trade Institutions Chair, Jon Pevehouse, University of Wisconsin Trade and Development: The European Union Banana Regime in the Caribbean Ave Natalia Altius, Andrews University How Do Developing Countries Stay Committed to Liberalization Stephen Chaudoin, University of Ilinois Nita Rudra, University of Pittsburgh The Use of Force and Government Initiated Political Violence Regional Challenges to Peace and the new U.S. National Security and Military Strategies Chair, TBA Strategic Balancing in the Middle East: Can It Work Today Christopher J. Bolan, U.S. Army War College Deterrence in Europe: Security Dilemma, or Prudent Balancing Joel R. Hillison, Gettysburg College Strategy and Grand Strategy for the Future of Asia Nori Katagiri, St. Louis University Reviewing Strategic Options in the Asia-Pacific Region Jerome Tan Sibayan, U.S. Army War College Disc., Donald Mark Borock, Gettysburg College Disc., Andrew L. Stigler, Naval War College Audience Discussion The Politics of Nuclear Proliferation Chair, TBA The Catholic Church, Nuclear Weapons, and Analytic Morality: Deconstructing the Catholic Church's Moral Authority as a Political Force on Bbanning the Bomb Arunjana Das, American University Prospects for Societal Verification in Iran: Opaque Challenges Michaela Dodge, George Mason University Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation Pillars in the NPT Review Cycles Cigdem Pekar, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Nuclear Deterrence Theory: Fantasy, Myth, or (Un)Fortunate Reality Todd Clayton Robinson, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Disc., Caglar Kurc, Columbia University Disc., Lina Svedin, University of Utah Audience Discussion Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 22-3 23-3 24-4 Understanding Terrorism Chair, TBA Going Underground: Resort to Terrorism in Resistance Campaigns Margherita Belgioioso, University of Essex How the Public Defines Terrorism Connor Maurilio Dezzani Huff, Harvard University Joshua David Kertzer, Dartmouth College/Harvard University Subsidizing Moderation?: Terrorism, Signaling, and PrincipalAgent Problems William Jerome Spaniel, Stanford University Leadership Decapitation: Volume and Intensity of Terrorist Attacks Megan M. Thomas, University of Texas, Austin When to Claim Credit: Balance of Capabilities and the Claiming of Terrorist Attacks Peter Bradley Vining, New York University Disc., Hassan A. Khan, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Melia Taran Pfannenstiel, Kansas State University Audience Discussion The Public's Preferences on American Foreign Policy Chair, TBA Blood or Treasure?: Elite Framing, Cost Salience, and Military Mobilization Jessica Deighan Blankshain, U.S. Naval War College Lindsay P. Cohn, Naval War College Supporting the Troops: Sources, Structure, and Significance of Public Confidence in the U.S. Military David T. Burbach, Naval War College AIPAC, J Street, and the Iran Nuclear Agreement Amalia Fried Honick, Goucher College Explaining Foreign Policy Differences Among the American Public, 1974-2012 James M. McCormick, Iowa State University Religious Sources of Defense-spending Attitudes in the United States and the Case of Evangelical Distinctiveness Oindrila Roy, Cottey College Disc., Andrea Lynn Everett, University of California, Santa Cruz Disc., Tobias Heinrich, University of South Carolina Audience Discussion The Domestic and International Politics of Human Rights and Human Rights Treaties Chair, Robert Joseph Gulotty, University of Chicago Modeling States’ Ideological Positions in Treaty Negotiations Kevin Lynn Cope, University of Michigan James D. Morrow, University of Michigan Bandwagoning at the European Court of Human Rights Evangeline Mae Reynolds, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Ekrem Taha Baser, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Norm Spoiling: Undermining Women's Rights in International Politics Rebecca Sanders, University of Cincinnati A Moral Revolution in the History of Humankind: The Geneva Conventions, the Additional Protocols, and the Politics of International Humanitarian Law David Jeffords Traven, Williams College Reserved Compliance: Does the Way States Ratify Affect Whether they Comply Shaina D. Western, University of Oxford Disc., Robert Joseph Gulotty, University of Chicago Audience Discussion 26-500 2016 Presidential Election Symposium The Ideological Distribution of the 2016 Presidential Primary Candidate Fields Rachel Lynn Bitecofer, Christopher Newport University Identifying and Measuring the Use of Advertising Appeals on 2016 Presidential Primary Campaign Websites Kim Hixson, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater See No Evil, Hear No Evil: Voters Follow Candidates But Who See American Candidates on their Timelines Javier Lorenzo-Rodriguez, University of Carlos III de Madrid Projections of the Level of Competitiveness in Presidential Elections by Local Conditions Jaeyun Sung, Lyon College Disc., Michael S. Rocca, University of New Mexico Disc., Walter C. Wilson, University of Texas, San Antonio 27-5 Turnout in Local Elections Chair, TBA Turnout for What?: Retrospective Voting Behavior in Local School Board Elections Richard S. L. Blissett, Vanderbilt University Ngaire Honey, Vanderbilt University Closeness of the Election and Voter Turnout: An Examination at the Local Level in Sweden John Olof Högström, Mid Sweden University Local Democracy in American: What Local Elections Can Tell us about the State of Our Nation Melissa Marschall, Rice University John Lappie, Rice University What Drives Political Participation in Rural Communities?: New Evidence on Size and Voter Turnout Armin H. Mühlböck, University of Salzburg Reinhard C. Heinisch, University of Salzburg Subtraction by Addition?: Elucidating the Effect of Municipal Mergers on Voter Turnout in Local Elections Armin H. Mühlböck, University of Salzburg Reinhard C. Heinisch, University of Salzburg Christian Henning Schimpf, Gesis , Mannheim Thomas Lehner, University of Salzburg Disc., Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Michael W. Sances, University of Memphis Audience Discussion 29-400 Elections in Comparative Context Electoral Systems, Institutional strength and HistoricalStructural Context Helen Chang, Graduate Center, CUNY Intra-Party Dynamics and Preferences for Electoral System Change in Japan Hiroki Kubo, Rice University Ethnicity as Coordination Device: Strategic Voting and Party Systems in Bosnia-Herzegovina Benjamin McClelland, Columbia University Two Systems One Outcome: An Examination the Effects of the Westminster System on the Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Duverger’s Law in Canada Joshua Gordon Reichardt, State University of New York, Buffalo Disc., Melissa Ziegler Rogers, Claremont Graduate University Disc., Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa 29-401 Descriptive and Substantive Representation Strength in Numbers?: Exploring the Effect of Women Parliamentarians on Legislative Outcomes in Israel Noa Balf, University of Maryland, College Park 91 Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Baseline Support, Electoral Swings, and Party Nationalization in the U.S. House of Representatives Hiroto Katsumata, University of Tokyo Soichiro Yamauchi, University of Tokyo Constituency Size and Legislative Shirking in the U.S. Senate Alex Keena, University of California, Irvine Race and Descriptive Representation: Re-examining the Relevance of Race and the Consequences of Intragroup Diversity Danielle Lemi, University of California, Riverside Representing Women: A Look at Substantive and Descriptive Representation and the Conceptualization of Women's Interests in the U.S. States Regina Lea Wagner, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Timothy R. Lynch, Lewis-Clark State College Disc., Jamil Shatema Scott, Michigan State University 30-4 33-6 34-9 92 Party Cues, Polarization and Voting Behavior Chair, Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside Do Parties Clarify Ballot Propositions for Voters Matthew G. Jarvis, California State University, Fullerton Candidate Choice in the Presence and Absence of the Party Heuristic: New Insights from U.S. Mayoral Elections 1950-2000 and Conjoint Experiments Patricia A. Kirkland, Columbia University Alexander E. Coppock, Columbia University Politicians Appear More Competent When Using Numerical Rhetoric Rasmus Tue Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Stuck in the Middle with Who?: The Effect of Polarized Candidates on Voter Behavior Neil Visalvanich, Durham University Nicole Bonoff, University of California, San Diego Disc., Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis Disc., Danielle Joesten Martin, California State University, Sacramento Audience Discussion Experiments in Political Economy Does Ideology Divide Us?: Righteous Minds and Neglected Counterfactuals Eric William Groenendyk, University of Memphis Do Americans Experience Value Conflict?: A Spatial Model with Empirical Tests William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University David J. Ciuk, Franklin & Marshall College The Origins of Symbolic Ideology: A Values Based Approach Matthew Phillip Motta, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Paul Goren, University of Minnesota The Contingent Influence of Issue-Related Values on Opinions about Easy and Not-So-Easy Gay Rights Issues Laurie A. Rhodebeck, University of Louisville John Sida, University of Louisville Disc., Keena Lynn Lipsitz, City University of New York Disc., Stephen M. Utych, Boise State University Audience Discussion 35-4 Chair, TBA Ethnic Mixing and Public Goods Provision: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan Luke N. Condra, University of Pittsburgh Mohammad Isaqzadeh, Independent Scholar Sera Linardi, University of Pittsburgh The Impact of Social Accountability on Corruption and Service Delivery Nathan Vincent Fiala, University of Connecticut Economic Experiences Shape Personal and Political Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment 36-14 Erik Gahner Larsen, University of Southern Denmark Robert Klemmensen, University of Southern Denmark Reciprocity Effects and Tax Compliance: Randomizing the Provision of Public Goods Carlos G. Scartascini, Inter-American Development Bank Effect of Punishment Regimes on Compliance to Rule of Law: A Public Good Experiment in Presence of Arbitrator Indrajit Sinha Ray, University of Houston Disc., Malte M. Lierl, Yale University Audience Discussion The Political Psychology of Values and Ideology Chair, TBA Hypocrisy by any other Name: What Drives Logical Inconsistency on Social Issues within the American Electorate Tim Collins, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Applications of Conjoint Analysis in Public Opinion Research Chair, TBA Public Attitudes toward Asylum-Seekers and Asylum Policies Across Europe Kirk Christian Bansak, Stanford University Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University Dominik Hangartner, London School of Economics The Similarities in Voting across the U.S. Federal System: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment Daniel Jacob Hopkins, Georgetown University Decomposing Voter Preferences Over Politicians' Personal Attributes Across Electoral Systems: Evidence from a Conjoint Survey Experiment in Japan Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College Daniel M. Smith, Harvard University Teppei Yamamoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Who Can Get the Job Done?: How Candidates Signal Competence and How Citizens React Celia C. Paris, Loyola University, Maryland Daniel Feder, Benenson Strategy Group Experience, Discrimination, or Skill-sets?: Using Elite and Voter Conjoint Experiments to Understand Women's Access to Political Power Dawn Langan Teele, University of Pennsylvania Joshua Louis Kalla, University of California, Berkeley Rachel Anne Silbermann, Yale University Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University Disc., Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Simon Chauchard, Dartmouth College Audience Discussion Framing War, Terror, and Conflict in the News Chair, Karen S. Hoffman, Marquette University Blame in Media and the Escalation of Violence: Evidence from the Northern Ireland Conflict Maria A. Armoudian, University of Auckland The March to War Jason M. Badura, Wisconsin Lutheran College When Terrorists and Media Attack: Why Losing Four Americans in Benghazi Was a Scandal Yet Losing 3,000 on 9/11 Was Not Robert Mathew Entman, George Washington University Sarah A. Stonbely, George Washington University When Terrorists and Media Attack: Comparing Media Treatment of Benghazi (Scandal) and 9/11 (Non-scandal) in Terms of Ignoring Prior Warnings Robert Mathew Entman, George Washington University Sarah A. Stonbely, George Washington University Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am More Than Cheap Talk: Descriptive Representation and the Strength of Responsiveness to Crises in the Black Community Christopher Stout, Oregon State University Kristine Coulter, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Disc., Athena M. King, Eastern Michigan University Disc., Chryl Nicole Laird, Saint Louis University Audience Discussion Friends, Frenemies, or Foes?: Media Coverage of U.S.-Russian Security Agreements and Disagreements Heather L. Tafel, Grand Valley State University Erika G. King, Grand Valley State University Disc., Mark G. Major, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion 37-1 Gender and Politics in Latin America (Co-sponsored with Latin American and Caribbean Politics, see 10-9) 41-600 Values, Virtues, and Politics Chair, TBA An Alternate Story of Quota Failure: Uruguay's Experiment with Gender Quotas Magda B. Hinojosa, Arizona State University Piqueteras and Voters: Gender and Political Participation in Latin America Lia K. Roberts, Mount Saint Mary's University Support for Women Leaders in Troubled Times: How Personal and Societal Setbacks Impact Latin American Attitudes towards Female Politicians Mark Setzler, High Point University When Women Run the Show: Female Executive Authority and Agenda Setting in Latin America Sarah Yi-Yun Shair-Rosenfield, Arizona State University Alissandra T. Stoyan, Kansas State University Disc., Farida Jalalzai, Oklahoma State University Disc., Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Audience Discussion 38-2 38-5 The Donald and His Crew: Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Chair, TBA Mobilization and Opinion Backlash: Do Salient Events Mobilize Xenophobes Ben Bishin, University of California, Riverside Thomas J. Hayes, University of Connecticut 43-3 Matthew Incantalupo, Princeton University Charles A. Smith, University of California, Irvine Public Perceptions About Latinos and Immigration Attitudes Lucila M. Figueroa, University of Virginia Neighbors and Allies: Assessing the Effect of Pro-Immigrant Attitudes on White Political Mobilization Brian R. Hanson, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Pamela Lopez, American University Juan Urbano, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Punctuated Equilibrium and Alabama Immigration Politics Eli C. S. Jamison, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University The Trump and the Sleeping Giant Angel Saavedra Cisneros, University of Texas, Pan American Guillermo Davila, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Disc., Kimberly Gross, George Washington University Disc., Matthew Jacobsmeier, West Virginia University Audience Discussion Black Twitter: Assessing Effects of Social Media and Protests Chair, TBA The Politics of the Racial Divide in American Theology Paula Nicole Booke, Hope College Does Twitter Serve as a Political Outlet for Under-represented Populations Kerra Shantina McCorkle, University of Missouri, St. Louis When Do We Say Her Name in Black Lives Matter?: Analyzing the Role of Women in the Black Lives Matter Movement Megan Elizabeth Osterbur, Xavier University of Louisiana Jodi Deshae Hill, Xavier University of Louisiana 44-2 Two Justifications for the Epistemic Virtues of Majority Rule Given Heterogeneous Preferences William Berger, University of Michigan Courage and the Self: Overcoming the Dilemma of Manliness and Justice, Which is the Dilemma of Private and Public Virtue Matthew Hamilton Bowker, Medaille College Values and the Objectivity of Scientific Knowledge Gerald Doppelt, University of California, San Diego The Social Bases of Freedom Harrison Prather Frye, University of Virginia Rethinking Universality and Contingency in Theories of Human Rights Andrew DiMaggio Gates, University of Virginia Lockean Prudence and the Education of the Executive Travis S. Hadley, Christopher Newport University The Fault in Our Founders: Political Parties and Participation in America Aaron Robert Kushner, Northern Illinois University Exploring the Relationship Between Emotions and Human Rights: A Scientific Realist Approach Benjamin John Luongo, University of South Florida Hegel's Speculative Adaptation of Montesquieu James Tussing, Notre Dame University Gender and Race: Competing Perspectives on Complex Identities Chair, Serena Lynn Laws, Trinity College Thinking and Feeling: Hannah Arendt and James Baldwin Debate Love and Freedom Christopher Martin Caver, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Arendt's Distinction Between the Social and Political Redeemed: Intervening on the Rule of Race as Essential to the Political Resistance of Racism Ainsley Nicole LeSure, University of Chicago Reclaiming Susan Okin for Feminist Democratic Theory: Revealing the Limitations of a Liberal Approach to Multiculturalism Liza Taylor, Loyola Marymount University Non-Central Identities: The Case of Race and Gender Georgia Warnke, University of California, Riverside Disc., Amy Bartholomew, Carleton University Disc., Jamie Lynn Warner, Marshall University Audience Discussion Campaigns and Voting Chair, TBA Outside Spending and Democratic Responsiveness Nour Julnar Abdul-Razzak, University of Chicago Carlo Prato, Georgetown University Stephane Wolton, London School of Economics A Theory of Transferable Sincere Voting Jin Yeub Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Endogenous Party Identities Christopher Miao Li, Northwestern University Daniel Diermeier, Harris School of Public Policy 93 Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Media Competition and the Source of Disagreement Jacopo Perego, New York University Sevgi Yuksel, University of California, Santa Barbara Undisclosed Contributions in Electoral Campaigns Keith E. Schnakenberg, University of Kentucky Ian R. Turner, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Benoit Serge Crutzen, Erasmus School of Economics Disc., Jean Guillaume Forand, University of Waterloo Audience Discussion 46-3 Innovative Methods in Information Technology and Politics Chair, TBA Wisdom of the Crowds^2.0: 2012 U.S. Election Prediction Fabio Franch, European Central Bank BotWars: Why Social Scientists Have to Worry About Social Botnets Simon Hegelich, University of Siegen Turning the Virtual Tables: Government Strategies for Addressing Online Opposition with an Application to Russia Sergey Sanovich, New York University Denis Stukal, New York University Duncan Penfold-Brown, New York University Joshua A. Tucker, New York University Opinion 2.0: Do Social Media Echo Users' Ideologies Mickael Temporão, Université Laval Corentin Vande Kerckhove, Université Catholique de Louvain Yannick Dufresne, Université Laval Decision Support System for the Choice of Alternative Education Programs Yerken Turganbayev, Harvard University Indira Uvalieva, East Kazakhstan State Technical University Zhanna Sagandykova, Regional Center of New Technologies in Education Disc., Pablo Barbera, New York University Audience Discussion 47-14 Chair Julia Azari, Marquette University Panelist Seth E. Masket, University of Denver Robert W. Mickey, University of Michigan Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley Christina Katherine Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame Daniel Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University 48-10 49-13 Realignment, De-alignment, and Party Formation in Comparative Perspective Chair, Helene Helboe Pedersen, Aarhus University The Judean People’s Front vs. the People’s Front of Judea: Defections and Legislative Party Switching in New Political Parties Stefanie Beyens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Voter Dealignment and Party Convergence Ruth Dassonneville, Université de Montréal Exploring the Rise of the Republican Party in the South: The Emergence of Project Dixie, 1952-1968 Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia New Parties in Electoral Competition: Examining the Formation and Success of New Political Actors Katrin Praprotnik, University of Hamburg Who Represents Whom?: The Changing Representation of Social Classes in Electoral Politics Mads Thau, Aarhus University Disc., Helene Helboe Pedersen, Aarhus University Disc., Katrin Praprotnik, University of Hamburg Audience Discussion 94 47-100 Author Meets Critics: Daniel Schlozman's When Movements Anchor Parties 52-5 Rhetorical Leadership Chair, TBA Enemy Rhetoric as an Instrument of Democratic Leadership in U.S. Presidential Inaugurals Kathleen O'Brien Ellis, Independent Scholas Barack Obama: The Rise of the Diffident Presidential Style Stephen Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington Presidential Rhetorical Power: Evidence from Serendipitous Surveys Justin Ryan Grimmer, Stanford University Annie Franco, Stanford University Chloe Wang, Stanford University Public Opinion and Presidential Liberalism Revisited Matthew J. Lebo, Stony Brook University Matthew J. Dickinson, Middlebury College Joshua Matthew Johnson, Kennesaw State University Disc., Anne Boxberger Flaherty, Merrimack College Disc., Donna R. Hoffman, University of Northern Iowa Audience Discussion Legislature and the Bureaucracy Chair, TBA Stimulating Presidential Support: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Presidential Pork, and Vote-Buying in Congress Michael C. Brady, Denison University Jacob Robert Neiheisel, State University of New York, Buffalo Kevin Richard Stout, State University of New York, Buffalo Discretion in Implementation: Analyzing Variance in Legislative Grants of Authority to Federal Agencies Stuart Kasdin, George Washington University Christopher Michael Carrigan, George Washington University Behind “Enemy” Lines?: Congressional Detailees as an Indicator of Congressional Committee Capacity Russell W. Mills, Bowling Green State University Jennifer L. Selin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Informal Politics: The Role of Congressional Letters in InterBranch Communication between Congress and the President Philip Daniel Waggoner, University of Houston Disc., Devin Foster Judge-Lord, University of Wisconsin-Madison Audience Discussion Comparing Judicial Behavior Chair, TBA Obstructing the Development of the Law or Providing Policy Making Through Dissents?: A Study of Dissenting Opinions on Grand Chamber and En Banc Decisions on the Supreme Court of Norway Henrik Litlere Bentsen, University of Bergen Explaining Dissent on the Danish Supreme Court Henrik Litlere Bentsen, University of Bergen Mark Jonathan McKenzie, Texas Tech University Jon Kare Skiple, University of Bergen Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Precedents in High Courts: A Cross-National Analysis of Hierarchical Relationships in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom Ali Shiraz Masood, University of South Carolina Monica Elona Lineberger, University of South Carolina Economic Policy Making on the Supreme Court: The Case of Norway William R. Shaffer, Purdue University Gunnar Grendstad, University of Bergen Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University Bjørnebekk Olav, University of Bergen Discretionary Judicial Decision Making: A Comparative Perspective Rorie L. Spill, Oregon State University Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University Disc., Rebecca D. Gill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Disc., Joseph L. Staats, University of Minnesota, Duluth Audience Discussion 55-4 57-10 Information and Policymaking Chair, TBA Policy Advocates or Professional Researchers?: The Role of 58-14 Experts in China's Ethnic Minority Policymaking Sinan Chu, Syracuse University Excessive Policy Implementation in China: A Case Study of the Microfinance Program for Women Yanhua Deng, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Jiajian Chen, Southwestern University Problem Definition and Punctuated Equilibrium in Germany’s State Expenditure Daewoo Lee, Indiana University Kwan Nok Chan, University of Hong Kong Hyungon Kim, Inter-American Development Bank A Comparison of the Virtual Politics: A Four County Analysis of Hyperlink Networks in Fracking Debates KyuDong Park, University of Colorado, Denver Kristin Lea Olofsson, University of Colorado, Denver Financial Resources and Framing: The Case of the Gun Control Referendum in Brazil Beatriz Rey, Syracuse University Disc., Roger Handberg, University of Central Florida Disc., Donley Studlar, University of Strathclyde Audience Discussion 56-500 Social and Educational Policy: The Local Perpsective Chair, Matthew Burbank, University of Utah Determinants of Priority Conflict on American School Boards Michael Ford, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Douglas M. Ihrke, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Foreclosure Crisis and Community Health: Does Social Capital Have a Protective Effect Holly T. Goerdel, University of Kansas Dorothy M. Daley, University of Kansas John Charles Pierce, University of Kansas Organizational Training and Relationship Building for Increasing Parent Engagement in 5 Public School Districts John James Poynton, Colorado State University Rena Ann Kirkland, University of Northern Colorado Carole J. Makela, Colorado State University Restructuring in the Local Nonprofit Sector: Corporatization, Regimes, and the Consolidation of Human Services Delivery Patricia Ellen Tweet, St. John Fisher College Diane Bessel, Daemen College Disc., Matthew Burbank, University of Utah 60-1 The Words Politicians Use Chair, TBA Policy Punctuations or Politics As Usual?: The Congressional Dynamics of Science and Technology Policy Renee J. Johnson, Rhodes College Erin A. Dolgoy, Rhodes College Audiences, Agendas, and Advocacy: Exploring the Rhetoric of Public Comments by Obama Administration Officials Nathan Myers, Indiana State University Contagion in Policy Agendas: Inferences from an Agent-based Model of Issue Attention Herschel F. Thomas, University of Texas, Arlington Deliberative Democracy and the Corruption of Speech Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia Things Unspoken: The Politics of Forbidden Discourse Brandon K. Yoder, Old Dominion University Kurt Taylor Gaubatz, Old Dominion University Rachel A. Schutte, Hunter College, CUNY Disc., Melissa K. Merry, University of Louisville Audience Discussion Understanding Environmental Policy Processes Chair, TBA Applications of the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the Study Public Policy in Latin America: Innovations and Further Prospects Paul Cisneros, University of California, Davis The Role of Science in Collaborative Environmental Management: Top Down and Bottom Up Efforts Tomas M. Koontz, University of Washington, Tacoma Divided We Work, Together We Argue: Explaining the Consensual Logic of the German Climate Change Policy Network Thomas Malang, University of Konstanz Volker Schneider, University of Konstanz Heike Isabell Brugger, University of Konstanz Uncovering Multi-level Governance and Policy Idea Transfer in Energy Policy Using Topic Modelling on Large Policy Corpuses Arho Toikka, University of Helsinki A Diagnostic Approach for Analyzing Contentious Policy Processes: An Application to Hydraulic Fracturing Debates in Colorado Chris M. Weible, University of Colorado, Denver Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado, Denver Disc., Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Andrew Pattison, California Lutheran University Audience Discussion Representative Bureaucracy I Chair, Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Representative Bureaucracy at Play in the European Commission Magali M. Gravier, Copenhagen Business School Camille Roth, CNRS/Centre Marc Bloch Shaping Young Minds: Representation, Equity and the Perception of Fairness in School Discipline Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas Rajeev Darolia, University of Missouri Passive Representation and Policing in America Brandy A. Kennedy, Georgia College and State University Adam M. Butz, California State University, Long Beach Gender, Representation, and Whistle-Blowing: The Case of Sexual Harassment Sun Young Kim, Indiana University 95 Friday, April 8, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Comparative Representative Bureaucracy: Testing Gender Representation in Korean Schools Miyeon Song, Texas A&M University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 60-20 Underrepresented Groups Chair, Alisa Hicklin Fryar, University of Oklahoma Policing and the Black Community: Revisiting a Criminal Justice Issue through the Lens of Ethical Accountability Kayla Daniell Britt, North Carolina Central University Regulatee Choice: Farmers’ Selection from Among Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sector Organic Certification Agents David Paul Carter, University of Colorado, Denver Theory Building of Strategic Human Resource Management: Case of the Department of Commerce Dae-Woo Kim, Syracuse University Soonhee Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management Managing Veterans in the U.S. Federal Government: A Research Agenda Sean Patrick Webeck, Indiana University Venkata Krishna Nadella, Indiana University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 63-101 Authors Meet Critic: Civic Education in the 21st Century: A Multidimensional Inquiry Chair Michael Todd Rogers, Arkansas Tech University Panelist David Campbell, University of Notre Dame Donald M. Gooch, Stephen F. Austin State University Alison McCartney, Towson University Dick Simpson, University of Illinois, Chicago 65-101 MidCareer: From Faculty to Administration Chair Steven Andrew Light, University of North Dakota Panelist David C. Docherty, Mount Royal University Kiki Caruson, University of South Florida Michael A. McIntyre, DePaul University Jeffrey Alan Johnson, Utah Valley University 66-102 Teaching Research Literacy Chair Kimberly A. Weir, Northern Kentucky University Panelist Delton Thomas Daigle, George Mason University Tracy L. R. Lightcap, LaGrange College Michael Kevin McKoy, Wheaton College Ibrahim Baba Shatambaya, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto 87-4 96 Cooperation, Networks and Complexity Chair, TBA Inter-local Diffusion and Difference: How Networks Are Transforming Public Service Mitchell M. Brown, Auburn University Kathleen Hale, Auburn University Nonprofits: Politics, Policies and Persona Claudia Jeanne Coleman, University of Akron Understanding Collaborative Network in Emergency Management: A Network Analysis Perspective Huan Sheng Lin, National Chengchi University Chu Chien Hsieh, National Chengchi University A Spatial Evaluation of a Polycentric System of Human Services Brent Never, University of Missouri, Kansas City Disc., Jeffrey John Aulgur, Arkansas Tech University Disc., Otilia Iancu, Savannah State University Audience Discussion Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 2-4 5-6 Slices of Political Life: Niche Politics and Regional Cleavages Chair, TBA A Bitter Wind: The Impact of Government Capacity, Ideology and Regime on Air Pollution Nicholas L. Cain, Claremont Graduate University Eunyoung Ha, Claremont Graduate University Thirsty Cities: A Social Contract Theory of Public Goods Provision in China and India Selina Ho, National University of Singapore How Formal Electoral Institutions Affect Informal Redistribution Patterns Kristen Elaine Kao, University of Gothenburg Divide and Rule: Targeted Public Goods Provision in Uganda Hye-Sung Kim, University of Rochester Has Democracy Reduced the Rich-Poor Gap in Child Mortality?: An Analysis of 5 Million Births from 50 Developing Countries Since 1970 Antonio Pedro Ramos, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Geographical Variations of the Issue Space?: Evidence From a Geo-localized Voting Advice Application Lorenzo De Sio, LUISS Guido Carli University Diego Garzia, European University Institute Alexander Harald Trechsel, European University Institute The Role Of Niche Interest Groups in the Competition Between Niche and Mainstream Parties Benjamin David Farrer, Knox College Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities: Which Parties Make a Difference Corinna Kroeber, University of Salzburg Disc., Benjamin David Farrer, Knox College Disc., David Lublin, American University Audience Discussion 4-400 4-401 JSS: Politics in China Chair, Peter L. Lorentzen, University of California, Berkeley Authoritarian Resilience and Perception of Economic Inequality: Findings from Public Surveys in China Tianguang Meng, Tsinghua University Jing Lin, Syracuse University An Alternative Way Toward The Rise of Civil Society Under Authoritarian Regime: Based on the Case Study in China Li Shuoyan, Tsinghua University Local Anti-corruption Innovation in China: An Institutional Analysis of Its Dynamics, Processes and Dilemmas Litianqing Yang, City University of Hong Kong Disc., Nandiyang Zhang, Renmin University of China 4-402 6-3 JSS: State Capacity and Public Policies in the Developing World Government Type and Public Sector Spending in Africa Margaret H. Ariotti, Pennsylvania State University The Distributive Politics of Non-State Welfare Provision: Evidence from Brazil Natalia S. Bueno, Yale University Bureaucrats vs. Politicians: A Field Experiment on Political Oversight and Local Government Performance Pia Raffler, Yale University Understanding How Governance Reforms are Targeted: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector Alan Zarychta, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Brian Min, University of Michigan JSS: Political Instability and Violence Chair, Ellen M. Lust, University of Gothenburg Does Increasing Social Program Coverage Reduce Violence?: Theory and Evidence from Mexico Abraham Samuel Aldama Navarrete, New York University Indirect Rule by Armed Groups: Causes and Consequences in the Eastern DRC Soeren Jannik Henn, Harvard University Gauthier A. Marchais, London School of Economics Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Darren Greg Hawkins, Brigham Young University Disc., Ellen M. Lust, University of Gothenburg Inequality, the Environment, and Distribution of Public Resources 7-2 Drivers of Democratic Change Chair, TBA What Constitution-makers Think of Participation and the Brazilian Constitution Francisco Fernandes Brandao, University of California, Santa Barbara Constructing Labor: Long-term Effect of Industrialization on Labor Mobilization in South Korea Joan Eun Cho, Harvard University NGOization and Democratic Citizenship in Rural India Emily Ruhamah Clough, Harvard University Making Democrats: Quasi-experimental Evidence from North Korean Defectors Aram Hur, New York University Ordering Violence: Identity Boundaries and Alliance Formation in the Syrian Uprising Kevin A. Mazur, Princeton University Disc., Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Yale University Disc., Mai Hassan, University of Michigan Audience Discussion Party System Polarization Chair, Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Who is the Gatekeeper for the Party?: Impact of Supply-Side Factors on Radical Right Parties Michael Allan Hansen, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Democratic Domestic Shields: Party System Effectiveness, Polarization, and Domestic Terrorism Tyson Jay Meredith, Texas Tech University Assessing Party System Polarization: The Role of Runoff Aldo Fernando Ponce, CIDE Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University Party System Polarization: Citizen Perception, Manifesto Statements, and Change G. Bingham Powell, University of Rochester Sergio J. Ascencio Bonfil, University of Rochester Determinants of Support for Radical Parties in Hungary Maria Snegovaya, Columbia University Disc., Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Disc., Susan Scarrow, University of Houston Audience Discussion 97 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 9-13 10-1 11-3 12-3 98 Public Attitudes in an Age of Austerity Chair, TBA External Endorsements and Economic Policy Preferences in the Crisis Alexander G. Kuo, Cornell University Jose Fernandez-Albertos, Institute for Policies and Public Goods My Country Before Myself?: When and How Economic Policy Preferences are More Likely to be Sociotropic or Egocentric in the EU Jim Michael Pripusich, University of Colorado, Boulder Economic Voting Amid the Crisis: How Voters in Europe Respond to Economic Policies Liisa Talving, University of Tartu To Vote Eurosceptic, or Not To Vote At All?: Understanding the Electoral Behavior of Eurosceptic Citizens in Times of Crisis Ilke Toygur, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Constantin Schäfer, University of Mannheim Disc., Niccole Marie Pamphilis, University of Glasgow Disc., Martijn Schoonvelde, Free University, Amsterdam Audience Discussion When Chiefs Punish Chiefs: The Effect of Pre-Colonial Statehood on Property Rights in Zambia Lauren Elizabeth Honig, Cornell University Religion and Citizenship: Assessing the Political Influence of Pentecostal Churches Gwyneth H. McClendon, Harvard University Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University Different Means, Different Ends: Rethinking the Relationship Between Missionaries, Traditional Leaders, and African Political Development Robert Woodberry, National University of Singapore Elizabeth Sperber, Columbia University Disc., Jennifer N. Brass, Indiana University Disc., Robert A. Dowd, University of Notre Dame Audience Discussion 15-4 Protest and Reform in Latin America Chair, TBA Brazil’s “Order and Progress” Motto at Stake: Brazil’s Recent Wave of Protests Edgar Jorge Marcolin, Purdue University Student Protest and Progressive Reformism in Contemporary Chile Indira Palacios, Missouri State University Gabriel Ondetti, Missouri State University When Paper Stones are Not Enough: Party System Institutionalization and Social Protest in Latin America Maggie Shum, University of Notre Dame Omar Christian Coronel, University of Notre Dame National Protest Waves and Local Undulations: Brazil's 2013 'Vinegar Revolt' Wakes the City Where the Sun Rises First Jeff Blair Sluyter-Beltrao, Alfred University Disc., Galia J. Benitez, Michigan State University Disc., Erika Moreno, Creighton University Audience Discussion 16-500 Symposium International Governmental Organizations as Multiple Principals and their Disruptive Effects on Domestic Governance Mohammed Rodwan Abouharb, University College London David L. Cingranelli, Binghamton University Mikhail G. Filippov, State University of New York, Binghamton Market Spillovers from Sovereign Litigation Faisal Ahmed, Princeton University Rating Politics?: Sovereign Rating Agencies, Elections and Parties Zsofia Barta, State University of New York, Albany Alison Johnston, Oregon State University Technologies as Private Authorities?: Examining Emergent Technical Systems in Global Financial Governance Malcolm Adair Campbell-Verduyn, McMaster University When Global Capital Punishes National Governments: Capital Outflow and Government Stability Isa Camyar, University of Pennsylvania Rachel Bailey Scott, University of Pennsylvania Quantitative Chinese Politics Panel 3: Institutions Chair, Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University Growing with Graft: Elite Corruption and Local Development in China Junyan Jiang, University of Chicago Local Elite Structure and Public-goods Provision in China Jonghyuk Lee, University of California, San Diego Politics as a Vocation: College Students' Career Choice in an Authoritarian State Hanzhang Liu, Columbia University Yuhua Wang, Harvard University Democracy, Informal Institutions, and Income Equality: Evidence from Chinese Villages Yiqing Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Rory Truex, Princeton University Audience Discussion Non-state Actors and Politics in sub-Saharan Africa Chair, Robert A. Dowd, University of Notre Dame Can Social Clubs (grin) Generate Trust and Tolerance in Post Conflict Mali Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame Non-State Service Providers and the Delivery State in Zambia Erin Accampo Hern, Cornell University Comparative Political Economy of Corruption Chair, TBA Increasing Government Wages to Reduce Corruption: A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model and Cross-Country Panel Evidence Weihua Edward An, Indiana University Yesola Kweon, Indiana University Parties as Disciplinarians: Clientelism, Corruption and the Industrial Organization of Parties James Richard Hollyer, University of Minnesota Marko Klasnja, New York University Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan Corruption, Globalization and Allocation of Talent: Theory and Evidence from Cross-sectional Data Evgeny Alexandrovich Sedashov, State University of New York, Binghamton The Effect of International Sanctions on Political Corruption Patty Zakaria, Wayne State University Disc., Dinissa S. Duvanova, State University of New York, Buffalo Audience Discussion 17-5 Empirical Tests and Theories of the Domestic Determinants of International Cooperation Chair, TBA The European Union Defense Project in Discourse: An Attempt of Militarization Without Politicization Robert Chaouad, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Regional Integration and Consensus Building in Foreign Policy: 21-3 Comparative Analysis of the European Union and the GCC Remi Benoit Piet, Qatar University Ashleen Marie Williams, Qatar University Political Leaders and Foreign Policy Proximity: Do Dyadic Administration Changes Affect Voting Alignment in the United Nations General Assembly Tobias Rommel, University of Zurich Paul Schaudt, University of Hannover Democratic Diplomacy and International Institutions: Potential Lessons from the Belize-Guatemala Territorial Dispute Jonathan Christopher Rothermel, Mansfield University Stepping In Or Staying Out?: Electoral Accountability, Political Ideology and Europe’s Varying Support for UN Peace Missions Katharina Veronika Wolf, European University Institute Disc., Nelli Babayan, Transatlantic Academy and Free University, 22-4 Berlin Disc., Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois, Springfield Audience Discussion 18-12 20-4 Terrorism and its Roots Chair, TBA Matching Terrorist Typologies With Tactics Ranya Radhi Ahmed, University of Missouri Explaining Counterinsurgency Success: Family Ties and Selective Incentives in India's COIN Campaigns Amit Ahuja, University of California, Santa Barbara Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, University of California, Santa Barbara Like Moths to the Flame: Do Aid Projects Attract Transnational Terrorism Andrew Thomas Boutton, Pennsylvania State University Henry Pascoe, University of Texas, Austin Terrorist Financing: An Analysis of State Regulatory Capacity and Illicit Financial Networks Melia Taran Pfannenstiel, Kansas State University The Economy Within: Terrorist Financing and the Shadow Economy Joseph John St. Marie, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Burcu Pinar Alakoc, Webster University Audience Discussion Costs of Civil Conflict Chair, TBA Disposable Human Resources: Human Trafficking and Civil Wars Christine Anne Balarezo, Independent Scholar The Environmental Costs of Civil War: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo Kyosuke Kikuta, University of Texas, Austin Accounts in Conflict: Evidence of Selection Bias in Empirical Data on Violent Deaths Jule Krüger, University of Michigan Estimating and Explaining Cross-National Variation in the Costs of Civil War for Population Health Bryce Wesley Reeder, Purdue University Natural Resources, Domestic Institutions, and Conflict George Watson Williford, University of Georgia Disc., J. Michael Greig, University of North Texas Disc., Tor Georg Jakobsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Audience Discussion Conflict Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Region Chair, Sumi Lee, University of Hawaii, Hilo Understanding the Dynamics of Chinese-Taiwanese Relations Patrick T. Brandt, University of Texas, Dallas John R. Freeman, University of Minnesota Tse-min Lin, University of Texas, Austin U.S. Security and Military Strategy in Asia-Pacific Transition Sunny Sunyoung Lee, Institute for Korea Frenemies: The Implications of Othering in Sino-U.S. Relations Su-Mei Ooi, Butler University Gwen D'Arcangelis, California State Polytechnic University Disc., Benjamin E. Goldsmith, University of Sydney Audience Discussion Political Violence in the Middle East Chair, TBA Strategic Targeting: The Islamic State and the Use of Violence in Iraq and Syria Michael Conor Burch, Eckerd College Elise Pizzi, University of Colorado, Boulder Patterns of Rancor: An Empirical Study of Sunni-Shia Violence in MENA Daniel Perry Brooks Irwin, Mercyhurst University Thomas Cormier Hamby, Mercyhurst University Winning Hearts and Minds in a Civil War: Leadership Change, Governance Perceptions, and Support for Violence in Iraq Saurabh Pant, Princeton University Christoph Mikulaschek, Princeton University Beza Tesfaye, Mercy Corps Ethnicity, Religiosity, and Violent Conflict in Iran Gunes Murat Tezcur, University of Central Florida Peyman Asadzade, University of Central Florida Just Another Insurgent Group?: The Subnational Determinants of the Expansion of ISIS Michael William Widmeier, University of North Texas Colin Deen Wood, University of North Texas Disc., Abdalhadi Mahmoud Alijla, State University of Milano Disc., Timothy J. Schorn, University of South Dakota Audience Discussion 24-600 International Cooperation and International Organizations Research Blitz UNESCO and the Diffusion of Grassroots Norms: A Field Experiment on the Role of Common Knowledge Eric Arias, New York University Power Relations, Domestic Ideological Polarization and IGO Membership Kyeonghi Baek, State University of New York, Buffalo Mehwish Sarwari, State University of New York, Buffalo Mayra Velez, University of Puerto Rico Cooperative Norms and the Impact of Gender on International Cooperation Jeremy L. Bowling, University of Utah Courtney Burns, Georgia Southern University Free-riding Creditors: Do Governments Lend to Countries that Received Debt Relief Jonas Bunte, University of Texas, Dallas Taking Piketty Seriously: Evaluating the Political and Legal Constraints for a Global Tax on Wealth Adam Clayton Irish, California State University, Chico 99 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 26-3 27-13 28-3 European Campaigns and Elections I Chair, TBA Analyzing the Interplay between Political Parties and Media Using Temporal Pattern Analysis Michaela Maier, University of Koblenz, Landau Patrick Bacherle, University of Landau Silke Adam, University of Bern Melanie Leidecker, University of Landau Caught in the Crossfire: A Comparative Investigation into Televised Incivility and the Quality of Election Debates in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium Sofie Marien, University of Leuven Negative Messaging in British Election Leaflets Caitlin Cole Milazzo, University of Nottingham Jesse Ryan Hammond, University of California, Davis Disc., Andrea Stephanie Aldrich, Texas A&M University Disc., Javier Lorenzo-Rodriguez, University of Carlos III de Madrid Audience Discussion 30-3 Frontiers in the Study of Political Participation Chair, TBA Closeness and Campaigning: How Constituency-level Political Context Affects Voter Turnout in UK General Elections James Robert Dennison, European University Institute Citizen Participation in the Policymaking Process: Evidence from Notice and Comment Rulemaking Sanford Clark Gordon, New York University Steven Rashin, New York University More Bang for the Buck: Can a $25,000 Raffle Increase Turnout in Low Salience Elections Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University Matt A. Barreto, University of California, Los Angeles Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles 32-5 Christian R. Grose, University of Southern California Victoria A. Shineman, University of PIttsburgh Elections and Citizenship: Beyond the Study of Institutions for Citizen Participation as Indicators of Norms Zohreh Khoban, Uppsala University Voting with Their Feet and Wallets: Evaluating Consumer Response to Political Speech by Corporations Steven A. Snell, Duke University Disc., Seth J. Hill, University of California-San Diego Disc., Charles H. Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Audience Discussion It's All About the ______. Voter Preferences and Accountability Chair, TBA The Collective "Congress" on the Ballot?: An Analysis of Collective Responsibility in Congressional Elections Carlos Andres Algara, University of California, Davis The Electoral Consequences of the Debt Ceiling and Government Shutdown Standoffs Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University Geoffrey Sheagley, University of Minnesota, Duluth Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis What I Like About You: Valences vs Congruence in Legislative Vote Choice Jonathan D. Klingler, Toulouse School of Economics Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Notre Dame Adam Joseph Ramey, New York University, Abu Dhabi Constituents, Senators, and Political Accountability over the Electoral Cycle Joel Sievert, Duke University 100 Disc., Michael Crespin, University of Oklahoma Disc., Girish Jefferson Gulati, Bentley University Audience Discussion 34-5 Voters in Context: Lessons from the UK General Election of 2015 for Understanding Political Change Chair, Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas, Austin UKIP: Immigration, Europe and the Rise of Ethno-nationalism Geoff Evans, Oxford University Jonathan Andrew Mellon, University of Oxford When Voting Behavior and Party Support Collide: How the Scottish Independence Referendum Cost Labour Edward A. Fieldhouse, University of Manchester Chris Prosser, University of Manchester Which Theory or Theories of Voting Explain the 2015 General Election Outcome Jane Elizabeth Green, University of Manchester Chris Prosser, University of Manchester Reward, Blame and Guilt by Association: How Coalition Helped the Tories but Hurt the Lib Dems Chris Prosser, University of Manchester Edward A. Fieldhouse, University of Manchester Jane Elizabeth Green, University of Manchester Evolving Boundaries of Electoral Change: How Long-term Evolution of Social and Political Factors Transforms the Parameters of Electoral Competition and its Outcomes in Britain Cees Van Der Eijk, University of Nottingham Hermann Schmitt, University of Mannheim Disc., Mark N. Franklin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion Political Socialization and Generations Chair, TBA Were "The Greatest" and the "Silent" Generation Liberals When They Were Young Zachary Folsom Cook, DePaul University Driving the U.S. Political Agenda: The Priorities and Preference of the Millennial American Brigid R. Harrison, Montclair State University Age, Race, Party Identification, and Ideology: Long-Term Implications of Generational Imprinting during the Obama Administration Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego More Polarized, Better Socialized?: Parental Success in Transmitting Political Attitudes and Beliefs in a Polarized Era Clinton Maddox Jenkins, George Washington University Disc., Tyler Johnson, University of Oklahoma Disc., Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado, Boulder Audience Discussion Emotions' Political Effects Chair, TBA Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Emotion Cengiz Erisen, TOBB University of Economics and Technology Elizabeth Suhay, American University What Makes People Seek Political Information?: Seeking or Avoiding Information about Political Candidates Jongho Lee, Western Illinois University Keith Boeckelman, Western Illinois University Richard J. Hardy, Western Illinois University Kyle E. Davis, Western Illinois University Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Does a Laugh Matter?: It Depends, the Moderating Effects of Need for Affect and Need for Cognition Fabian Moersheim, University of Koblenz, Landau Juergen Maier, University of Koblenz, Landau Anger and Anxiety in the Growth of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Movements Philip O. Paolino, University of North Texas Anger and its Effects on Social Networks and Engagement Christopher Robert Weber, University of Arizona Christopher B. Kenny, Louisiana State University Disc., Eric William Groenendyk, University of Memphis Disc., Paul J. Quirk, University of British Columbia Audience Discussion 35-6 Measuring Gender Bias while Minimizing Social Desirability Effects Nathaniel Swigger, Ohio State University David Nield, Ohio State University Disc., Bethany Albertson, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Corrine M. McConnaughy, George Washington University Audience Discussion 38-4 Chair, TBA Ethnic Diversity, Social Capital, and Local Public Goods in the United States Yeokwang Brian An, University of Southern California Morris Eli Levy, University of California, Berkeley The Specter of Social Capital: Bringing New Evidence to the Debate about Race Mallory E. Compton, Texas A&M University Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Understanding Differences in Social Trust Among Canada’s Major Ethnic and Racial Groups Monica Mi Hee Hwang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Edward George Grabb, University of Western Ontario Leaning In or Hunkering Down?: Contact, Trust and Civic Engagement Among Immigrants and the Native Born Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University Ethnic Homogeneity and Local Goods Provision: The Surprising Effects of Social Capital on Community Policing in Two Cape Town Neighborhoods Annie Kryzanek Karreth, Ursinus College Disc., Ivy A. M. Cargile, St. Norbert College Disc., Carolin Rapp, University of Bern Audience Discussion Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe and the United States Chair, TBA Who Wants to Live with the Immigrants?: Public Opinion in Europe and Turkey on the Crisis of Immigration Ebru Canan Sokullu, Bahcesehir University The Causal Impact of Mexican Immigration on White Political Attitudes in the United States, 1980-2000 Albert H. Fang, Yale University The Impact of Microagressions on Second Generation Americans Sean Richey, Georgia State University Changing Anti-Immigrant Public Moods: Acceptances and Contact Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Universite Catholique de Louvain Patrick English, University of Manchester Disc., Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College Disc., Eero Olli, University of Bergen Audience Discussion 36-5 37-13 Europe and the Media 39-104 Physics of Blackness: A Roundtable (Co-sponsored with Race, Class and Ethnicity, see 38-103, and Contemporary Political Theory, see 43-100) Chair, Mark A. Harvey, University of Saint Mary The Ideological Orientation of U.S. and European Newspapers Joshua D. Clinton, Vanderbilt University Chair Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Carlos III - Juan March Institute Panelist Reflecting the Public Interest? How European News Media Cover Public Opinion Cues on EU Legislative Politics Iskander W. P. De Bruycker, University of Amsterdam The Globalization of Public Spheres and Societal Conflict 40-5 Pieter de Wilde, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Mapping and Accounting for Attack Politics in Post-Communist Europe Paul Armstrong DeBell, Ohio State University Democracy: Social Media Use and Support for Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Matthew Alan Placek, University of South Carolina, Upstate Disc., Lydia Lundgren, Clemson University Audience Discussion Gender and Political Evaluations: Ingredients and Outcomes Chair, TBA Perceptions of Candidate Spouses in the 2012 Presidential Election: The Role of Gender, Race, Religion, and Partisanship Laurel E. Elder, Hartwick College Brian P. Frederick, Bridgewater State College Gender Differences in Support for Gun Control Mary-Kate Lizotte, Birmingham-Southern College Modern Sexism and Contemporary Southern Distinctiveness Angie Maxwell, University of Arkansas Todd G. Shields, University of Arkansas The Promise and Peril of Diversity: Trust and Social Capital in Plural Societies Tiffany Willoughby-Herrard, University of California, Irvine Gregory Childs, Brandeis University Julietta Hua, San Francisco State University Wright Michelle, Northwestern University Politics, Theory, and Aesthetics Chair, TBA Nietzsche’s Rhetoric: Dissonance and Reception Simon Peter Solway Lambek, University of Toronto The Pragmatics of Style and the Redistribution of the Sensible: A Critique of Rancie`re Cody Robert Melcher, Wayne State University The Political World of Bob Dylan Jeff L. Taylor, Dordt College Democratizing Empathy: Aeschylus' The Persians and Deliberative Democracy Se-Hyoung Yi, University of Houston, Clear Lake Bad Lands and Good Loving: The Politically Ambivalent Messages of Bruce Springsteen Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut Disc., Steven Francis Pittz, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Audience Discussion 101 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 41-13 44-6 45-7 47-20 Religion, Ethics, Rights Coalitions, Legislatures, and Factions 47-103 Strong and Sometimes Caffeinated: The Effects of the Tea Party on American Politics Chair, TBA Policy Preferences in Coalition Formation: Instability, Minority, Chair Panelist and Surplus Governments Anna Bassi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Coalition Governance: A Mechanism Design Approach Tiberiu Catalin Dragu, New York University Michael Laver, New York University 48-3 Party Competition in Legislative Elections Gleason Francis Judd, University of Rochester Long-surviving Factions Suhjin Lee, London School of Economics The Benefits of Infighting: How Factions May Protect Coalitions against Policy Shocks Florence So, Aarhus University Disc., Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago Disc., Thomas E. Koenig, University of Mannheim Audience Discussion Machine Learning Models of Politics Chair, TBA Predicting Foreign Fighter Flows to Syria Using Machine Learning: An Introduction to Kernel Regularized Hurdle Negative Binomial George Derpanopoulos, University of California, Los Angeles Luke Sonnet, University of California, Los Angeles Testing Human Rights Treaty Mechanisms of Influence: An Application of Machine Learning for Causal Mediation Analysis Sinh Nguyen, Purdue University Anti-Corruption Messages, Trust in Government, and Turnout: Experimental Evidence and a Machine Learning Model of Turnout Luke Sonnet, University of California, Los Angeles C. Joy Wilke, University of California, Los Angeles Strength in Numbers: Using Multiple Measures to Esimate Media Ideology Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Philip Habel, University of Glasgow, UK Disc., Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University Disc., Bryce Jensen Dietrich, University of Missouri, Columbia Audience Discussion 49-14 Parties and their Networks: Interest Groups, Activists, and Ideologies Chair, Marjorie R. Hershey, Indiana University Sharing Constituencies: Polarization and Representation in the Extended Party Network Mia Iris Costa, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Not-So-Great Debate: Party Asymmetry and the News Media in American Politics Matthew Grossmann, Michigan State University David A. Hopkins, Boston College 102 Interest Groups with National and Subnational Branches: Cohesion or Conflict Jaclyn Jolene Kettler, Boise State University Ngoc Phan, University of Southern Mississippi Party Preference, Priorities, and Positions: Disentangling Meaning and Measures Brandon C. Zicha, Leiden Unviersity Boaz Manger, Binghamton University Disc., Marjorie R. Hershey, Indiana University Disc., Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Should We Help Save their Souls?: The Politics of the Parochial Square in Beit Shemesh, Israel Judith Lynn Failer, Indiana University Bread, Wine, Revolution: A Political Theology of the Eucharist Beverly Ann Gaddy, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg Animals, Cosmopolitanism, and IR Theory Matthew Coen Leep, Western Governors University Disc., Benjamin Lynerd, Roosevelt University Audience Discussion 52-6 William J. Miller, Flagler College Michael John Burton, Ohio University Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University Jeremy D. Walling, Southeast Missouri State University Presidential Nominations: Quest for Party Leadership Chair, TBA Varying Presidential Debate Rhetoric Anne Cizmar, Eastern Kentucky University Lip Service: Post-New Deal Democratic Presidents and their Rhetoric to Civil Rights and Labor Groups Micah Samuel Mintz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Political Geography of Super PACs and Direct Donations in the 2012 and 2016 Presidential Primaries Joshua L. Mitchell, University of Arkansas Karen Denice Sebold, University of Arkansas Andrew J. Dowdle, University of Arkansas What Does a Frontrunner Look Like?: Early Favorites in Presidential Nominations Andrew E. Smith, University of New Hampshire The Party Decides--When it Has a Sure Thing Wayne P. Steger, DePaul University Disc., Caitlin Elizabeth Jewitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Disc., Dante J. Scala, University of New Hampshire Audience Discussion Parties and Committees Chair, TBA Party Positions on Nuclear Weapons Voting in Congress in the Post-Cold War Era Flávio Contrera, American University/Universidade Federal de São Carlos Committee Chair Elections and the Growth of Majority Party Agenda Setting Scott Guenther, University of California, San Diego Party Effects in House Committee Gatekeeping Dave J. King, West Virginia University Using Committee Seats as Carrots in Exchange for Procedural Support Chase Bradford Meyer, University of Georgia Justin J. Norris, University of Georgia Brett N. Odom, University of Georgia Disc., Josh Ryan, Utah State University Disc., Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion Comparative Courts and Politics Chair, TBA Open Deliberation and Judicial Behavior Monaliza Oliveira da Silva, New York University Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am The Choices Courts Make: Explaining When and Why Domestic Courts Express Opinions in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure Karin Leijon, Uppsala University Contesting Justice: The Battle for Judicial Hegemony in South Korea Sung-Wook Paik, York College of Pennsylvania Turkey's Judicial Parties Hootan Shambayati, Florida Gulf Coast University Disc., Brad Epperly, University of South Carolina Disc., James R. Rogers, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion 53-6 State Legislatures Chair, Marjorie Ellen Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University Institutional Rules, Preferences, and Legislative Party Unity Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Robert Lucas Williams, University of Houston White-Collar Professionals and State Legislative Agenda Setting Eric Hansen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Virginia H. Gray, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Powers, Mandates, Restrictions and Exclusions, Oh My...Exploring the Influence of State Constitutions on the Legislative Branch Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton Keith E. Hamm, Rice University Ronald D. Hedlund, Northeastern University Representation in State Legislatures: Slippage at the Issue and Committee Stages Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion University James Battista, State University of New York, Buffalo Public Value and Public Values in State Legislatures Holley Elizabeth Tankersley, Coastal Carolina University Disc., Zachary Peskowitz, Emory University Disc., Marjorie Ellen Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University Audience Discussion 53-400 Federalism and Public Policy Chair, Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University Beyond Partisanship: The Legislative Battle Over Health Reform Timothy Herbert Callaghan, University of Minnesota Setting the Agenda for the Common Core: The Influence of Governors, Legislators, and Interest Groups on the Policy Process Matthew Allen Malone, Auburn University Cynthia J. Bowling, Auburn University Compact Theory: Analysis and Applications in Land Use Policy Amber Rae Overholser, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Disc., D. Roderick Kiewiet, California Institute of Technology Disc., Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University 53-401 State Institutions Chair, Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College Explaining the Variation in State Primary Election Types Jillian Elizabeth Evans, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Interest Group Lobbying and Polarization: Evidence from Colorado and Ohio Alex Garlick, University of Pennsylvania Representational Style in the American States: Legislator Strategic Self-Presentation Style; The Role of Communication and Impression Management in State-Level Representation, A Bayesian Hierarchical Topic Model Application Patricia Gouzien, University of Missouri, St. Louis Laboratories of Inequality: Economic Policy and Income Disparity in the States Joshua Michael Jansa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Structure of Interstate Competition in Democratic Federations Syed S. Reza, Harvard University Disc., Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College Disc., Gerald C. Wright, Indiana University 57-600 Public Policy in Changing Contexts Chair, Daniel J. Fiorino, American University Responsiveness to International Obligations and Pressure: A Comparison between Air Polllution and Solid Wastes Regulatory Regimes in China May Chu, Chinese University of Hong Kong Another Way to Nudge: Capacity Building Through the Targeted Use of Nodality Instruments Rob A. DeLeo, Bentley University Sean McDonald, Bentley University The Manipulation of Information-Gathering in Legislative Institutions: Evidence from Congressional Committee Hearings, 1989-2012 Tyler Hughes, California State University, Northridge A Comparative Study on the Production of Policy Knowledge in the Roh and Lee Administration: Focused on the Policy Research Projects of Central Government Chang Ho Hwang, Yonsei University Jieun Kim, Yonsei University M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University Decentralized Policing and Crimes: A Tale of Two Worlds Grichawat Lowatcharin, University of Missouri Judith I. Stallmann, University of Missouri The Bread and the Cross: An Empirical Analysis of Religious Discrimination in the Egyptian Labor Market Ahmed Ezzeldin Abdalla Mohamed, Columbia University Political Opportunity, Legislative Conflict, and Policy Sustainability: The Enactment and Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit Adam K. Olson, University of Minnesota Challenging the Work Participation Regime: An Analysis of TANF Implementation in One State Jodi Sandfort, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Catherine Kelsey McKay, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Sook Jin Ong, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Public Will as Shared Policy Beliefs: An NPF Approach and Application Aaron Michael Smith-Walter, Center for Public Administration and Policy Holly L. Peterson, Oregon State University Avoidance, Compliance, and Social Networks: How Scientists Navigate Policy Regulations Gabel Christopher Taggart, Arizona State University Eric W. Welch, University of Illinois, Chicago Michael D. Siciliano, University of Illinois, Chicago Mary K. Feeney, University of Illinois, Chicago Neurotic Regulations: Goals and Results of the Israeli Lobbying Law Albert Veksler , Dublin Institute of Technology Spatial Interdependence in States’ Policy Priorities Desmond D. Wallace, University of Iowa Labor Union Strength and Subjective Well-Being in the United States Dominic Wells, Kent State University Casey Boyd-Swan, Kent State University 103 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 58-600 Research Blitz: Environmental Politics Chair, Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University The Price of Healthy Choices: Voting on Referendums on GMO Labeling Emilia Barreto, University of Houston The Environment or the Economy?: National Park Politics in the Americas Grant Burrier, Curry College Environmental Change and its Effect on Internal Migration Fabien Cottier, University of Geneva Ambitiousness to Action: Analysis of State GHG Reduction Goals on Facility-level Emissions Derek John Glasgow, Mercer University Saatvika Vika Rai, University of Kansas Divided We Work, Together We Argue: Explaining the Consensual Logic of the German Climate Change Policy Network Thomas Malang, University of Konstanz Volker Helmut Schneider, University of Konstanz Heike Isabell Brugger, University of Konstanz Increasing Support for Pro-environmental Policies: The Effects of Compensatory Policy Packages on Policy Specific Beliefs and Policy Support Johan Martinsson, University of Gothenburg Sverker C. Jagers, Luleå University of Technology Simon Matti, Luleå University of Technology How’s Our Ride-Sharing?: Comparative Analysis of Policy Development for Future Mobility Services in California Communities Susan Pike, University of California, Davis Living on the Edge: Coastal Cities' Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise Claudia Marie Risner, Old Dominion University Should We Call the Neighbors?: Measuring the Effectiveness of Deliberation-enhancing Best Management Practices and their Potential to Reduce Local Uncertainties about Oil and Gas Development Ryan P. Scott, University of Washington State and Local Relations with the EPA and Permit and Enforcement Compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act Allen K. Settle, California Polytechnic State University Explaining Policy Changes in Authoritarian Regime: Modeling Provincial Environmental Policy Making in China Shuang Zhao, University of Alabama, Huntsville Kwan Nok Chan, University of Hong Kong 59-3 104 The Dynamics of Rulemaking 60-2 62-4 Representative Bureaucracy II Chair, Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University, Bloomington Minority Discrimination in Street-level Bureaucracy: TasteBased or Coping Strategy, Combined Survey and Field Experimental Evidence Simon Calmar Andersen, Aarhus University Thorbjørn Sejr Guul, Aarhus University Linking Passive and Active Representation: Physicians' Attentiveness to Gender in the VHA Julie Dolan, Macalester College Representative Bureaucracy and Identity Salience: Do Differences among Ethnic Groups Drive Identity Salience Nathan Favero, Texas A&M University Does Increasing the Representativeness of Forestry Agency Employees in India Improve the Representation of the Interests of Forest-dependent People Forrest D. Fleischman, Texas A&M University Manager and Minority: Exploring the Duality of Identity in Public Organizations Erin K. Melton, University of Connecticut Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Religion, Identity, and Political Engagement Chair, TBA The Role of Religious Adaptation in Asian American Political Incorporation Andre Pierre Audette, University of Notre Dame Mark D. Brockway, University of Notre Dame Christopher L. Weaver, University of Notre Dame The Paradox of Religiocentrism in South Korea Shang E. Ha, Sogang University Multiple Religious Identities and the Implications for American Politics David L. Leal, University of Texas, Austin Ethnicity, Religion and Political Engagement Peter W. Wielhouwer, Western Michigan University Brad Lockerbie, East Carolina University Disc., Benjamin R. Knoll, Centre College Audience Discussion 65-108 Preparing for the Academic Job Market Chair Phillip Ardoin, Appalachian State University Panelist Andrea Kay Kent, West Virginia University Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith College Amy Buzby, Arkansas State University Lauren M. Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University Chair, Miranda Yaver, Washington University, St. Louis Political Transitions in the Regulatory State Alex Acs, Princeton University 66-103 Developing New Courses: Classes I Assessing the Effect of Technical and Political Complexity on Chair William C. Green, Morehead State University Delay in the Rulemaking Process Panelist John Howard Bing, Heidelberg University Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, Bowling Green State University Lawrence Carl Levine, University of the Pacific Russell W. Mills, Bowling Green State University Deborah Jean Natoli, University of Southern California Expert Information in Regulatory Policymaking Chris John Koski, Reed College Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma More Personnel, More Policies Emily H. Moore, Washington University Dropping the, Final Rule, Bomb: Political Oversight and the Timing of Agency Rulemaking Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia Disc., Graeme Thomison Boushey, University of California, Irvine Disc., Miranda Yaver, Washington University, St. Louis Audience Discussion Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 73-200 Poster Session: Internal Upheaval and the Flow of of Peoples Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 Pathway to an Independent Kurdistan Media Ajir, Creighton University Post-Factum Clarity: Failures to Identify Spontaneous Threats Rotem Dvir, Texas A&M University Ethnography and Infrastructure: Re-Imagining the Refugee and their Camp Salma Ghalyoun, DePaul University The Pan-American Bi-way: A Social Network Analysis on Bilateral Migration Data in the Americas Alden Richard Allen, Idaho State University Political Violence Against Ethnic Minorities: The Rise of AntiImmigration Politics In Europe Kristoffer Ray Haymon, Central Michigan University Doomed Separation: An International Systems Perspective on the Inevitability of Violent Birth of Bangladesh and its implication for current politics in South Asia Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, University of Oregon Disc., Shaina D. Western, University of Oxford 105 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 73-201 Poster Session: International Political Economy Post. 7 Dragged Negotiation: Uncertainty and Duration of PTA Negotiations Sayumi Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan Post. 8 The Social Dimension of the Pacific Alliance in Latin America Luis Ochoa-Bilbao, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Myrna Rodriguez-Añuez, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Post. 9 The Future of the Eurozone Joanna Anna Skrzypczynska, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan/Applachinan State University Post. 10 Property Rights, Innovation, and Growth in the Political Economy Shannon Noelle Cooney, Creighton University Post. 11 Bad Analogical Reasoning and Post-war Operations in Iraq after 2003 Charles P. David, University of Quebec, Montreal 106 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 73-202 Poster Session: Aid, FDI, and Development Post. 12 The U.S. and Democratization in Latin America Luis Leandro Schenoni, University of Notre Dame Post. 13 Managing Foreign Assistance for Efficient Result Khadeen K. Grant, Andrews University Post. 14 China's Aid Cycle Tomoya Sasaki, University of Tokyo Post. 15 FDI, Inequality, and Redistribution Yoonjeong Kwon, Korea University Post. 16 Why Some Groups Become Poor While Others Become Rich?: An Institutional Explanation Gyanesh Lama, California State University, Fresno Disc., Travis Benjamin Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville 107 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 73-203 Poster Session: Technology, Environment, and Resource Issues Post. 17 National Climate Change Action Plans: INDCs for Climate Stabilization Konuralp Pamukcu, University of Phoenix, Chicago Post. 18 Geopolitical Implications of the Melting Arctic Ice Cap:Are States Doomed to Conflict or Convinced to Cooperate Jaimie Marie Kent, Illinois State University Post. 19 Conflict or Cooperation?: The Eastern Nile's Hydropolitical Game Mina Michel Samaan, Technical University of Braunschweig Post. 20 Water Disputes and National Security in Asia Hassan A. Khan, University of Southern Mississippi Post. 21 Military Technology Transfers, Power Shifts and War Roya Talibova, University of Michigan 108 Friday, April 8, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Friday, April 8 at 9:45 am 73-204 Poster Session: Human Rights Post. 22 The Analysis of Human Rights Politics in Southeast Asia from the Evolution of ASEAN Human Rights Regime Ming Jacky Lee, National Taiwan University Post. 23 Emotional Primes and Framing Effects: Civil Resistance Engagement for Human Rights Advocacy Stephen Conrad Arves, University of Maryland, College Park Post. 24 Gender Inequality and The Palermo Protocol Rachel Marie Denney, University of Kansas Post. 25 Human Rights and Autonomy Costs: The Effect of Asymmetric Military Alliances on Dissent and Repression Sydney Ann Gann, Florida State University Post. 26 Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Global Diffusion of National Human Rights Institutions Mintao Nie, Purdue University 83-101 Author Meets Critics: Flores' Book "Latinos and the VRA: The Search for Racial Purpose" Chair Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College Panelist Henry Flores, Saint Mary's University Tony Affigne, Providence College Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Wake Forest University Valerie Martinez Ebers, University of North Texas 85-1 In Defense of Literature: Insights into Law, Administration, and Politics Chair, TBA What Iron Cures Not: A Polanyian Analysis of the Early Schiller Alex Donovan Cole, Louisiana State University The Perfectibility of Print: Rousseau's Reflections on Reading and Writing Chris Kennedy, Duke University The "Art" of Administration: Weber, Kafka, and Koestler Donald James Matthewson, California State University, Fullerton Taylor Feher, California State University, Fullerton Literature, Law and Politics:The Counsel of Gao Xingjian James Seaton, Michigan State University Disc., James Paul Old, Valparaiso University Disc., Ryan Poll, Northeastern Illinois University Audience Discussion 109 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am Disc., Holger Lutz Kern, Florida State University Audience Discussion Chair Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University Panelist Michael C. Dawson, University of Chicago Luis Ricardo Fraga, University of Notre Dame Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley Tasha S. Philpot, University of Texas, Austin Chair, Michael Ryan Touchton, Boise State University Policy Capacity across Decentralised Government Scott Brenton, University of Melbourne Revolution, War, and the Secularization of Laws Around the World, 1850-2000 Zeynep Bulutgil, Tufts University Institutional Determinants of Good Governance: Examining the Structural Effects of National Legislatures Rollin F. Tusalem, Arkansas State University Party Institutions and Authoritarian Power-sharing: Evidence from China's Cadre Rotation System Qingjie Zeng, Fudan University Disc., Michael Ryan Touchton, Boise State University Disc., Sharon Yamen, Utah Valley University 1-100 5-7 5-21 6-5 110 Roundtable: Studying Race and Ethnic Politics in the Post-Obama Era: New Assumptions, New Theories, New 7-500 Models? Ethnicity and Network Effects Chair, TBA Opposition Parties in Authoritarian Regimes: The Cases of Mexico and Turkey Berk Esen, Bilkent University Jose Antonio Hernandez Company, Technologico de Monterrey Congressional Campaigning and Clientelist Networks Joy K. Langston, CIDE Ethnic Networks Jennifer M. Larson, New York University Janet Ingram Lewis, Harvard University Connections to the Boss: A Social Network Analysis of the Federal Bureaucracy in Putin's Russia Israel Marques, Columbia University Brokers, Clients and Elite Political Networks in Mexico Tod Stewart Van Gunten, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Disc., Jennifer L. Merolla, Claremont Graduate University Audience Discussion 8-3 Understanding Electoral and Political Outcomes Mass Public and Elite Preferences for Democracy The Political and Economic Origins of Citizen Views of the Economy Chair, Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University How do Voters Assess the Economy?: An Experimental Test of Benchmarking Ruth Dassonneville, Université de Montréal Partisan Bias in Economic Perceptions for Politically (Un)Aware (Non)Partisans Denver J. W. McNeney, McGill University Measuring Contextual Variation in the Strength of Partisan Screen Philip Santoso, Rice University Randy Stevenson, Rice University Perspectives on the Economy: Competence Signals and Economic Voting in EP Elections Guido Tiemann, Institute for Advanced Studies Peter Grand, Institute for Advanced Studies A Hybrid Model of Spatial Evaluations Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri David Fortunato, University of California, Merced Clint S. Swift, University of Missouri Disc., Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University Disc., Matthew Singer, University of Connecticut Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Business-Based State-Building? : The Role of Business Associations in Shaping Local Government Performance in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995-2015 Despina Karamperidou, European University Institute Poll Watchers, Polling Stations, and Electoral Manipulation Miguel Rueda, Emory University Sergio J. Ascencio Bonfil, University of Rochester Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Unlikely Democrats: Economic Elite Uncertainty Under Dictatorship and Support for Democratization Michael Edward Albertus, University of Chicago You Can Vote but You Can't Run: Suffrage Extension, Eligibility Restrictions and Democracy Alejandro Corvalan, Universidad Diego Portales Pablo Querubin, New York University Sergio Vicente, Universidad Carlos III Democratic Preferences in Autocratic Regimes: Who Wants Democracy and Why Natalie Wenzell Letsa, Cornell University Martha Wilfahrt, Cornell University Political Participation and the Survival of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes Ora John Edward Reuter, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Who Revolts?: Revisiting The Social Origins of Democratic Revolutions Tore Wig, University of Oslo/Peace Research Institute Oslo Sirianne Dahlum, University of Oslo Carl Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo State-Building and Governance 9-500 Policy Challenges in the European Union Fiscal policy and Challenges to the “Leaner State” Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School Ole Helmersen, Copenhagen Business School The Reframing of EU Social Policy: The Case of the Europe 2020 Poverty Target Paul Copeland, Queen Mary University of London Mary Daly, Oxford University Steering Non-state Actors Within International Internet Fora: The Power of the State Alison Harcourt, University of Exeter Accounting for the Bad Apples: The European Union’s Impact on Good Governance Mert Kartal, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point European Policy Approach to Lower the Emissions of Passenger Cars: Empirical Findings, Volkswagen´s Emission Cheat, and Next Steps to Sustainable Emission Testing Wolfgang Hermann Schulz, Zeppelin University Disc., Kristin Edquist, Eastern Washington University Disc., Susan Giaimo, Marquette University Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 11-8 China and Asia: Asymmetric Relations in Historical, Political, and Cultural Perspective Chair, Kun-shuan Chiu, National Chengchi University The Theoretical Implication of the Mongolian Banner System of China's Qing Empire: A Complex International Order under the Chinese “Tianxia” Concept 15-17 Teng-chi Simon Chang, National Taiwan University Role Theory and Vietnam's China Policy Chiung-Chiu Huang, National Chengchi University Power, Idea, and the "Hidden Light" Policy toward a Dominant Nation: Han Wen Di's and Deng Xiaoping's Approaches Hsin-wei Tang, Chinese Culture University Vietnamese Policy Towards South China Sea Conflicts Ngan Thi Thu Truong, Missouri State University Tianxia, Westphalia and China’s Frontier Areas: Historical Connections with Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan Calls for Separation Hung-Jen Wang, National Cheng Kung University The “Oneness” Culture and China’s “Oneness”: A Case Study of the Koxinga Family Period Shih Yueh Yang, Nanhua University Disc., Chiung-Chiu Huang, National Chengchi University Audience Discussion 13-5 14-4 Explaining Mobilization Across the MENA Region Chair, TBA The Impact of Diaspora Policies on Immigrant Political Participation: Evidence from Turkey Ayca Z. Arkilic, University of Texas, Austin Gambling on Backlash: Why Weak Protestors Go Militant, 16-3 Why Governments Repress Too Much Joseph Matthew Brown, University of Massachusetts, Boston When do the Dispossessed Protest?: Contentious Politics Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey Killian Bartlett Clarke, Princeton University The Effect of Authoritarianism on Political Mobilization Dana Saed El Kurd, University of Texas, Austin The Wind of Change: The Arab Uprisings and the Shifts in Citizen Political Attitudes M. Tahir Kilavuz, University of Notre Dame Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, University of Notre Dame Disc., Avital Livny, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Audience Discussion The Nature of Post-Soviet Capitalism and the Political Economy of Reform Chair, Veronica V. Usacheva, Russian Academy of Sciences The EU's Neoliberal Agenda in Acceding Member States Hilary B. Appel, Claremont McKenna College Small and Medium Business Owners as a Constituency for Reform and Democratization in Post-Maidan Ukraine Denise L. Baer, Strategic Research Concepts Frank Brown, Center for International Private Enterprise Frank Brown, Center for International Private Enterprise Optimizing Influence, Optimizing Health: The Strategies of Healthcare Actors and their Effects on Post-Communist Healthcare Reform Brittany Leigh Holom, Princeton University Does the Federal Support of Small Businesses Make a Difference?: The Puzzling Case of Russia’s Regions Dmitri Mitin, North Carolina State University Maria Ginzburg, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod Nadezhda Yashina, Nizhny Novgorod State University The Failure of National Capitalism: Postsocialist Crises and the Rise of Transnational Capitalism in Eastern Europe Besnik Pula, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 18-7 Disc., Paasha Mahdavi, Georgetown University Disc., Besnik Pula, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Audience Discussion Comparative Problems in Economic Development: Corruption, Governance and Growth Chair, TBA The Subnational Business Environment Index: El Salvador's Index in Comparative Perspective Gary Bland, RTI International Victory has a Thousand Fathers, but Defeat is an Orphan: Politically Connected Firms in Japan Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College Rieko Kage, University of Tokyo Hiroto Katsumata, University of Tokyo Sowing the Mafia: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Piero Stanig, Bocconi University Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University Anti-Corruption and Growth Rory Truex, Princeton University Franziska Barbara Keller, New York University Tianyang Xi, New York University Disc., André Felipe Canuto Canuto Coelho, Faculdade Damas da Instrução Cristã Disc., Ji Yeon Hong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Audience Discussion Immigration in a Global Economy Chair, Mikhail G. Filippov, State University of New York, Binghamton (Don’t) Walk this Way: Foreign Policy and Migration David Andrew Leblang, University of Virginia William Bernhard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adapt, Change, of Leave: The Effect of Labor Market Institutions and Firm Mobility on Immigration Policy Boyoon Lee, Korea University Gendered Immigration Preferences Mariana Medina, Texas Tech University Gendered Immigration Preferences Mariana Medina, Texas Tech University Preferences over Foreign Migration: Testing Existing Explanations in Qatar Erin York, Columbia University Disc., Kerim Can Kavakli, Sabanci University Disc., Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, University of South Africa Audience Discussion Nuclear Proliferation (Co-sponsored with Arms Control & International Security, see 19-4) Chair, TBA Conditional Norms and the Stability of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Jacques E.C. Hymans, University of Southern California Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin, Madison Steven Lloyd Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Changing Face of Nuclear Proliferation Jeffrey Kaplow, College of William & Mary Political Economy of the Transfer of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology: Cooperability in the U.S.-Korea Nuclear Energy Sector Sung Chull Kim, Seoul National University Upgrading the Bomb: Established Nuclear Powers’ Strategic Transfer of Advanced Nuclear Technology Doyoung Lee, University of Chicago 111 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Disc., Jeffrey Kaplow, College of William & Mary Audience Discussion 20-3 22-1 23-4 112 Building and Maintaining Stability after Civil Conflict 25-4 Chair, TBA Winning the Real Peace?: Exploring the Impact of PMCs on the Aftermath of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa Amy E. Eckert, Metropolitan State College, Denver Bozena C. Welborne, Smith College Does the Organizational Structure of Peacekeepers Affect the Durability of Peace Dong Ju Lee, University of Pittsburgh Development and Peacebuilding: A Formula for Success or Doomed to Fail Lana S. Mobydeen, Kent State University An Examination of Types of Peacekeeping Operations and 27-17 Their Effectiveness Sheri D. Sunderland, Mansfield University Disc., Elizabeth J. Menninga, University of Iowa Disc., Florian Justwan, University of Idaho Audience Discussion Bargaining and Diplomacy Chair, TBA Looking for the Microfoundations of Domestic Audience Costs Kiyoung Chang, University of Notre Dame Is the Bargaining Model of War Falisifiable Mark Fey, University of Rochester Domestic Audience Constraints and Threat Credibility Matt Hauenstein, Florida State University Inferring Secret Diplomacy Shuhei Kurizaki, Waseda University Taehee Whang, Yonsei University Positive and Negative Sanctions as Tools of Carrot and Stick Diplomacy David J. Lektzian, Texas Tech University Yonathan Hailu, Texas Tech University Nazmus Sakib, Texas Tech University Disc., Susan Hannah Allen, University of Mississippi Disc., William Jerome Spaniel, Stanford University Audience Discussion The Political Economy of Foreign Aid Chair, TBA Supply and Demand-Side Politics in U.S. Emergency Aid: Manmade vs. Natural Disasters Andrea Lynn Everett, University of California, Santa Cruz Human Rights Violations and Foreign Aid: The Roles of the Public and Economic and Security Concerns Tobias Heinrich, University of South Carolina Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Rice University Leah Long, University of South Carolina Does Foreign Aid Influence Trade?: An Examination of the Relationship between U.S. Aid and Trade, Using a Panel Data Approach, 1978-2012 Laura Marcela Mendez Carvajal, New Mexico State University Arms Market Competition and U.S. Foreign Policy: Preserving Export Markets with Security Assistance and Aid Programs Eric J. Schwab, University of Washington Disc., James M. McCormick, Iowa State University Disc., Oindrila Roy, Cottey College Audience Discussion The Domestication of International Criminal Law Chair, Henry Chip Carey, Georgia State University Physical Integrity Abuse and the Role of Constitutional Provisions of Fair Trial Razan Mohammed Albanna, University of Texas, Dallas Implementing International Criminal Law: The Criminalization of Atrocities in Domestic Legal Systems, 1945-2010 Mark Samuel Berlin, Marquette University The Unintended Consequences of National Human Rights Commissions Thania Sanchez, Yale University Disc., Henry Chip Carey, Georgia State University Audience Discussion What Shapes the Desire to Participate Chair, Matthew T. Pietryka, Florida State Universtiy Mobilizing for Medicaid: A Randomized Field Experiment Testing Pocketbook Versus Sociotropic Campaign Appeals Joshua Carpenter, University of Oxford Florian Foos, University of Zurich The Impact of Program Participation on Participation in Politics Elisabeth Lesley Gidengil, McGill University Making Young Voters Vote: Compulsory Voting’s Direct and Indirect Effects John Boschen Holbein, Duke University Marcos Rangel, Duke University Voter Turnout in State Legislative Elections: The Effects of Term Limits Anthony Jesuale, Wayne State University Kevin Gerald Lorentz, Wayne State University The Downstream Effects of Long Lines: How Long Waits at the Precinct Depress Future Turnout Stephen S. Pettigrew, Harvard University Disc., Lindsay Nielson, Bucknell University Disc., Matthew T. Pietryka, Florida State Universtiy Audience Discussion 27-400 The Contextual Determinants of Political Participation Chair, Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University To Vote or Not to Vote?: How the Context Shapes Selective Turnout Andreas Christian Goldberg, University of Geneva Simon Lanz, University of Geneva Pascal Sciarini, University of Geneva Rain, Opportunity Costs of Voting and Voter Turnout: Evidence from South Korea Woo Chang Kang, New York University Neighborhoods that Matter: How Place and People Help to Increase Participation Amongst Poor and Minority Individuals Carrie A. LeVan, University of California, Los Angeles The Temporal Equality in Voting Accessibility: The Case of North Carolina Yi-En Tso, University of Texas, Dallas Disc., Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University Disc., Robert Alan Jackson, Florida State University 27-401 The Psychological Underpinnings of Political Participation Chair, Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania Peer Pressure and Participation: The Impact of Social Networks on Voter Turnout Rebecca Mix Bryan, State University of New York, Buffalo Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Assessing Habitual and Adaptive Endogenous Dynamics in Voting: An Analysis of Individual Turnout Trajectories using Dynamic Panel Estimators in Real-World Elections Konstantin Kaeppner, University of Konstanz Delayed Gratification and Turnout Jerome Pablo Schafer, Yale University How Facing Uncertainty Makes People Better Citizens: Risk Tolerance, Participation, and Race and Ethnicity Joe Roberto Tafoya, University Texas, Austin The Path to Becoming a Habitual Voter: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach Kushtrim Veseli, University of Zurich Disc., Michael J. Hanmer, University of Maryland, College Park Disc., Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania 29-600 Parties and Elections Research Blitz Chair, Donald L. Davison, Rollins College Crossing the Floor and Electoral Success in Canadian Legislatures David C. Docherty, Mount Royal University David Cloutier, Mount Royal University Third Party Pirates: Lessons Learned from the European Pirate Party Scottie Manfred Ehrhardt, Union Institute and University Agendas and Income Inequality in American Politics Derek A. Epp, Dartmouth College Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Systems: A Dynamic Perspective Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, University of Salzburg Philipp Harfst, University of Greifswald Sarah Dingler, University of Salzburg Julian Noseck, University of Greifswald Sven Kosanke, University of Greifswald Electoral Volatility and Electoral Strategy: A Closer Look into Brazilian Legislative Elections Julia M. Guerreiro, Fundação Getulio Vargas George Avelino, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo Residence Effects in Open-List PR Systems: Evidence from Regional Elections in Germany Michael Jankowski, University of Oldenburg Randomly or Structurally Determined?: An Empirical Testing 33-4 on the Nature of Close Elections in South Korean National Assembly Elections, 1988-2012 Junseok Kim, Dongguk University, Seoul The Impact of Electoral Rules on Legislative Behavior and Political Accountability: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment in Italy Nicola Mastrorocco, London School of Economics Jack Edward Blumenau, London School of Economics Mixed-member Electoral Systems and Regional Representativeness: The Case of Germany Malte Pehl, College of Charleston Inclusive Institutions and Equality of Law: Boon or Bane to Domestic Peace Carolin Maney Purser, University of Georgia 32-600 American Public Opinion Research Blitz Chair, Gregory Alan Petrow, University of Nebraska, Omaha Political Views and Partisan News: The Interaction between Partisanship and Media Exposure Daniel Robert Birdsong, University of Dayton Nate Ramsey, University of Cincinnati Misook Gwon, University of Cincinnati Scholarly Perceptions vs Popular Perceptions of the State and State Legitimacy Danielle Carter Kushner, St. Mary's College Twyla Blackmond Larnell, Loyola University, Chicago 34-2 The Impact of Teaching about Terrorism on Students’ Political Attitudes Christina K. Cliff, Franklin Pierce University J. Brown, Franklin Pierce University From Pete Wilson to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: Latino Macropartisanship and the Modern Republican Party Gregg B. Johnson, Valparaiso University Joshua J. Dyck, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Factors Affecting Issue Salience in American Politics: Pipelines, Politicians, and Public Opinion Brian Robert King, Muskingum University Rylee R. Holman, Muskingum University Sexuality vs. Gender Identity: Variation in Public Attitudes toward the LGBT Community Daniel C. Lewis, Siena College Andrew Ryan Flores, University of California, Los Angeles Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas Patrick R. Miller, University of Kansas Barry L. Tadlock, Ohio University Jami Taylor, University of Toledo Countries Like Mine: Explaining Variation in Americans’ Attitudes Toward Potential Trading Partners Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania The Characteristics of Party Changers and the Incentives for Partisan Change Suzanne L. Parker, Purdue University Mei Yang, Purdue University Primetime to Politics: Do Frames in Entertainment Television Help Shape Political Attitudes Alexandra C. Pauley, Georgia State University Defining Democracy: Public Understandings of "Democracy" Meredith R. Rolfe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Stephanie Kimen Chan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Tim Marple, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Kids in the Capitol: Does Experiential Learning Foster Political Socialization Sue Ann Skipworth, University of Mississippi Daniel Fudge, University of Mississippi Issue Public Membership and Political Participation Aaron Christian Sparks, University of California, Santa Barbara Experiments in Understanding Opinion Formation Chair, TBA Unpacking the Unstated: The Effects of Perceived Costs on Support for Intervention R. Joseph Huddleston, University of Southern California Nicholas Weller, University of Southern California Crime and Punishment: Factors Shaping the Formation and Expression of Punitive Attitudes in American Politics Ian Thomas, Georgia State University Politics of Psychology and Climate Change: The Effect of Climate Message Framing on Behavior Felipe Westhelle, University of Maryland, College Park Joseph Braun, University of Maryland, College Park Survey Experiments on "Don’t Know" Responses: Social Influence on Opinion Formation Masahiro Yamada, Kwansei Gakuin University Yoshikuni Ono, Tohoku University Disc., Peter A. Miller, University of Pennsylvania Audience Discussion A New Look at Partisanship Chair, TBA Explaining Partisan Bickering: Reconsidering the Motives Citizens Attribute to Party Elites During Political Conflict Douglas James Ahler, University of California, Berkeley 113 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm My Kind of Partisan: The Role of Party Leaders in Shaping Partisanship Alexa Bankert, Stony Brook University Economics, Culture, and Partisan Asymmetries in Political Reasoning Howard Lavine, University of Minnesota Matt D. Luttig, University of Minnesota They Cling to Their Parties or Groups: The Role of Self-Esteem in Driving American Partisanship and Partisan Sorting Lilliana Hall Mason, University of Maryland Electoral Cycle Fluctuations in Partisanship: Global Evidence from 86 Countries Kristin Grace Michelitch, Vanderbilt University Stephen M. Utych, Boise State University Disc., Philip Gordon Chen, Macalester College Disc., Nicholas A. Valentino, University of Michigan Audience Discussion 36-6 37-2 114 38-1 Twitter and New Social Media Platforms Chair, Heather E. Yates, University of Central Arkansas Mudslinging on Twitter: When Twitter Fingers Become Trigger Fingers Heather Kristen Evans, Sam Houston State University Alexis Gonzales, Sam Houston State University Sean Smith, Sam Houston State University Kayla Strouse, Sam Houston State University The Use of Twitter by Dutch Local Governments in the Political Agenda-setting During the Decentralization of Dutch Youth Care, 2012-2015 Wouter Jans, Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies Minna van Gerven, University of Twente Candidate Use of Instagram and Snapchat in Early Presidential Campaigning Mark D. Ludwig, California State University, Sacramento Why Senators Tweet: A Content Analysis of Senatorial Twitter Activity Prior to the 2014 Midterm Election Steven P. Nawara, Lewis University Mandi Bailey, Valdosta State University Taylor L. Thomas, Valdosta State University A Great Place to Tweet Change: Student Activism in the Age of Twitter Marcy Lynn Quiason, University of Kansas Disc., Stephanie Edgerly, Northwestern University Disc., Heather Kristen Evans, Sam Houston State University Audience Discussion Gender and Local Politics around the Globe Hidden Inequalities and Everyday Injustices Chair, TBA Building on Protest: How Participating in Grassroots Environmental Justice Protest Became a Pathway to the Political Kimberly Palmer Fields, Valparaiso University Race, Is it Really a Jury of Your Peers?: A Quantitative Analysis of Race in Jury Trials in Selected Counties in New York State Wendy Hind, Doane College Taylor Hayes, Doane College Bullets in His Pocket: African-American Service and Sacrifice in the American Civil War Nathan P. Kalmoe, Monmouth College Rich Man’s War, Middle-Class Man’s Fight?: Socioeconomic Backgrounds of U.S. Army Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Kaine A. Meshkin, U.S. Army North Carolina [Un]incorporated: Place, Race, and Local Environmental Governance Danielle M. Purifoy, Duke University Disc., Rachel L. Moskowitz, Trinity College Disc., Vicky M. Wilkins, American University Audience Discussion 39-100 I Don't See Color: A Roundtable (Co-sponsored with Race, Class and Ethnicity, see 38-104, and Political Psychology, see 34-100) Chair Tracey Nicholls, Lewis University Panelist Tracie Stewart, Kennesaw State University Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Lewis University 40-6 Chair, TBA From Town Councils to the Grand National Assembly: Women's Electoral Representation in Turkey Melissa Marschall, Rice University Abdullah Aydogan, University of Houston Marwa Shalaby, Baker Institute 42-6 Local vs National: Differentiated Character of Local Politics for Women’s Political Participation Ahu Sumbas, Hacettepe University Rural Women’s Citizenship in China's New Urbanization Reform: An Interpretative Framework with Feminist Perspective Chao Zhang, Tsinghua University Xiaoli Wang, Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C Disc., Sevinc Bermek, University of Warwick and Research, Turkey Disc., Meg E. Rincker, Purdue University Calumet Audience Discussion Democratic Theory and the Agon Chair, TBA Democratic Losers: Sportsmanship and the Ethics of Winning and Losing Thomas David Bunting, University of Wisconsin, Madison Richard Avramenko, University of Wisconsin, Madison Hannah Arendt’s Public Reason in Action: The Public Conversations Project James Sven Josefson, Bridgewater College Plato’s International Political Thought: Conflation of Justice Within Polis and Justice Beyond It Sungwoo Park, Seoul National University Breaking with Carl Schmitt: Concept of the Political in Mouffe’s Agonistic Pluralism Nikita Yuryevich Savin, Higher School of Economics Leisure in Aristotle's "Politics" Jacob T. Snyder, Michigan State University Disc., Desiree Weber , Northwestern University Audience Discussion Democracy: Difference, Culture, Compromise Chair, Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington Taking on Neoliberalism and Racism in Participatory Democratic Theory in a Quest to Defend its Relevance Catherine Bartch, Monmouth University The Predatory State: Collective Violence and Race Brandon Rudolph Davis, University of Alabama It’s a Feature, Not a Bug: Political Inequality, State Autonomy, and Actually Existing Democracy Jeffrey Graham Seward, Pacific University Rationalism, Pluralism, Freedom and Democracy David J. Watkins, University of Dayton Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Disc., William Berger, University of Michigan Disc., Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington Audience Discussion 44-4 48-5 Accountability, Reporting, and Compliance Chair, TBA Learning by Disasters: Uncertainty, Information and Electoral Accountability Masoud Farokhi, University of Essex Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi , University of Warwick Acknowledging and Reporting Discrimination Jee Seon Jeon, Florida State University Media and Political Accountability Patrick Le Bihan, Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse Dimitri Landa, New York University Catherine I. Hafer, New York University Political Accountability in the Age of Social Media Anqi Li, Washington University, St. Louis Davin Matthew Raiha, Ivey Business School Competing Signals in the Judicial Hierarchy Joshua A. Strayhorn, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Steven Callander, Stanford University Disc., Stephane Wolton, London School of Economics Audience Discussion 45-12 Election Forensics 47-6 Party Institutionalization and Decline in Comparative Perspective 49-4 Chair, Michelle Torres, Washington University, St. Louis Election Audits in Time and Space Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston Joshua Been, University of Houston Validating Precinct-Level Measures of Fraud: Evidence from the Russian Presidential Elections 2012 Kirill Olegovich Kalinin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Election Forensics: Frauds Tests and Observation-level Frauds Probabilities Walter R. Mebane, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Frauds, Strategies, Complaints and Inequality in Germany Walter R. Mebane, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Joseph Klaver, University of Michigan Disc., Jason William Morgan, Ohio State University Disc., Michelle Torres, Washington University, St. Louis Audience Discussion Chair, Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz The Party's Over: Party Decline in the Era of Good Feelings Robert A. Cooper, University of Georgia David A. Gelman, University of Rochester Measuring and Explaining Party System (De-)institutionalization in Western Europe, 1945-2015 Vincenzo Emanuele, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome Alessandro Chiaramonte, University of Florence A Comparative Analysis of Ruling Party Disintegration in Ukraine and Georgia: Why the Mighty Fall in the Former Soviet Union Vasili Rukhadze, Kent State University Party System Institutionalisation and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, TED University Disc., Gijs Schumacher, University of Amsterdam Disc., Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz Audience Discussion 51-1 Presidential Caucuses and Primaries Chair, TBA Immigration Policy in the 2016 Presidential Nomination Process Sean D. Foreman, Barry University Front-loading, Competitiveness, and Meaningful Participation in Presidential Nominations Caitlin Elizabeth Jewitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University The Nature of Presidential Primary Voters Barbara K. Norrander, University of Arizona At the Starting Gate: The 2016 Iowa Caucuses David P. Redlawsk, Rutgers University Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa Todd Donovan, Western Washington University G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa The Four Faces of the Republican Party and the Contest for the 2016 Presidential Nomination Dante J. Scala, University of New Hampshire Henry Olsen, Ethics and Public Policy Center Disc., Anne Cizmar, Eastern Kentucky University Disc., Andrew E. Smith, University of New Hampshire Audience Discussion American Political Development Chair, TBA Coalitional Stability: Apportioning the Legislature at the U.S. Constitutional Convention Gordan Ballingrud, University of Georgia Keith L. Dougherty, University of Georgia Scaling the Founding: Identifying Latent Dimensions in the American Colonial Constitutions Michael J. Barber, Brigham Young University Jeremy C. Pope, Brigham Young University Emergence of Senate Party Leadership: The Case of the Republicans, 1913-1944 Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rochester Steven S. Smith, Washington University, St. Louis Congress and the Demise of Radical Reconstruction, 1871-1877 Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia Peck Justin, San Francisco State University Measuring Madison’s Influence in Philadelphia 1787 Jeremy C. Pope, Brigham Young University Shawn Treier, Australian National University African-American Disenfranchisement and the Congressional Seniority System Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College Disc., Sarah A. Treul, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Disc., Ryan J. Vander Wielen, Temple University Audience Discussion Constitutional Interpretation, Original Meaning and Judicial Supremacy Chair, Benjamin Patrick Newton, Park University The Last Days of Originalism Frank J. Colucci, Purdue University Calumet Brendan Michael Dunn, Independent Scholar States’ Rights in Constitution Writing in the South Outside Virginia at the Time of the Founding Michael R. Fine, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Rewriting Original Meaning: The Interpretive Impact of Constitutional Amendment Dennis J. Goldford, Drake University The Myth of the Absent Sovereign Thomas R. Laehn, University of Iowa Constitutional Archetypes David Stephen Law, Washington University, St. Louis 115 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Measuring Sexism: The Use of Interruptions to Measure Sexism in Supreme Court Oral Arguments Julia Nicole Pusateri, Washington State University Judicial Power in "Restraint": Compliance and Resistance to Supreme Court Decisions Rejecting Constitutional Challenges Logan Strother, Syracuse University Disc., Sara C. Benesh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Disc., Christopher J. Zorn, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Benjamin Patrick Newton, Park University Disc., Wilfred Reilly, Southern Illinois University Audience Discussion 52-13 Federal Judicial Selection Chair, TBA Partisanship and Polarization: Supreme Court Confirmation Politics, 1789-2010 Bryan M. Black, University of Georgia The Chief Justice’s Appointment Power: Party Alignment and the Judicial Conference Executive Committee Dawn M. Chutkow, Cornell University Michael Heise, Cornell University Pre-Hearing Position Taking: The Relationship between Senate Floor Speeches and Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Charles Eugene Gregory, Stephen F. Austin State University What a Politicized Appointment Process Means for Judges and Potential Nominees Lisa M. Holmes, University of Vermont Disc., Brett W. Curry, Georgia Southern University Disc., C. Scott Peters, University of Northern Iowa Audience Discussion 54-4 52-400 Comparative Courts Shifting Tides: Executive Actions in Manipulating Judicial Authority in Transitory Periods Monica Elona Lineberger, University of South Carolina Balancing Human Dignity and National Security: The Determinants of Successful Asylum Claims in Common Law States Patricia Charlotte Rodda, University of California, Irvine Countermajoritarianism and Judicial Power in Tunisia and Egypt, 2011-2014 Frederick Harris Setzer, Cornell University Disc., Lori Joanne Hausegger, Boise State University Disc., Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University 55-100 Data Sharing Systems: The New Comparative Policy Agendas Website Chair Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas Panelist Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Christoffer Green-Pederson, Aarhus University Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp Shaun Bevan, University of Mannheim Laura Chaques Bonafont, University of Barcelona Christian Breunig, University of Konstanz 57-4 52-401 State Courts Thwarting Legislative Attacks: How Judicial Selection Mechanisms Insulate Courts Jonathan Samuel Hack, George Washington University An Information-Based Theory of Judicial Legitimacy with Applications to State Supreme Courts David Alan Hughes, University of Georgia Being Black and the Appearance of (Im)Partiality: Whites’ Perceptions of Black Judges’ Impartiality Taneisha Nicole Means, Duke University Shaping Questions, Shaping Law: The Supreme Court's Strategic Use of Question Modification during Agenda-Setting Maron W. Sorenson, University of Minnesota Disc., Tracey E. George, Vanderbilt University Disc., Greg Goelzhauser, Utah State University 52-402 The Supreme Court Partisan Cues and the Supreme Court: Public Perceptions and Motivated Reasoning Bailey Rose-Marie Fairbanks, Georgia State University The Dynamics of U.S. Supreme Court Auditing of the U.S. Courts of Appeals Ali Shiraz Masood, University of South Carolina An Attorney Walks up to the Bar: Laughter and Persuasion at the Supreme Court Tom Knight Pryor, University of Minnesota 116 The Causes on Consequences of Local Election Rules Chair, Aaron Deslatte, Northern Illinois University In No Uncertain Terms: Term Limits and the Story of Municipal Reform Douglas Michael Cantor, University of Illinois, Chicago Reforming Cities?: Accountability and Incumbency in Mayoral Elections Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Is Small Really Beautiful?: Jurisdiction Size and Democratic Performance in Polish Local Governments Adam Gendzwill, University of Warsaw Pawel Swianiewicz, University of Warsaw Disc., Aaron Deslatte, Northern Illinois University Audience Discussion 58-15 The Impact of Policy Narratives Chair, TBA The Scarlet Letter: Connecting Aesthetic Symbolic Representation to Unequal Public Policy Outcomes in Chicago Scott Lawrence Braam, University of Illinois, Chicago The Effect of Policy Narratives on EU Myths: An Experimental Approach Claire A. Dunlop, University of Exeter Claudio M. Radaelli, University of Exeter Narrative Strategies Across Mediums: When Space is Limited, How Do Advocacy Groups Economize Kuhika Gupta, University of Oklahoma Joseph Ripberger, University of Oklahoma Wesley Wayne Wehde, University of Oklahoma, Norman Discrediting the Devil: How Gun Policy Organizations Characterize Their Opponents Melissa K. Merry, University of Louisville Agents of Policy Change: Civic Organizations and their Fight of the Prescription Drug Substance Epidemic in Oklahoma Tony E. Wohlers, Cameron University Disc., Brent S. Steel, Oregon State University Audience Discussion Environmental Policy Tools and Institutions Chair, TBA Environmental Policy Integration in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Greening or Greenwashing Gerry Catharina Alons, Radboud University Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Cross-scale Linkages in Climate Change Adaptation Policy Networks Matthew Louis Hamilton, University of California, Davis Mark N. Lubell, University of California, Davis Policy Tools for Water Pollution Control: Addressing Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie John Arthur Hoornbeek, Kent State University Property Rights and Collective Action in Agricultural Drainage Pranay Ranjan, Ohio State University Tomas M. Koontz, University of Washington Tacoma Political Norms and their Impact on Fisheries Management in the United States, New Zealand and Norway Andrew Robert Tirrell, University of San Diego Disc., Tanya M. Hayes, Seattle University Disc., Tyler Andrew Scott, University of Georgia Audience Discussion 60-3 63-8 Representative Bureaucracy III Chair, Simon Calmar Andersen, Aarhus University Incarcerating Our Own: Examining Representation in Public and Private Corrections Facilities Jocelyn M. Johnston, American University Stephen Bradford Holt, American University James A. Wright, American University Managing Critical Mass Jill D. Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University Assessing the Effect of Gender Representation on Local Administrative Reform Kohei Suzuki, Indiana University, Bloomington Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University, Bloomington Passive Puppet or Active Representative?: Leaders from the Ethnic Minorities in China Youlang Zhang, Texas A&M University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 61-600 Politics and History Blitz The Politics of Immigrant “Sanctuary” Laws, Before and After the Rise of Immigration Federalism Allan Joshua Colbern, University of California, Riverside State-level Origins of the United States Labor Relations Order Anthony Michael Daniel, Columbia University A More Perfect Union: Right-to-Work and Employers’ Policy Agenda from the Wagner Act to Scott Walker Charles Houston Decker, Yale University The Original First Amendment: Representation in the Early Republic Michael J. Faber, Texas State University Reading Rousseau In the Cold War and Beyond: The AngloAmerican View Guillemette Claude Johnston, DePaul University From Municipal Socialism to the Entrepreneurial City?: Devolution in the Greater Manchester City Region Daniel Peter Kenealy, University of Edinburgh The Evolution of Britain's Mesopotamia Policy: Stumbling into the 1914-1918 War that Created Iraq David E. McNabb, Olympic College A Comparison of Two Presidents, FDR and Obama, Working with their Third Congress, 1937-38 and 2013-14 Fred W. Rhynhart, Frederick W. Rhynhart Research 1812: America's First Wartime Election Donald A. Zinman, Grand Valley State University 64-1 Political Science and Contemporary Higher Education Chair, Sarah Fisher, Emory & Henry College The Misguided Science Samuel Bassett, University of Illinois, Chicago Revolutionizing the Role of Student Organizations: Gender and Political Leadership Elizabeth Anne Bennion, Indiana University South Bend J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University From James Madison to Veronica Roth, Factions in IntraUniversity Politics: Observations by a New Professor Andrea Kay Kent, West Virginia University The Training of Graduate Teaching Assistants in American Universities Kayce Mobley, Wabash College Surviving [and Prospering?]: Some Strategies for Saving Political Science During the College Crisis Joseph G. Rish, King's College Disc., Robert Clemente Chalwell, Broward College Disc., Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College Audience Discussion The Shifting U.S. Political Terrain: New Research on Donor Consortia and Political Mobilization from the Right and Left Chair, TBA Analyzing Organizational Networks and Career Lines to Decipher Changes in U.S. Politics Angie Maritza Bautista-Chavez, Harvard University Theda Skocpol, Harvard University Donor Consortia on the Left and Right: Comparing the Membership, Activities, and Impact of the Democracy Alliance and the Koch Seminars Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez, Harvard University Jason Sclar, Harvard University Vanessa Williamson, Harvard University The Impact of Right and Left Policy Networks on Policymaking across the U.S. States Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez, Harvard University Beyond Their Comfort Zone: How the Koch Network Does Outreach to African Americans, Latinos, and Young People Sarah Elizabeth Meyer, Harvard University Angie Maritza Bautista-Chavez, Harvard University The Koch Network and the Rightward Shift in U.S. Politics Theda Skocpol, Harvard University Jason Sclar, Harvard University Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez, Harvard University Disc., Nathan J. Kelly, University of Tennessee Disc., Sarah E. Reckhow, Michigan State University Audience Discussion 65-107 Early Career at Teaching Institutions: Getting and Keeping a Teaching-focused Faculty Position Chair Anthony Raymond Brunello, Eckerd College Panelist Nina Therese Kasniunas, Goucher College Michael Kevin McKoy, Wheaton College Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College James E. Hanley, Adrian College 66-110 Integrating Teaching with Your Research Chair Amanda Ross Edwards, North Carolina State University Panelist Michaelene D. Cox, Illinois State University Amber Dickinson, Oklahoma State University Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University Elizabeth Wheat, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay 117 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-207 Poster Session: Militarization and Conflict Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 118 Coups, Crises, and Coalitions Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Yale University Allison Carnegie, Columbia University Militarization and Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Regime Type and State Capacity Tiffanesha Irene Williams, University of Missouri, Columbia The Education-Employment Opportunity Gap: Modeling Civil Unrest in Authoritarian Regimes Kimberly Turner, Southern Illinois University Bombs, Bullets, and Backpacks: Has the United States Helped or Hurt Female Education in Iraq and Afghanistan? Mallory Hope Walton, Central Michigan University Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-208 Poster Session: Politics in Brazil Post. 5 Post. 6 Post. 7 Post. 8 Attitudes on Affirmative Action in Brazil: Different Policies, Different Support Philip Habel, University of Glasgow, UK Mathieu Turgeon, Universidade de Brasilia Policy Transfers, Health Benefits, and Electoral Preferences in Brazil Elizabeth Ann Kaknes, University of Virginia Carol Mershon, University of Virginia Female Politicians and Policy Congruence Natália de Paula Moreira, University of São Paulo Is Time Important to Distributive Politics?: Evidences from the Brazilian Case Sergio Simoni Jr., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 119 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-210 Poster Session: Political Attitudes in Comparative Perspective Post. 9 Political Orientations and Homogeneity in Attitudes toward Social Welfare : A Comparative Study on U.S and Sweden Youseok Choi, Hallym University Yojin Kim, Hallym University Post. 10 IRT Invariance Test and Cross-Country-Longitudinal Assessment of Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship during the Economic Crisis in the EU Levente Littvay, Central European University, Hungary Federico Vegetti, Central European University, Hungary Post. 11 The Electoral Salience of Child Mortality in Kenya Nathan John Combes, University of California, San Diego Post. 12 Democracy, Corruption and Trust: Evidence from Venetian Colonialism Alessandro Vecchiato, New York University 120 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-212 Poster Session: European Politics Post. 13 Party Policy Diffusion Conditions Lawrence J. Ezrow, University of Essex Tobias Boehmelt, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich Roni Lehrer, University of Mannheim Hugh D. Ward, University of Essex Post. 14 Its Not Easy Being Green: Party Competition in Denmark and How it Shapes the Salience of Environmental Issues Alena Alessandra Gericke, State University of New York, Binghamton Disc., Glen Duerr, Cedarville University 121 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-213 Poster Session: Cross-national Perspectives on Elections, Voting, and Parties Post. 15 Expatriate Voting Rights in Western Democracies Semra Sevi, University of Toronto Post. 16 Group Consciousness and the Latin American Voter Marcus Aaron Johnson, Princeton University Post. 17 Income Inequality and Party Polarization in Comparative Perspective Michele Fenzl, University of Essex Post. 18 The Electoral Incentive of Party Institutionalization in the Legislature: The Evidence from Taiwan Shih-hao Huang, National Chengchi University Post. 19 Democratization by Election Revisited Minh Duc Trinh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Post. 20 Failure of Political Party System in Afghanistan: A Closer Look into the Lack of Institutionalization Process Khalid Fazly, Ball State University Disc., Yonatan Lev Morse, Georgetown University 122 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-214 Poster Session: Identity and Identity Politics Disc., Megan Elizabeth Osterbur, Xavier University of Louisiana 123 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-216 Poster Session: Political Economy in Developing Nations Post. 21 Neoliberalism and the Evolution of Microcredit: The Case of Ghana Akwasi Owusu, University of Windsor Post. 22 Influence and Access: The Economic Effects of Autocratic Party Recognition John Garland Griffis, Florida State University Post. 23 Organized Labor as Obstacle to Redistribution: Inequality, Dualization and Redistributive Spending in Developing Countries Yu-min Hsu, National Taiwan University 124 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-217 Poster Session: Authoritarianism Post. 24 Strategic Appointments of Local Governors as a Tool of Winning the Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Ukraine Masatomo Torikai, University of Tokyo Post. 25 The Study of Political Regimes: Concepts, Theories, and Models Revisited Salih O. Nur, University of Gothenburg Post. 26 Economic Performance, Voter Preferences, and the Formation of Pre-electoral Opposition Coalitions in Electoral Autocracies Hans Lueders, Stanford University Post. 27 Once Corrupt, Better to Be More Corrupt? Signals Sent through Punishment to Corruption in China Linjing Wang, Purdue University Disc., Nisha Bellinger, Montana State University, Billings 125 Friday, April 8, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday, April 8 at 11:30 am 72-218 Poster Session: Variation in Public Opinion Post. 28 What Causes Redistribution Policy Preference in South Korea?: Income Level and Political Trust Se Hee Lee, Korea Unversity 79-3 Statesmanship, Authority, and Luck in Classical Political Thought Chair, Nathan Michael Dinneen, Rochester Institute of Technology Aristotle on Experience and Political Activity Giuseppe Angelo Cumella, Northwestern University Political Luck: Aristotle on the Vulnerability of the Regime Daniel Schillinger, University of Toronto Thucydides, Nicias, and the Problem of Statesmanship Jakub John Voboril, University of Notre Dame Disc., Andreas Avgousti, Columbia University Disc., Nathan Michael Dinneen, Rochester Institute of Technology Audience Discussion 81-1 Authenticity and Self Knowledge as an Ideal for Political Knowledge Chair, TBA Locke on the Possibility of Self-Governance Jack Clinton Byham, Texas A&M International University The Politics of Dissimulation: Francis Bacon and the Art of Lies Erin A. Dolgoy, Rhodes College Teaching Leadership Students to Lie Nathan Warren Harter, Christopher Newport University Like a Whore, Unpack My Heart with Words: Authenticity, Deception, and Self-deception in Shakespeare’s Hamlet Michael Harvey, Washington College The Making of a Hero: Cultivating Empathy, Altruism, and Heroic Imagination Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Brent Edwin Cusher, Christopher Newport University Disc., Mark A. Menaldo, Texas A&M International University Audience Discussion 126 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 1-2 Minority Turnout and Political Participation After Shelby County (Co-sponsored with Turnout and Political Participation, see 27-3) Chair, Maya Sen, Harvard University Has the End of VRA Preclearance Diminished Minority Turnout Christopher S. Elmendorf, University of California, Davis Douglas M. Spencer, University of Connecticut How Demographics and Geography Shape Minority Turnout Rates Bernard L. Fraga, Indiana University Electoral Protectionism in the South Mayya Mikhailovna Komisarchik, Harvard University 5-8 Democratic Legitimacy and the Voting Rights Act Jon Rogowski, Washington University Sophie Schuit, New York University It's Not What, But How and When, that Defines Convenience for Those in Impoverished and Remote Communities Seeking to Vote Moana Vercoe, Success in Challenges Andrea Walters, Claremont Graduate University Disc., Maya Sen, Harvard University Disc., Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, University of Chicago Audience Discussion 2-6 The Primacy of Politics Over Law? The Political Economy of Law and Regulation Chair, TBA Costly Compliance: Construction and Maintenance of HighCost Human Rights Treaty Compliance Institutions within Domestic Politcal Survival Games Sean Christopher Anderson, Wayne State University Varieties of Capitalism and Legal Systems: A Comparative Examination of the Roles of the State and the Market in Criminal Justice Institutions Darryl K. Brown, University of Virginia Coalition Governance, Strategic Policy Making and Compliance with Law Thomas E. Koenig, University of Mannheim Bernd Luig, University of Mannheim Milena Wittwer, European University Institute Hiding Compliance 6-4 Matthew W. Loftis, Aarhus University Royce A. Carroll, Rice University Who Comments on Financial Reform Regulations?: Industry Coalitions and Advocacy Networks in the Politics of Implementing the Dodd-Frank Act Konrad Edward Ian Posch, University of California, Berkeley J. Nicholas Ziegler, Brown University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 3-4 Political Incentives and Development Patterns Chair, Mona Lyne, University of Missouri-Kansas City Crisis and Partisan Change: State Policy and Economic Development in Minnesota, 2006-2014 Daniel Bliss, Illinois Institute of Technology Research on Industrial Policies of Integrated Circuit Industry: The Competition among U.S., Japan and the New Entrant, China Ye Fan, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Zi Ding, Tsinghua University Party Tenure, Veto Players and Its Influences on Economic Growth and Income Distribution: Evidence for Latin American and East Asian Countries Jose Alexandre Ferreira Filho, Catholic University, Pernambuco Donor Motives and Aid Allocation in Uganda Josiah Franklin Marineau, University of Texas, Austin The Economic Effects of Democratization in the Post-Voting Rights Act South William Charles Terry, University of Oregon Disc., Genevieve M. Kehoe, Goucher College Disc., Mona M. Lyne, University of Missouri, Kansas City Disc., Nimah Mazaheri, Tufts University Audience Discussion The Impact of Local Context Chair, TBA The Political Economy of Clientelism: A Comparative Study of Indonesia’s Patronage Democracy Ward Berenschot, Institute of Southeast Asian & Caribbean Studies The Effect of Federal and State Audits on Municipal Accountability: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment Ana Lorena De La O, Yale University The Importance of Local Context on Political Engagement: Forms and Factors Ellen M. Lust, Yale University Pierre F. Landry, University of Pittsburgh Dhafer Malouche, Superior School for Statistics and Information Analysis, Tunis Dirty Laundry is Washed at Home: Money Laundering and Incentives’ Disconnection between National and Local Authorities Vidal Romero, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Toward Social Accountability: Local Policy Councils and Wellbeing in Brazil Michael Ryan Touchton, Boise State University Brian Wampler, Boise State University Convergence versus Divergence: Two Patterns of Local Governance on Land Transfer System in Rural China Nandiyang Zhang, Renmin University of China Disc., Jose Miguel Cruz, Florida International University Audience Discussion Elections and Competition under Authoritarian and Democratic Regimes Chair, TBA How Systems of Participatory Governance Facilitate the Survival of Subnational Authoritarian Enclaves Allyson L. Benton, CIDE Mapping Turkey’s Regime under Justice and Development Party Burcu F. Degirmen, University of Oklahoma Baris Doster, Marmara University Making Authoritarian Elections Competitive: The Origins of Ruling Party Defections and Opposition Coalitions in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes Adrian Lucardi, Washington University, St. Louis Popular Legitimation and Campaign Appeals in Electoral Autocracies: A Comparative Analysis Aleksandar Matovski, Cornell University After Defeat: Electoral Transitions and Authoritarian Comebacks Yonatan Lev Morse, Georgetown University 127 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Who Creates Knowledge in the European Union?: Participation of Governmental and non-Governmental Players in Foreign Policy-making at the Nexus of Social Constructivism and Knowledge Management Diana S. Potjomkina, George Mason University Convergence, Diffusion and Partisan Learning: The Development of European Affairs Committees Revisited Roman Senninger, Aarhus University Democratisation and Security Challenges in Europe's Neighborhood: Turkey and Ukraine Özgür Ünal Eris, Mayis University, Istanbul Disc., Michael K. Miller, George Washington University Disc., Matthew Charles Wilson, West Virginia University Audience Discussion 7-10 8-15 Electoral Institutions and Voter Behavior Chair, Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Causes of Multipartyism: Multilevel Elections and Weak Presidential Coattails in Latin America André Borges, University of Brasília, Brazil To Rig the Rules or to Break the Rules: The Politics of Electoral Manipulation in Autocracies Yuree Noh, University of California, Los Angeles Enfranchisement of the Young and Redistribution: Evidence from India Dominic Ponattu, University of Mannheim Voter Reactions to Opportunistic Election Timing Petra Schleiter, University of Oxford Margit Tavits, Washington University, St. Louis Bypassing Parliament: Prime Minister Directed Voting in Proportional Representation Systems Mattan Sharkansky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Disc., Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Disc., Manuel Andreas Vogt, Princeton University Audience Discussion At the Tip of the Causal Funnel:Campaigns, Emotions, and Strategic Considerations Chair, Daniel Kselman, IE School of International Relations The Role of Emotions on Independents’ Electoral Behavior in New Democracies Rosario Aguilar-Pariente, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica Instrumental or Expressive: Do We Regret Voting Strategically Damien Bol, King's College London Andre Blais, Université de Montréal Campaign Effects, Political Predispositions and Party System Institutionalization: The Case of Mexico, 2006-20012 Rodrigo Salvador Castro Cornejo, University of Notre Dame Strategic Considerations, Political Disaffection and Party Switching During National and Subnational Election Campaigns. A Comparative Study on Determinants of Election Campaign Volatility in Western Democracies Simon Willocq, Université libre de Bruxelles Disc., Caitlin Milazzo, University of Nottingham Disc., Daniel Kselman, IE School of International Relations Audience Discussion 9-600 128 11-5 11-9 European Union Politics Blitz Chair, Albert Veksler , Dublin Institute of Technology More Effective, Less Desirable?: The European Employment Strategy under Europe 2020 Paul Copeland, Queen Mary University of London Beryl ter Haar, University of Amsterdam Idiosyncrasies in Open Government: Europe's Digital Agenda and e-Transactions Michaelene D. Cox, Illinois State University Incomplete Contracting Theory and European Union Treaty Provisions: An Empirical Approach Mads Dagnis Jensen, Roskilde Universitet, Denmark Manuele Citi, European University Institute Policy Distance and Party Group Switching in the European Parliament: A Two-Dimensional, Multi-Level Model Aaron Russell Martin, Loyola University, Chicago 12-4 State, Elites, and Democracy in Rural India Chair, Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Contingent Power and Autonomy: The Case of the Indian Election Commission Amit Ahuja, University of California, Santa Barbara Susan Ostermann, University of California, Berkeley Retrospective Voting and Disasters: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India Jennifer Bussell, University of California, Berkeley Competing Inequalities?: On the Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity in Candidate Nominations in Indian Elections Francesca Refsum Jensenius, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Whose Side Are You On?: Identifying Distributive Preferences of Local Politicians in India Mark Allan Schneider, Swarthmore College State, Elites, and Democracy in Rural India Rahul Verma, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Disc., Sojin Shin, National University of Singapore Audience Discussion Political Economy of Firms in China Chair, TBA Media Bias Against Foreign Firms as a Veiled Trade Barrier: Evidence from Chinese Newspapers Sung Eun Kim, Columbia University Corporate Concentration and Air Pollution Governance in China Deborah J. Seligsohn, University of California, San Diego The Achilles Heel of Chinese State Capitalism Dong Zhang, Northwestern University The Influence of Multinational Firms on the U.S.-China Bilateral Economic Agenda Jiakun Jack Zhang, University of California, San Diego The Changing Characteristic of Chinese Private Sector Elites and Their Relationship with the Communist Party: An In-depth Analysis of China Rich List Zhu Zhang, Tulane University Disc., Victor Shih, University of California, San Diego Audience Discussion New Approaches to Political Accountability in Africa Chair, Kristin Alisa McKie, St. Lawrence University Capture and its Consequences: Local Government Elections in Urban Ghana Noah L. Nathan, Harvard University Dignified Public Expression: The Practice of Democratic Accountability Jeffrey William Paller, Columbia University Accountability from Afar: The Transnational Politics of African Migrant Associations C. Kevin Taber, Indiana University Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combatting the Islamic State Jason Edward Fritz, American University Joseph K. Young, American University Brothers in Arms?: Foreign Legions in National Armies Elizabeth Morgan Forster Grasmeder, George Washington University International Military Education and Training Program as the “Peace Corps” for Foreign Military Officers Edin Mujkic, University Colorado, Colorado Springs Disc., Armin Krishnan, East Carolina University Audience Discussion Clean Water is Not Political: Rural Clientelism and Development Local in Decentralized West Africa Martha Wilfahrt, Northwestern University Creating Stability Amid Change: Cabinet Appointments and the Survival of Dictators Josef Woldense, Indiana University Disc., Kathleen F. Klaus, Northwestern University Disc., Kristin Alisa McKie, St. Lawrence University Audience Discussion 13-12 Patterns of Violent and Non-Violent Mobilization in the Middle East Chair, TBA Why Arabs Rebelled?: Grievances and Opportunities in Tunisian and Egyptian Uprisings M. Tahir Kilavuz, University of Notre Dame What is Arab Spring and Does It Matter?: A Conceptual Approach to the Popular Uprisings in the Arab World Kutbettin Kilic, Indiana University, Bloomington The Corporate Model: Examining the Behavioral Predictability of Terrorist Groups Nourah Shuaibi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dispelling the Myth that Islamists Hijacked the Popular Democratic Revolutions of Iran and Egypt Adam N. Weinstein, Temple Beasley School of Law Disc., Ammar Shamaileh, University of Louisville Audience Discussion 15-5 17-6 18-8 Electoral Foundations of Distributional Politics Chair, TBA The Politics of Social Fund Allocation: Evidence from Kenya Marina Dodlova, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Buying the Peace?: Resource Distribution Patterns in Oil States Megan Elizabeth Eisenman, Ohio State University Ethnic Diversity, Political Institutions and the Provision of Public Goods: An Empirical Investigation Su-Hyun Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Disc., Michael Becher, University of Konstanz Disc., Asmus Leth Olsen, University of Copenhagen Audience Discussion 21-4 22-5 Bilateral Conflict and Cooperation Chair, TBA The Rhetoric of Reactors: Foreign Policy Discourse and the Iranian Nuclear Deal David Michael Faris, Roosevelt University India-U.S. Relations: The Impact of India’s Elite-Mass Discourses Shivaji Kumar, Ohio State University The U.S. Nuclear Negotiation with North Korea: The Role of the U.S. Domestic Politics and Policy Coordination with South Korea Inyeop Lee, Spring Arbor University Is Japan Militarized?: Whither Japan's Security Policy Hiroki Takeuchi, Southern Methodist University Matthew Reitz, Southern Methodist University Disc., Robert Chaouad, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs Audience Discussion Who needs Foreign Fighters? Chair, TBA What Haven’t We Learned from the American Intervention in Iraq Karim Elkady, Brandeis University 24-5 Testing the Bargaining Model of War Chair, TBA Peaceful Uncertainty: When Power Shocks Do Not Create Commitment Problems Muhammet A. Bas, Harvard University Robert Jay Schub, Harvard University Political Institutions and Risk Acceptant Foreign Policy Matthew Hauenstein, Florida State University Gary Uzonyi, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Mark Souva, Florida State University Enhancing Credibility in the Shadow of the Commitment Problem: A Mixed-Method Examination of the Rhineland Crisis Yang Gyu Kim, Florida International University Disc., Jesse C. Johnson, University of Kentucky Audience Discussion Protests, Repression, and Government Responses Chair, TBA Riot Research: A New, Deliberative Agenda Markus Holdo, Uppsala University Bo Bengtsson, Uppsala University Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Uppsala University Per Adman, Uppsala University Taking to the Streets in the Context of Austerity: Comparing the Cycles of Protests in Spain and Portugal, 2008-2015 Martin Portos Garcia, European University Institute Repression and the Spread of Protest Mehdi Shadmehr, University of Miami/Princeton University Raphael Boleslavsky, University of Miami Disc., Philip Hultquist, Roosevelt University Disc., Thorin M. Wright, Arizona State University Audience Discussion Consequences of International Cooperation for Developing Countries Chair, Mayra Velez, University of Puerto Rico Multilateral Interventions and International Security Provision in an Era of Regime Complexity Caitlin Breanne Clary, Ohio State University Not from Your Usual Donor: The Challenge of Migrant Remittances to the Global Development System Yoon Ah Oh, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Who Benefits?: Consequences from Collaborations among Nongovernmental Organizations Vladislava Petrova, Southern Illinois University International Cooperation Not Coercion: Foreign Assistance and the Human Rights Regime Jessie G. Rumsey, University of Illinois Paternalism and Collective Action in GATT Negotiations J. P. Singh, George Mason University 129 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Disc., Ernest Toochi Aniche, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria Disc., Mayra Velez, University of Puerto Rico Audience Discussion 26-4 27-14 Presidential Nominations Chair, Delton Thomas Daigle, George Mason University Endorsements in the 2012 Republican Primaries: Testing the Impact of Elite Signaling Nitya Tangada Rao, University of Texas, Austin The Power of a Signal: Advertising, Visits, and Votes in Presidential Primary Campaigns Laurie L. Rice, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Here’s Looking at You: The Impact of Public Attention on Presidential Primaries Colin D. Swearingen, John Carroll University Elizabeth A. Stiles, John Carroll University Republican Motherhood, American Womanhood and the Women Who Would Be First Lady: Representations of Females and Femininity in National Convention Addresses by Nominees' Spouses Tammy R. Vigil, Boston University Mobilization in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Nomination Contests: How Race, Gender, Age, and Religiosity Mattered Jay L. Wendland, Daemen College Disc., Brian Arbour, John Jay College, CUNY Disc., Michael John Burton, Ohio University 34-6 Audience Discussion What Changes Participation Patterns Chair, Daniel Biggers, University of California, Riverside Divided Turnout: Divided Government, Voter Turnout, and Differences in Data Heidi Alline Beck, University of Central Florida Self-interest and Voter Turnout: The Effect of an Additional Child on the Propensity to Vote Jens Olav Dahlgaard, University of Copenhagen Be(cause) of the Kids: The Influence of Parenthood on Electoral Participation Robert Alan Jackson, Florida State University Jorge I. Mendoza, Florida State University Constraining Inequalities in Voting: The Effect of Intragenerational Social Class and Income Mobility on Turnout Hannu Antero Lahtinen, University of Helsinki Hanna Maria Wass, University of Helsinki Heikki Hiilamo, University of Helsinki Disc., Daniel Biggers, University of California, Riverside Disc., April A. Johnson, Kennesaw State University Audience Discussion 30-600 Variety of Topics in Voting Behavior Chair, Jenny L. Holland, Ohio Wesleyan University Political Brand Equity Measurement: Focused on Major Candidates for 2017 Korean Presidential Election with Political Marketing Approach Chong Ki An, Korea University Media and Persuasion: Measuring the Impact of Newspaper Readership on Vote Choice in Turkey Ali Carkoglu, Koc University Kerem Yildirim, Koç University The Historical Data Analysis of Voting Intention: The Value-atRisk Measure Graziella Castro, University of Salford The Comparative Effects of Electoral Laws on Voter Rationality: Plurality versus Proportional Election Rules Donald L. Davison, Rollins College Margaret Elizabeth Lewicki, Rollins College 130 35-8 Boomtown Development and Voting Behavior: The Shale Revolution and State Legislative Elections in North Dakota Steven Joseph Doherty, Dickinson State University Strategic Voting and Ticket Splitting in Mixed Electoral Systems: The Finite-Mixture Approach Applied to Federal Elections in Germany, 2009 and 2013 Martin Elff, Zeppelin University Candidate Age or Insurgency?: Evaluating Voter Choice among Younger and Older People in Presidential Primary Campaigns, 1972-2012 Jenny L. Holland, Ohio Wesleyan University Myopic Voters?: Theory and Evidence Richard Jankowski, State University of New York, Fredonia The Confessional, the International, or Loyalty?: An Examination of Partisan Performance after Women’s Enfranchisement Mona Morgan-Collins, London School of Economics Dawn Langan Teele, Yale University Voting under Strategic Uncertainty Kai Ou, New York University Scott Allen Tyson, University of Chicago Preferential Popularity: Understanding Support for Ranked Choice Voting in California Cary Alan Wolbers, University of Nebraska Authoritarianism's Political Effects Chair, TBA Authoritarianism and Support for Redistribution and Welfare Gizem Arikan, Yasar University Are Authoritarians Averse to Political Protest?: Political Interest, Political Context, and the Psychology of Protest Christopher Michael Federico, University of Minnesota Elliot Weiner, University of Minnesota Contentious Activities, Disrespectful Protesters: Experimental Evidence for Differential Effects on Protest Mobilization among Conservatives and Authoritarians Raynee Sarah Gutting, Stony Brook University When Reality and Predispositions Collide: Authoritarians’ and Non-Authoritarians’ Perceptions of Minority Groups Following a Terrorist Attack Lasse Laustsen, Aarhus University Miriam Lindner, Aarhus University Lene Aaroe, Aarhus University Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University A Birther and A Truther: The Influence of the Authoritarian Personality on Conspiracy Beliefs Sean Richey, Georgia State University Disc., David James Hendry, Aarhus University Disc., Bradford S. Jones, University of California, Davis Audience Discussion Partisanship and Preference Formation in American Politics Chair, Elizabeth Suhay, American University I (Don't) Approve: Political Scandals and Approval of Politicians Douglas James Ahler, University of California, Berkeley Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Evolving Attitudes toward Energy Extraction and Delivery Stephen Ceccoli, Rhodes College Civic Duty and Political Preference Formation Kevin J. Mullinix, Appalachian State University Religious Liberty and Equal Rights: The Polarized Influence of Rights-Based Values on Opinions about Gay Rights Laurie A. Rhodebeck, University of Louisville Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Ratings of Congressional Performance: The Roles of Partisanship, Media Use and Political Knowledge Michael W. Traugott, University of Michigan Frank Newport, Gallup Lydia Saad, Gallup Disc., John Barry Ryan, Stony Brook University Disc., Elizabeth Suhay, American University Audience Discussion 36-15 38-402 So Close to Home: Inequality at the Local Level Unequal Treatment: Geopolitical Factors and the Impact on Healthcare Access for the Vulnerable Jasmine Fox Blaine, Bowling Green State University The Feedback Effects of Policy Enforcement on Group Interactions: Immigration Enforcement's Effect on Social and Political Capital M. Apolonia Calderon, Texas A&M University Policing and Violence in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Protest against Police Violence in Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore, Maryland, and Cleveland, Ohio, 2012-2015 Binneh S. Minteh, Rutgers University Spatialized Racial Views: Regional Effects on Black, White, and Latino Views of Affirmative Action and the Dream Act Jessica Lynn Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles Submerged Racial Resentment: Using the Housing Market to Sustain the Racial Divide in St. Louis Dawna J. Williams, University Missouri, St. Louis Disc., Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University Disc., Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University News Exposure and Political Knowledge Chair, Heather L. Tafel, Grand Valley State University Left to Our Own Devices: News Attention and Information Recall on Computers, Tablets, and Smartphones Johanna L. Dunaway, Louisiana State University Newly Paul, Appalachian State University Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University Mingxiao Sui, Louisiana State University Political Selective Exposure, Political Knowledge, and Political Engagement: Reexamining Evidence For Politically Motivated Engagement With News Benjamin Toll, Miami University The Fact of Experience: Rethinking Political Knowledge and Civic Competence Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin Benjamin Toff, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Jack Anthony Gierzynski, University of Vermont Disc., Emily Elizabeth Sydnor, Southwestern University Audience Discussion 38-403 Participation and Civil Engagement in Vulnerable Populations: Youth, Immigrants, and Racial Minorities The Effects of Communication Networks on Multi-cultural Children and Youth Political Participation: Focused on the Participation in ‘the Children and Youth Association of Seoul’ Based on Collective Decision Making Process YunJoo Lee, Seoul National University Democracy's Children: Education's Solution to the Civic Empowerment Gap Matthew David Nelsen, University of Chicago Redirected Capital?: The Interaction Between Ethnicity and Social Capital Towards Environmental Preferences Jose I. Ochoa, University of Washington Mobilized by Injustice: Criminal Justice Contact, Political Participation and Race Hannah Walker, University of Washington Disc., Regina P. Branton, University of North Texas Disc., Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University 38-400 Elasticity of Group Boundaries: Identity, Color, and Group Consciousness Political Determinants of Color Identification in Brazil David De Micheli, Cornell University First Nationalism then Desired Identity: The Analysis of U.S. Bosniak Diaspora Survey Data Mirsad Krijestorac, Florida International University A Comparative Study of Black Racial Group Consciousness in the U.S. and UK Ayobami S. Laniyonu, University of California, Los Angeles Group Identity Formation for Muslim Americans Nura A. Sediqe, Duke University In-Group Stereotypes, Skin Tone, and Policy Support Among Blacks Nicole Yadon, University of Michigan Disc., Todd C. Shaw, University of South Carolina Disc., Candis Watts Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 38-401 Race and Representation in Comparative Perspective 39-6 Diversity and Equity Policies and a Diverse City Council: How Related are They Stephanie Hawke, Portland State University Identity in Context: Surrogate Legislative Activities of Minority and Women State Legislators Julia M. Hellwege, University of New Mexico Mayoral Race and Budget Expenditures Andrew J. Janusz, University of California, San Diego Showing True Colors: The Effects of Socioeconomic Features on Racial Attitudes in Brazil 41-3 Nathália França Figuerêdo Porto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Disc., Andra Gillespie, Emory University Disc., Rebekah Herrick, Oklahoma State University Economic Distributions, Political Orders Chair, Claudio Jorge Katz, Loyola University, Chicago Montesquieu, Diversity, and the Commercial Regime Nicholas W. Drummond, University of Missouri Representation, Inequality, and New Social Movements David V. Edwards, University of Texas, Austin Cicero on the Problem of Unjust Origins: What To Do When Your State and Your Wealth are Founded on Injustice Michael Collins Hawley, Duke University The Contest and Glory is in the Expence: Locke’s Resistance to Market Pricing Steven A. Kelts, George Washington University Montesquieu and Rousseau on Republics Genevieve B. Rousseliere, University of Chicago Disc., Claudio Jorge Katz, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Philip A. Michelbach, West Virginia University Audience Discussion Principle and Prudence: Papers in Honor of Nathan Tarcov Chair, TBA Strauss's Second Statement on Locke Nasser Behnegar, Boston College Jefferson's "Summary View" Reviewed Yet Again Ralph Lerner, University of Chicago 131 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Machiavelli’s Literary Self-Portraits: Clizia¸ the Discourses, Alternating Epochs, and Literary Fame Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University Weaponizing Words: Thucydides on Some Pathologies of Strategic Communication Karl Friedrich Walling, Naval War College Disc., Christopher Thomas Lynch, Carthage College Disc., Jonathan Marks, Ursinus College Audience Discussion 43-4 45-9 Chair, Eric C. C. Chang, Michigan State University An Integrated Approach to Capture Control of Corruption: Introducing a New Measure of Public Integrity Ramin Dadasov, Hertie School of Governance Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance Elite Favouritism in Public Procurement: The Limits of a OneSize-Fits-All Regulatory Approach Elizabeth David-Barrett, University of Sussex Mihaly Fazekas, University of Cambridge New Measurement of State Compliance with International Anticorruption Treaties Aram Khaghaghordyan, Hertie School of Governance Trends in Corruptions Around the World Lucio Picci, University of Bologna Laarni Escresa, University of the Philippines Disc., Eric C. C. Chang, Michigan State University Audience Discussion Germans, German-Jews, and Mid-Twentieth Century Political Thought Chair, Edward W. Gimbel, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Revisiting Leo Strauss's Critique of Liberalism in his 1930s Study of Hobbes Karl Arvid Dahlquist, York University Fittingness and the Stranger: Beauty and Fascism in Heidegger's Conception of Justice Lucas Fain, University of California, Santa Cruz Arendt’s Anti-Semitism: A Post-Schwarze Hefte Reading Kimberly Maslin, Hendrix College Carl Schmitt's "Dialogue on Power": Genealogy, Sources, and Hermeneutics of a Newly Translated Piece David Ragazzoni, Columbia University Disc., Jennifer Forestal, Stockton University Disc., Georgia Warnke, University of California, Riverside Audience Discussion 47-8 Chair Randall L. Calvert, Washington University, St. Louis Panelist S. M. Amadae, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Suk-Young Chwe, University of California, Los Angeles Margaret Gilbert, University of California, Irvine Richard H. McAdams, University of Chicago Naunihal Singh, Air War College 132 Measuring and Explaining via Text-based Methods Chair, Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Measuring the Diffusion of Language in Political Texts Brice D. L. Acree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kelsey Shoub, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Joshua Michael Jansa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The 'Quality' of Citations: Measuring the Qualitative Impact of Research Paul Cornelius Bauer, European University Institute Measuring and Explaining Political Sophistication Through Textual Complexity Kenneth R. Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science Arthur Spirling, Harvard University Kevin Michael Munger, New York University Automated Coding and Analysis of Protest Events from Chinese Media Reports Howard Hao Liu, Duke University Haohan Chen, University of Hong Kong Sophie Lee, Duke University Disc., Andrew B. Hall, Stanford University Disc., Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Audience Discussion The Costs of and Constraints on Doing Business in Washington Chair, Thomas T. Holyoke, California State University, Fresno The Cost of Doing Business: Changes in the Levels of Interest Groups Lobbying in Response to Changes in Procedural Rules Kenneth Michael Ferstle, Wayne State University Campaign Finance Law Stringency and Contributions in the American State Legislatures Christopher Kulesza, Purdue University Lobbying when Earmarks are Limited Brian Kelleher Richter, University of Texas, Austin Jeff Timmons, New York University, Abu Dhabi K Street on Main?: How Lobby Regulations Cultivate a Professional Lobbying Elite James Manning Strickland, University of Michigan Jesse M. Crosson, University of Michigan Disc., Thomas T. Holyoke, California State University, Fresno Disc., Timothy Werner, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion 44-100 Rational and Super-Rational Motives: Meaning, Commitment, and Incentives 45-4 New Conceptualizations and Measurements of Corruption 48-100 The 2016 Presidential Nominations Chair John M. Sides, George Washington University Panelist Hans C. Noel, Georgetown University Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles David Peterson, Iowa State University Michael Tesler, Brown University Wayne P. Steger, DePaul University 49-9 Electoral Politics and Governing Chair, TBA Building an Electoral Record: The Increase in Procedural Traceability in Congress Michael Crespin, University of Oklahoma Jessica Meghan Hayden, University of Oklahoma Anthony Madonna, University of Georgia Ivy Shen, University of Oklahoma Where is the Credit and Where is the Blame: Reexamining the Political Effects of Dead-On-Arrival Bills Jeremy Gelman, University of Michigan Contested Primaries and Congressional Behavior Patrick T. Hickey, West Virginia University Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Look at Senate Retirement Decisions Mary McHugh, Merrimack College Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Disc., Laurel Harbridge, Northwestern University Disc., Todd Makse, Florida International University Audience Discussion 51-3 Chair, TBA Taking Posterity Seriously: Life, Liberty and the Unalienable Environmental Rights of Future Generations John Edward Davidson, University of Oregon Why Do Constitution Makers Choose To Include Entrenchment and Eternity Clauses Into Constitutions Michael Hein, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Magna Carta: An Old Curiosity, a Mere Social Fact, or a Constitutive and Substantive Part of American Law Walter Jerry Kendall, John Marshall Law School Mr. Justice Hobbes: On the Political Philosophy of Oliver Wendell Holmes Benjamin Patrick Newton, Park University Justice as an Open Concept Jay Sterling Silver, St. Thomas University Disc., Lee John Strang, University of Toledo Disc., Justin Wert, University of Oklahoma Audience Discussion The Institutional Consequences of Polarizing Rhetoric on the U.S. Supreme Court Robert J. Hume, Fordham University Threat as a Motivational Factor in Decisionmaking on the U.S. Supreme Court Susanne Schorpp, Georgia State University Justice Rehnquist Steven Seitz, University of Illinois Insults and Compliments in Supreme Court Opinions Joseph L. Smith, University of Alabama Disc., Scott H. Ainsworth, University of Georgia Public Opinion and Voting in the States Chair, Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa Explaining Idaho: Administration and Politics in America’s Last Place State Brian Adrian Ellison, University of Idaho Juliet E. Carlisle, University of Idaho Manoj Kumar Shrestha, University of Idaho Legislative Pen Names: Do Americans Care If Bills Are Being Written By Outside Groups Tyler Johnson, University of Oklahoma I've got an Issue with this Issue?: The Impact of Ballot Issue Summary Length and Media Coverage on Issue Passage Rates Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton Grant W. Neeley, University of Dayton Alison Cozad, University of Dayton The Value of Voting Rights: Enfranchisement and Migration Decisions in the U.S. South Cecilia Testa, Harvard University/University of Nottingham Giovanni Facchini, Harvard University/University of Nottingham Andrea Bernini, Oxford University Disc., Robert P Amyot, Hastings College Disc., Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa Audience Discussion Disparities in Social Welfare Across States and Localities: Access, Engagement, and Services Chair, Jamila Celestine Michener, Cornell University The Differing Effects of Devolutionary Welfare Reform on Political and Community Engagement Kelly Thomas Arndt, Texas A&M University Continuity and Diversity in American Social Welfare Policy: Medicaid Eligibilities Across States Eunju Kang, State University of New York, Geneseo SNAP Participation Through the Great Recession: Employing a Structural Vulnerability of Poverty Framework to Examine SNAP Participation Among Low-Income Heads of Households Gina L. Rosen, University of California, Los Angeles Filling the Gap: Cities and the Fight Against Homelessness Alison Mary Ann Smith, Université de Montréal Delegation and Difference: Regional Disparities in the American Welfare State Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley Jessica Schirmer, University of California, Berkeley Disc., LaVonna Blair Lewis, University of Southern California Disc., Jamila Celestine Michener, Cornell University Disc., Holona LeAnne Ochs, Lehigh University Audience Discussion Constitutional Theory and Philosophy 52-501 Symposium on the Supreme Court 53-7 56-5 57-7 Education Politics and Policy Making Chair, TBA Understanding Public Support for School Voucher Programs Matthew Burbank, University of Utah Daniel Levin, University of Utah Explaining Performance of Governance Reforms in Higher Education: A Systematic Assessment Giliberto Capano, Scuola Normale Superiore Alessia Damonte, University of Milano Inequality, Social Policy, and Early Childhood: Critical Analysis of Home Visiting in New Mexico Mala N. Htun, University of New Mexico Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, University of New Mexico Lessons Learned: How Unfunded Mandates Shape Parents’ Political Orientations Lesley E. Lavery, Macalester College Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 58-400 Local Environmental Politics How Community-based Organizations Influence Environmental Policy: Assessing Strategy and Success in Chicago David Joseph Amaral, University of Illinois, Chicago Actors’ Beliefs and their Effect on the Emergence of Collaboration Networks: The Case of the German Energy Transition at the Local Level Heike Isabell Brugger, University of Konstanz Local Bureaucrats and Climate Change Adaptation: Navigating Polarization and Intergovernmental Tensions Bridget Kathleen Fahey, Syracuse University Climate Change Adaptation in South Florida: The Curious Case of Cities Vaiva Kalesnikaite, Florida International University Working Towards Harmony in Howling: Local Stakeholders and Policy Conflict in Wyoming's Wolf Management Lydia Anne Lawhon, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Andrea Olive, University of Toronto Disc., Chris M. Weible, University of Colorado, Denver 133 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm 58-401 Institutional Design and Scale in Environmental Policy and Management 61-5 Policy Actor Regulator Preference in Contentious Environmental Policy Debates: Explaining the Choice between Local, State, and Federal Regulators in Colorado’s and Texas’ Fracking Debates Samuel Ballou Gallaher, University of Colorado Eliminating the Bias in Compliance: Impacts of EPA’s Next Gen Technologies on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Mellie P. Haider, Texas A&M University Governing the Global Commons: Decentralized Local Initiatives or International Cooperation Sara Maria Kerosky, University of California, San Diego Conflict and Climate Change: Examining Ways Resource Scarcity Affects Conflict Duration in Africa and How Institutions Can Alleviate the Problem Samantha Marie Seaman, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Robert A. Holahan, Binghamton University Disc., Edella Schlager, University of Arizona 59-4 60-4 134 Comparative Bureaucratic Politics Chair, TBA Constraining the Regulators through Administrative Procedures: A Cross-national Analysis of Convergence in EU and OECD Countries Fabrizio De Francesco, University of Strathclyde Social Identification and Civil Servants’ Support for Policy Change in Response to Large-Scale Social Protest Sharon Gilad, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Saar Alon-Barkat, Hebrew University, Jerusalem The Link between Appointments and Appropriations in the Politics of Administrative Design Mikael Karl Holmgren, University of Gothenburg Carl Dahlström, University of Gothenburg Keeping up with the Europeans: Phthalates and the Effort to Maintain Safety Parity Derek Bernhard Larson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Sara Jordan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Disc., Seoyoun Choi, Michigan State University Disc., Serena Lynn Laws, Trinity College Audience Discussion 62-6 63-4 Representative Bureaucracy IV Chair, Jill D. Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University Mo Money, No Problem: The Impact of Financial Uncertainty on Representation Kristen Monique Carroll, Texas A&M University The Leading Ladies: How the Election of Women Executives Leads to Representative Bureaucracies Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University Kendall Funk, Texas A&M University Thiago Silva, Texas A&M University Representative Bureaucracy: Gender and Ethnic Minorities in the UK Criminal Justice Service Thulani Phillip Moyo, Glasgow Caledonian Business School Race, School Discipline and Administrative Representation Christine H. Roch, Georgia State University Mahmoud Elsayed, Georgia State University Can Diversity Management Improve Job Satisfaction for Military Veterans in the Federal Government Matthew F. Vanderschuere, American University Chris Birdsall, American University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 64-3 Colonialism and State Expansion Chair, TBA China’s Railway Soldiers: Extending Communist China’s Iron Arms with Red Hands Jiwon Jessica Baik, University of Chicago Colonial Alliances, Local Governance and Development: Evidence from Tlaxcala, Mexico Edgar F. Franco Vivanco, Stanford University Who Revolted?: Network Formation Under Pressure in the American Revolution Sam Arthur Glaser, University of Notre Dame Territoriality, Settler Colonialism, and the Creation of the U.S. Department of the Interior Christina L. McElderry, New School for Social Research Colonialism and Gender Inequality: The Impact of German Missionaries on the Conceptualization of Current Gender Roles in Tanzania Max Montgomery, German Institute of Globol and Area Studies Disc., Kevin Bruyneel, Babson College Disc., Paul T. McCartney, Towson University Audience Discussion Institutional Forces Affecting Religious Presence Chair, TBA Religiosity and Tolerance in Iran and Turkey Ebrahim Khalifeh Soltani, Eastern Michigan University Islam’s Role in State Nationalism and Islamization of Government: Analysis Based on Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan Raja Muhammad Ali Saleem, George Mason University Political Islam: Institutional Sources of Moderation A. Kadir Yildirim, Rice University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Educational Exchange and Study Abroad Chair, Kuang-hui Chen, National Chung Cheng University Sustainable China: Engaging the World through Short-Term Study Abroad Jason Brozek, Lawrence University Study Abroad Best Practices Joel Luc Raveloharimisy, Andrews University Ave Natalia Altius, Andrews University Disc., Kimberly A. Weir, Northern Kentucky University Audience Discussion Conceptualizing Class: Attitudes, Preferences, and Entitlement Chair, Ian G. Anson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County When Labor Goes Away, Who is Left?: Race, Class, and U.S. Voter Turnout, 1972-2014 Laura C. Bucci, Indiana University, Bloomington Middle Class in the United States: Does Definition Matters Rosa Lee, George Washington University Income Inequality and Selective Solidarity: Group Conflict and Preferences for Redistribution Gabriele Magni, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Segregation, Biased Perceptions of Income Distributions and the Demand for Redistribution Lisa Verena Windsteiger, London School of Economics and Political Science Disc., Karen Long Jusko, Stanford University Disc., Eunji Kim, University of Pennsylvania Audience Discussion Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm 65-103 Balancing Research, Teaching and Family Chair Andrae Micheal Marak, Governors State University Panelist Ken Moffett, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Mandi Bailey, Valdosta State University Jacob Christopher Holt, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Stephanie Walls, Bowling Green State University 66-104 Developing New Courses: Classes II Chair Allen K. Settle, California Polytechnic State University Panelist Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Douglas Michael Cantor, University of Illinois, Chicago Caroline E. Covell, Walden University 135 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-204 Poster Session: Political Institutions Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 136 Women on Trial: Gender’s Effect on Supreme Court Rhetoric about Women’s Issues Casey Scott Libonate, University of Pennsylvania The Effects of Female Parliamentary Representation on the Likelihood of Female Brain Drain in 52 Developing Nations Laura Marie Mannara, State University of New York, Buffalo Political Efficacy and Party Choice: Voter Influence, Ideology, and Elections Ryan W. Bell, University of Colorado Estimating the Effects of Completely Randomized Ballot Order Using Polling-Place-Level Data from the Australian House of Representatives Elections, 1993-2013 Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College Alexandra Rene Woodruff, Dartmouth College Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-212 Poster Session: Nondemocracies Post. 5 Post. 6 The Illusionati: Mechanisms of Popular Support for Autocracy Samantha M. Hubner, Belmont University Formed under Pressure: Proximity of Gemstone Mines and Social Conflict Samuel Carl Morse, Ohio State University Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University Michael William Widmeier, University of North Texas Disc., Peter H. Penar, Michigan State University 137 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-215 Poster Session: European Union Post. 7 Post. 8 138 Realizing a Comprehensive Energy Supply Strategy: An EU Collective Action Problem Jackson Riley Porreca, Colorado College Do Active Presidents Alleviate Euroscepticism in Semipresidential Countries?: Cohabitation, Intra-executive Conflicts and Trust in the European Union Huang-Ting Yan, National Taiwan University Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-229 Poster Session: Economic Development Post. 9 Post. 10 Mismanagement of Livestock Manure: Public Policy Analysis Kayla Diane Billett, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Joseph James Martin, Creighton University Disc., Brenton Peterson, University of Virginia 139 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-230 Poster Session: Criminal Justice Post. 11 America behind bars: Examining the Disproportionate Rate of Incarceration in the United States Over the Years Aaratrika Bose, Earlham College Post. 12 Race and Economic Status as Influencers on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Molly E. Hogan, George Washington University Post. 13 Imprisonment Rates in the United States Brittney Lynette Gibson, Xavier University of Louisiana Disc., Allison P. Harris, University of Chicago 140 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-237 Poster Session: Environment Post. 14 An Analysis of the Penta Wood Products Superfund Site in Daniels, Wisconsin Jessie Ann Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Post. 15 The Dual Narratives of Portlandia: Equity within “Liveability” and “Sustainability” Planning in Portland, Oregon Jesse Delyn Meisenhelter, Macalester College Post. 16 Who Gives A Dam?: An Experimental Examination of Framing Techniques and Water Conservation Rachel Elizabeth Huxhold, College of Wooster Post. 17 Geoengineering and the Potential of Acceptance by the American Public and International Community as a Viable Tool to Mitigate Climate Change Jessica Sinead Murphy, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Post. 18 Who Protects Their Natural Resources and Why?: A CrossCountry Analysis of Protected Lands and Biomes Chad Moody Faulkner, Brigham Young University Darren Greg Hawkins, Brigham Young University Disc., Saatvika Vika Rai, University of Kansas Disc., Shin Kue Ryu, George Mason University 141 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-244 Poster Session: LGBT Post. 19 Disgust: An Emotional Component of Politically Conservative Attitudes on Policies Affecting Transgender Individuals John Edward Stuart, College of William and Mary Disc., Jessica Loyet Gracey, University of Missouri, St. Louis 142 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-245 Poster Session: East Asia Post. 20 Mistrust in East Asia: The Obstacles in Conducting Peaceful Cooperation between The People’s Republic of China and the State of Japan Jared David Neitzel, University of Mount Union Post. 21 How to Break Through the Barrier: What Factors Influence South Korean Attitudes Toward Reunification Keara Helene Bergey, Saint Anselm College Post. 22 The Double Standard of Ethnic Minorities in the PRC: Tibet and Xinjiang Tiana Lee Winstead, Rhodes College Post. 23 North Korean Defectors: Economic Immigrants or Political Refugees Deanna Marie Mix, Middle Tennessee State University Disc., Hanzhang Liu, Columbia University 143 Friday, April 8, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Friday, April 8 at 1:15 pm 76-247 Poster Session: Social Cleavages Post. 24 Those Who Learn Together Stay Together: A Mixed-method Study Exploring the Relationship between Separatist Movements and Host-state Nationalism Robert Kaylor, Carleton College Post. 25 Pro-Poor Parties, Income Inequality and Democracy: A Survey Experiment in Thailand Sam Elmer, Brigham Young University Post. 26 Reducing Urban Poverty in West Virginia: A Policy Analysis on Rustbelt Appalachia Nicholas A . Musgrave , Hastings College Post. 27 Star Search: Can Celebrity Politicians Help Advance Democratization Ashley Caroline Etienne, State University of New York, Buffalo Post. 28 Partisanship and Political Knowledge: The Role Partisanship Plays in Political Knowledge about Economic Inequality Elizabeth Nancy Gray, Metropolitan State University Disc., Matthew Michael Ward, University of Houston 84-101 Federalism, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Public Administration Chair Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California Panelist Graeme Thomison Boushey, University of California, Irvine Cynthia J. Bowling, Auburn University Bruce A. Desmarais, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Abbe R. Gluck, Yale University Paul F. Manna, College of William and Mary Paul L. Posner, George Mason University 144 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 1-103 6-13 Roundtable: Quantitative Queers Chair Kenneth Sherrill, Hunter College, CUNY Panelist Andrew Ryan Flores, University of California, Los Angeles Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University 3-500 4-5 Globalization, International Actors and Development Chair, Robert Clemente Chalwell, Broward College The Political Follies of FDI Industrial Recruitment: How FDI Makes the Rich Richer, the Poor Poorer and Raises Unemployment in America Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Trevor Mattos, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Foreign Ownership of Capital, Inequality, and Political Instability David Brown, University of Colorado State Capacity and World Bank Project Success Jonathan Hanson, University of Michigan Rachel Sigman, Naval Postgraduate School Embedded Community Development: Comparative Review of the United States, Korea, and Vietnam Dongryul Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology Disc., Robert Clemente Chalwell, Broward College Disc., Brian Jacob Warby, University of Northern Iowa 5-9 Bureaucracy, Politics, and Administration Chair, TBA Kleptocrats for Hire?: Self-Selection into Post-Communist Bureaucracies Jordan Luc Gans-Morse, Northwestern University Alexander Kalgin, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Andrei Klimenko, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Andrei Yakovlev, Higher School of Economics, Moscow The Political Logic of Promotions in China: Evidence from the Provincial Level Derek Tai-wei Liu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Disc., Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego Disc., Lisa Michele Mueller, Macalester College Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Diverse Government Responses to the 2013 Protests in Brazil, Bulgaria and Turkey Nina Simeonova Barzachka, Gettysburg College Ana C. A. Alves, Lee University Truth Replaced by Silence: Private Censorship in Russia Charles David Crabtree, Pennsylvania State University Christopher J. Fariss, Pennsylvania State University Holger Lutz Kern, Florida State University Repression and Resistance across Regime Type Marc M. Howard, Georgetown University Meir Raphael Walters, Georgetown University Repressing the Collective: The Conditional Effect of Inequality on Democratization Matthew Michael Ward, University of Houston Disc., Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College Disc., Tore Wig, University of Oslo/Peace Research Institute Oslo Audience Discussion 7-4 Comparative Presidentialism 8-18 The Contentious Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism (Co-sponsored with European Politics, see 9-16) Foreign Aid, Regional Integration and Democratic Governance Chair, Stephen Kosack, University of Washington Regional Favoritism in An Authoritarian Hierarchy: Evidence from China Jidong Chen, Beijing Normal University Yunsen Chen, Central University of Finance and Economics The Effects of Perceived Resource Constraints on Government Legitimacy: Evidence from Foreign Aid in Kenya Lindsay Renée Dolan, Columbia University Regional Integration: Successes and Failures for Developing Nations Frank P. Le Veness, Saint John's University Mapping for Impact: Testing the Effects of Geospatial Information on Development Aid Decision-Making Michael John Tierney, College of William & Mary Ashley Nicole Napier, College of William & Mary Daniel Lafayette Nielson, Brigham Young University Michael G. Findley, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Takaaki Masaki, College of William and Mary Disc., Nico Ravanilla, Stanford University Audience Discussion Repression, Resistance, and Regime Types Chair, Cristina Bucur, University of Oslo Presidents and their Parties: Party Strategies under Presidentialism YeonKyung Jeong, University of Rochester Explaining the Patterns of Ministerial Instability in Presidential Democracies Don S. Lee, University of California, San Diego Executives and the Legislative Process: Regime Stability in Presidential Systems Valeria Palanza, Universidad Católica, Chile Presidentialism Debate in Turkey: Understanding the Veto Players Orcun Selcuk, Florida International University Disc., Patrícia Calca, Kaiserslautern Technical University and IHC-NOVA Disc., Aldo Fernando Ponce, CIDE Audience Discussion Chair, Carol Skalnik Leff, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign How Does Socio-Economic Risk Promote Voting for the Radical Right Denis Cohen, Humboldt University, Berlin Political Context and Radical Right Voting in Europe Jennifer Fitzgerald, University of Colorado, Boulder Supporting Bilingualism?: Attitudes towards Language Policies in Canada and Finland Mike Medeiros, McGill University Hanna Maria Wass, University of Helsinki Subnational Variation in Support for the Radical Right in Western Europe Pauliina Patana, Cornell University Explaining Xenophobia in Belgium’s Regions Neil Garrett Vander Most, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Disc., Ryan Bakker, University of Georgia Disc., Carol Skalnik Leff, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Audience Discussion 145 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 9-6 9-400 9-401 Explaining Public Euroskepticism Chair, TBA Individual Support for the Euro in EU Candidate States Katharine Aha, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Effect of Frames and Counterframes on Public Support for EU Enlargement Hajo Boomgaarden, University of Vienna Christiane Grill, University of Vienna The Resilience of Political Criteria in Assessing the Quality of EU Democracy 11-10 Nicholas J. Clark, Susquehanna University Robert Rohrschneider, University of Kansas Foundations of a European In-Group: Identity Formation in the EU and its Implications for Integration Eryn M. Jones, Florida State University Dear Citizen, What Do You Vote For?: Does Europe Matter More Ilke Toygur, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Disc., Zachary David Greene, University of Stratclyde Disc., Christopher Williams, University of Mannheim Audience Discussion New Approaches to the Radical Right Much Ado about Nothing: Zeros and the Extreme Right Sean Michael Kates, New York University Populism in Europe, 1970-2015: A Comparative Analysis Luca Manucci, University of Zurich Radical Right Saboteurs?: Cabinet Duration and the Radical Right Viktoryia Igarauna Schnose, Washington University, St. Louis Dimensions of the Political Space: Radical Right Parties’ Electoral Success and Impact on Public Policies Karen Umansky, Tel Aviv University Explaining the Varying Success of Radical Right Parties in National and European Union Elections Jakub Wondreys, Southern Illinois University Disc., Peter Cushner Mohanty, Stanford University Disc., Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg European Union Policy-Making: From Digital Rights to Neighborhood Policy 13-7 Does the European Neighborhood Policy Work Matt Alan Bufford, University of Georgia Mallie Corrine Brossett, University of Georgia The Puzzling Power of European Farmers Alice Catherine Ciciora, University of California, Berkeley Selling The Cow at Market or Coming Home with Magic Beans: 14-3 Are Regional Parties Effective at Bringing Home EU Structural Fund Money Nathan Henceroth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Moritz Rissmann, University of Nevada, Las Vegas U.S. and EU Fiscal Unions in a Comparative Historical Perspective Tomasz Pawel Wozniakowski, European University Institute Disc., Michaelene D. Cox, Illinois State University Disc., Alison Harcourt, University of Exeter 9-402 146 Innovations in the Study of EU Politics Now or Later: Tradeoffs in Implementation Among European Union Member States Jean M. Clipperton, University of Michigan Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Political Divide in Europe Gatha Nautiyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University States, Crises, and Frames: Attribution Theory and Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis Travis J. Nelson, University of Washington Devising a Shared European Identity on a Platform of Diversity: Influences and Outcomes Albana Shehaj, University of Michigan The Opinion-Policy Nexus in the European Union Christopher Wratil, London School of Economics and Political Science Disc., Alexander G. Kuo, Cornell University Disc., Jan Beyers, University of Antwerp Religious Politics in Asia and South Asia Chair, TBA Muslim Minorities and Provision of Public Goods: Mosques in Chinese Muslim Communities Yichen Guan, Harvard University It’s MY Party: Holiday Celebrations as Sites of Minority Identity Contestation in China and Turkey Lisel Hintz, George Washington University Allison L. Quatrini, George Washington University Efforts and Effects of Containing Rising Militant Extremism in Pakistan Umbreen Javaid, University of Punjab, Lahore The Indian Experience with Terrorism and Counter-terrorism: An Overview Arijit Mazumdar, University of St. Thomas The Paradox of Separatist Political Parties: Maintaining the Cohesion of the State Mary Anne San Mateo Mendoza, University of California, Irvine Disc., Terence Lee, National University of Singapore Audience Discussion Islamism and the State Chair, TBA The Muslim Sisterhood: Between Structure and Agency Anwar Mhajne, University of Cincinnati Who Votes for Secular Parties in the Middle East?: Evidence from the 2014 Tunisian Election Survey Halil Ege Ozen, Binghamton University Post-Islamism in Comparative Perspective: Turkey and Tunisia Beken Saatcioglu, MEF University Party Politics and Religious Ideology A. Kadir Yildirim, Rice University Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Rice University Disc., Alessandra Lucia Gonzalez, University of Chicago Disc., Erin York, Columbia University Audience Discussion Parties, Elections and Political Participation in the Postsocialist Region Chair, TBA The Evolution of Manipulation: Technical Parties in Ukraine, 2010-2014 Erik S. Herron, West Virginia University Nazar Boyko, CIFRA Group The Pernicious Effect of Petty Corruption on SystemSupporting Political Behavior in Post-Soviet States Vicki Lynn Hesli Claypool, University of Iowa William M. Reisinger, University of Iowa Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa Yue Hu, University of Iowa Jenny Juehring, University of Iowa Xenophobia and Voting: When the Left takes over Rightest Issues in Slovakia Lenka Kissova, Masaryk University, Brno Steven Saxonberg, Masaryk University The Electoral Costs of Indiscipline of the Ukrainian Rada Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Disc., Quintin H. Beazer, Florida State University Disc., Erik S. Herron, West Virginia University Disc., Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University Audience Discussion 15-18 16-4 18-9 Disc., Jin Yeub Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Audience Discussion 22-14 Comparative Politics of Economic Development Chair, Matthew Carnes, Georgetown University Do Weberian Bureaucracies Lead to Markets or Vice Versa?: A Coevolutionary Approach to Development Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan Coalition Politics and Stock Market Development: Evidence from Parliamentary Democracies Erkan Gunes, University of Colorado, Boulder Defensive Innovation and Social Development: Defense Industrial Value-Add and Social Policies in South Africa and Turkey Catherine Anne Long, Kadir Has University and MARC Catherine Anne Long, Kadir Has University and MARC The Relationshiop between Domestic Tax Revenue and Development in Developing Countries Jean-Francois Koly Onivogui, Georgia State University Wayne Tan, National Chung Hsing University Political Dynasties, Governance and Economic Development: Evidence from India Dominic Ponattu, University of Mannheim Siddharth Eapen George, Harvard University Disc., Bann Seng Tan, Bogaziçi University Audience Discussion 25-5 Economic Sanctions Chair, Celeste Beesley, Brigham Young University Measuring Sanctions’ Impact on Financial Markets Dawid Piotr Jarosz, The Graduate Institute Economic Sanctions and Disaster Preparedness Elena V. McLean, State University of New York, Buffalo Taehee Whang, Yonsei University Which Works Better?: Economic Sanctions as Alternative to War or Road to War Mehmet Ondur, Wayne State University U.S. Sanctions and Relative Gains: A Gravity Model Approach Timothy Howard Turnbull, Brown University Trust, Social Capital, and Economic Sanctions Taehee Whang, Yonsei University Hannah June Kim, University of California, Irvine Disc., Tobias Heinrich, University of South Carolina Disc., Caglar Kurc, Columbia University Audience Discussion New (Perspectives on) Formal Models of War Chair, TBA Mobilization, Defense, and War Initiation Steven Matthew Beard, University of Colorado Joshua A. Strayhorn, University of Colorado, Boulder Sanctions as Instruments of Regime Change Andrew James Coe, University of Southern California Negotiation in War Eric Aram Min, Stanford University Waiting it Out: How Uncertainty about Future Interests Promotes Peace Robert Jay Schub, Harvard University Does Increasing the Costs of War Decrease the Probability of Conflict William Jerome Spaniel, Stanford University Iris Elizabeth Malone, Stanford University 26-5 Cities, Climate, and Conflict Chair, TBA Nasty and Brutish or Vibrant and Mobile?: Perceptions of Safety in Megacities Eugenia K. Guilmartin, U.S. Army Urbanization and Civil Wars Kerim Can Kavakli, University of Rochester Arzu Kibris, Sabanci University Food Price Volatility, Conflict Variation, and Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa Steven T. Landis, Arizona State University SeyedBabak RezaeeDaryakenari, Arizona State University Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University Climate, Class, and Conflict: Exploring the Relationship between Climate Change, Inequality, and Violent Conflict Monica Marie Mayer, University of Central Florida Rural Grievances, Landholding Inequality and Civil Conflict Henry Roderick Thomson, University of Oxford Disc., Nicholas L. Cain, Claremont Graduate University Audience Discussion Naming, Shaming and Assessing State Repression Chair, David L. Cingranelli, Binghamton University How Anti-Foreign Propaganda Reduces Human Rights Activism in Authoritarian Regimes: An Experiment Jamie J. Gruffydd-Jones, Princeton University Military and Police Visibility: Naming and Shaming Latin America Melissa Martinez, University of North Texas Repression and Control in Autocracies: Do Political Institutions Really Matter Luis Palerm, University of Essex A Spatial Analysis of Religious Repression: Tracing the Local Roots and Regional Variations of Chinese Political and Religious Prisoners, 1989-2014 Yun Ray Wang, National Chengchi University Disc., David L. Cingranelli, Binghamton University Audience Discussion Persuasion, Internet and Social Media Chair, Florian Foos, University of Zurich The Who, What, When, and Why of Interpersonal Persuasion Lisa Argyle, University of California, Santa Barbara Issue Yield and Strategic Party Communication on Twitter: A Case Study Lorenzo De Sio, LUISS Guido Carli University Andrea De Angelis, European University Institute Vincenzo Emanuele, LUISS University of Rome Trumping the Media: Campaign Statements, Coverage of Candidate Characteristics, and Voter Perceptions Austin Carl Hofeman, George Mason University Delton Thomas Daigle, George Mason University Trevor Thrall, University of Michigan, Dearborn The Effect of Geographically Targeted Advertising on Voting Intentions, Internet Search Behavior and Twitter Use: Evidence from the 2012 Election Tobias Konitzer, Stanford University David Rothschild, Microsoft Research Disc., Michael G. Miller, Barnard College Disc., Travis N. Ridout, Washington State University Audience Discussion 147 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 27-1 Assessing the Effects of Innovation in U.S. Election Administration What Are Men and Women Looking For?: The Effect of Gender on Campaign Information Searches Drew Seib, Murray State University Disc., Stephen C. Craig, University of Florida Disc., Jennifer L. Merolla, Claremont Graduate University Chair, Jan Leighley, American University Are Voting Convenience Centers Convenient Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico Lisa A. Bryant, California State University, Fresno Purging Participation?: Eligibility Challenges, Psychological 31-600 Political Networks Biltz Reactance, and the Decision to Vote Chair, Jong Hee Park, Seoul National University, South Korea Daniel Biggers, University of California, Riverside State Membership in Networks of Hard International Law Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida Based Organizations Estimating the Impact of Online Registration on Election Charles R. Boehmer, University of Texas, El Paso Administration and Voting Behavior Renato Corbetta, University of Alabama, Birmingham David C. Kimball, University of Missouri, St. Louis Reading between the Emails: Gendered Patterns of Joseph Anthony, University of Missouri, St. Louis Communication in Local Government Costs and Conformity in Political Participation: Field Matthew J. Denny, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Experiments with State Election Agencies on Encouraging Voter Hanna Wallach, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Registration Bruce Desmarais, Pennsylvania State University Christopher Baird Mann, Skidmore College The Impact of Social Networks on Citizen Forecasts Robyn Lynn Stiles, Louisiana State University Debra Lynn Leiter, University of Missouri, Kansas City Mingxiao Sui, Louisiana State University Andreas Erwin Murr, University of Oxford Can Messages in Mailed Ballot Packets Affect Voter Behavior?: Ericka Rascon, Middlesex University Evidence from a Field Experiment in Colorado Mary A. Stegmaier, University of Missouri Andrew M. Menger, Rice University Robert M. Stein, Rice University 32-2 Conservatives and Conspiracies Disc., Barry C. Burden, University of Wisconsin Chair, TBA Disc., Jan Leighley, American University Bridging the Partisan Divide on Immigration Policy Attitudes Audience Discussion through a Bipartisan Issue Area: The Case of Human Trafficking 28-5 Money Makes the World Go Around: The Role of Money Tabitha Bonilla, University of South Carolina in Legislative Elections Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University Chair, TBA I Want My America Back: Fear and Anti-Government Gender and Camping Spending in Westminster Parliament Sentiment in the Tea Party Martin Battle, California State Polytechnic Institute Adam John Howat, Northwestern University Meg E. Rincker, Purdue University Calumet Jacob Edward Rothschild, Northwestern University What Are the Electoral Consequences of Campaign Spending Are Republicans Really More Prone to Conspiracy Beliefs than Limits Democrats?: An Experimental Test of the “Conspiracy Theories Alexander Fouirnaies, Oxford University are for Losers” Hypothesis New Organizations, Old Donors in Post-Citizens United Joanne M. Miller, University of Minnesota Congressional Fundraising Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University Eric S. Heberlig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Christina Farhart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Bruce Anders Larson, Gettysburg College Conservative Immigration Opinion in the United States Kamaria Clifton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Jonathan David Moore, University of Oklahoma Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?: Congressional Fundraising Framing Conspiracies: The Impact of Elite Cue-Taking on and the Extended Party Network Perceptions that Global Climate Change is a Hoax Michael S. Kowal, Bowdoin College Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University Campaign Finance Transparency Improves Legislative Disc., Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University Candidate Performance at the Polls Disc., David J. Ciuk, Franklin & Marshall College Abby K. Wood, University of Southern California Audience Discussion Christian R. Grose, University of Southern California Disc., Martin Battle, California State Polytechnic Institute 33-5 Advances in Experimental Design and Analysis (CoDisc., Jon R. Bond, Texas A&M University sponsored with Methodology, see 45-23) Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Measuring Sectarianism in Iraq: A Small-world Experiment in 30-501 Information, Heuristics, and Voting Behavior Divided Social Networks Roadmaps to Representation: An Experimental Study of Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Partisan Endorsements and Nonpartisan Voter Guides Dean Knox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis Jaffar Al-Rikabi, Harvard University Scott Alan MacKenzie, University of California, Davis Generalizing from Survey Experiments Conducted on Cues, Groups and Ballot Propositions Mechanical Turk: A Replication Approach Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside Alexander E. Coppock, Columbia University Stephen P. Nicholson, University of California, Merced Investigator Characteristics and Respondent Behavior in Online There May be 18 Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling, but Is Surveys Reminder Voters Helping to Shatter It Dominika Roksana Kruszewska, Harvard University Leslie Caughell, Virginia Wesleyan College Christopher Lucas, Harvard University Anton Strezhnev, Harvard University Ariel White, Harvard University 148 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Tax Cheating in Synchronic Online Experiment Akitaka Matsuo, University of Oxford Raymond Duch, University of Oxford How Conditioning on Post-treatment Variables Breaks Your Experiments Jacob Michael Montgomery, Washington University, St. Louis Michelle Torres, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University Audience Discussion 34-16 37-3 The Psychology of Political Engagement Chair, TBA The Battle of Frames: Criteria for Determining Strength of Metaphoric Frames Lori D. Bougher, Princeton University Political Knowledge and Media Choice in the Digital Age Kylee Jo Britzman , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign When the Bill Comes Due: Public Knowledge and Concern about the National Deficit and Debt in the U.S. Michael J. Faherty, University of Oregon The Role of Efficacy Beliefs and Political and Scientific Knowledge in Determining Collective Action on Climate Change Neil John Stenhouse, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Knowing" Right from Wrong: The Role of Moral Confidence in Political Decision-Making Christopher L. Weaver, University of Notre Dame Disc., Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame Disc., Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Audience Discussion 35-100 Arthur Lupia's "Uninformed: Why People Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It." (Co-sponsored with Political Psychology, see 34-101) Chair Markus Prior, Princeton University Panelist John G. Bullock, University of Texas, Austin Michael X. Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania Paul M. Sniderman, Stanford University Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan 36-7 Disc., Ben Epstein, DePaul University Disc., Andrew Markus Guess, New York University Audience Discussion Social Media Chair, Luis M. Estrada, SPIN Online Political Influence: An Exploration Ben Epstein, DePaul University Leticia Bode, Georgetown University The Role of Social Networks and Personality in Media Use Scott D. McClurg, Southern Illinois University Anand Edward Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder Benjamin A. Lyons, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Public Perception and Juror Verdicts: Exploring Social Media Discussion of Physical Attractiveness of Defendants in High Profile Cases Madeline Randolph, Washington State University Michael Lee Williams, Washington State University Dana Lee Baker, Washington State University Detecting Social Media Agenda-setting Effects among Policyelites Blake Cameron Roberts, Wayne State University/University of Windsor The Modern Gatekeepers in Mass Media John Barry Ryan, Stony Brook University Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University Patrick Kraft, Stony Brook University Kerri Milita, Illinois State University 38-12 Political Response to Violence Against Women Chair, TBA Waging War On Women: A Content Analysis of the House Floor Debate on the 2012 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Nadia Elizabeth Brown, Purdue University Sarah Allen Gershon, Georgia State University The Price of Compliance: Anti-Domestic Violence Legislation and Civil Society Repression in the PRC Jihyeon Jeong, Ewha University From Concept to Law: Women’s Organizations and the Recognition of Violence against Women in Politics in Bolivia Juliana Restrepo Sanin, Rutgers University Gender Justice and Role of Leadership in India Juhi Roy, State University of New York Diffusion, Networks, and Specialized Institutions: Explaining Variation in the Construction of Women’s Policing in Latin America Shannon Drysdale Walsh, University of Minnesota, Duluth Yanilda Maria Gonzalez, Harvard Kennedy School Disc., Brooke Hannah Mascagni, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion How Should We Measure That? Identity, Bias and Inequality Chair, TBA Opt-in Internet Surveys with Minority Populations Rebekah Herrick, Oklahoma State University Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, Oklahoma State University Jim A. Davis, Oklahoma State University Ben Pryor, Oklahoma State University Do Our Definitions of Class Matter?: Measuring Class in American Voters Kevin A. Hill, Florida International University Stereotypes about Students: The Influence of Bias on Education and Policy Attitudes Rachel L. Moskowitz, Trinity College Toward a New Approach to Identity Measurement in Survey Research: Results from the 2015 Identity Measurement Survey Pilot Study Amber Spry, Columbia University Solving the Measurement Problem?: Racial Context Measurement and Perceptions of Local Area Demographics Yamil Ricardo Velez, Wesleyan University Disc., Lauren Davenport, Stanford University Disc., Christopher David DeSante, Indiana University Audience Discussion 38-102 Roundtable: Liberalism and Black Lives Matter, Ferguson and Baltimore Reconsidered: Causes and Consequences Chair Darryl Lamont Roberts, Tuskegee University Panelist Robert Terry Starks, Northeastern Illinois University Benjamin Newhouse, Tuskegee Consulting Floyd Webb, Campaignanalytica LLC Jamila Lori Rice, Tuskegee University 149 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 39-105 Frankenstein at (nearly) 200: A Mary Shelley Roundtable (Co-sponsored with Gender and Politics, see 37-103, and Politics, Literature and Film, see 85-100) Happiness, Meaningfulness, and Liberal Perfectionism Jeffrey Church, University of Houston Bruce A. Hunt Jr., University of Houston Maintaining the Main Roads: Religious Sentiment and the State in Principes de Politique Applicables a Tous les Gouvernements Alex Haskins, University of Chicago The Legitimacy of Liberalism After Post-secular Omer Tasgetiren, Georgia State University Solidarity, Justification and the Ends of Deliberation: The Case of Religious Exemptions William P. Umphres, University of Cincinnati Disc., Beverly Ann Gaddy, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg Disc., Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington Audience Discussion Chair Eileen H. Botting, University of Notre Dame Panelist Colleen Mitchell, University of Notre Dame Marina Calloni, University of Milano, Bicocca Greg Kucich, University of Notre Dame Devi Snively, University of Notre Dame 40-400 Political Agency, Education, and Knowledge The Confines of Prudence: Montesquieu's ‘Spirit’ and the Science of Politics Zachary Kyle German, University of Notre Dame The Appearance of Agency: Machiavelli and the Force of Deception William Spencer Levine, University of Chicago Civic Dignity, Meaningful Political Participation, and Hull House Melissa Mahoney, Claremont Graduate University What is a Good Political Decision: Autonomy, Agency, Rationality, and Choice David Rh Moscrop, University of British Columbia Changing Frames: Wittgenstein, Certainty, and the Politics of Wonder William Donald Pennington, Cornell University Political Theories of Education and Judgment: A Wittgensteinian Approach Desiree J. Weber , Northwestern University Disc., Michael Haus, Heidelberg University Disc., James Sven Josefson, Bridgewater College 40-401 Recognition and Democratic Debate 45-10 A Static, Deductive, and Nominalist View of Concepts: Concepts as Stimuli Philip Cardin, Purdue University 47-9 Mandeville and the Desire for Recognition Bjorn Wee Gomes, Columbia University Exemptions from Vaccination: Religious, Value, and Knowledge Based Pluralism Naomi Scheinerman, Yale University Disc., Michael Todd Rogers, Arkansas Tech University 41-4 42-3 The Ethics and Politics of Philanthropy Chair, TBA Reparative Justice and the Moral Limits of Discretionary Philanthropy Chiara Cordelli, University of Chicago Repugnant to the Whole Idea of Democracy: On the Role of Private Foundations in Democratic Societies Rob Reich, Stanford University In Lieu of Flowers: The Politics of Intimate Donating Jennifer C. Rubenstein, University of Virginia Disc., Theodore Lechterman, Princeton University Disc., Theodore Lechterman, Princeton University Audience Discussion Religion and Democracy: Meaning, Essence, and Justification Chair, Nenad Stojanovic, Princeton University Effects of Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion on People’s Perceptions of Democracy in Turkey Sema Akboga, Istanbul Medipol University Osman Sahin , Sabanci University 150 New Tools for Survey Analysis Chair, Kentaro Fukumoto, Gakushuin University Estimating Household Consumption from Survey Data Maxim Ananyev, University of California, Los Angeles Michael Poyker, University of California, Los Angeles Specifying the Role of Focus Groups in Mixed-Methods Research Jennifer Marie Cyr, University of Arizona A New Tool to Detect Satisficing Based on Survey Response Behavior Delia Dumitrescu, University of Gothenburg Razvan Gurau, Ecole Politechnique Measuring Learning in Political Processes Robert C. Luskin, University of Texas, Austin Ariel Helfer, Michigan State University Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Disc., Adam Bonica, Stanford University Disc., Kentaro Fukumoto, Gakushuin University Audience Discussion Computational Models of Party, Interest Group, and Voter Behavior Chair, Ken Kollman, University of Michigan Governator vs. Hunter and Aggregator: A Simulation of Party Competition with Vote-Seeking and Office-Seeking Rules Roni Lehrer, University of Mannheim Gijs Schumacher, University of Amsterdam Party Competition with Heterogeneous Voter Strategies Thomas Mustillo, Purdue University Yuvaraj Pazhamalai, Purdue University Abhijit Deshmukh, Purdue University Party Competition and the Left-Right Dimension as a Voter Decision-Making Device Holger Reinermann, University of Cologne Adaptive Learning Models of Voter Turnout and their Individual-level Consequences Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz Disc., Ken Kollman, University of Michigan Disc., Michael Laver, New York University Audience Discussion 48-500 Themes in Presidential Rhetoric Presidential Leadership of the Public Agenda: An IndividualLevel Analysis Amnon Cavari, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya The Procession: Guns, Mass Shootings, and the Modern American Presidency Julia C. Decker, Austin Community College/Texas State University, San Marcos Katrina LaFaye Decker, Texas State University Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Presidential Rhetoric, Native Sovereignty, and National Indian Policy Anne Boxberger Flaherty, Merrimack College Shaping the American Dream: Presidential Use of an Amorphous Concept Donna R. Hoffman, University of Northern Iowa Alison Howard, Dominican University of California Going Moral: Presidential Leadership of Americans Religious Attitudes Matthew R. Miles, Brigham Young University Disc., Stephen Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington Disc., Matthew J. Lebo, Stony Brook University 49-6 52-8 54-6 Congress and Political Representation Impacts of Foundation-Driven Revitalization on Access and Influence in Local Policymaking Dale Edward Thomson, University of Michigan, Dearborn Selecting Police Chief in the Post-Industrial Economy Adam Sultan Uddin, Wayne State University Disc., Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark Disc., Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas Audience Discussion 56-4 The Affordable Care Act: Implementation and Impacts Chair, Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley Policy Cascades: Public Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act Timothy Herbert Callaghan, University of Minnesota Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota Access to Healthcare in the U.S: A Case Study on African Americans and the Affordable Care Act Minerva Cruz, Western Michigan University Governors, Legislators and Hospitals: Influence and Ideology in State Medicaid Expansion Decisions Jake Haselswerdt, University of Michigan The Affordable Care Act and Title X: The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Family Planning Services Bethany Gail Lanese, Kent State University Willie H. Oglesby, Kent State University Disc., Adrienne Hosek, University of California, Davis Disc., Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Who Responds to Economic Crisis and How?: Bill Sponsorship during the Great Recession Adam Forrest Cayton, University of Colorado, Boulder A Demographic Assessment of Congressional Representation Patrick Ivan Fisher, Seton Hall University The Electoral Context and Legislative Bias in Response to Black and White Collective Action Participants LaGina Gause, University of Michigan Whose Issues?: Congressional Representation of the Poor vs. the Rich Kris Miler, University of Maryland Katti McNally, University of Maryland Racial Advocacy and Bill Sponsorship in State Legislative Politics 57-100 The Bully Pulpit Linda M. Trautman, Ohio University, Lancaster Chair Jeffrey S. Ashley, Eastern Illinois University Disc., Jacob Christopher Holt, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Panelist Stephen Frederick Robar, Univerity of Pittsburgh Disc., Jennifer L. Lawless, American University Kevin R. Anderson, Eastern Illinois University Audience Discussion David H. Carwell, Eastern Illinois University Matthew J. Lindstrom, St. John's University Zachary A. Smith, Northern Arizona University U.S. Supreme Court Legitimacy Chair Jeffrey S. Ashley, Eastern Illinois University Chair, TBA Panelist Stephen Frederick Robar, Univerity of Pittsburgh The Role of Decision Congruence in Citizen Perception of Kevin R Anderson, Eastern Illinois University Supreme Court Decision-Making David H. Carwell, Eastern Illinois University Alex Badas, Indiana University Matthew J. Lindstrom, St. John's University Considering Coverage When Deciding to Decide: The Influence Zachary A. Smith, Northern Arizona University of Newsworthiness on U.S. Supreme Court Grants of Certiorari Leeann Whitfield Bass, Emory University The Structure of Legitimacy Attitudes 58-6 Policy Learning and Beliefs about the Environment Anne Lippert, University of Kentucky Chair, TBA Justin P. Wedeking, University of Kentucky How do Varying Levels of Authority Impact the Public’s Courts, Public Opinion and Religious Conservatives Perception of Global Climate Governance’s Legitimacy Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University Brilé Marie Anderson, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Adnan Rasool, Georgia State University Zurich Transparency and Supreme Court Decision Making Aya Kachi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich Garrett N. Vande Kamp, Texas A&M University Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich Disc., Robert J. Hume, Fordham University Policy Learning in the Context of State Energy Policy Disc., Joseph Daniel Ura, Texas A&M University Sanya Carley, Indiana University Audience Discussion Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty, University of Missouri A Systematic Review of Learning in Environmental Policy, Management and Governance How Democratic are Local Governments? Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona Chair, Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado, Denver Muted Voices: How Funding Drowns out Participation Derek Armitage, University of Waterloo Jonathan Edward Collins, University of California, Los Angeles Dave Huitema, Vrije University, Amsterdam Meghan Esther Wilson, Brown University Sharon Smolinski, University of Colorado, Denver (Re)building Local Democracy in Detroit Do Payments Matter?: The Impact of Payment for Lara Christine Rusch, University of Michigan, Dearborn Environmental Services on Household Behavior in the Context Representative Democracy in a Narrow Scope of Conflict: of Collective Resource Management in the Ecuadorian Andes Comparing River Stakeholder Policy Preferences to the Public’s Tanya M. Hayes, Seattle University Preferences in a Mid-Sized City Felipe O. Murtinho, Seattle University James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State University Hendrik Wolff, Simon Frasier University 151 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Factors Shaping Policy Learning: A Study of Policy Actors in Subnational Climate and Energy Issues Andrew Pattison, California Lutheran University Disc., Jessica E. Boscarino, Marist College Disc., Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado, Boulder Audience Discussion 60-5 Representative Bureaucracy V Chair, William G. Resh, University of Southern California Diversity Management and Fairness in Public Organizations Sungchan Kim, Mississippi State University Soyoung Park, University of Baltimore Does Race Matter?: Examining the Influence of Racial Identity on the Administrative Discretion Practices of Police Officers Aleksey V. Kolpakov, University of Nevada, Reno Effective and Efficient Representative Bureaucracy: An Application to Immigration Enforcement Francisco I. Pedraza, Texas A&M University M. Apolonia Calderon, Texas A&M University Towards Inclusiveness in the Civil Service?: The Context of Representative Bureaucracy in Germany Eckhard Schroeter, Zeppelin University Understanding that ‘No Means No’: Teacher Representation and Sexual Violence Vicky M. Wilkins, American University Danielle N. Atkins, University of Tennessee Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 60-601 Research Blitz: Policies and Agency Planning Chair, Sara Jordan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Social Media Use in Government: Linking Citizen-Government Interaction to the Prevailing Theories of E-governance Lamar Vernon Bennett, Long Island University, Brooklyn An Explanatory Analysis on Drivers of Performance Information Utilization Jin Soo Choy, Yonsei University Transitioning from Military Careers to Civilian Careers: An Investigation of Practice in Ireland Sharon Mary Feeney, Dublin Institute of Technology Raymond Whelan, Dublin Institute of Technology Homelessness and Homelessness Related Nonprofits: Government Failure Theory versus Interdependency Theory Hediye Kilic Gorunmek, University of North Texas Governance and Efficiency Illoong Kwon, Seoul National University Chanyoung Park, Seoul National University, South Korea Toward a Theory of Goal Ambiguity: An Analysis of Goal Ambiguity in Korean Central Government Agencies Jung Wook Lee, Yonsei University Jung Chul Lee, Yonsei University Freedom of Information and Transparency Policy in Mexico Alejandra Rios-Cazares, CIDE Healthcare Finance Reform in Korea: How to Improve Healthcare Quality and How to Economize Healthcare Expenditure Chul-Young Roh, Lehman College, CUNY SangHeon Kim, Seoul National University Kwangho Jung, Seoul National University Developing a Sustainability Index for Public Procurement Edward W. Schwerin, Florida Atlantic University E. W. Prier, Florida Atlantic University Clifford P. McCue, Florida Atlantic University 152 Planning Ahead: Firefighter Readiness and the Disaster Cycle Stephen E. Sussman, Barry University Kirsten Kim Loutzenhiser, Troy University Rick Smith, Barry University 61-500 Constitutional Development in the Early American Republic James Madison and the American Revolution of 1787 Alan R. Gibson, California State University, Chico The Developing Mind of the Founder: James Madison and the National Bank Question, 1791-1819 Eric Benjamin Lomazoff, Villanova University Party Politics as Crisis in the Early Republic Justin Wert, University of Oklahoma Disc., Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland 62-5 Religious Markets and Political Institutions Chair, TBA Cuius Regio, Eius Religio: Political Roots of Religious Homogeneity in the West Sener Akturk, Koc University, Istanbul Religious Markets, Religious Social Behavior, and Political Protest Gizem Arikan, Yasar University Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Hebrew University The Political Consequences of Religious Market Structure and Regime Type: A Cross-National Comparison Ted G. Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas MRP for Religious Minorities: Estimating the Size of Religious Groups in Europe Richard Traunmuller, Goethe University, Frankfurt Christopher Claassen, University of Glasgow Disc., Gizem Arikan, Yasar University Disc., Paul A. Djupe, Denison University Audience Discussion 65-102 Tenure and Beyond: Mid-Career Success with Promotion and Funding Chair Christopher J. Zorn, Pennsylvania State University Panelist Julie Ann Webber, Illinois State University David L. Leal, University of Texas, Austin Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University 66-105 Developing New Courses: Classes III Chair Robert P. Amyot, Hastings College Panelist Kyle T. Kattelman, Fairleigh Dickinson University Shivaji Kumar, Ohio State University Peter Sandby-Thomas, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 67-102 Field and Ethnographic Research: Benefits, Challenges, and Issues Chair Megan Hershey, Whitworth University Panelist Daniel J. Beers, Knox College Lauren M. MacLean, Indiana University Vera Heuer, Virginia Military Institute Brent Hierman, Virginia Military Institute Jing Vivian Zhan, Chinese University of Hong Kong H. Lavar Pope, Ohio University Christine Anne Balarezo, Independent Scholar Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-235 Poster Session: Political Ideology Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Treaty Politics in an Era of Partisan Polarization Virginia Chase Forrester, Clemson University Beyond the Party Binary: Ideology and Polarization in Electoral Redistricting Stephanie Kimen Chan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Using Spending Preferences as Policy Preferences to Support Partisanship and Ideology Sean Patrick O'Brien, University of Tennessee, Martin Using a Market-Based Theory to Understand Contributions to Extremist Groups in the United States Jacob August Otto, University of Missouri Right Wing Extremism and Public Opinion in the United States: An Examination of Correlation Kyle Christopher Niehoff, Grove City College Disc., Robert N. Lupton, Michigan State University Disc., Sebastian Thieme, New York University 153 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-238 Poster Session: Social Capital Post. 6 Post. 7 Post. 8 154 Civic Empowerment Gap?: A Closer Look at Civic Education Opportunity by Race and State Jolie-Grace Wareham, Rhodes College Race and Place in Higher Education: A Look at Hiring, Firing, and Race in American Academia Harold Lee Hedgepeth, University of South Alabama Causes of Tolerance in the United States Justin P. Morgan, University of Tennessee, Martin Disc., Marcie L. Reynolds, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Patricia Gouzien, University of Missouri, St. Louis Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-239 Poster Session: Supreme Court Post. 9 Obergefell v. Hodges and Support for Same-Sex Marriage: Changes in National and State Public Opinion Adria Bianca Neal, University of Louisville Post. 10 The Strategic Use and Nonuse of Supreme Court Precedent Greg Goelzhauser, Utah State University Madelyn McCall Fife, Utah State University 155 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-240 Poster Session: Immigration Post. 11 The Rise of the Extreme Right in Modern Europe Thea M Fisk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Post. 12 From Smiles to Rage: An Experiment in Cognitive Dissonance James Lucien Martherus, Brigham Young University Post. 13 What Factors Enabled Passage of the LIFE Act and Failure of the DREAM Act Alejandra Gomez Limon, Hope College Post. 14 Impact of NAFTA on USA Employment and Mexico’s Immigration Milton Conde, Georgia Gwinnett College Disc., Laura C. Bucci, Indiana University, Bloomington 156 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-241 Poster Session: Leadership Post. 15 The Ethos of Presidential Announcement Speeches: The Case of Donald Trump Rachel Leah Banen, Macalester University Post. 16 Leadership Matters, but Does Gender?: A Study of Women Executive Heads of International Organizations Savannah Apama Glidewell, The College of Wooster Post. 17 Illinois Women's Leadership: An Analysis of Where and How Women Serve at the Local Level Greta Marie Dieter, Eastern Illinois University Alyssa Cheyenne Weidler, Eastern Illinois University Disc., Hayden Josiah Smith, Washington State University 157 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-242 Poster Session: Africa Post. 18 Mobile Phone Ownership, Gender, and Political Participation in Africa Matthew Vaughan Bondy, College of William and Mary Post. 19 Sub-Saharan Africa’s Other Diseases: The Political Response to Neglected Tropical Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Ghana Rebecca Brosch, Augustana College Post. 20 Implications of South Africa’s Dependence on Coal Power and the Potential for Transition to Sustainable Energies Jessica Sinead Murphy, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Evan Charles Miller, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Post. 21 Diamond Disaster: The Institutional Development of Sierra Leone Justin James Haley, Bates College Post. 22 Re-Examining Land Reform in Zimbabwe Matthew Brian Fitzgerald, South Dakota State University Post. 23 Ethiopia: The Case of National Articulation Hawi Tsegaye Tliahune, Macalester College 158 Friday, April 8, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Friday, April 8 at 3:00 pm 76-243 Poster Session: International Organization Post. 24 Access to Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries Julia Grace Camoratto, University of Tampa Kevin Fridy, University of Tampa Mary R. Anderson, University of Tampa Post. 25 United Nations Security Council Reform: Changing Circumstances to International Peace and Security Mitchell Walker Moore, Albion College Post. 26 Motivations of Non-governmental Organizations to Participate in Randomized Control Trials Ethan Jens Christensen, Brigham Young University Naomi Dorsey, Brigham Young University Laura Boyer, Brigham Young University Post. 27 A Different Kind of Restructuring: Forty Years of Debate and the Prospect of an International Sovereign Debt Regime Aidan Wesley McConnell, University of Pennsylvania Post. 28 Do Collectivist/Individualist Values Effect the Support of Potential World Bank Projects by Elected Officials Eric R. Smith, Brigham Young University Post. 29 The Effect of National Policy Goals on Non-governmental Organizations Receptivity of Aid Reed Rasband, Brigham Young University Disc., Leanne C. Powner, Christopher Newport University 159 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 1-101 Chair Phillip Ardoin, Appalachian State University Panelist Andrea Kay Kent, West Virginia University Amy Buzby, Arkansas State University Lauren M. Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith College 2-5 4-3 160 5-20 Party Systems, Voters, and the Politics of Information Chair, TBA Fiscal Transparency and the Electoral Consequences of Fiscal Policy Lasse Aaskoven, University of Copenhagen Parties' Preferences Over Policy vs Office Goals and Government Formation Anna Bassi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Position Blurring as an Electoral Strategy: Voter Polarization, Issue Salience, and Political Parties’ Position Blurring Kyung Joon Han, University of Tennessee What If We Can’t Agree?: The Electoral Consequences of Social Pact Proposals Kyung Joon Han, University of Tennessee Eric Graig Castater, University of Tennessee Dazed and Confused: Political Contributions and Party Policy Ambiguity Andrey Tomashevskiy, Washington University, St. Louis Christine Michelle Cahill, University of California, Davis Disc., Elin Naurin, University of Gothenburg Disc., Piero Stanig, Bocconi University Audience Discussion 6-1 Measuring Development and the Welfare State Chair, TBA Welfare State Development in Developing Countries: Modernization, Democratization, and Globalization Dongkyu Kim, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Understanding the Effectiveness of Aid-Funded Programs: Spatial Analysis of Development Outcomes Ken Kollman, University of Michigan Brian Min, University of Michigan Does Cultivation of Rice Matter?: The Cultural and Socialeconomic Legacy of Japanese Rice in Manchuria Xiao Ma, University of Washington Discrimination, Difference, and Governance Chair, TBA Conservative Populists in Europe’s Periphery: Erdogan’s Turkey and Orban’s Hungary Berk Esen, Bilkent University Government Responsiveness and Language in Ukraine Benjamin Laughlin, University of Rochester Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion I Walk the Line: Authoritarian Actors and the Process of Democratization Chair, TBA Opposition Unity and Cooptation in Presidential Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University Grant Buckles, Emory University Dictatorial Survival and Breakdown Barbara Geddes, University of California, Los Angeles Joseph Wright, Pennsylvania State University Erica E. Frantz, Michigan State University Election Regularity and Democratic Stability Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg Matthew Charles Wilson, West Virginia University Don't Call It a Comeback: Autocratic Successor Parties and Strategic Democratization Michael K. Miller, George Washington University When Polarization Trumps Civic Virtue: Economic Inequality, Captured Voters, and the Subversion of Democracy by Incumbents Milan Svolik, Yale University Disc., Abel Escribà-Folch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Disc., Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison Audience Discussion Clientelism, Programmatic Parties, and Electoral Outcomes Chair, Mascha Rauschenbach, University of Mannheim Breaking Machines or Clientelism?: The Experience of the Workers’ Party at the Sertão of Bahia Mariana Borges Martins da Silva, Northwestern University Cash Does not Work Anymore but You Have to Do It: The Rationale for Electoral Handouts in Mumbai Simon Chauchard, Dartmouth College Electoral Incentives Are Not Enough for Clientelism: Party Capacity and the Politics of Affiliation to Mexico's Seguro Popular Jose Antonio Hernandez Company, Technologico de Monterrey David Orlando Argente, University of Chicago Programmatic Parties and Local Governance: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities Peter G. Johannessen, Princeton University Disc., Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston Disc., Mascha Rauschenbach, University of Mannheim Audience Discussion 5-10 Poor People’s Money: The Politics of Mobile Money in Mexico and Kenya Sandra L. Suarez, Temple University Disc., Ellen M. Lust, Yale University Audience Discussion Roundtable: Preparing for the Academic Job Market: CVs, Cover Letters and Conferences 8-4 Clientelism: Causes and Effects Chair, Indira Palacios, Missouri State University Going Blank: The Unintended Consequences of Vote Buying in Latin America Mason Wallace Moseley, West Virginia University Ryan Carlin, Georgia State University Electoral Brokerage and Election Aggregates: Evidence from Italy Salvatore Sberna, European University Institute Selfishness or Public Spirit: Why Authoritarian Regimes Can Buy Protesters Off Li Shao, Syracuse University Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote Maximization Strategies Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia Ethnic Identity, Clientelism, and Support for Democracy in Latin America Karleen Jones West, State University of New York, Geneseo Disc., Indira Palacios, Missouri State University Audience Discussion Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm 9-14 Changing Party Competition and Representation in Europe Chair, TBA Winning Party Strategy? Center Right and Extreme RightWing Party Competition in Times of Economic Crisis: France, Hungary and the Netherlands James Floyd Downes, University of Kent Christopher Mark Hanley, TNS Opinion The Structure of Competition: The Changing Nature of Contestation Over European Integration in the West and the East Erica Elizabeth Edwards, Miami University Ohio William Blake Smith, University of Georgia Structure and Ideological Strategies in Populist Discourse: Podemos and the National Front Michael De La Caridad Ledezma, University of Illinois, Chicago Voter Uncertainty and Party Ambiguity in EP Elections Guido Tiemann, Institute for Advanced Studies Disc., Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University Disc., James Richard Martin, Creighton University Audience Discussion Brazilian Inclusive Development and the Post-neoliberalism Experiment: A Critical Analysis James Augusto Pires Tiburcio, Centro Universitario do Distrito Federal 11-12 10-600 Contemporary Issues in Latin American Politics Chair, Magda B. Hinojosa, Arizona State University Pot for Prestige: The Role of Normative Change and Interstate Hierarchy in Explaining Uruguay’s Drug Policy Reform Nicolas Alexander Beckmann, Florida International University The Politics of Policy Stability: Explaining the Levels of Volatility in Economic Policymaking in Argentina and Brazil between 1990 and 2010 Dan Berbecel, Princeton University The Economics of Giving Up The Vote Alexandra Paige Castillo, Ohio State University Electoral Volatility and Political Fractionalization in Latin American Party Systems Mollie Jane Cohen, Vanderbilt University Facundo Salles Kobilanski, Vanderbilt University Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Growth Patterns of Latin American Political Economy Beatriz Elena Cuartas, George Mason University Keneth A. Reinert, George Mason University Whose Blame is it Anyway?: Responsibility Attribution in Presidential Coalition Governments Agustina Haime, Rice University Ideological Spending: The Redistributive Effects of Democracy and Programmatic Politics in Latin America Jose Eduardo Kaire, University of Minnesota Incomplete Democratization: Evidence from Mexico Steven Rashin, New York University Health Decentralization in Paraguay: Empowering Local Communities at the Expense of Better Services Cristina Alicia Rodriguez-Acosta, Florida International University How can Constitutions Shape the Economy?: Lessons from Latin American Neoconstitutionalism Katie Bowen Scofield, Indiana University The Politics of Participatory Policies: Explaining Diffusion and Decline of Participatory Budgeting in the Brazilian Context Maggie Shum, University of Notre Dame Legislating Pharmaceutical Markets: A Norms Rejection and Case of Regulatory Reform in Chile Cassandra Mehlig Sweet, Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Chile 12-5 NGOs and Human Rights in Asia Chair, Amy H. Liu, University of Texas, Austin Promoting Human Rights on Behalf of the State: An Analysis of Reform China's Human Rights Discourse, 1979-2012 Titus Chih-Chieh Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University Labour NGOs and Workers' Collective Action in China: A Comparison between the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta Regions Tsz Fung Kenneth Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong Dancing in Chains: Policy Influence of Social Organizations in China Honggang Tan, Syracuse University Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief in Asia: Benevolent Cooperation or Malevolent Militarization Erin Catherine Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Amy H. Liu, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion Democracy, Identity and Services: Interactions in Africa Chair, Martha Wilfahrt, Northwestern University Ethnic Politics and Mass Media in Kenya: The Reflection and Creation of Political Identities in Emerging African Democracies Virginia Parish Beard, Hope College Catherine Namwezi, Hope College Do Governments Favor Their Core Supporters?: Ethnicity, Voting and Government Goods Provision in Uganda Peter P. Carroll, University of Michigan Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan The Decentralization of Public Service Provision and the Formation of Citizenship Identities for Men and Women in Mali and Burkina Faso Cathryn Evangeline Johnson, Indiana University Power to the People?: The Public Provision of Electricity and Citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa Lauren M. MacLean, Indiana University Jennifer N. Brass, Indiana University Kirk Andrew Harris, Indiana University State Services and Identity Formation: Evidence from Kenya’s Hunger Safety Net Program Brenton D. Peterson, University of Virginia Disc., Erin Accampo Hern, Cornell University Disc., Martha Wilfahrt, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 13-400 Islamists and Elections in Liberalizing Contexts Consolidation or Corrosion?: The Politics of Exclusion in Turkey Michael Cameron Dirksen, University of Illinois, Chicago Defeating Authoritarian State Structures in Semi-Democratic Countries: Lessons from Turkey's Justice and Development Party Gulcan Saglam, Georgia State University Disc., Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago 15-6 Politics in Hard Times Chair, TBA Relying on the Self: Entrepreneurial Attitudes in Times of Crisis Dragos Adascalitei, Central European University Federico Vegetti, Central European University, Hungary 161 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Economic Policy, Neoliberalization, and Structures of Opportunity Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School Europe under the Regime of “Crisis”: Genealogy and Use of a Discursive Category Robert Chaouad, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs International Recessions and the New Politics of Austerity Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo Policy Change in Ireland with the Global Economic Crisis: Social Partnership Nicola Ann Timoney, Dublin Institute of Technology The Economic Crisis and Political Conflict in Europe Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Pablo Beramendi, Duke University Disc., Itai Sened, Washington University, St. Louis Audience Discussion Disc., Christine Anne Balarezo, Independent Scholar Disc., Laura Nyoka Bell, Francis Marion University Disc., Muhammad Ahmed Qadri, University of Karachi, Pakistan Audience Discussion 19-2 16-400 Junior Scholar Symposium The Effect of Terrorism on Financial Markets Bryan Joseph Arva, Pennsylvania State University Muhammed Idris , Pennsylvania State University Financial Globalization Reassessed: Political Uncertainty and Financial Market Volatility in Emerging Markets Raphael C. Cunha, Ohio State University Government Procurement and International Politics Geoffrey Gertz, University of Oxford Strategies and Payoffs: Why Do States Choose to Litigate Within the W.T.O.’s Dispute Settlement Body Felicia Anneita Grey, Old Dominion University 17-7 Implications of International, Regional, and Military Alliances on Domestic Politics: Secession, State Formation, and Democratic Consolidation 22-7 Geospatial Dimensions of Conflict 24-6 Causes and Consequences of International Security Cooperation Chair, TBA How Alliances Foster Democratic Consolidation for New Democracies Wilfred Ming Chow, University of Hong Kong Military Alliance Networks and State Formation Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan Massimiliano Onorato, Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca Safeguarding the Promise of Integration: Regional Leaders and Coup Deterrence Gaspare M. Genna, University of Texas, El Paso Taeko Hiroi, University of Texas, El Paso A Theory of Asymmetric Alliance Politics: Evidence from China-DPRK Alliance from 1949 to present Jeehye Kim, Harvard University Jiyoung Ko, Yale University Understanding Why State Secessions Happen Elizabeth Nelson, Graduate Center, CUNY Disc., Terence Lee, National University of Singapore Audience Discussion 18-21 162 Victims and Perpetrators Chair, TBA Revisiting the Right of Self-Defence against Non-State Armed Entities Ielbo Marcus Marcos Lobo de Souza, University of Manitoba Biased Peacekeeping Operations and Wartime Sexual Violence Mehwish Sarwari, State University of New York, Buffalo Humanitarian Military Interventions in Civil Wars: Continuity and Change Luigi Sensi, John Cabot University The Politics of the Arms Trade Chair, TBA Capitalizing on Trust in Foreign Policy: Understanding the Swedish-South African Gripen Deal Wayne Stephen Coetzee, University of Gothenburg Human Rights and Democratic Arms Transfers: Variations in Types of Transferred Weapons Since 1950 Richard Johnson, University of Strathclyde Spencer L. Willardson, Nazarbayev University The Role of International Defense Organizations in Globalized Arms Production Caglar Kurc, Columbia University Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois, Springfield The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?: An Analysis of Three Worlds of Arms Exports Dirk Leuffen, University of Konstanz Hendrik Platte, University of Konstanz Gerald Schneider, University of Konstanz The Case for India: Increasing the Diversity and Relevance of Multilateral Export Control Regimes Kelly C. Wadsworth, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Todd Clayton Robinson, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Disc., Clayton McLaughlin Webb, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Climate Change, Snow Cover, and the Fighting Season in Afghanistan, 2001-2013 Timothy Allen Carter, Villanova University Daniel Jay Veale, Wayne State University An Aggregation of Geo-coded Violent and Non-violent Conflict Events Eric Thomas Dunford, University of Maryland David Backer, University of Michigan David E. Cunningham, University of Maryland, College Park Karsten Donnay, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich Erin Colleen McGrath, University of Pittsburgh Mapping Contention and Corruption in Africa Jacob Scott Lewis, University of Maryland Territorial Dynamics of Multipolar Conflict in Colombia Susan V. Norman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Resources of Terror: Natural Resources and Strategies of Conflict Andrew Stravers, University of Texas Michael G. Findley, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Bradley E. Holland, Ohio State University Audience Discussion Chair, Daniel Krcmaric, Northwestern University Habits of Peace: Comparing Long-Term Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia and South America Aarie Derek Glas, University of Toronto Alliances, Party Structure, and Information: The Relevance of NATO in the Global War on Terror Kyle T. Kattelman, Fairleigh Dickinson University Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Allied, But Amalgamated?: Question of NATO Alliance Cohesion Revisited Ferit Murat Ozkaleli, Zirve University Fatih Cicek, Manisa Celal Bayar University Disc., Daniel Krcmaric, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 27-7 28-6 30-6 Disc., Brian Newman, Pepperdine University Audience Discussion 32-8 What Determines Civic Engagement Chair, Steven A. Snell, Duke University Participation Matters Because I Think It Does: How SelfEfficacy and Confirmation Bias Shape Civic Engagement Elaine Kathryn Denny, University of California, San Diego The Motivated Voter: Rethinking the Path to Civic Engagement John Boschen Holbein, Duke University Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University Millennial Civic Engagement: The Influence of Family Structure and Quality of Life on Participation Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, Christopher Newport University Sarah Miller, Christopher Newport University Dagney Palmer, Christopher Newport University Can Direct Democracy Save Democracy?: A Panel Study on the Effect of Direct Democracy on Political Trust and Democratic Satisfaction Sofie Marien, University of Amsterdam Mandatory Turnout and Citizen Attitudes: Does Compulsory Voting Promote Civic Duty or Resentment Gabriela S. Rangel, University of Kentucky Disc., Tiffany C. Davenport, United States Naval Academy Disc., Steven A. Snell, Duke University Audience Discussion 34-1 Issues, Scandals, and Elections Chair, TBA Winner Stays On?: The Determinants of Shifting Policy Positions after Winning or Losing Elections Laura Bronner, London School of Economics Issue Ownership: More than Party Identification Alexandra Feddersen, University of Geneva Simon Lanz, University of Geneva Electoral Common Agency and Candidate Selection Lindsey Anne Hearn, University of California, Berkeley Whither the October Surprise?: Scandals, Incumbents, and Time in U.S. House Elections, 1972-2010 Vincent G. Moscardelli, University of Connecticut Rodrigo Praino, Flinders University After the Primary: Why Legislators Look Extreme to Political Scientists and Moderate to Myopic Voters Stephanie A. Nail, University of California, Merced Disc., Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University Disc., Eric S. Heberlig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Audience Discussion Straight Party Voting vs. Split Ticket Voting Chair, Barry C. Burden, University of Wisconsin Volatile Districts: What Split-District Voting and Party Switching Can Teach Us About American Elections Andrew O. Ballard, Duke University Electoral Effects of Straight Party Voting: The Influence of Ballot Structure on Straight Ticket Voting James W. Endersby, University of Missouri Voting for Divided Government in Midterm Elections Philip O. Paolino, University of North Texas Conceptualizing and Measuring Split Ticket Voting Alex L. S. Street, Carroll College 35-9 Racial Attitudes, Police and Immigration Chair, TBA Is it Documentation, or is it Immigration?: Exploring the Effects of Attitudes Toward Documented and Undocumented Immigrants on Immigration Policy Attitudes James C. Garand, Louisiana State University Liz L. Lebron, Louisiana State University Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Wake Forest University Thomas Holbrook, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Though I Love My Country, I Do Not Love My Countrymen: How Patriotic Language in Political Discourse Promotes Exclusionary Attitudes Toward Minorities Pavielle E. Haines, Princeton University Bad Apples?: Attributions for Police Treatment of African Americans Mark R. Joslyn, University of Kansas Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas When Nothing is Better Than Something: How Racial Attitudes Shape Public Support for Government Spending Katherine Krimmel, Boston University Explicit Cues: The Backlash Effect of Support for Immigration Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, University of Michigan Disc., Eric J. Oliver, University of Chicago Disc., Michael Tesler, University of California, Irvine Audience Discussion New Theoretical Directions in Political Psychology Chair, TBA The Personal and the Political: How Personality Aspects Interact with Campaign Communications to Shape Political Behavior Philip Gordon Chen, Macalester College Domain-specific Negativity Bias in Political Communication: Attitudinal and Behavioral Responses to Crime and Disease Threats David James Hendry, Aarhus University Lene Aaroe, Aarhus University Lasse Laustsen, Aarhus University Mathias Osmundsen, Aarhus University Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University Boycotts, Buycotts and the Psychology Political Consumerism Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University Maggie Ann Deichert, Vanderbilt University What Kind of Person Attributes Behaviors to Genetics Stephen Schneider, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Kevin B. Smith, University of Nebraska, Lincoln John R. Hibbing, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Lori D. Bougher, Princeton University Disc., Christopher Michael Federico, University of Minnesota Audience Discussion Predicting Satisfaction with Government Chair, TBA The Impact of Natural Disasters on Perceived Governmental Performance among Individuals Frederike C. Albrecht, Uppsala University What’s Trust Got to Do With It?: Measuring Levels of Political Trust in South Africa 20 Years after Democratic Transition Amanda Gouws, University of Stellenbosch The Dynamics of Collective Opinion about European Integration in an Enlarged Europe: The Impact of Internal Migration Anne-Marie T. Jeannet, Bocconi University 163 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Measuring Propensity of Individual Anti-Government Protest 38-15 Behavior in Autocracies Kirill Olegovich Kalinin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Sasha De Vogel, University of Michigan Citizen Forecasting vs. Pocketbook Forecasting: Are Two Heads Better than One Michael Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa Andreas Erwin Murr, University of Oxford Mary A. Stegmaier, University of Missouri Disc., Frederick Solt, University of Iowa Disc., James Robert Strong, London School of Economics and Political Science Audience Discussion 36-4 37-4 164 Immigrant Portrayals by the News Media Chair, Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Carlos III - Juan March Institute Under What Conditions Does Media Framing Influence Public Opinion on Immigration Amber E. Boydstun, University of California, Davis Ross Butters, University of California, Davis Dallas Card, University of Washington Philip Resnik, University of Maryland Noah Smith, University of Washington Television News Coverage of Refugees in the U.S., UK, and Australia Shawna Mary Brandle, Kingsborough Community College The Politician’s Perspective: Explaining Rhetoric on Immigration Over Time and Between Politicians Lydia Lundgren, Clemson University Framing Political Response: The Role of Media Narratives in Europe’s Refugee Crisis Timea Varga, University of Southern Mississippi Jennifer Kuklenski, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Iskander W. P. De Bruycker, University of Amsterdam Disc., Joost van Spanje, University of Amsterdam Audience Discussion Reproductive Policy State Accommodation, Inclusion, and Response to Underrepresented Minority Groups Chair, TBA Community Organization, Motivations and Political Socialization of Mexican Immigrants Marcela Garcia-Castanon, San Francisco State University Kiku E. Huckle, University of Washington American Indian Policy and the Creation of State Institutions Joshua Matthew Johnson, Kennesaw State University Richard C. Witmer, Creighton University State Recognition, Legitimacy, and Tolerance: Muslims in the West Serdar Kaya, Simon Fraser University The Institutional Origins of Ethnic Cleavages: Land Tenure Regimes, Neo-Traditional Leaders and the Political Salience of Ethnicity Lachlan Andrew McNamee, Stanford University The Consequences of Mass Public Opinions Regarding Citizenship Rights Carolin Rapp, University of Bern Disc., Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Brian R. Hanson, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Audience Discussion 39-400 Critically Engaging Rousseau Chair, Genevieve B. Rousseliere, University of Chicago Longing for the Republic: Rousseau’s Social Contract in Service of Civic Republicanism Megan K. Dyer, Texas A&M University Rousseau's Liberal Politics: From Bourgeois to Bohemian Lisa Rose Gilson, Yale University Rousseau's Spartan Connection Robert William Lee McNish, University of California, Davis Christopher R. Hallenbrook, University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Civil Religion and Religious Toleration Douglas Henry Walker, Jr, Michigan State University Disc., Genevieve B. Rousseliere, University of Chicago Disc., Nina Valiquette Moreau, University of Chicago Chair, TBA The Politics of Privacy, Body Integrity and Women Rights: A Comparative Time Series Analysis of Abortion Policy 39-401 Nature, Science, Enlightenment, Politics Aliza Beryl Forman Rabinovici, Tel Aviv University Chair, Loren Goldman, Ohio University Udi Natan Sommer, Tel Aviv University Citizenship, Modern Science, and the Relief of Man's Estate in Access, Inequality, and State Infertility Policy the Thought of Francis Bacon Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Pennsylvania State University Benjamin Isaak Gross, University of North Texas How Can the Concept of Surrogate Representation be Used The Betrayal of the Enlightenment in East Asia: An to Further Empirical Research on Women’s Representation? Undervalued Legacy Legislating the Medically Assisted Reproduction in the Croatian Minhyuk Hwang, Rutgers University Parliament The Politics of Natural Catastrophes: Fortune and Technology Nikolina Jozanc, University of Zagreb in Early Modernity The "Not Yet Pregnant": The Impact of Narratives on Summer Dawn Newton, University of Maryland Infertility Identity and Reproductive Policy Disc., Loren Goldman, Ohio University Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University Disc., Gladden Pappin, University of Notre Dame That Kind of Woman: Women’s Participation in Abortion Discourses and Gender Construction Chanley Elizabeth Rainey, University of Alabama 39-500 A Paper Symposium on Thomas Hobbes Ishita T. Chowdhury, University of Alabama Chair, Theodore K. Christov, George Washington University Simanti Lahiri, Villanova University The Political Constitutive Role of Affective Trust William Berger, University of Michigan Disc., Marina A. Kingsbury, University of New Mexico Disc., Rebecca Jane Kreitzer, University of North Carolina, Territory as Possession; Territorial Claims in Grotius and Chapel Hill Hobbes Audience Discussion Barton Thomas Edgerton, Independent Scholar Natural Law's Imperfections: Hobbes and Natural Law in Context Monicka B Patterson-Tutschka, California State University, Sacramento Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Surfing to the Extremes: The Polarization of Public Opinion Kevin Michael Wagner, Florida Atlantic University Jason Gainous, University of Louisville Disc., Jessica Baldwin-Philippi, Fordham University Disc., Chris Wells, University of Wisconsin, Madison Audience Discussion Disc., Theodore K. Christov, George Washington University 41-5 Political Theory and Politics (Co-sponsored with Political Theory: Critical and Normative, see 40-10) Chair, TBA Measuring Deliberation on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC): What Effect does Transparency have on Committee Decision Making Joseph Gardner, Gonzaga University John Woolley, University of California, Santa Barbara A New Approach to Development James Edward Roper, Michigan State University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 44-5 45-11 46-5 47-10 Chair, Barbara Trish, Grinnell College Analyzing Political Party Leadership Autonomy Niklas Emil Bolin, Mid Sweden University Nicholas Aylott, Södertörn University The Member Fallacy?: Supporter Involvement in British Election Campaigns Justin T. Fisher, Brunel University, London David J. Cutts, University of Bath Edward A. Fieldhouse, University of Manchester Bettina Rottweiler, Brunel University, London Building a Conservative Party Brand: The Republican National Committee and Republican Party Building, 1960-1980 Boris Silvester Heersink, University of Virginia The Origins and Impact of Party Members' Preferences: What Changes when Parties Become Mini-Republics Susan Scarrow, University of Houston When do Parties Care for What the Voters Want Reimut Zohlnhoefer, University of Heidelberg, Germany Disc., Barbara Trish, Grinnell College Audience Discussion Redistribution and Social Mobility Chair, TBA Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Re-evaluating de Tocqueville Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgy Egorov, Kellogg School of Management Konstantin Sonin, Higher School of Economics Progressive Taxation and Redistribution Matthew Dimick, State University of New York, Buffalo When Extremes Meet: Redistribution in a Multiparty Model with Differentiated Parties Konstantinos Matakos, London School of Economics Dimitrios Xefteris, University of Cyprus The Politics of Redistribution, Property Rights, and Financial Openness Amy Pond, Texas A&M University Disc., Jin Yeub Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Cecilia Testa, Harvard University/University of Nottingham Audience Discussion Models for Studying Political Behavior 47-102 Author Meets Critics: Rethinking the Administrative Presidency by William G. Resh Chair Manny Teodoro, Texas A&M University Panelist William G. Resh, University of Southern California Sharece Danielle Thrower, University of Pittsburgh Robert Maranto, Villanova University Susan M. Miller, University of South Carolina Yu Ouyang, University of Kentucky David Konisky, Indiana University Chair, Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Gender Gap in Voter Turnout by Moon Age: A Circular Data Analysis Kentaro Fukumoto, Gakushuin University 48-2 An Error Grave of Consequence: Empirical Models to Study Propensities to Vote for Political Parties Nathalie Giger, University of Geneva Simon Hug, University of Geneva Synthetic Panel Models for Modeling Dynamic Political Behavior Lucas Nunez, California Institute of Technology Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology Good Boundaries Make Good Estimates: Simple Steps for Measuring Neighborhood Context Bryan M. Wilcox-Archuleta, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Christopher Skovron, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Audience Discussion Public Opinion and Polarization on Social Media Chair, TBA Online Political Leadership in the 2016 Election Campaign G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa Glenn W. Richardson Jr., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania I Don’t Want to See This: Selective Avoidance, Friend Links, and Political Filter Bubble Formation on Facebook Michael Anthony DeVito, Northwestern University Trolling Twitter: Social Network Patterns of Polarizing Language During the Presidential Primary Eric Charles Vorst, University of Missouri, St. Louis Party Leaders and Members: Electoral Connections and Disconnections 49-2 Congress and the Unilateral Presidency Chair, TBA Interbranch Bargaining: Executive Orders and Congressional Response Michelle H. Belco, University of Houston Examining the Relationship Between Executive Orders and the President’s Legislative Agenda Jason S. Byers, University of Georgia Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia Ryan D. Williamson, University of Georgia Internal Politics of Veto Threats: The Institutionalization of Rhetoric Matthew G. Jarvis, California State University, Fullerton The Unitary Executive in Congress: Party Voting and Presidential Power, 1950-2002 Justin Craig Peck, San Francisco State University Disc., Jeffrey Peake, Clemson University Audience Discussion Polarization, Divided Government Chair, TBA Going Rogue: How Do Partisans React to Party-Deviating Roll Call Behavior by U.S. Senators; Evidence from an Experiment Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis 165 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm The Politics of Temporary Legislation: Reauthorizations in an Era of Polarization Stefani Rene Langehennig, University of Colorado Scott Adler, University of Colorado The Changing Roll Call Record and Its Effect on Polarization Michael S . Lynch, University of Georgia Anthony Madonna, University of Georgia Party Warriors: The Ugly Side of Party Polarization in Congress Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas, Austin A New Approach to Electoral Incentives in Congress: Gridlock as a Political Weapon Joe Colin Zamadics, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Kris Miler, University of Maryland Disc., Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College Audience Discussion 50-3 52-600 Judicial Politics Research Ideological Extremity in the Courts: State High Court Decisions and Public Perceptions of Court Ideology Corey M. Barwick, University of Colorado, Boulder Judicial Caseloads and Public Confidence in Lower-level State Courts Sean Michael Craig, University of Pittsburgh Judicial Review by Supermajority: What Does the Past Tell Us About its Potential as a Reform Jonathan Bradford Hensley, Towson University Judging the Generals: Understanding Judicial-Military Interactions in Post-Authoritarian States Yasser Kemal Kureshi, Brandeis University Measuring Supreme Court's interpretation Jorge Mena-Vazquez, National Autonomous University of Mexico Forging International Judicial Independence: National Bias and Institutional Preference in the ICJ Yong-il Moon, George Washington University Using Survey Data to Measure a Pool of Potential Litigants Bethany Nicole Nanamaker, Emory University Courts, Campaigns, and Corruption: An Empirical Test of the "Appearance of Corruption" Rationale for Campaign Finance Regulation Nitya Tangada Rao, University of Texas, Austin Risky Business: State Compliance and IACHR Reparation Issuance Rebecca Ann Reid, University of South Carolina Clumsy Solutions in Legal Reasoning: Plural Justification as a Means of Reducing Motivated Reaction Robert Reif Robinson, California State University, Fullerton Polarized Justice?: State Supreme Court Decisionmaking in a Hyperpartisan Environment Kyla K. Stepp, Wayne State University Kevin Gerald Lorentz, Wayne State University Creating Law without Hierarchy Joseph B. Warren, University of California, Berkeley A Comparative Perspective on Courts and Social Change Chair, Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University The Rise of the Environmental Litigation in Taiwan Chin-Yin Cheng, National Chengchi University Yu-Hsien Sung, University of South Carolina Chin-Shou Wang, National Cheng Kung University Why the Other Side Matters: Legal Mobilization in Conflicts Between Interest Groups Andreas Hofmann, University of Gothenburg Criminal Prosecution and Physician Supply Hatsuru Morita, Tohoku University A Social Europe: The European Court of Justice and the Creation of a European Social Sphere Travis J. Nelson, University of Washington Juridical Power, Biopower and the Experience of Suffering in Canadian Physician Assisted Suicide Cases Diana Jane Young, Carleton University Disc., Rorie L. Spill, Oregon State University Disc., Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University Audience Discussion 56-6 52-10 166 State Precedent and Policy Chair, TBA Communication, Insulation, and Influence on State Supreme Courts: The Impact of Lower Court Opinions on Higher Court Decisions Todd A. Curry, University of Texas, El Paso Michael Kenneth Romano, Shenandoah University Ricardo A. Romero, University of Texas, El Paso Testing the Miller Test: Evaluating Its Impact on Obscenity Cases in State High Court Michael P. Fix, Georgia State University Matthew D. Montgomery, Georgia State University Justin Kingsland, Georgia State University Judicial Federalism, State Policy, and Representation Jonathan P. Kastellec, Princeton University Are Elected Judges More Deferential to Precedent?: Evidence from State Courts of Last Resort Michael G. Miller, Barnard College Michelle D. Tuma, Fordham University Legal Certainty and State High Courts Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University Justin Kingsland, Georgia State University Disc., Craig Curtis, Bradley University Disc., Douglas R. Rice, University of Mississippi Audience Discussion Comparative Approaches to Health and Educational Policy Chair, Xian Huang, University of Pennsylvania Universal Health Care Policy?: Ireland’s Health Reform Journey in the Face of Political Austerity Vivienne Byers, Dublin Institute of Technology Health Care Delivery Reform in China Zi Ding, Tsinghua University Understanding Higher Educational Policy Harmonization Across Europe Using a Path Dependence Approach Sharon Mary Feeney, Dublin Institute of Technology John Hogan, Dublin Institute of Technology Actor Analysis in Croatian Health Care Dagmar Radin, University of Zagreb Educational Accountability in Context: Divergence or Convergence in Ireland and the United States Aimee Williamson, Suffolk University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 57-5 Coalition Building in the Policy Process Chair, TBA Coalition Opportunity Structures and Policy Change: A Comparative Analysis of Nuclear Facility Siting Efforts Kuhika Gupta, University of Oklahoma Joseph Ripberger, University of Oklahoma The Conditions of Expert Influence on Policy-making: Testing an Advocacy Coalition Framework Model Fabian Johannes Klein, Freie Universität, Berlin Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Impact of Political Science Major: A Panel Study of College Students in Taiwan Kuang-hui Chen, National Chung Cheng University Shao-Hong Lin, National Taiwan University Youth Political Discussion Frequency, Network Heterogeneity of Making Policy as Predictors of Political Trust and Participation YunJoo Lee, Seoul National University Community-Based Participatory Research as a Teaching Tool for Community Engagement Mark Anthony Martinez, California State University, Bakersfield Bruce D. Friedman, California State University, Bakersfield Ian Gillies, California State University, Bakersfield Joanna Barajas, California State University, Bakersfield Celina Madrid, California State University, Bakersfield Teaching (and Learning) the Political Community Molly A. Patterson, Aquinas College Disc., Elizabeth Anne Bennion, Indiana University South Bend Disc., Suzanne Chod, North Central College Audience Discussion Advocacy Coalition Politics in the Swedish Policy Process: A Review of Applications Daniel Jonas Nohrstedt, Uppsala University Kristin Lea Olofsson, University of Colorado, Denver Testing the Effects of Media Framing on Narrative Strategy in the Detroit Water Shutoffs Kristin Taylor O'Donovan, Wayne State University Nathan Christie, Wayne State University There and Back Again: A Tale of the Advocacy Coalition Framework Jonathan Jeffrey Pierce, Seattle University Michael D. Jones, Oregon State University Holly L. Peterson, Oregon State University Samantha Garrard, Seattle University Disc., Wendy J. Schiller, Brown University Audience Discussion 59-400 Junior Scholar Symposium on the Bureaucracy Chair, Renee J. Johnson, Rhodes College Political Determinants of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Social Policymaking in Turkey Ozsel Beleli, University of Oxford Capture Effect: The Unintended Consequence of the Drug Approval Process Sophiya Das, University of Houston Technocracy, Democracy, and Public Policy: Evaluating Public Participation in Retrospective Regulatory Review Mercy Berman DeMenno, Duke University The Majoritarian Impulse in Unexpected Places: Public Opinion and Intergovernmental Processes John R. Ray, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Renee J. Johnson, Rhodes College Disc., George A. Krause, University of Pittsburgh 64-5 Structural Violence and Well-Being Chair, TBA Structured Income Inequality and Subjective Well-being Ji Sun An, Korea University The Tragedy of Lynching Mike Dorsey Maxey, University of Central Oklahoma Negative Space and State Missions: Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Legitimization of Internal Colonialism Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut Steven Joseph Williamson, University of Connecticut Disc., Vanessa Williamson, Harvard University Audience Discussion 60-500 Symposia: Route from Top-Level Decisions to StreetLevel Implementation Does Leadership Affect Employee Intrinsic Motivation and Work Engagement?: Field Experimental Evidence on Transformational and Transactional Leadership Lotte B. Andersen, Aarhus University Stefan Boye, Aarhus University Ann-Louise Holten, University of Copenhagen Christian Botcher Jacobsen, Aarhus University Poul Aaes Nielsen, University of Southern Denmark Towards A Theory of Public Sector Payment Errors Justin Bullock, Texas A&M University Rob Greer, University of Georgia Rachel Mallison, Texas A&M University Cognitive Dissonance, Causal Logic, and the Role of Public Management in Understanding Performance Funding in Higher Education Alisa Hicklin Fryar, University of Oklahoma Elizabeth Bell, University of Oklahoma Bureaucratic Risk Aversion Revisited: A Laboratory Experiment on Risk Preferences among Students of Public Administration, Business, Sciences and Law Markus Stephan Tepe, University Oldenburg Christine Prokop, University Oldenburg 63-7 Civic Engagement, Citizenship, and Democracy Chair, Elizabeth Wheat, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Far from Blank Slates: What Frst-year Sudents’ Democratic Mindsets Can Teach us when Educating for a Participatory Democracy Catherine Bartch, Monmouth University 167 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-200 Poster Session: Presidential Politics Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 Post. 7 168 Bucking the Trends: Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton after the White House Jane Warren Wiesenberg, Colby College Meredith Foy Keenan, Colby College Affirmative Action since 1965 through the Lens of Public Opinion Rachael Oluwafolakemi Junard, University of Indianapolis Chinese Americans' Perception of United States' Immigration Policies in the 21st Century Jacqueline Wan-Jeng Yee, Oakland University After the Crimean Honeymoon?: Putin, Legitimacy, and the Evolving Concerns of Russian Society Richard Alan Arnold, Muskingum University Philip Hicks, Muskingum University The Real Middle Class: The Impact of Class-Based Identity Appeals in Presidential Campaigns Lois Michelle Kimmel, College of Wooster Presidential Primary Dynamics in a Partisan Context: Which Candidate Characteristics Prompt the Party to Decide Elena Louise Veatch, Skidmore College Hyperbolic Conservative Rhetoric Within Electoral Politics Xavier L. Manley, Virginia Commonwealth University Disc., Kenneth Scott Lowande, University of Virginia Disc., Anne Cizmar, Eastern Kentucky University Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-222 Poster Session: Education Post. 8 Defying the Curve: The Impact of Elazar's Political Culture on Enrollment in Undergraduate Political Science Programs Jared Lee Rixstine, Millikin University Post. 9 The Effectiveness of Wisconsin Charter Schools Keyla Antonia Jones-Rosa, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Post. 10 How Anti-American Sentiments Affect Study Abroad Students Jillian Rose Ferguson , Central Michigan University Post. 11 "Illegal" Education?: The Influence of Social Contact on Support for Tuition Assistance for Undocumented Students Luis Herrera, Idaho State University Hannah Clarice Winslow, Idaho State University Kylie Nicole Schoonover, Idaho State Univeristy Disc., Dana D. Dyson, University of Michigan, Flint 169 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-228 Poster Session: Global Power Post. 12 The Cold Shoulder: Influences of the Cold War in Modern America Brandon Wayne Rockwell, Alderson Broaddus College Post. 13 A Global War on Terror and the "Soft Power Paradox" Drew Kenneth Cypher, Grove City College Post. 14 American Hegemonic Stability and Nationalism Janie Ruth Robertson, Brigham Young University, Idaho 170 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-231 Poster Session: Local Elections Post. 15 Why Americans do not Participate in Local Elections Amanda Jo Williams Conway, Belmont University Post. 16 The Evolution of the Scope and Political Ambition of the State Attorneys General Elizabeth Ann Brumleve, University of Dayton Post. 17 Privatization of PASSHE Universities: Then and Now Sarah Elizabeth Rothermel, California University of Pennsylvania Post. 18 The Local American Voter: Examining Turnout in Local Elections in Mid-Local Elections in Mid-Sized Mid-Western American Cities Austin M. Aldag, Illinois Wesleyan University Disc., Steven Michael Sylvester, University of Kansas 171 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-232 Poster Session: International Justice Post. 19 Exploring the Principal-Agent Argument: Considering Incidence of Sexual Exploitation in Refugee Camps Taylor Ann Ackerman, Central Michigan University Post. 20 Hollowed Out From Within Guantanamo Force-Feeding and Detainee Agency Mary Rose Wetherall, Carleton College Post. 21 The Precedent of Independence: The Situation in Kosovo and the Double Standards of International Norms Katherine Grace Vorderbruggen, Luther College Post. 22 International Law and Women’s Political Participation: Paving the Path Toward Gender Equality Sabra Rebecca Messer, University of North Texas Post. 23 Savagery on the Eastern Front: The German Military's Treatment of Russia vs the Western Allies Ian B. Smith, Appalachian State University Disc., Jessica Mecellem, Loyola University, Chicago 172 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-233 Poster Session: Islam Post. 24 The Hijab in Puerto Rico: An Analysis of its Impact on Muslim Women’s Identity, Perspectives and Experiences Yanelle Marie Strich, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Post. 25 The State-Building Race: Islamist Organizations and the Effects of their Public Service Delivery Ameera Chloe Naguib, Santa Clara Univesity Post. 26 Seeking God’s Assistance to Govern: A Comparative Analysis of Islamization Policies in Pakistan and Egypt Mariam Bengali, Texas A&M University, Qatar Disc., Alicia Diana Forster, University of Florida 173 Friday, April 8, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Friday, April 8 at 4:45 pm 76-250 Poster Session: Political Attitude Post. 27 Influence of Divorce on Attitudes towards Government Benefit Programs Tatiana Marie Flexman, Brigham Young University Post. 28 The Effect of Age on Political Engagement in Presidential Elections Matthew Thomas Fee, Heidelberg University Post. 29 Do Diaspora Jewish American and Palestinian (Arab) American College Students Form Friendships?: In This Study, We Analyze the Beliefs, Behaviors, and Environment of this Group that Dictates Whether Friendships are Likely or Not Alana Hanna Bannourah, University of Nevada, Reno Post. 30 Sub-State Nationalism and Social Welfare Policy in Belgium: Unraveling Narratives in Times of Institutional Reform Emma Adrienne Rossby, Carleton College Disc., Marcie L. Reynolds, University of Illinois, Chicago 78-100 How to Make the Research and Review Process Less Demoralizing Chair John Barry Ryan, Stony Brook University Panelist David Peterson, Iowa State University Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky 84-102 Herbert Simon Lecture Chair 174 Mathew Daniel McCubbins, Duke University Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Saturday, April 9 at 8:00 am 1-105 Chair Loren Goldman, Ohio University Panelist Shira Tarrant, California State University, Long Beach Renee J. Heberle, University of Toledo Lisa Disch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University Judith Grant, Ohio University 2-7 5-401 Political Economy of Gender Equality (Co-sponsored with Comparative Political Economy, see 15-19) Chair, TBA Women in Central Banks Cristina A. Bodea, Michigan State University Women’s Employment in Somaliland: Evidence From A New Firm Level Dataset Christopher J. Cyr, Eastern Kentucky University Jami Nelson-Nunez, University of New Mexico Analyzing the Impact of the Affirmative Action on Reducing Gender Inequality in Korea Sung-Bou Kim, Pardee RAND Graduate School Regime Stability and Persistence of Traditional Practices Michael Poyker, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Annie Kryzanek Karreth, Ursinus College Audience Discussion 5-11 5-400 Political Demand: Fiscal Policy in History and in the Age of Austerity Chair, TBA The Electoral Effects of Fiscal Policies Patrick Thomas Donnelly, University of California, Berkeley Parties’ Economic Policies and Redistributive Preferences Sung Min Han, Michigan State University International Economic Cycles and the Electoral Bases of Market-assuring Policies Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo Bringing the Demand Side Back In: Aggregate Demand Management Regimes and Growth Strategies in Advanced Economies David Thomas Hope, London School of Economics and Political Science Exit, Voice, and Innovation: Microfoundations of Policy Responses to Economic and Demographic Challenges in Industrialized Economies Johannes Lukas Karreth, State University of New York, Albany Disc., Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo Audience Discussion 3-1 Fear's Effect on Political Participation: Evidence from Africa Kevin M. Morrison, University of Pittsburgh Marc Rockmore, Clark University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Fundamental Feminism Revisited: A Roundtable (Cosponsored with Foundations of Political Theory, see 39-101, and Gender and Politics, see 37-101, and Political Theory: Critical and Normative, see 40-100) Elections, Crime and Corruption Chair, TBA Apathy or Anger?: How Crime Experience Affects Individual Vote Intention in Latin America and the Caribbean Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne Mirko Dallendörfer, University of Cologne Social Norms and Attitudes towards Corruption: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Latin America Natalia Garbiras Diaz, University of California, Berkeley Do Voters’ Experiences on Election Day Matter for Electoral Integrity Nicholas Nathan Kerr, University of Alabama 5-402 Electoral Systems and Social Policy Electoral Accountability, Ethnic Diversity, and Poverty in Indonesia: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Approach Chingun Anderson, University of Essex Government Transfers and Support for the Government: Evidence from Bolivia Cristina Andronescu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Measuring Democracy: An Analysis of Public Opinion in Egypt and Tunisia, 2011-2014 Justin Allen Hoyle, University of Florida Ryan Stephen Kostanecki, Wayne State University The Local State and its 'Practice:' From Blueprints to the Reality of a North Indian Poor Rural District; Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Uttar Pradesh Thibaud Bruno Sylvain Marcesse, Cornell University Electoral Systems’ Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Silent Numbers Ilidio Samuel Nhantumbo, Georgia State University Disc., Aditi Malik, Pennsylvania State University Authoritarian Regimes, Governance, and Democracy Peasants into Party-men: Authoritarianism and Basic Education in Mexico Manuel Cabal, University of Chicago Does China's Authoritarian Rule Sustainable? Economic Performance, Social Protest, and Regime Support Hao Chen, Boston University Meng U. Ieong, University of Macau Educating for Political Protest?: Evidence From a Secondary Schooling Reform in Authoritarian Zimbabwe Sirianne Dahlum, University of Oslo Andreas Kotsadam, University of Oslo Subnational Nondemocratic Regimes, Civil War and Political Order in Colombia Jose Antonio Fortou, Ohio State University Investing in the Future: How Foreign Investment Affects Autocratic Regime Survival Tobias Rommel, University of Zurich Disc., Jordan Luc Gans-Morse, Northwestern University Gender, Ethnicity and Politics The Ties that Bind: Evaluating the Link between Gender Attitudes and Political Participation in Rural India Soledad Artiz, Harvard University Do Urban Politicians Discriminate Against Internal Migrants?: Evidence from Nationwide Field Experiments in India Nikhar Gaikwad, Yale University Gareth Nellis, Yale University The Role of Education in Increasing the Salience of Ethnic Cleavages in Central Asia Benjamin Laughlin, University of Rochester The Real Winner's Curse Nelson Alejandro Ruiz-Guarin, London School of Economics Pablo Querubin, New York University Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes Juan F. Vargas, Universidad del Rosario Disc., Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky 175 Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 5-403 6-6 Understanding Authoritarian Regimes and Their Effects Labor and Capital after Democratization: The Effects of Authoritarian Legacies on Distribution of Income Chonghyun Choi, University of Notre Dame How to Sell a Coup: The Effects of U.S. Aid and Leader Popularity on Coup Legitimation Sharan Grewal, Princeton University Yasser Kemal Kureshi, Brandeis University Managing Grievance: The Institutional Sources of Authoritarian Resilience in China Linan Jia, Peking University Why Military Regimes Collapse: Collective Action and the Promise of Reform Scott Williamson, Stanford University Mashail Malik, Stanford University Ideology and Elite Defection during Regime Crisis: Evidence from the Chinese Revolution of 1911 Wenhui Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Interests and Institutions in Historical Democratization Processes Chair, TBA Speaking with One Voice: When did British Parliamentary Campaigns Become Nationalized Laura Bronner, London School of Economics Daniel F. Ziblatt, Harvard University It is the Education, Stupid: Democracy and Development in the Interwar Period Steffen Kailitz, Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism Autocratic Taxation: Examining the Adoption of Income Taxes in Imperial Germany and Prussia Isabela Mares, Stanford University Didac X. Queralt, Institute of Political Economy & Governance Incorporating the Rabble?: Suffrage Rules and Government Size in the Early United States Stephen August Meserve, Texas Tech University Institutional Engineering, Electoral Politics and Democratization in East-Central Europe Henry Roderick Thomson, University of Oxford Disc., Michael Edward Albertus, University of Chicago Disc., Judith S. Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University Audience Discussion 8-5 176 Accountability Beyond the Economy Chair, Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Carlos III - Juan March Institute Subnational Variation in Electoral Accountability: Local Public Good Investments and Incumbent Support Tugba Bozcaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Divine Punishment or Bad Politics?: Political Blame Following Natural Disasters Allison Carnegie, Columbia University Alicia Dailey Cooperman, Columbia University Lindsay Renée Dolan, Columbia University Government Support and Welfare State Reforms Seonghui Lee, Aarhus University Carsten Jensen, Aarhus University Christoph Arndt, Aarhus University Georg Wenzelburger, Technology University, Kaiserslautern Perception of Corruption and Evaluations of Female Incumbents Frederico Batista Pereira, Vanderbilt University Disc., Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, Carlos III - Juan March Institute Disc., Matthew S. Winters, University of Illinois Audience Discussion 10-6 The Politics of Underrepresented Groups in Latin America Chair, TBA Strategic Political Action: The Effect of Mobilization on Chile's Indigenous Land Policy Kelly Bauer, Nebraska Wesleyan University Understanding Indigenous Trust in Government Institutions and Administration: Evidence from Bolivia and Ecuador Scott Sinclair Liebertz, University of South Alabama Laura Catherine Carlson, University of South Alabama Racial Heterogeneity as a Determinant of Income Inequality in Latin America: Wage, Race, and Institutional Changes in the Subcontinent Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano-Rivera, Indiana University Queering Citizenship?: Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian Visibility in Argentina Julie Elizabeth Moreau, Northern Arizona University Disc., Magda B. Hinojosa, Arizona State University Disc., Mark Setzler, High Point University Audience Discussion 11-601 Security Policy and Diplomacy in the Asian Region Chair, Gregory Hall, Morehouse College Power Politics and Securitization: The Indo-Japanese Nexus in Southeast Asia Bibek Chand, Florida International University Zenel Garcia, Florida International University China and Indonesia Relations: Creating Progress by Leveraging Potential Davis Lee Florick, Creighton University The Domestic Drivers of China's New Periphery Policy Carla Park Freeman, Johns Hopkins University Japan’s New Defense Policy: Is it a Departure from Pacifism Nursin Guney, Yildiz Technical University Public Diplomacy and Business: South Korea’s Public Diplomacy and Its Effects on Trade and Investment Heon Joo Jung, Yonsei University Mi Hyeon Kim, Yonsei University Gahui Shin, Yonsei University A Shrimp Amongst Whales?: South Korean Middle Power Diplomacy Yangmo Ku, Norwich University Myanmar`s China Policy Since 1988: A Hedging Strategy Nian Peng, Hong Kong Baptist University The Art of Winning Hearts and Minds: Explaining Outcomes of Confucius Institute Partnerships in the U.S. Diana L. Sweet, George Mason University The Pattern of China’s Financial Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Case Study Chung-Chian Teng, National Chengchi University Governing Transboundary Disasters and Middle Power Diplomacy: Singapore’s Multilayered Strategy to Tackle the Southeast Asian Haze Junghyun Yoon, Seoul National University Explaining A Roller-Coaster Change in South Korea's Policy toward Japan Chaekwang You, Ohio State University Weonjae Kim, Yonsei University Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 12-500 Stability and Conflict in African Elections and StateBuilding 16-5 Islamic Political System in Sudan and its National, Regional and International Impact Solomon Hailu, Oral Roberts University Reinterpreting the Uganda Police Force: The Nexus of Political, Security and Societal Pressures Jude Kagoro, Bremen University Andrew Felix Kaweesi, Police Senior Command and Staff College, Uganda Institutional Weakness and Democratic Recession in Africa Tony Obayi Onyishi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Ernest Uchenna Ereke, University of Abuja Liberal Approach to State-building in Post-Conflict Societies: A Possible Mismatch Abdulahi A. Osman, Pennsylvania State University 17-8 Towards Explaining the (Re)-Emergence of Coups d'etat in subSaharan Africa: Mali, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry and Burkina Faso Considered Shan J. Sappleton, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Disc., Carolyn Ethel Holmes, Bucknell University 13-6 Bodies, Space and Art and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Regimes Chair, Sarah H. El-Kazaz, Oberlin College Narrative of Political Thought in Iranian Historical Cinema Mohsen Alavipour, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran Ali Namatpour, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Art and Resistance How Ordinary People Resist Authority Case Study: Egypt Amal Kamel Hamada, Cairo University, Giza Body Politics in the Arab World: Five Years from Bouazizi to 18-10 Al-Kasasbeh Mariam Waheed Mekheimar, Cairo University Constructing Recognition for an Urban Palestine Shahla Naimi, IHEID Disc., Sarah H. El-Kazaz, Oberlin College Audience Discussion 15-7 Social Policy Politics Around the World Chair, TBA Explaining New Patterns in Family Leave Policies in Latin America: Democracy, Partisanship, Religion, and Economic Change Matthew Carnes, Georgetown University Marisa Hawley, Georgetown University Public Sector Organizations and Regional Autocrats in Russia Natalia Forrat, Northwestern University Social Cleavages and Redistributive Preferences in China: A Multilevel Analysis Xian Huang, University of Pennsylvania The Foundations of Social Policy Support: Experimental Evidence on How Institutional Quality Affects Redistributive Preferences Israel Marques, Columbia University Joseph Schaffer, University of Colorado, Boulder Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder The Political Determinants of Education Inequality Around the World Nichole Marie Torpey-Saboe, University of Colorado Disc., Dinissa S. Duvanova, State University of New York, Buffalo Disc., A. Kadir Yildirim, Rice University Audience Discussion 18-11 BITs: Causes and Implications Chair, TBA Effects of International Investment Agreements on Government Transparency Hye Jee Cho, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Suppression or Diffusion?: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Labor Rights Hye Jee Cho, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Substitution Effects of Investment Treaties on Domestic Legal Reform Richard James Loeza, University of Wisconsin Disc., Iain Osgood, University of Michigan Disc., Kristin Elizabeth Vekasi, University of Maine Audience Discussion Domestic Causes and Implications of Foreign Policy Decisions Chair, TBA Petro-Populism and Aggressive Foreign Policy Roya Izadi, Miami University When It Is Not "Business As Usual": The Domestic Politics of Natural Resource Dependence And Interstate Conflict Anita R. Kellogg, University of California, Los Angeles With Friends like These: Hegemony and the Fate of Leaders, 1945-2000 Ross A. Miller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln The Effect of National Defense Capabilities on Institutional Support for EU Defense Policy Anthony Vincent Pierucci, Purdue University Disc., Michael J. Lee, Hunter College, CUNY Audience Discussion Evaluating Cyber Conflict Chair, TBA The Effect of New Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) on Terrorism Bryan Joseph Arva, Pennsylvania State University The Facile of Strategic Cyber Joseph Roger Clark, Towson University Fighting by OSMOSIS: Offensive Social Media Operations and Information Security Drew E. Herrick, George Washington University Russian Perspectives on Information Warfare and ‘Hybrid Wars’ Armin Krishnan, East Carolina University Information Infrastructure: Cyberspace, Outer Space, and the U.S.-China Security Relationship Jiakun Jack Zhang, University of California, San Diego Jon R. Lindsay, University of Toronto Disc., Joseph Roger Clark, Towson University Disc., Ryan C. Maness, Northeastern University Disc., Darryl Lamont Roberts, Tuskegee University Audience Discussion Survey and Natural Experiments: Asking New Questions Chair, TBA International Organizations and Public Opinion on Humanitarian Intervention Jonathan Art Chu, Stanford University The Changing Role of IO Approval on Public Opinion over the Use of Force Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary Michael John Tierney, College of William & Mary The Broken Chain of Democratic Oversight: Sources of the Democratic Peace’s Covert Failure Katherine Elizabeth Welch, Cornell University 177 Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am I Want You to Vote: Assessing the Relationship between Voter Turnout and Election Administration Arrangements Crossnationally Stephen Patrick Quinlan, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Public Participation in the Administrative Process: The Impact of 3-1-1 Technology on Citizen-Initiated Contacts with Local Government Emefa Sewordor, Georgia State University Counting the Counters: Volunteer Bureaucrats, Turnout, and Residual Votes in Indonesian Elections Seth Nathan Soderborg, Harvard University Disc., Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico Disc., David C. Kimball, University of Missouri, St. Louis Audience Discussion Disc., Jonathan Renshon, University of Wisconsin Audience Discussion 21-5 22-8 26-6 27-16 178 Alliance Dynamics Chair, Mark Souva, Florida State University Being There: U.S. Troop Deployments, Force Posture and Alliance Reliability Erik Gartzke, University of Essex Koji Kagotani, Osaka University of Economics When Alliances Fail: Shifting Power, Alliance Credibility, and Interstate Disputes Jesse C. Johnson, University of Kentucky Stephen Glendon Joiner, University of Kentucky Do You Really Know Your Friends?: Crisis Bargaining Games with Privately Informed Allies Bradley Carl Smith, University of Rochester Assessing the Impact of Prewar Alliance Coordination on Military Coalitions’ Ability to Win Wars Gerardo Armando Urtuzuastigui, University of Missouri Disc., Mark Souva, Florida State University Audience Discussion Leaders, Coups, and Coup-Proofing Chair, TBA The Role Institutionalized Coup-Proofing and Economic Stability Plays in the Occurrence of Coups d'État Alexandra Elizabeth Infanzon, University of Texas, El Paso Charles R. Boehmer, University of Texas, El Paso The Cost of Coups: How Coups d'état Affect Economic Growth Brian Paul Klaas, London School of Economics Lost in Translation: Quantitative Puzzles and Qualitative Evidence of Institutional Coup-proofing Anthony S. Marcum, University of Michigan Jonathan N. Brown, Sam Houston State University Don’t Try This at Home: Coups Abroad, Domestic CoupProofing, and the Non-Diffusion of Coups d’État Yannick Immanuel Pengl, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Disc., Marcel Alexander Dirsus, University of Kiel Audience Discussion 28-101 Don Gross' Contribution to the Study of American Politics Chair Robert Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University Panelist James C. Garand, Louisiana State University Todd G. Shields, University of Arkansas Anthony Gierzynski, University of Vermont Michael Baranowski, Northern Kentucky University Brian P. Smentkowski, Queens University of Charlotte 29-6 Chair, TBA Does Political Elites Represent their Followers?: Quantitative Text Analysis of Turkish Tweets Abdullah Aydogan, Rice University Tayfun Tuna, University of Houston Are Governments More Responsive to Voters in Issues They Own?: A Comparative Study of the Quality of Political Representation Using Social Media Data Pablo Barbera, New York University Joergen Boelstad, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich Specific Issues in U.S. Lobbying: Using Text Analysis to Understand Lobbying and Representational Inequality Carolina Ferrerosa-Young, Columbia University Speaking of Representation: How Legislators Respond to Electoral Pressure in Word and in Deed Benjamin M. Gruenbaum, Harvard University Talking the Talk?: Descriptive Representation of Latinos and Congressional Speech Michael S. Kowal, Bowdoin College Disc., Kaspar Beelen, University of Toronto Disc., James M. Curry, University of Utah Audience Discussion Negative Campaigning Chair, Bradford Bishop, Wheaton College Morality in American Political Campaigns: Evidence of Moral Framing in Campaign Television Advertising Joel Andrew Hanel, University of Mississippi When a Man Meets a Woman: Comparing Negativity of Male Candidates in Single- and Mixed-Gender Televised Debates Juergen Maier, University of Koblenz, Landau Anna-Maria Renner, University of Koblenz, Landau When Negative and Positive Campaigning Collide: Information Search when Candidates Might be Lying Kyle Mattes, Florida International University David P. Redlawsk, Rutgers University The Divided Labor of Attack Advertising in Congressional Campaigns Kenneth M. Miller, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Kyle Mattes, Florida International University Audience Discussion Issues in the Administration of Political Participation Chair, Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico Making Voting Convenient: The Relationship between Early Voting Site Placement and Voter Turnout Eric Mitchell Moore, Binghamton University Tweets, Text and Speech: What Text as Data Teaches us about Representation 30-13 Self Interest, Economics, and Voter Evaluations Chair, TBA Mortgage Market Credit Conditions and U.S. Presidential Elections Alexis Antoniades, Georgetown University Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School From Kansas to Palo Alto: What's the Matter with SelfInterested Voting Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside Christopher J. Ojeda, Stanford University Gary Michael Segura, Stanford University Do Citizens Hold Elites Accountable for Policy Positions?: Experiments on Non-equilibrium Policy Positions and Justifications Alan Gerber, Yale University Andrew Gooch, Yale University Gregory A. Huber, Yale University Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Who Reacts?: Performance Voting and Individual Heterogeneity Carolina Plescia, University of Vienna Sylvia Kritzinger, University of Vienna Disc., Mary A. Stegmaier, University of Missouri Disc., Jason Thomas, Syracuse University Audience Discussion 34-7 36-10 Criminal Justice and the Polarization of Public Opinion Elizabeth A. Maltby, University of Iowa The Role of Race in Candidate Perceptions: How a Candidate's Race and Party Impacts a Voter's Perception of Ideology and Issue Positions Chase Bradford Meyer, University of Georgia A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Case for Latino-Black Coalitions Sarah Van Perez, Western Michigan University "Are The Browns Down" (?): An Empirical Test of the Effect of Under-Represented Minority Status and Other Variables on Identity Valuation Wilfred Reilly, Southern Illinois University Competing Identities and Candidate Evaluation Tyler Scott Steelman, Appalachian State University Compatriots or Conspirators?: Talking about Chinese Minorities in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks Jackson Seth Woods, George Washington University Allison L. Quatrini, George Washington University The Political Psychology of Group Identity Chair, TBA The Complex Self: Explaining Variation in Identities’ Importance K. Amber Curtis, Clemson University Political Identities and Anti-Identities in Latin America: Chavismo and Fujimorismo in Comparative Perspective Jennifer Marie Cyr, University of Arizona Carlos E. Melendez, University of Notre Dame Multiple Me's: Competing Identities and Its Effect on Confirmation Bias Yoonjung Lee, University of California, Davis “I” into “We”: Social Identity and the Success of Public Deliberation C. Daniel Myers, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Loyalty: The Social Identity Component of Ideology and the Simplest Group Norm Mark Pickup, Simon Fraser University Erik Kimbrough, Simon Fraser University Eline A. de Rooij, Simon Fraser University Disc., Lilliana Hall Mason, University of Maryland Disc., Stephen M. Utych, Boise State University Audience Discussion 40-8 Campaign Advertising in the U.S. Chair, TBA Seeing and Hearing the Truth?: The Interaction of Non-Verbal Content and Misinformation in Political Advertisements Jeffrey Jordan Berg, Washington University, St.Louis Daniel Peter Stevens, University of Exeter, Cornwall Barbara Allen, Carleton College Rock n’ Pol: Popular Music’s Impact as a Campaign Heuristic Charles Dahan, University of Florida Brian Calfano, Missouri State University Valerie Martinez-Ebers, University of North Texas Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Wendy L. Watson, Southern Methodist University Uncommon Ground: Earned Media in Rarely Contested States Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University Does Press Matter?: How Media Evaluations Affect a Political Ad's Survival Leonid Liu, BlueLabs Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University Measuring the Effects of Campaign Television Advertisement Robyn Lynn Stiles, Louisiana State University Christopher Baird Mann, Louisiana State University Disc., Annemarie Sophie Walter, University of Nottingham Audience Discussion 41-6 38-600 Race and Politics in Comparative Perspective Chair, Melinda Kovacs, Missouri Western State University Local Lobbying: Diverse Communities and Conflicting Goals in Neighborhood-Level Political Participation Laurel Eckhouse, University of California, Berkeley Using Ethnicity to Target the Personal Vote Sara Laren Goudge, University of Kansas Brian Turnbull, University of Kansas Ryan Colby Daugherty, University of Kansas 42-1 Revolutions, Rights, and Realists Chair, TBA Human Emancipation: Beyond the Conditions of Justice and Right Chisda Magid, Indiana University, Bloomington The Meaning of 1989 Heiko Feldner, Cardiff University The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory of Human Rights Lars P. Rensmann, John Cabot University The State, the Party, the Revolution: Rereading Lenin as a Political Theorist Jason A. Schulman, Lehman College Frightening Men in Need of Security: Carl Schmitt and Political Realism Benjamin Andrew Schupmann, National University of Singapore Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Political Moderation and Humility Chair, TBA Tocqueville’s Philosophy of Moderation: Tempering Democracy for a Sustainable Liberalism Paul O. Carrese, U.S. Air Force Academy Political Moderation and Xenophon’s Critique of Spartan Education Susan D. Collins, University of Notre Dame Humility and 'Living in Truth': Augustine’s ‘Havelesque’ Reading of Ancient Political Philosophy Mary M. Keys, University of Notre Dame Cruel to Be Kind: Humility and Mercy in Machiavellian Institutions Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo, Furman University Humility, Just Deserts, and Due Recognition Vicki A. Spencer, University of Otago Disc., Clifford Orwin, University of Toronto Disc., James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University Audience Discussion Democratic Theory: The People, Participation, and Frustration Chair, TBA Context and Democratic Legitimacy Huss Banai, Indiana University The Problem is the People, Not Others!: A Critical Review of Seyla Benhabib’s Cosmopolitan Theory on the Rights of Others Yunjeong Choi, New School for Social Research 179 Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am John Dewey and the Desire for Immortality Bruce A. Hunt Jr., University of Houston Staying Cheerful in Frustration: Suffering, Time, and a Nietzschean Theory of Democratic Perseverance Juman Kim, University of Pennsylvania Spinoza’s Multitudo: Understanding People in Democracy and Interpretation on Populism Yoon-Min Woo, Korea University Disc., Markus Holdo, Uppsala University Disc., Steven Douglas Maloney, University of Saint Thomas Audience Discussion 43-2 44-9 45-8 180 Matching in Large Observational Studies Fredrik Sävje, University of California, Berkeley Jasjeet S. Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley Michael J. Higgins, Kansas State University Disc., Walter R. Mebane, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Cyrus D. Samii, New York University Audience Discussion 47-5 Capitalism, Labor, and Social (In)Justice Chair, Peng Yu, Earlham College Capitalism, Class Conflict, and Domination Samuel Gregory Arnold, Texas Christian University Social Justice and the Rentier in Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century Sean Ingham, University of Georgia The Ethics of Sweatshops and the Problem of Global Labor Justice Michael Kates, Georgetown University The Shared Burdens of Social Cooperation Lucas Stanczyk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Chiara Cordelli, University of Chicago Disc., Michael Haus, Heidelberg University Audience Discussion Dynamic Politics Chair, TBA Leadership and Problem Solving Deborah Beim, Yale University Tom Clark, Emory University John W. Patty, University of Chicago Credibility, Power Transitions and Dynamic Negotiations Peter Edmund Buisseret, University of Chicago Daniel Bernhardt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Dynamic Politics of Economic Instruments Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago David Austen-Smith, Kellogg School of Management Bard Harstad, University of Oslo Antoine Loeper, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Reputation, Term Limits, and Incumbency (Dis)Advantage Richard M. Van Weelden, University of Chicago Crown Prince’s Dilemma Congyi Zhou, Northwestern University Disc., Elizabeth Maggie Penn, University of Chicago Disc., Amy Pond, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion New Methods in Data Analysis 47-11 Chair, Cyrus D. Samii, New York University Unsupervised and Supervised Experiments: A Method for Discovering and Confirming Treatment Effects Christian J. Fong, Stanford Univeristy Justin Ryan Grimmer, Stanford University Misunderstandings about the Regression Discontinuity Design in the Study of Close Elections Kosuke Imai, Princeton University Brandon John Miller-de la Cuesta, Princeton University 48-6 How an Increased Commitment to Transparency, Stakeholder Engagement and More Effective Communication Can Massively Increase the Public Value of Political Science Research Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan Populism, Left and Right Chair, TBA Narrow Demands or Party Platform?: Tea Party Ideology Among Activists and Elites Rachel Marie Blum, Georgetown University Making Sense of the Radical Left Voter: Attitudes towards Globalization, Integration, and Immigration in a Time of Economic Crisis Anna Brigevich, North Carolina Central University Erica Elizabeth Edwards, Miami University Ohio Changing Position or Playing Field?: The Different Effects of Inequality on Strategies of Right Parties in Old and New Democracies Chunho Park, Michigan State University A Case Study in Left Wing Neo-Populism: The Rise of Syriza in Greece Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon Eric A. Lindgren, University of Oregon Dustin K. Ellis, University of Oregon Tools of Obstruction or Obstructionist Tools: Media Portrayal of the Tea Party in Office Jeremy D. Walling, Southeast Missouri State University William J. Miller, Flagler College Nathan T. Carrington, Southeast Missouri State University Disc., Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Audience Discussion Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective: Primaries, Nominations, and Conventions Chair, Newly Paul, Appalachian State University Legislative Primaries of Presidentialized Parties: Evidence from South Korea Shinhye Choi, University of California, Berkeley Bonus Delegates and the Decline Of Dynamism at American National Conventions Darin D. Dewitt, California State University, Long Beach Matthew D. Atkinson, University of California, Los Angeles Legislative Candidate Selection in Transitional Democracies: The Impact of Individual Attributes on Party Choices Yuksel Alper Ecevit, Bahcesehir University Gulnur Kocapinar Yildirim, Sabanci Universitesi Intra-Party Candidate Selection Methods and Parliamentary Discipline in the 19th Knesset Maoz Rosenthal, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya David Nachmias, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Party Networks in the 2016 Presidential Nomination: Early Contests Barbara Trish, Grinnell College Disc., Thomas Mustillo, Purdue University Disc., Newly Paul, Appalachian State University Audience Discussion The President and Public Opinion: New Directions Chair, TBA Democratic Representation and the President’s Agenda: Policy Priorities from Eisenhower through Obama Anthony Michael Bertelli, New York University George A. Krause, University of Pittsburgh Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Constituent Approval and Congressional Support for the President: The House and Senate, 2006-2012 Jeffrey E. Cohen, Fordham University Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston Congress, the Public, and the Political Costs of Presidential Unilateral Action Douglas Lee Kriner, Boston University Dino Christenson, Boston University When Does the Public Penalize Politicians for Implementing Policies They Support?: Presidents and Public Constraints on Unilateral Action Andrew Reeves, Washington University, St. Louis Jon Rogowski, Washington University State-level Presidential Approval and Support for the President's Agenda David Stack, Stony Brook University Disc., Sharece Danielle Thrower, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion 49-15 52-11 Federal, State and Local Governance 53-8 54-9 Chair, TBA Immigration Reform in Congress and the American States Michelle H. Belco, University of Houston Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Savannah Sipole, University of Houston Ideology and Term Limits: Worst of Both Worlds Stewart L. French, Saginaw Valley State University Pivotal Politics, Gridlock, and Party Polarization Myunghoon Kang, Washington University, St. Louis The Impact of Divided Government on Bill Introduction in the American States Nick Lin, University of Mannheim Hiroki Kubo, Rice University Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Relief, and Government Reelection Paulo Matos Serodio, University of Oxford Masoud Farokhi, University of Essex Disc., Michael J. Barber, Brigham Young University Disc., Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rochester Audience Discussion Groups and Interests Chair, TBA Informational Need, Institutional Capacity, and Court Receptivity: Interest Groups and Amicus Curiae in State High Courts Jenna Becker Kane, West Chester University Dissensus and Behavior of State High Court Judges: Changes Over a Judge's Tenure Benjamin J. Kassow, University of North Dakota Special Interests and State Supreme Court Elections: The Partisan Divide Theodore J. Masthay, University of Missouri Marriage Equality and New Judicial Federalism: The Path to Obergefell vs Hodges Christine L. Nemacheck, College of William & Mary Judging with Friends: Interest Groups and State Supreme Courts Jared David Perkins, University of North Texas Disc., Michael P. Fix, Georgia State University Disc., Nicholas Lee LaRowe, University of Southern Indiana Disc., Meghan E. Leonard, Illinois State University Audience Discussion 56-7 Immigration Policy in the American States Chair, Laura Langbein, American University Plagiarized Policies: Evaluating Immigration Legislation Across the States Laura Merrifield Albright, University of Indianapolis Maryam Tanhaee Stevenson, University of Indianapolis Securing Communities or Profits?: The Effect of Federal-Local Partnerships on Immigration Enforcement Jillian Noel Jaeger, Boston University Direct Democracy, Xenophobia and Immigrants’ Civic Engagement in Switzerland and the United States Anita Manatschal, University of Berne Conflicting Constituencies: Why States Pass Pro-Immigrant Polices Michael Rivera, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Ethan M. Bernick, Kansas State University Disc., Laura Langbein, American University Audience Discussion Local Political Economy Chair, Gary Armes Mattson, Northern Kentucky University Fragmentation and Fiscal (Mis)behavior Brady Baybeck, Wayne State University Laura Wiedlocher, Blackburn College Transaction Risks, Political Market Incentives, and Municipal Service Production Choices Jered B. Carr, University of Illinois, Chicago Manoj Kumar Shrestha, University of Idaho Assessing Public Expenditures in Small Communities: Beyond Roads and Fire Engines David Jonathan Helpap, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Private Lending and Public Redevelopment: The Case of Detroit Richard C. Hula, Michigan State University Marty P. Jordan, Michigan State University The Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Municipal Revenue Volatility Tucker C. Staley, University of Central Arkansas Disc., Gary Armes Mattson, Northern Kentucky University Disc., Michael T. Peddle, Northern Illinois University Audience Discussion Educating Diverse Populations: Examining outcomes for immigrants and minority groups Chair, Aimee Williamson, Suffolk University Representation’s Effect on Latino College Graduation Rates K. Juree Capers, Georgia State University Interdisciplinary Approaches in Bridging the Achievement Gap: Structural Power Theory and Minority Male Academic Success Robert Clemente Chalwell, Broward College Statehouses, Schoolhouses, and the Impact of Hispanic Immigrant Inflows on Public Education Finance Qinping Feng, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Over Classification of Minorities in Special Education and its Consequences Leah Gillion, Princeton University Education Policy and the Political Incorporation of Immigrants in Brazil Angela Ju, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Jennifer A. Delaney, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Disc., Aimee Williamson, Suffolk University Audience Discussion 181 Saturday, April 9, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 57-6 58-10 60-11 182 The Policy Context of Hydraulic Fracturing Chair, TBA The Design and Implementation of Trade Secret Protections in Fracking Chemical Discosure Laws and Regulations Brian J. Cook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University L. Maria Ingram, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Dawn Stoneking, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Robert Bradley Shaffer, University of Texas, Austin The Effects of Public Opinion about “Fracking” on Problem Definition and Agenda Status Nichole Marie Fifer, Wayne State University Brian F. O'Neill, University of Arizona 62-1 Belief Change and Reinforcement in Contentious Politics: Analyzing Policy Actor Positions on Hydraulic Fracturing Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado, Denver Chris M. Weible, University of Colorado, Denver Stop Fracking Around: Why State Fracking Laws are Inadequate to Manage Energy Resources John W. Sutherlin, University of Louisiana, Monroe Knowledge Hubris and the Policy Process: A Comparison of the Origin of Inflated and Deflated Knowledge Perceptions between Policy Elites and the General Public and Their Effects on the Policy Process Creed C. Tumlison, University of Arkansas Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas Disc., Chris M. Weible, University of Colorado, Denver Audience Discussion Climate Change Beliefs and Attitudes Chair, TBA The Moderating Effects of Religion on the Relationship Between Education and Climate Change Beliefs Matthew B. Arbuckle, University of Cincinnati The Conditional Nature of the Local Warming Effect: A Replication and Extension James N. Druckman, Northwestern University Richard M. Shafranek, Northwestern University Extreme Weather Exposure and Support for Climate Change 64-6 Adaptation Llewelyn Hughes, Australian National University Charles Kaylor, Temple University David Konisky, Indiana University Aaron Ray, American University Ideological Bias in Global Perceptions of Climate Change Amanda Helen Kennard, Princeton University Climate Change: Domestic Political Attitudes Megan Mullin, Duke University Patrick J. Egan, New York University Disc., Devin Foster Judge-Lord, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Eric D. Raile, Montana State University Audience Discussion Accountability Chair, Melvin Dubnick, University of New Hampshire Discretion and the Administration of Accountability: The Volkswagen Case Melvin Dubnick, University of New Hampshire Justin O'Brien, American University of Sharjah Impact of Public Accountability on Job Performance: Moderating Role of Autonomy Yousueng Han, Indiana University, Bloomington Does Political Salience influence the Evaluation Results of the Budgetary Programs in Korea?: The Case of Self-Assessment of the Budgetary Programs Yumi Im, Yonsei University, Korea Does the Hollow State Matter to Performance-Based Felt Accountability Tae Kyu Wang, Indiana University South Bend Kaifeng Yang, Florida State University Carrots and Sticks: Do Training Opportunity, Performance Appraisal, and Organizational Performance Really Work for the Federal Employees Harin Woo, University of Georgia Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion The Constitutional Politics of Religion and Education in the U.S. Chair, TBA The Intersection of American Religious and Constitutional Faith William Dawes Blake, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Amanda Friesen, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Vicar of Vouchers: George Voinovich and the Conversion of Catholic Republicans Andrew Ryan Lewis, University of Cincinnati Ursula Hackett, University of Oxford Americans' Opinions about Human Origins, Science, and the Environment Stephen T. Mockabee, University of Cincinnati Private Citizens or Agents of the State?: Public Schoolteachers’ Attitudes about the Limits of Religious Free Exercise in the Classroom Laura R. Olson, Clemson University Morgan E. Winkler, Clemson University Daniel H. Frost, Clemson University Suzanne N. Rosenblith, Clemson University Disc., David Campbell, University of Notre Dame Disc., Melissa Deckman, Washington College Audience Discussion Boundaries and Social Mobility Chair, Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut Does Social Mobility Shape Welfare Attitudes and Economic Beliefs Patrick L. Lown, University of Essex The Selfish Upper Class and Caring Lower Class: Symbolic Boundaries in Egalitarian Societies Helene Helboe Pedersen, Aarhus University Gitte Sommer Harrits, Aarhus University Economic Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility, and Belief in Meritocracy in the United States Frederick Solt, University of Iowa In the Eye of the Beholder: What Determines how People Sort Others into Social Classes Rune Stubager, Aarhus University James R. Tilley, University of Oxford Geoffrey Evans, University of Oxford Joshua A. Robison, Aarhus University Disc., Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University Audience Discussion 66-106 Integrating Technology into the Classroom Chair Carol Ann Traut, University of Texas, Permian Basin Panelist Amanda Ross Edwards, North Carolina State University Anne Boxberger Flaherty, Merrimack College Raynee Sarah Gutting, Loyola Marymount University H. Lavar Pope, Ohio University 83-102 Author Meets Critics: Brown and Gershon's Monograph "Distinct Identities" Chair Tony E. Carey Jr., University of North Texas Panelist Nadia Elizabeth Brown, Purdue University Jennifer L. Merolla, Claremont Graduate University Sarah Allen Gershon, Georgia State University 183 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 1-102 Roundtable: Early Career at Teaching Institutions: Getting and Keeping a Teaching-focused Faculty Position Chair Anthony Raymond Brunello, Eckerd College Panelist Nina Therese Kasniunas, Goucher College Michael Kevin McKoy, Wheaton College Benjamin Roy Cole, Simmons College James E. Hanley, Adrian College 5-13 6-400 7-6 184 Comparative Analysis of Political Behavior and Protest Chair, TBA Tipping Points and Grassroots Democracy Under Competitive Authoritarianism: Evidence from Burkina Faso Sarah Andrews, University of Virginia Lauren Elizabeth Honig, Cornell University Does the Quality of Institutions Matter?: Protests in Brazil under Rousseff’s Government André Felipe Canuto Canuto Coelho, Faculdade Damas da Instrução Cristã Two Legislative Elections and a Political Crisis: Turkish Ordeal 8-16 with Authoritarianism Ersin Mahmut Kalaycioglu, Sabanci University Protest in Burkina Faso, Ivory-Coast, Senegal, Mauretania, Guinea Bissau and Guinea Conakry, 2011-2014: A Comparative Analysis of Mobilization, Grievances and Opportunities Binneh S. Minteh, Rutgers University Presidential Approval Volatility in Emerging Democracies: Hardliners and Swing Supporters in Chile, 2009-2014 Patricio D. Navia, New York University Lucas Perello, New School University The Spatial Interpratation of the Recent Turkish Elections in a European Perspective Ilhan Can Ozen, Middle East Technical University Kerem Ozan Kalkan, Eastern Kentucky University Winners and Losers of Distributive Politics in Electoral Autocracy under Different Electoral Rules Rena Salayeva, Claremont Graduate University Parties on the Ground: Party-Voter Linkages and Access to 8-400 Selective Benefits in Rural India Mark Allan Schneider, Swarthmore College Disc., Jennifer M. Larson, New York University Audience Discussion Transitions to and From Democracy Possibilities and Limits of Democratization within the Second Economy: Vulnerable, Yet Resilient Authoritarian Regimes Sarang Jung, Korea University The Formation of Political Support in New Democracies: How Experience and Institutional Context Affect Satisfaction Among Electoral Winners and Losers Casey Newman Knott, Louisiana State University Learning How to Send False Signals: The Diffusion of Competitive Autocracy as an Explanation for Democratic Backslide Anna Michaela Meyerrose, Ohio State University 8-401 Disc., Erica E. Frantz, Michigan State University Institutions and Political Representation Chair, G. Bingham Powell, University of Rochester Electing the Voters: Strategies of Clientelism in Russia and Turkey Ekim Arbatli, Higher School of Economics Dina Balalaeva, Binghamton University Bill Co-sponsorship and Accountability in European Democracies Theresa Kernecker, University of Vienna Patrícia Calca, Kaiserslautern Technical University Who do Voters Reward?: Experimental Results for the Credit Claiming Battle in Federal Systems Felipe Nunes, University of California, San Diego Out of Government But Not Out of Touch: When Governments Fulfill Opposition Parties’ Pledges Robert Thomson, University of Strathclyde Joaquin Artes, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Rory Costello, University of Limerick Mark Joseph Ferguson, Bennett College Catherine Moury, Centro de Investigacao de Estudos de Sociologia Elin Naurin, University of Gothenburg Terry J. Royed, University of Alabama Disc., Virginia Oliveros, Tulane University Disc., G. Bingham Powell, University of Rochester Audience Discussion Driven to Participate: Do Mobilization, Emotion, and Experience Drive People to Political Action Chair, Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Polarization and Party Choices: How Political Competition Affects Protest Voting Mollie Jane Cohen, Vanderbilt University Emotions and Political Participation Cengiz Erisen, TOBB University of Economics and Technology Look Who's Watching: Observer Effects and Public Opinion Research in India Erum A. Haider, Georgetown University Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Mobilization in Multilevel Systems Ignacio Lago, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Sona N. Golder, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Audience Discussion Junior Scholar Symposium: Democratic Values Chair, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University The Effects of Social Capital on Trust in Government: A Crossnational Comparision Diep Thi Ngoc Duong, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Do Citizens Want Too Much?: Assessing the Effects of Disconfirmation between Expectations and Evaluations on Satisfaction with Democracy Lea Johanna Heyne, University of Zurich (Can't get no) Satisfaction through Direct Democracy Arndt J. Leininger, Hertie School of Governance Political Support and the Volatile Vote: Reexamining the Applicability of Easton’s Classical Framework Remko Jeroen Voogd, University of Amsterdam Disc., Harold D. Clarke, University of Texas, Dallas Disc., Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Junior Scholar Symposium: The Comparative Politics of Ethnic Identity Chair, K. Amber Curtis, Clemson University Xenophobia as a Response to Perceived "Group Threat"?: On the Role of Intergroup Difference, Competition, and Hierarchy Alexander Kustov, Princeton University Boundaries of National Membership: Immigrants’ Perceptions of the Criteria of Inclusion Kristina Bakkaer Simonsen, Aarhus University Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Let My People Grow: Relative Disparity and Support for Ethnic Parties Brandon Stewart, University of North Texas Ron J. McGauvran, University of North Texas Ethnic Violence and Voting Behavior: Does the Empirical Record Match the Anecdotal Evidence Brandon Stewart, University of North Texas Disc., K. Amber Curtis, Clemson University 8-402 9-11 11-13 Junior Scholar Symposium: Political Participation Chair, Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia Party Ideological Shifts, Income Inequality and the Curious Case of Turnout: Revisiting the Inequality-Turnout Link Constantin Manuel Bosancianu, Central European University Race and Political Participation in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States Fabricio M. Fialho, University of California, Los Angeles From Protest to Movement: The Spatial and Urban Dimension of Social Movements Eduardo Salinas, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia Legislating at the European Parliament Chair, TBA Electoral Goals, Organization, and Legislative Behavior Andrea Stephanie Aldrich, Texas A&M University Party Discipline in the European Parliament and the Challenges of Accountability Beyond the State Einion Dafydd, Cardiff University In Search for an Electoral Link between the EU Electorate(s) and the EU proposals: Reality or Wishful Thinking Magda Mihaela Giurcanu, University of Florida/Charles University 15-8 Petia Kostadinova, University of Illinois, Chicago Party Group Switching and Partisan Constraint in the European Parliament: The Effect of Party Group Membership on Voting Behavior Aaron Russell Martin, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Gemma Sala, Grinnell College Audience Discussion Local-Central Relations in China Chair, Boliang Zhu, Pennsylvania State University The Sprawl of Cadre Evaluation Targets in China Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan Markets and Contention: The Political Economy of Land Petitions in China Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College Decentralized Authoritarianism: The Politics of Social Welfare Expansion in China Xian Huang, University of Pennsylvania Local Public Goods Expenditure and Ethnic Conflict in Autocracy: Evidence from China Chuyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University The Logic of Unfunded Central Mandates in Authoritarian Regimes: Empirical Evidence from China Yanjun Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara Disc., Jennifer Jie Pan, Stanford University Disc., Boliang Zhu, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion 12-600 African Politics Research Blitz Diasporic Governance in Reconstructing a Failed State Ladan Affi, Zayed University 16-6 The Political Economy of Pastoralism and Marginalization in Northern Kenya Fatuma Boru Guyo, Wright State University Richard Aidoo, Coastal Carolina University Lived Experiences of Swahili Muslims Kris L. Inman, National Intelligence University Non-precious Resources and Conflict: Does Coal Cause Conflict Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Revisiting Katzenstein: Proving Southern Africa’s Regional Viability Timothy Elijah Lewis, University of Missouri, St. Louis Darfur: Pancreas of the Sudanese Nation El-Waleed A. Mousa, Qatar Ministry of Development, Planning and Statistics Under Siege: Uhuru Kenyatta Regime's Struggle for Kenya's Economic Independence Mueni Wa Muiu, Winston-Salem State University Ethiopia: A Regional Power in the Making Yonas Ketsela Mulat, Florida International University Competing Frames and Interests: Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Senegal River Valley Eric D. Raile, Montana State University Linda M. Young, Montana State University Amber N. W. Raile, Montana State University Samba Mbaye, Gaston Berger University Lori Ann Post, Yale University Transformative Spaces, Globalization and Agency in Africa’sAsian Nexus Naaborle Sackeyfio, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Economic Development, Political Order and the Relative Autonomy of the African State Charles Themba Tuthill, Syracuse University Capital Markets and National Governments Chair, TBA Criminal Violence and Governmental Access to Capital Markets: Evidence from Municipal Mexico Allyson L. Benton, CIDE The Cost of Sexism: Gender Biased Media Sentiment and Investor Reactions to Budgetary Politics Michael Courtney, Dublin City University Capital Meets Democracy: Sovereign Bond Market Responses to Franchise Expansions During the First Wave Aditya Dasgupta, Harvard University Daniel F. Ziblatt, Harvard University Democracy and Capital Flight: Party Institutionalization and Distributional Conflict Daniel Scott Owens, University of Maryland Stock Market Performance and Democratization in the Developing World Alexander Michael Slaski, Princeton University Disc., Cassandra Mehlig Sweet, Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Chile Disc., Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion Investment: Signaling and Credibility Issues Chair, William Kindred Winecoff, Indiana University Political Risk Insurance and Development in Post-Conflict Economies Alero E. Akporiaye, Bates College South Korean and Japanese FDI in Northeast China : Aspects, Changes and Political Implication Jongho Choi, Seoul National University 185 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am In the Face of Uncertainty: When Can States Convince Firms to Invest by Revealing Private Preferences for Investor Protections Joshua Camden Fjelstul, Emory University Time Horizons and Foreign Direct Investment in Autocratic Regimes Myunghee Lee, University of Missouri, Columbia Exchange Rate Regime Choice, Signaling, and FDI Inflow in Developing Countries Xiang Li, National University of Singapore 22-9 Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 17-9 Public Opinion and Support for U.S. Foreign Policy, War, and Humanitarian Intervention Chair, TBA The Specter of Isolationism: U.S. Public Opinion About American Foreign Policy, 1974-2014 Michael Rhodes Fitzgerald, University of Tennessee Treston LeShawn Wheat, University of Tennessee Elite Cues, Material Indicators, and Public Opinion: How Presidential Messages About Conflict Duration Affect Public Support for War Connor Maurilio Dezzani Huff, Harvard University Robert Jay Schub, Harvard University Do President’s Manipulate the Electorate?: An Analysis of Public Opinion on War and the Effect on the Survival of Incumbent Presidents Christopher Eric Jahns, University of Missouri Trust Beyond the Water's Edge: Media Trust and its Influence 23-6 on Public Opinion Regarding Humanitarian Action Undertaken by International Organizations Antwain Hannibal Leach, University of Mississippi Our Brothers' Keepers: Civilian Casualties and Public Support for Humanitarian Intervention Won Steinbach, Duke University Disc., Michael Rhodes Fitzgerald, University of Tennessee Audience Discussion 18-13 20-5 186 Territory in International Security Grievance and the Attribution of Blame in Crises: A Methodology Erin Colleen McGrath, University of Maryland Brandon Paul Behlendorf, University of Maryland Disc., Christian Houle, Michigan State University Disc., Jule Krüger, University of Michigan Audience Discussion Self-Determination: Accommodation or Conflict? Chair, TBA Imagined Statehood: Rebel Governance and Anti-national Identity in Sri Lanka Yuichi Kubota, University of Niigata Prefecture SDM: A New Data Set on Self-Determination Movements with an Application to the Reputational Theory of Conflict Nicholas Sambanis, Yale University Micha Germann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Andreas Schädel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Accommodation, State Capacity, and Separatist Conflict Diffusion: Reassessing the Reputation Argument Andreas Schädel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich How Victimization Affects the Demand for Sovereignty in Collapsing States Elizabeth Katherine Wilcox, Koc University Disc., Susan V. Norman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Disc., Henry Roderick Thomson, University of Oxford Audience Discussion China and Its Foreign Policy Chair, TBA Bringing the Leaders Back In: Leadership Traits and Chinese Foreign Policy Jonathan William Keller, James Madison University Yi Yang, James Madison University Was There a Consistent Strategy in Ancient China toward Threats Weizhan Meng, University of Hong Kong The Myth of Chinese Sanctions Angela Poh, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies What Drives China's Visa Policy?: A Factor Analysis Jiayi Zhang, Syracuse University Disc., Neal Glen Jesse, Bowling Green State University Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Mainstreaming Gender into African Union Border Management Frameworks: Issues and Challenges Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University By Force, Finance, or Finagling: How States Choose to Acquire Territory 24-100 International Norms, Normative Change, and the Karen Elizabeth Farrell, University of Virginia Sustainable Development Goals The Island of Thieves: Rethinking Empire and the United States Chair Noha Shawki, Illinois State University in the South Pacific Panelist Osaore A. Aideyan, Illinois State University Wesley Brian Renfro , St. John Fisher College Sarah Hearn, New York University Disc., Angela J. O'Mahony, RAND Corporation Eric Zusman, University of California, Los Angeles Audience Discussion Grievance and Citizen Uprisings Chair, TBA Gambling During Popular Uprisings: Accounting for the Prospect of Armed Force Defection Ruoxi Du, University of Iowa Early Industrialization and Protests: Evidence from African Industrial Mines Carl Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo Andreas Kotsadam, University of Oslo Eivind Hammersmark Olsen, University of Oslo Tore Wig, University of Oslo/Peace Research Institute Oslo 27-8 Campaign Spending and Political Participation Chair, Hans J. G. Hassell, Cornell College Public Mobilization and Campaign Resources during Presidential Elections Matthew L. Bergbower, Indiana State University Katherine Lynn Runge, University of Colorado, Boulder Effects of Political TV Ads on Voter Turnout: A Post-Citizens United Midterm Election Study Elena Llaudet, New York University Michael M. Franz, Bowdoin College Getting out the Vote: The Role of Third Party Spending in Congressional Elections Suzanne M. Robbins, University of Florida Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am "Cheap Click?": The Impact of Internet Appeals and Issue Salience on Political Participation Fred Slocum, Minnesota State University, Mankato Kevin James Parsneau, Minnesota State University, Mankato Who is McCutcheon Shinya Wakao, College of the Mainland Disc., Elisabeth Lesley Gidengil, McGill University Disc., Hans J. G. Hassell, Cornell College Audience Discussion Public Attitudes Towards Vaccinations: A Case of Parental Rights or Public Safety Steven Michael Sylvester, University of Kansas Objective Knowledge, Self-Assessed Knowledge, and Knowledge Hubris: Exploring the Differential Effects of Type of Knowledge on Benefit and Risk Perceptions of Vaccinations Creed C. Tumlison, University of Arkansas Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas Disc., Robert Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University Disc., Allyson F. Shortle, University of Oklahoma Audience Discussion 29-500 U.S. Representation in Historical Context Race, Class, and Civil Rights: Realignment in Congress and the Electorate Erik Engstrom, University of California, Davis Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis A Bizzaro-IRV: The Undemocratic Nature of the American Primary System Michael Ashley Julius, Coastal Carolina University The Voting Rights Act and the Potential for ‘Bail-in’ After Shelby County Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah Richard L. Engstrom, Duke University Henry Flores, Saint Mary's University Asian American Districts and Members: Substantive and Descriptive Representation Considered Charles Tien, Hunter College/Graduate Center, CUNY Dena Levy, College at Brockport Disc., Jan Leighley, American University Disc., Rene Rocha, University of Iowa 30-7 International and Intergenerational Dimensions of Climate Change and Its Mitigation: An Experimental Analysis Alessandro Del Ponte, Stony Brook University Reuben Kline, Stony Brook University Andrew W. Delton, Stony Brook University Nicholas Alan Seltzer, Stony Brook University Challenged Expectations: Perceived Conformity, Gender Identity, and Transgender Rights Andrew Ryan Flores, The Williams Institute Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas Daniel C. Lewis, Siena College Patrick R. Miller, University of Kansas Barry L. Tadlock, Ohio University Jami Taylor, University of Toledo Effects of Deliberative Minipublics on Public Opinion: Experimental Evidence from a Survey about the 'What's Next California?' Deliberative Poll Sean Ingham, University of Georgia Ines Levin, University of Georgia Does Further Deliberation Change Attitudes towards Presidential Candidates Jongho Lee, Western Illinois University Keith Boeckelman, Western Illinois University Richard J. Hardy, Western Illinois University Kyle E. Davis, Western Illinois University Inviting Immigrants In: A Field Experiment Testing Mobilization Tactics Among Immigrants in Norway Richard E. Matland, Loyola University, Chicago Johannes Bergh, Institute for Social Research Dag Arne Christensen, University of Bergen Who’s Calling?: The Effect of Phone Calls as a Deterrence Mechanism Carlos G. Scartascini, Inter-American Development Bank Economics and Policy Preferences in Comparative Elections Chair, TBA Rationally Myopic Voter: Uncertainty, Distrust, and Populist Policy Sota Kato, International University of Japan Masayuki Inui, Bank of Japan Multi-dimensional Policy Preferences in 2015 UK General Election: A Conjoint Analysis Akitaka Matsuo, University of Oxford Seonghui Lee, Rice University Direction or Proximity?: Predicting the Spatial Logic of Voting Behavior in the United States Marco Steenbergen, University of Zurich Kushtrim Veseli, University of Zurich Christian Rubba, University of Zurich Disc., Carolina Plescia, University of Vienna Disc., Costas L. Roumanias, Athens University of Economics and Business Audience Discussion 32-3 33-600 New Frontiers in Experimental Political Science Attitudes about Vaccinations (Co-sponsored with Health, Education and Social Policy, see 56-13) Chair, TBA "Crunchy Moms” and Vaccine Choices: Identity and Public Health Kathryn Haglin, Texas A&M University Injecting Knowledge: How Millennials React To Scientific and Anecdotal Information on Vaccines Tyler Johnson, University of Oklahoma Dylan Billings, University of Oklahoma Trust and Health: Institutional Trust and Attitudes towards Vaccination Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas 35-10 Understanding the Determinants of Political Opinions Chair, Peter Cushner Mohanty, Stanford University The (Non) Separability of Policy and Valence in Voter Preferences Chitralekha Basu, University of Rochester How Deliberation Changes Policy Attitudes: Learning versus Diversity Robert C. Luskin, University of Texas, Austin Peter Cushner Mohanty, Stanford University Who Should Pay for Diabetes?: Causal Attributions, SelfInterest, and Public Support for Government Spending on Health Care Elizabeth Suhay, American University Toby Jayaratne, University of Michigan Ideology and Citizens’ Preferences for Political Decision-making Processes Åsa Ann-Louise von Schoultz, Mid Sweden University 187 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Issue-stretching: The Effects of Unsubstantiated Political Explanations on the Explainer, Policy Support, and the Democratic Process Konstantin Vossing, Humboldt University, Berlin Disc., Jason Kehrberg, University of Kentucky Audience Discussion 36-9 36-17 37-6 Examining the Role of the Mass Media in British Politics 38-6 Chair, Lydia Lundgren, Clemson University Immigration Narratives in the British Press, 2006-2015 William L. Allen, University of Oxford Scott Blinder, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Media Effects in the 2015 British General Election Susan Banducci, University of Exeter Travis Glenn Coan, Harvard University Gabriel Katz, California Institute of Technology Daniel Peter Stevens, University of Exeter, Cornwall Choosing the Electoral Battleground: Constituency Characteristics and Candidates’ Use of Negative Campaigning in the 2015 British Election Campaign Annemarie Sophie Walter, University of Nottingham Cees Van Der Eijk, University of Nottingham Disc., Annemarie Sophie Walter, University of Nottingham Audience Discussion Turn Out for What?: (De) Mobilization and Voter Participation (Co-sponsored with Political Psychology, see 34-17) Chair, TBA Network Effects of Felon Disenfranchisement on Political Participation Allison Penelope Anoll, Stanford University Mackenzie Leigh Israel-Trummel, University of Oklahoma Implicit Associations and In-group vs. Out-group Attention: Tracking Eye Movements During a Race-Based Political Campaign Advertisement Stephen Maynard Caliendo, North Central College Yael A. Granot, New York University Charlton D. McIlwain, New York University Emily Balcetis, New York University Differences in Group Value Priorities and Their Impact on Political Candidate Support: A Consideration of Sex, Party, and Race Jessica A. Defenderfer, Ohio State University Ethnicity, Political Discussion Networks and Voter Turnout in Britain Silvia Galandini, University of Manchester The Effect of Racialized Pro-Democratic Political Ads Influence Black Electoral Choice and Behavior Ashley E. Jardina, Duke University LaFleur Nadiyah Stephens, Princeton University Disc., Ismail K. White, George Washington University Disc., Camille Danielle Burge, Villanova University Audience Discussion Media News Usage and Consumption Chair, Darin D. Dewitt, California State University, Long Beach Millennials vs. Boomers: A Network Approach to Exploring the Generational Divide in Digital News Use Stephanie Edgerly, Northwestern University Harsh Taneja, University of Missouri Angela Xiao Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong A Cultural Model of News Media Consumption in Mexico, 2001-2012 Luis M. Estrada, SPIN Profit-Maximizing Media Bias Ryan Yuhao Fang, Pennsylvania State University Media Choice and Moderation: Evidence From an Experiment With Digital Trace Data Andrew Markus Guess, New York University Choosing Outrage: Conflict Orientation, Incivility and Their Effects on Selective Exposure Emily Elizabeth Sydnor, Southwestern University The News Media Outlet is the Message Hyun Jung Yunie Yun, Texas State University Blake Ross Farrar, Texas State University Disc., Arthur Beckman, George Washington University Disc., Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University Audience Discussion 39-7 Gender, Islam, and Politics (Co-sponsored with Politics and Religion, see 62-11) Chair, TBA Returning the Gift of Freedom: Women’s Liberation in Iran Before and After the Islamic Revolution Anahita Avestaei, University of Pennsylvania Compliance or Pragmatic Choice: Turkish Women’s Support for Conservative Parties and the Case of Justice and Development Party Sevinc Bermek, University of Warwick and Research, Turkey Substantive Representation of Women in Turkey: Examining the Impact of Religion and Gender Effects in Legislative Arena Saadet Konak Unal, University of Houston State Adopted Islamic Institutions and Women’s Economic Rights Fatima Zainab Rahman, Lake Forest College 188 Religion and Gender Politics in Turkey: The Effects of AKP's Islamism on Turkey's Gender Equality Performance, 2002-2015 Semiha Topal, Fatih University Disc., Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University Audience Discussion 41-7 Good Rule Chair, Don Tontiplaphol, Harvard University The Wise Materialism of Rousseau's Lawgiver Jared Douglas Holley, University of Chicago The Authority of Undemocratic Elections Alexander Kirshner, Duke University Loss of Office and the Development of Modern Sovereignty Gladden Pappin, University of Notre Dame Moderation as a Requisite to Rule Laura Rabinowitz, University of Toronto Inequality, Corruption and Constituent Action: Machiavelli’s Theory of Republican Foundings Camila Vergara, Columbia University Disc., Michelle Marie Kundmueller, University of Notre Dame Disc., Don Tontiplaphol, Harvard University Audience Discussion Nietzsche, Aristotle, Machiavelli: Freedom, Play, Morality Chair, TBA Lucretius and Machiavelli’s Conception of Nature Zhiqiang Ji, Claremont Graduate University Seriousness and Playfulness as Extremes of a Political Disposition in Aristotelian Terms Benjamin Charles Peterson, University of Michigan Safeguarding the Soul while Benefiting Society: Freedom of Spirit and a Politics of Detachment Steven Pittz, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Between Unaccountability and Sovereignty: Nietzsche, Politics, and Responsibility Michael Christopher Sardo, Northwestern University Disc., Olivia Newman, Rider University Disc., Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University Audience Discussion 44-7 45-13 45-14 Disc., Kirill Olegovich Kalinin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Konstantinos Matakos, London School of Economics Audience Discussion 46-6 Chair, TBA The Role of Information Technology in International Relations: Information Technology and State Power Olakemi Sobomehin Campbell, Louisiana State University Closing the Net: Internet Nationalization and Online Censorship in Iran Ariya Hagh, Georgetown University Peyman Majidzadeh, Saint' Anna School of Advanced Studies Are Countries Afraid of the Dark(Met)?: Explaining State Surveillance Strategies of the Internet Christopher Lucas, Harvard University Caution in the Cyber Domain: The Inadequacy of Deterrence Frameworks in Cyberspace Ryan C. Maness, Northeastern University Brandon Valeriano, University of Glasgow Peace Durability, ICTs and Peacekeeping: Technology Investments and Post-conflict Economic Growth through Peacekeeping Operations Charles Patrick Martin-Shields, George Mason University Nicholas Badanac, Sydney University Rumors from the Government: The Information War during Anticorruption Campaigns in China Chengli Wang, University of Nevada, Reno Disc., Bosah Ebo, Rider University Audience Discussion Principal-Agent Relationships and Lobbying Chair, TBA A Two-Stage Model of Civilian Control in Use of Force Decisions: Military Advising and Policy Implementation in the Vietnam War Jessica Deighan Blankshain, U.S. Naval War College The Demand and Supply for Favours in Dynamic Relationships Jean Guillaume Forand, University of Waterloo Jan Zapal, CERGE-EI Informational Lobbying and Legislative Subsidies Thomas Groll, Columbia University Christopher James Ellis, University of Oregon Public Service Privatization: A Simulation Approach Eunju Kang, State University of New York, Geneseo Fredrick S.W. Clarke, La Sierra University Policymakers and Special Interest Groups: Talking with Friends, Fearing Foes Stephane Wolton, London School of Economics Disc., Georgy Egorov, Kellogg School of Management Disc., Jonathan Woon, University of Pittsburgh Audience Discussion Survey and Experimental Tools Chair, Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University Intervention Effects and Mechanisms in Survey Experiments Avidit Acharya, Stanford University Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University Maya Sen, Harvard University Sensitivity Analysis for Determining Survey Weights Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology Erin Hartman, Princeton University Analyzing Treatment Effects in Survey Experiments: Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches Vivekinan Lavanya Ashok, Yale University Natalia S. Bueno, Yale University Estimating Effect Sizes in Survey Experiments Michael Peress, State University of New York, Stony Brook Disc., Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Paul Franz Testa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Audience Discussion 47-12 State Politics, Subnational Parties, and Representation in Comparative Perspective Chair, Philip J. Howe, Adrian College Parties, Patronage, and Power: How Personalistic Reforms Reduced the Power of State Parties Pamela Ban, Harvard University Alexander Fouirnaies, Oxford University Andrew B. Hall, Stanford University James M. Snyder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institutional Candidate Supports Matter: An Examination of the Republican Takeover of the West Virginia Legislature Marybeth Dillon Beller, Marshall University Party Switching and Intra-party Careers: Sub-national Analysis of Indian Parties Ajit Nana Phadnis, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Axes of Conflict Under Proportional Representation: Evidence from U.S. Cities Jack M. Santucci, Georgetown University Disc., David A. Hopkins, Boston College Disc., Philip J. Howe, Adrian College Audience Discussion Methods for Analyzing Comparative Politics Chair, Konstantinos Matakos, London School of Economics Overcoming Data Challenges in Process Tracing: Insights From the Developing World Ezequiel Alejo Gonzalez Ocantos, University of Oxford Jody Marie LaPorte, University of Oxford Bargaining in the EU Council of Ministers Anastassios Kalandrakis, University of Rochester Gleason Francis Judd, University of Rochester Political Research and the Human Rights Impact: Are We Leaving the Field Worse off than when We Entered Jennifer Marie Kerner, University of New Mexico Deviant Case Studies: What are They Good For Ilana Shpaizman, University of Texas, Austin Standing Your Ground: How is Qualitative Comparative Analysis Legitimating Itself in Relation to the Quantitative Methods Dawid Tatarczyk, Western Michaigan University Cyber-security, Vyber-censorship, Cyber-deterrence, and Cyber-peace 49-1 Gender and Representation (Co-sponsored with Gender and Politics, see 37-15) Chair, TBA Breaking the Glass Ceiling in New Hampshire: A Test Case for the Impact of Women in State Legislatures Jacob Christoper Holt, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Heather E. Yates, University of Central Arkansas He’s a Warrior, She’s a Warrior: Sex and Legislative Style in the U.S. Congress Jennifer L. Lawless, American University Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas, Austin 189 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Congressional Women as Legislative Entrepreneurs Lauren Marie Santoro, West Virginia University Jason A. MacDonald, West Virginia University Ambition, Gender, and Legislative Agendas in the U.S. House Carly Ann Schmitt, Indiana State University Hanna Kathleen Brant, University of Missouri Building Consensus?: Analyzing the Cosponsorship Patterns of Female State Legislators in Polarized Environments Kathryn Amelia VanderMolen, University of Missouri Clint S. Swift, University of Missouri Disc., Daniel Blyth Magleby, Duke University Disc., Linda M. Trautman, Ohio University, Lancaster Audience Discussion 51-2 52-12 190 53-2 Interpretation of Legal Doctrine and its Changing Impact on Jurisprudence Chair, Jeremy A. Janow, American University Sexually Violent Predator Laws and Footnote Four: On the Politics and Jurisprudence of Civil Commitment Cary Federman, Montclair State University Down the Slippery Slope?: Does the Fundamental Right to Marriage Protect Polygamous Marriage Evan Gerstmann, Loyola Marymount University The Strange Career of Legal Conservatism Richard Alexander Izquierdo, Seton Hall University John Marshall and Corporate Personhood Christopher James Wolfe, University of Dallas Disc., Jeremy A. Janow, American University Disc., Hatsuru Morita, Tohoku University Audience Discussion 52-9 Disc., Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Joseph V. Ross, Florida Gulf Coast University Audience Discussion U.S. Supreme Court Behavior Chair, TBA Constitutional Review and Agenda Setting on the Supreme Court Greg Goelzhauser, Utah State University All Relationships Dissipate: Except This Jeffrey A. Segal, Stony Brook University Everyone's a Little Bit Activist: Judicial Activism on the U.S. Supreme Court Ryan James Williams, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Jason M. Roberts, University of North Carolina Disc., Joseph L. Smith, University of Alabama Disc., Justin P. Wedeking, University of Kentucky Audience Discussion Judicial Elections 56-8 Political Parties in the States Chair, Stephen J. Chapman, Monmouth University Policy Differences: State Party Platforms and National Politics, 1960-2016 Matthew Allen Carr, Columbia University Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rochester Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University State Government and Responsible Party Succession Dwight D. Gulley, Auburn University Party Change and Women's Issues in the State Legislatures: The Case of Washington Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa Rebecca Jane Kreitzer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Causes and Consequences of Party Switching in American State Legislatures Boris Shor, Georgetown University Party System Change in the American States Gerald C. Wright, Indiana University Disc., Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Disc., Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion University Audience Discussion Education Reform: Examining Policies, Governance, and Outcomes for Students Chair, Paul F. Manna, College of William and Mary Disentangling the Personal Agenda: Identity and School Board Members’ Perceptions of Problems and Solutions Richard S. L. Blissett, Vanderbilt University Thomas L. Alsbury, Seattle Pacific University A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of "Promise" Financial Aid Programs on Postsecondary Institutions Jennifer A. Delaney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Bradley K. Hemenway, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign A Dream Deferred: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Performance in Michigan School Districts in the Wake of Federal Flexibility Waivers Dana D. Dyson, University of Michigan, Flint Determinants of High Quality Education in Charter Schools Eric William Shannon, University of Kansas Young-Shin Park, University of Kansas Rachel M. Krause, University of Kansas Who Chooses Charter Schools in a Common Enrollment System Marcus A. Winters, University of Colorado Grant Clayton, University of Colorado Dick Michael Carpenter, University of Colorado Disc., Shayna Klopott, Columbia University Disc., Paul F. Manna, College of William and Mary Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Competition and Regional Impact in Contributions to State Supreme Court Campaigns Brent David Boyea, University of Texas, Arlington Brent Sasley, University of Texas, Arlington Reporting Judicial Elections: The Media's Influence on 56-400 The Politics of Medicaid Expansion Challenger Selection and Campaign Donations Closing the Gaps?: The Role of Medicaid Expansion in Kate Eugenis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Rebecca D. Gill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Angela Nicole Allison, Texas A&M University Judges Are Not Politicians: Judicial Ethics Codes and the First Emmalea Faith Laningham, Texas A&M University Amendment Rights of Judicial Candidates After Williams-Yulee Conner Tuttle, Texas A&M University Eric T. Kasper, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire The Politics of State Medicaid Expansion Policy Adoption Dollars, Dockets, and the Mobilization of Bias Angela Nicole Allison, Texas A&M University Catrina Pozworski, Purdue University Setting Party Identification Aside: A Look at Medicaid Rorie L. Spill, Oregon State University Expansion in States with Republican Governors Eric N. Waltenburg, Purdue University Wesley S. Prater, Ohio State University Electoral Implications of Electoral Scandal Allyson Cynthia Yankle, University of Connecticut Virginia Hettinger, University of Connecticut Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am How Obamacare has Altered State-Level Public Opinion on Medicaid Renu Singh, Georgetown University The Welcome-mat Effect of the Medicaid Expansion for Adults under the Affordable Care Act Shun-Wen Wu, Indiana University Disc., Jake Haselswerdt, University of Michigan Disc., Nathan Myers, Indiana State University 58-7 Institutional Complexity and Water Governance in China, India, Kenya, and the U.S. Chair, TBA Polycentric Water Governance in Kenya: A Multi-Level Analysis of Rules Elizabeth Anne Baldwin, University of Arizona Paul McCord, Indiana University Jampel Dell'Angelo, SESYNC Technocrats or Politicians?: The Effects of Water Management System on Water Qualities in China Tingjia Chen, University of Arizona 62-7 Regional Safeguards for Federal States: Water Governance in New York, USA and Tamil Nadu, India Jeffrey W. Hanlon, Northern Arizona University Linking Rules and Behavior in a Complex Institutional Arrangement: The Case of the New York City Watersheds Edella Schlager, University of Arizona Tomas Olivier, University of Arizona Defining and Measuring Institutional Indicators of Adaptive Capacity in Federal Rivers Jesper Anders Svensson, McMaster University Dustin Garrick, McMaster University Disc., William A. Blomquist, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Disc., Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado, Denver Audience Discussion 59-6 60-12 Principals, Agents, and Responsiveness? Chair, Alex Acs, University of Pennsylvania Bureaucratic Constituency Influence on Congressional Roll-Call Behavior James C. Garand, Louisiana State University Laura Elaine Kaehler, Lousiana State University The Shelf Life of a Statute: Congressional Accountability and Government Regulation, 1950-1987 Simon F. Haeder, University of Wisconsin, Madison Jason Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin, Madison Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin, Madison Strategic Responsiveness in the Bureaucracy Kenneth Scott Lowande, University of Virginia Which Principal and Which Agent?: Testing an Agent-Principal Theory for Bureaucratic Political Control Eleanor Louise Schiff, Pennsylvania State University Wealth Transfers in Principal-Agent Negotiations Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia Disc., Alex Acs, Princeton University Disc., Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia Audience Discussion The Perceptions and Motivations of Bureaucrats Expression of Pro-Social Attitudes and Altruistic Behavior of Young Adults with Professional Public Service Experience Ashley Margulis Dias, Auburn University Public Service Motivation: Exploring Motives of Public Servants and Identifying the Pursuit of Vocation Morgan E. Draves, University of Dayton Michelle C. Pautz, University of Dayton Do Autonomous Bureaucrats Prevail in Independent Bureaucracies?: A Comparative Analysis of Loyalties Perceptions in Supreme Audit Institutions Alketa Peci, Getulio Vargas Foundation Osvaldo Rudloff, Contraloria General de la Republica Measuring Job Satisfaction of Emotional Labors: Case of Street Level Bureaucrats in New York City and Seoul Chul-Young Roh, Lehman College, CUNY Jae Moon, Texas A&M University Kwangho Jung, Seoul National University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Evangelicals' Evolving Politics Chair, TBA Premillennialism: Understanding the Power of Theology in the American Political Imagination Paula Nicole Booke, Hope College The Scope and Boundaries of Evangelical Identity: Comparing Liberal Young Evangelicals to Other Young Liberals Jeremiah J. Castle, University of Notre Dame Direct and Indirect Effects of Religious Affiliation on Policy in the American States Kellen James Gracey, University of Iowa Separate Selves: Religiopolitical Identities and Behaviors of British Evangelicals Andrea C. Hatcher, Sewanee: The University of the South Categorizing Christian Denominations: Using Group Memberships as an Alternative to Tradition David Keith Searcy, Southern Illinois University J. Tobin Grant, Southern Illinois University Disc., Stephen T. Mockabee, University of Cincinnati Disc., Laura R. Olson, Clemson University Audience Discussion 63-100 Opportunities to Design and Teach Introduction to Comparative Politics that Promote Engagement and Deep Understanding Chair Lauren M. MacLean, Indiana University Panelist Edward Matthew Burmila, Bradley University Andrew Conneen, Adlai E. Stevenson High School Cathy Brigham, College Board, Austin Delbert William Tinkler, The College Board Carolyn Ethel Holmes, Bucknell University 66-109 Online Teaching Chair Cammy Shay, Houston Community College Panelist Peter John Bergerson, Florida Gulf Coast University Robin Blom, Ball State University Andrea Olive, University of Toronto Jerry L. Miller, Ohio University Chair, TBA Public Employees' Willingness to Volunteer: Revisiting Public Service Motivation Theory Vaswati Chatterjee, University of North Texas Hediye Kilic Gorunmek, University of North Texas Examining Intra-Group Differences across Dimensions of Public Service Motivation (PSM): Is There Variance in the 191 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-221 Poster Session: Political Oppression Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 192 Forms of Political Participation in Waves of Violence Berta Díaz-Martínez, Center for Economic Research and Teaching Palestinians: Today's Victims of Apartheid Charlee Rayann Thomas, Alderson Broaddus College Sovereignty, Secrecy, and Sacred Lands: How U.S. Laws Regulating the Preservation of Sacred Tribal Lands Violate Principles of Equal Self-Determination Among National Groups Katie Koza, Carleton College Adapting to a Protracted Refugee Crisis: Analyzing the Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan Zoe Abigail Bowman, Macalester College Refugees and Conflict Spillover: An Untold Story of Economic Policies and Integration Mohammad Yousef Sarhan, The College of Wooster Considering the Implications of Negative Foreign Policy on Governmental Oppression Kyra Lynne Rumble, Grove City College Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-223 Poster Session: Middle East Post. 7 The Political Islam of Ayatollah Khomeini Emily Gadbois, University of Nevada, Reno Post. 8 Hezbollah’s Bin Laden: Imad Mughniyeh Edward Joseph Lisecki, Millikin University Post. 9 Untying the Knot: Understanding Child Marriage in Situations of Armed Conflict Jolena Marie Zabel, Macalester College Post. 10 Democracy Promotion in The Middle East Samantha Renee Loudin, Alderson Broaddus University Disc., Felicia Anneita Grey, Old Dominion University 193 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-224 Poster Session:International Development Post. 11 Which Factors of a Country’s Government Affect its Overall Happiness Jonathan Edward Hendrzak, Creighton University Post. 12 The Effect of Nationality and Gender on Community’s Receptiveness of NGOs Laura Boyer, Brigham Young University Post. 13 The Limitations of Health-Official Development Assistance: Revisiting Plans to Save the World Michelle Ikelau Ruemau Ngirbabul, Cornell College Disc., Brenton Peterson, University of Virginia Disc., Josiah Franklin Marineau, University of Texas, Austin 194 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-225 Poster Session: Political Theory Post. 14 Living in a Square: An Investigation of Niccolo Machiavelli's Account of Citizenship in the Prince and Discourses on Livy Zachary William Greene, Saint Anselm College Post. 15 Post Anarchism: Why Incorporating the Perspectives of Post Modernist Philosophies is Vital for the Radical Left to Survive Colin Andrew McClanahan , Indiana University Southeast Post. 16 Constitutional Theory of Chief Justice John Marshall Audrey Kathleen Mulliner, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Disc., Adom Getachew, University of Chicago Disc., Lev Marder, University of California, Irvine 195 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-226 Poster Session: Political Transition Post. 17 Libya: Democratization During a Period of Transition Shatha Sbeta, Earlham College Post. 18 Neo-Ottomanism at Home: Turkey’s Center-Right and the Evolution of a Post-Kemalist Regime Since 1980 Ethan LaFrance, University of Pennsylvania Post. 19 Agency versus Structure in the Democratization of Lithuania and Belarus Zuzanna Irena Gos, Oakland University Post. 20 Gender Equality Through Democratization Jenna Lynn Blankenship, Oakland University Post. 21 Trials of Transition: The Role of Institutional Design in Democratic Consolidation Sara Lynn Fox, Mercyhurst University Stefani M. Baughman, Mercyhurst University Disc., Adrian Lucardi, Washington University, St. Louis 196 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-227 Poster Session: Security Post. 22 The Iran-Hezbollah Connection in Latin America: The CoEvolution of U.S. and Iranian Policy Alexandra Tyler Shewmake, Duke University Post. 23 Does Limitation on Inflow of Foreigners Protect Us from Terrorism Choongsoo Lee, Purdue University Post. 24 The Impact of U.S. Drone Operations on Insurgent Recruitment in Pakistan and Afghanistan James Edward-Brian Allen, Central Michigan University Post. 25 Rain of Terror: Analyzing Weather and Terrorism Scott Alan Woodbury, Oklahoma State University Post. 26 Taking the First Step: Assessing the Possibility of a Northeast Asian Multilateral Framework in Military HADR Wonjae Kim, Yonsei University Disc., John Everett Livingstone, University of Kansas Disc., Brittnee Ashten Carter, University of Kansas 197 Saturday, April 9, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Saturday, April 9 at 9:45 am 76-249 Poster Session: Political Violence Post. 27 Imagery and its Effects on Attitudes on Torture Hayley Alissa-Jeanne Morrill, Schreiner University Post. 28 The Somewhere We Wish Were Nowhere: Dystopian Realities and (un)Democratic Imaginaries Benjamin Bradley Taylor, The College of Wooster Post. 29 ISIS: Dissecting Frames and Tactical Choice Nicole Alexandra Nipper, Carleton College Post. 30 ISIS and the Khmer Rouge: Reevaluating Comparisons Nicole Lee Hansen, Alderson Broaddus University Disc., Patrick Felix Larue, University of Texas, Dallas Disc., Bryan Joseph Arva, Pennsylvania State University 85-3 87-2 198 In Pursuit of the "Other" and the Good in Ourselves Chair, TBA It Takes a Village?: Exploring Human Nature and Utopian Thinking Through M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village Gargi Aleaz, Louisiana State University Stephen Eric Savage, Louisiana State University Courage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Lynita K. Newswander, University of South Dakota Whiteness, Blackness, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Sherrow O. Pinder, California State University, Chico The White Atlantic: Jamaica Kincaid, Neocolonial Landscapes, and the Politics of Aesthetics Ryan Poll, Northeastern Illinois University R.L. Stevenson on Monsters and Moral Enhancement Charles T. Rubin, Duquesne University Disc., Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University Disc., John S. Nelson, University of Iowa Audience Discussion NGOs in a Comparative Context Chair, TBA Addressing Local Development Needs: Positive Role of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) to Empower Local Government in Sri Lanka Indi R. Akurugoda, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka The Constraints and Potentials for Civil Society in Developing Countries: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa Elvis Asorwoe, Florida International University The Plight of the Cetaceans: The Case for Effective International Governance of Whaling Douglas M. Miller, University of Washington Joshua A. Williams, University of Washington Professional Association as a Reflection of Professional Model: What Other Countries Can Learn on the Basis of the Russian Experience Alexandra Alexandrovna Moskovskaya, National Research University Chinese Nonprofits in the Shadow of the State: A Literature Review, Synthesis and Research Agenda Zhibin Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania Disc., Brent Never, University of Missouri, Kansas City Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 4-6 5-14 5-23 State Capacity and Public Services Delivery Chair, Alberto Simpser, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Public Services, State-Centered Grievances and Protest: Evidence from South Africa Alexander De Juan, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Eva Wegner, GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies Bureaucratic Leadership and State Capacity: Evidence from the Philippines Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan Nico Ravanilla, Stanford University The Political Determinants of Health in South Africa Carol Mershon, University of Virginia The State, Communal Institutions, and Environmental Conflict 6-7 Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Namibia, South Sudan, and Somaliland Daniel Ghebretensae Ogbaharya, Western Illinois University From Institutions to Organizations: Management and Informality in Ghana’s Public Bureaucracies Martin J. Williams, London School of Economics and Political Science Disc., Ward Berenschot, Institute of Southeast Asian & Caribbean Studies Disc., Alberto Simpser, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Audience Discussion Varied Factors Affecting Attitudes Towards Democracy Chair, TBA Recipe for Conflict: Youth Bulge, Religion, Education Christopher DeWayne Harris, University of Arkansas The Policy Influence of International Donors over the Developing World: Micro-Evidence from Survey Data Takaaki Masaki, College of William and Mary Terrorist Threat, Public Opinion, and Democracy Around the World 7-9 Jennifer L. Merolla, Claremont Graduate University Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Radicalization through Inclusion: Influence of Islamist Parties in the Middle Eastern and South Asian Politics Tahmina Rahman, Georgia State University How Rebels Retire: Maoists and the Lure of Democracy in India Rumela Sen, Cornell University Populism-in-power and Liberal Democracy: Turkey and Argentina in Comparative Perspective Yunus Sozen, Ozyegin University Investigating the Changing Citizens in Southeast Asia: An Empirical Analysis of Political Participation and Democratization in Southeast Asia Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, State University of New York, Cortland Anh Tuan Nguyen Viet , Wesleyan University Eki Ramadhan, Wesleyan University Disc., Israel Marques, Columbia University Audience Discussion Authoritarian Regimes and International Coorporation Chair, Jessica Weeks, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dirty Money: Electoral Cycles and Illicit Financial Outflows in Dictatorships Erica E. Frantz, Michigan State University Authoritarian Regimes and International Human Rights Institutions Emilie Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania Jon Pevehouse, University of Wisconsin 7-400 Tax Incentives and Credit Claiming in Authoritarian Countries Edmund James Malesky, Duke University Nathan Jensen, George Washington University Why Dictators Trade: The Domestic Sources of Autocratic Trade Policy Susanne Mueller-Redwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison “Regime Support” Parties, Protectionist Coalitions, and the Politics of Non-Tariff Barriers in Autocracies Bumba Mukherjee, Pennsylvania State University Daniel Y. Kono, University of California, Davis Disc., Kevin M. Morrison, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Jessica Weeks, University of Wisconsin, Madison Audience Discussion International Factors and Democratization Chair, TBA With a Little Help from Our (Autocratic) Friends: The AidDemocratization Nexus and Chinese Development Assistance Nicholas R. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dictators in Exile: Explaining the Destinations of Ex-Rulers Abel Escribà-Folch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Daniel Krcmaric, Duke University The Autocracy Diffusion: The Case Study of Post-Soviet Eurasia Anastasia Viktorovna Obydenkova, Harvard University The United States of America‘s Role in the Promotion of Democracy: An Approach to the Transitions to Democracy in Cuba and Venezuela Maria Isabel Puerta, University of Carabobo Poisoning the Well: Foreign Aid and the Consolidation of Democracy in the Developing World Alexandra Zena Alicia Wishart, Georgia State University Disc., Nikolay Marinov, University of Mannheim Disc., Henry Roderick Thomson, University of Oxford Audience Discussion The Impact of Electoral Rules Chair, Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston District Competition in Mexico's Mixed Member System: A Multilevel Approach Timothy S. Rich, Western Kentucky University Vasabjit Banerjee, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Estimating the Effect of Political Institutions in Democracies Joel Sawat Selway, Brigham Young University Darin Self, Cornell University Pass the Pork Barrel: Representative Type and Discretionary Spending in the Philippines Laurie Ipanag Tumaneng, Pennsylvania State University Violent and Non-violent Electoral Contention in Sub-Saharan Africa Manuel Andreas Vogt, Princeton University Disc., Francisco A. Cantu, University of Houston Disc., Felipe Nunes, University of California, San Diego Audience Discussion Politics in Authoritarian Regimes Chair, Katsunori Seki, University of Mannheim Going Political: Institutions, Labor Mobilization and Democratic Unrest in the Middle East Ashley Avon Anderson, Harvard University Judicial Systems, Political Crimes, and Social Control in Undemocratic Regimes Shinhye Choi, University of California, Berkeley Fiona F. Shen-Bayh, University of California, Berkeley 199 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Authoritarian Liberalism: Special Economic Zones as Power Sharing Institutions Clay Robert Fuller, University of South Carolina How Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes Shape the Effect of Repression on Protest Espen Geelmuyden Rød, University of Konstanz The Regime of Regimes: Changing Technology of NonDemocratic Politics Ian Oliver Smith, Georgia State University Disc., Ekim Arbatli, Higher School of Economics Disc., Katsunori Seki, University of Mannheim 7-401 8-6 Constitutional Structure Chair, Valeria Palanza, Universidad Católica, Chile Cabinet Rules and Power Sharing in a Comparative Perspective: Parliamentary, Semi-Presidential, and Presidential Democracies Reconsidered Victor Augusto Araújo, University of São Paulo Thiago Silva, Texas A&M University Marcelo Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais The Impacts of Form of Government Formation on Political, Economic and Social Development Serap Gur, Louisiana State University Constitutional Powers, Security Structures, and the Endurance of Authoritarianism Adam Johnson , State University of New York, Buffalo Mehwish Sarwari, State University of New York, Buffalo Government and Opposition in Dispute for Strategic Information Gabriel Bento Madeira, University of São Paulo Disc., Gregg B. Johnson, Valparaiso University 7-402 Institutions and Policies in Dominant Party Systems 7-403 Institutions and Government Policies in Europe 200 Integrated Research on Aging Policies and Potential Poverty for Senior Citizens in European Welfare States Jia Xu, University of Hamburg Disc., Sean D. Ehrlich, Florida State University Disc., Dawn Langan Teele, University of Pennsylvania 9-2 Chair, Jacqueline Mary Sievert, Western Carolina University Why Did East Asian Cleavage Structures Form the Dominant Party System? The Cold War, Developmental State, and the State-Led Industrialization Seokdong Kim, Claremont Graduate University China and International Trade Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes Hanna Noh, Syracuse University Why Authoritarian Regimes Care About Rule of Law: Administrative Litigation and Elite Promotion in China Jing Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Disc., Jihyeon Jeong, Ewha University Disc., Jacqueline Mary Sievert, Western Carolina University Chair, Sean D. Ehrlich, Florida State University Veto Player Theory and Reform Making in Western Europe Mariyana Angelova, University of Vienna Hanna Bäck, Lund University Wolfgang C. Müller, University of Vienna Daniel Strobl, University of Vienna Should I Stay or Should I Go: Development Funds, Immigration Flows, and Rural Depopulation Liana Carrillo Gonzalez, Texas A&M University, College Station Austin Johnson, Texas A&M University Integration via Control: Immigrant Policy and State Structure in Europe Peter Cushner Mohanty, Stanford University John David Graeber, University of Texas, Austin The Influence of Political Institutions on Preventative Health Care Policy: The Case of Germany and the United States Renu Singh, Georgetown University 10-7 Accountability for Economic Performance Chair, Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri Which Economy?: Explaining Heterogeneity in Individuals’ Use of Economic Conditions Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University Dani Marinova, Indiana University Beliefs in a Just World and Forgiveness?: How Religion Shapes Public Support for Democratic Accountability Aida Just, Bilkent University On Self-serving Bias in Personal Economic Grievances Martin Vinæs Larsen, University of Copenhagen Electoral Impacts of the Economy as a Valence Issue vs. Position Issue Ju Yeon Park, Columbia University Disc., Mary A. Stegmaier, University of Missouri Disc., Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri Audience Discussion Who Wins and Who Loses European Elections? Chair, TBA Multidimensional Congruence and European Parliament Electoral Performance Ryan Bakker, University of Georgia Seth K. Jolly, Syracuse University Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg Issue Mainstreaming: Electoral Effects of De-Niching a Party Profile Matthew Edward Bergman, University of California, San Diego Henry Flatt, University of California, San Diego Helping or Hurting?: How Governing as a Junior Coalition Partner Influences Electoral Outcomes Jae-Jae Spoon, University of North Texas Heike Kluever, University of Oxford Stuck in the Middle: Explaining the Electoral Failure of the German FDP in 2013 Roi Zur, University of California, Davis Disc., James Adams, University of California, Davis Disc., Jason Alan Eichorst, University of Mannheim Audience Discussion Governance in Latin America Chair, TBA Do Random Audits Impede Corrupt Brazilian Mayors from Being Re-elected Lorena G. Barberia, University of São Paulo Radamés Marques dos Anjos, University of São Paulo Explaining Changes in Tax Burdens in Latin America: Does Governance Count André Felipe Canuto Canuto Coelho, Faculdade Damas da Instrução Cristã Facing the Federal Government Together: Explaining the Survival of the Associations of Governors in Latin America Laura Flamand Gomez, El Colegio de México Juan C. Olmeda, El Colegio de México The Missing Link?: Citizens and the Ombudsman in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador Erika Moreno, Creighton University Bianca Mejia Jinete, Creighton University Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Russia’s Image in the U.S.: Analysis of Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Sergei S. Kostiaev, Financial University Listen to the “Rubber Stamps”: Legislative Cooperation in an Authoritarian Congress Zeren Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Stalin as Tyrant or Savior?: A Study of Memorials to the Great Patriotic War and the Great Terror in St. Petersburg and Moscow Todd Halsey Nelson, Cleveland State University Transformation and the New Types of Cooperation: The Analysis of the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Cooperation in 2013-2014 and the New Challenges for 2015-2016 Andrea Schmidt, University of Pecs The Catacomb Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine and Voting Patterns in Contemporary Lviv Region Maria Snegovaya, Columbia University The Ukrainian Revolution: Repression, Interpretation and Dissent Sophia Wilson, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Guatemala’s National Commission for Drug Policy Reform: A Bold Step Towards Drug Reform or an Image Management Tool Sonja Wolf, CIDE Disc., Jodi Finkel, Loyola Marymount University Disc., Matthew L. Layton, Ohio University Audience Discussion 11-15 Institutions and State Formation in Southeast Asia Chair, TBA Social Cohesion and Peace Building in Indonesia Hisako Kobayashi, Kagoshima University Civil-Military Relations under Suharto: The Political Market Place and Personalistic Dictatorship in Indonesia Terence Lee, National University of Singapore Pacifying the Periphery: The Political Economy of State Integration in Southeast Asia Mai Truc Nguyen, New York University Regime Change and Durability in Southeast Asia: The Role of International Linkage and the Military’s Involvement in Politics Fnu Testriono, Northern Illinois University Disc., Amy H. Liu, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion 15-9 13-500 The Formation of Public Opinion in the Middle East Political Culture and Attitudes towards Gender Equality Across Provinces in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey: A Multi-Level Study Amy C. Alexander, Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg Sara Parhizkari, University of Goettingen, Germany Kuwaiti College Student Perceptions of Women's Political Participation, Pre- and Post-Election Assessments Alessandra Lucia Gonzalez, University of Chicago Al-Kazi Lubna, Kuwait University After the Arab Spring: A New Generational Style for Patriotism among Arab-Palestinian Youth in Israel Mohammad Ibrahim Massalha, Open University, Israel Gal Levy, The Open University From Prairie Fires to Sparks: How Did the Tunisian Revolution Alter Public Opinion in the Arab World Ammar Shamaileh, University of Louisville Disc., Karam Dana, University of Washington-Bothell Campus Disc., Amal Kamel Hamada, Cairo University, Giza 14-600 Discourse, Norms and Interpretation in Post-Socialist Politics Chair, Kseniya Kizilova, World Values Survey Association The Inbetweener Games: Post-Soviet Countries’ Role in RussiaWest Relations Nelli Babayan, Transatlantic Academy and Free University, Berlin Islamic Discourses in Post-Communist Space: The Case of Azerbaijan Galib Bashirov, Florida International University Emotional Reactions and Rational Actions in the Ethnic Riot: A Case Study of the Lviv Program of 1918 Kyle W. Estes, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Uncovering the True Nature of Trust in the Post-Communist Space Nicole Ford, University of South Florida Risks and Tension in Federal Systems: Case Study of ExCzechoslovakia Michal Greguška, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia Social Capital and Political Participation in Transitional Societies Kseniya Kizilova, World Values Survey Association 16-13 Political Economy of Development Chair, TBA Engagement or Evasion?: Developmental State, Civil Society, and the Politics of Hydroelectric Dams in Brazil and India Grant Burrier, Curry College Philip Hultquist, Roosevelt University Explaining Industrial Upgrading Policy Adoption in Developing Countries: The Case of the Information Technology Sector in Latin America, 1990-2013 Mariana Rangel, University of Southern California Pre-Colonial Governance and Contemporary State Capacity in Africa Anna Elisabeth Schultz, Duke University The Productivity Trap: Institutions, Innovation and the Global Catch-Up Game Cassandra Mehlig Sweet, Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Chile Dalibor Sacha Eterovic, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez Disc., Xian Huang, University of Pennsylvania Disc., Irene Menendez, University of Zurich Audience Discussion Studying Intra- and Interstate Violence Chair, TBA The Chinese Economic Development and External Militarized Behaviors of China Yongjae Lee, Rutgers University The Debt Crisis and International Militarized Conflicts Yongjae Lee, Rutgers Univesity Foreign Direct Investment, Rents, and Civil Conflict Pablo Martin Pinto, University of Houston Boliang Zhu, Pennsylvania State University FDI Locations and Military Deployment Gyu Sang Shim, Purdue University Income Inequality and Social Unrest Byunghwan Son, George Mason University J. P. Singh, George Mason University Disc., Wilfred Ming Chow, University of Hong Kong Disc., Michael J. Lee, Hunter College, CUNY Audience Discussion 201 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 18-14 22-10 24-7 25-6 ISIS Chair, TBA ISIS in the Graveyard of Empires: Examining the Conditions for and Probability of ISIS Expansion in Afghanistan Adam Clayton Irish, California State University, Chico Jaydeep Bhatia, California State University, Chico Bombing Ideologies: ISIS, the West, and the Techno-Politics of Air Power Jack Adam MacLennan, Carleton University ISIS Forced Migration and European Demographic Decline: A Time Bomb about to Explode Muhammad Faisal Majeed, Forman Christian College University ISIS and Jihad Al-nikah: The Exploitation of Women in the Name of Jihad Sanchez Edward Sanchez, Texas A&M University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 26-7 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Chair, TBA Why Do Some Civilians Take Risks to Support Insurgency?: Evidence from Slovyans'k, Ukraine Andrew W. Bausch, Carnegie Mellon University Anna O. Pechenkina, Carnegie Mellon University Kiron K. Skinner, Carnegie Mellon University From the Army to an Insurgency: Evidence from the French Resistance Thomas Dolan, University of Central Florida Officer Promotions and Counter-Insurgency: Who Gets Them, Who Doesn't, and Why it Matters Chris Price, Yale University Andrew Curtis Shaver, Princeton University Ethan Bueno De Mesquita, University of Chicago From Cooperation to Conflict: How do Transnational Insurgents Influence Local Insurgent Movements Jasper Schwampe, Aarhus University Kadyrovtsy: Russian Counterinsurgency Strategy and Paralimitary Clans Tomas Frantisek Smid, Masaryk University Disc., Hassan A. Khan, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Matthew Sherman Wells, Wabash College Audience Discussion 27-6 Global Governance Chair, TBA The Reflexive Regulator: The Financial Stability Board as a Coordinating Body Ingrid Hjertaker, Brown University The Effects of Voluntary Contributions on World Health Organization Program Funding Carie A. Steele, Texas Tech University Millennium Development Goals as Organization by Standards: A Developing Country Comparative Case Study Samanta Varela Castro, CIDE Power and Representation in Global Governance Jeffrey Alan Wright, Oxford University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Gender Based Human Rights Violations: Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence Chair, TBA Case Study of Moldova: Are People Trafficked Because They Lack Awareness and Understanding about Human Trafficking Ludmila Bogdan, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna 202 A Pimp’s Game: A Rational Choice Approach to Understanding the Decisions of Sex Traffickers Vanessa Bouche, Texas Christian University Stephanie Nicole Shady, Texas Christian University Investigating the Causes behind India’s Non-Compliance with the Due Diligence Obligation to the Women’s Convention Shritha K. Vasudevan, University of Florida Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 27-15 Potential and Strategic Candidates Chair, Kurt Pyle, Kenyon College Empathy and Political Ambition Scott Andrew Clifford, University of Houston Justin Howard Kirkland, University of Houston Elizabeth Nicole Simas, University of Houston The Role of Local Party Chairs in the Candidate Recruitment Process David Doherty, Loyola University, Chicago Conor M. Dowling, University of Mississippi Michael G. Miller, Barnard College Policy Rigidity and Incumbency Advantage Lindsey Anne Hearn, University of California, Berkeley Maximizing the Vote: De-racializing Strategies of Minority Candidates Erinn Kay Lauterbach, University of California, Riverside Ben Bishin, University of California, Riverside Loren Collingwood, University of California, Riverside The Concept of a Candidacy Danielle Thomsen, Syracuse University Disc., Kim Hixson, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Disc., Colin D. Swearingen, John Carroll University Audience Discussion Health, Old Age, and Voter Turnout Chair, Melody A. Crowder-Meyer, Sewanee: The University of the South Turnout, Organization, and Policy: Senior Citizens’ Participation in City Politics Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Political Participation Bias and Health Inequalities in the States William W. Franko, Auburn University Robert J. McGrath, George Mason University Mental Health Services and Political Participation April A. Johnson, Kennesaw State University Aging into Absentee Voting: Evidence from Texas Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania Zac Endter, University of Pennsylvania The Effect of Chronic Diseases on Turnout: A Population-based Register Study Reijo Sund, University of Helsinki Hannu Antero Lahtinen, University of Helsinki Hanna Maria Wass, University of Helsinki Mikko Mattila, University of Helsinki Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki Disc., Diana Elena Burlacu, Humboldt University, Berlin Disc., Melody A. Crowder-Meyer, Sewanee: The University of the South Audience Discussion Citizenship, Threat, and Voting Rights Chair, Bridgett A. King, Auburn University Rising to the Challenge: Political Responses to Threat and Opportunity Messages Vanessa Cruz Nichols, University of Michigan Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm The Effects of Security Surveillance and Border Control Mechanisms on the Citizenship Claims-making of Canadian Arab Youth: Insights from a Canada-Wide Study Using Peer-toPeer Engagement Melissa Leigh Finn, University of Waterloo 33-7 Bessma Momani, University of Waterloo Disenfranchisement and Democracy: The Curious Case of the American Territories Andrew Thomas Proctor, Princeton University Tanika Raychaudhuri, Princeton University Do Undocumented Immigrants Vote in U.S. Elections?: Reassessing the Evidence Michael A. Smith, Emporia State University Disc., Matt A. Barreto, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Bridgett A. King, Auburn University Audience Discussion 29-7 30-5 Redistricting and Its Representational Effects (Cosponsored with Legislative Institutions, see 49-17) Disc., Laura B. Stephenson, University of Western Ontario Disc., Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Universite Catholique de Louvain Audience Discussion Experiments on Elites Chair, TBA How Incentives Affect Public Officials in Lab Experiments Daniel M. Butler, Washington University, St. Louis Miguel Maria Pereira, Washington University, St. Louis Delay, Delegation, and Obfuscation: The Politics of "No-Win" Situations Adam Michael Dynes, Brigham Young University The Effects of Political Identity in Ultimatum Games: A Field Experiment Emma Margaret Manifold, University of Leicester Sanjit Dhami, University of Leicester Ali al-Nowaihi, University of Leicester Politicians as Rats?: Communication with Elite Experiment Subjects on What it Means to be Part of an Experiment Elin Naurin, University of Gothenburg Patrik Ohberg, University of Montreal Partisan Cueing Effects on Citizens' Issue Positions: Experimental Evidence from a Seven-nation Comparative Study Aldo Paparo, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Analysis of County Division in Legislative Apportionment and District Planning Allen B. Brierly, Independent Scholar Using Computer Simulations to Measure the Effect of Districting on Safer and More Ideologically Extreme Legislative Seats in the United States David Cottrell, University of Michigan How Different is Different Enough?: Simulating Various Methods of Redistricting 34-600 Novelties in Political Psychology Mark Dudley, Duke University Chair, Bethany Albertson, University of Texas, San Antonio Electoral Bias Components in UK Parliamentary Elections The Minimal Groups Foundations of Group-Targeted Policy Michael P. McDonald, University of Florida Attitudes Casey Ste Claire, University of Florida Frank John Gonzalez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Toward a General Measure of Efficient Partisan Bias The Personalities of Politicians: A Big Five Survey of American Eric M. McGhee, Public Policy Institute of California Legislators Disc., Daniel C. Bowen, College of New Jersey Richard Hanania, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Seth Charles McKee, Texas Tech University Helicopter Parenting and the Policy Attitudes of College Audience Discussion Students Kerri Milita, Illinois State University Jaclyn Bunch, University of South Alabama Strategic Voting in Comparative Context Jorge I. Mendoza, Florida State University Chair, Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Universite Catholique de In Tune with your Politics: Ideology and Preferences for Louvain Conventional Music Structures Who Chooses?: Strategic Cross-Over Voting in Primary Jayme L. Neiman, University of Northern Iowa Elections Marcia Neille Beyer, University of Houston Let Me Tell You What I Think: The Relationship Between a High Need to Evaluate and Strong Political Identities Are Voters More Likely to Desert a Party When They are Elizabeth Ann Norell, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Informed that it is Not Viable Andre Blais, Université de Montréal Some Leaders are Born Women: How Gender, Personality, and Institutions Impact Legislative Behavior Elisabeth Lesley Gidengil, McGill University Megan L. Remmel, Norwich University Peter John Loewen, University of Toronto Chera A. LaForge, Indiana University East Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University Laura B. Stephenson, University of Western Ontario Attitudes Regarding Mandatory Vaccination: Moral and Political Substrates The Impact of Party Supply and Variations in Electoral Rules on Strategic Voting Allison Z. Shaw, State University of New York, Buffalo Philipp Harfst, University of Greifswald Jacob Robert Neiheisel, State University of New York, Buffalo Emily A. Dolan, State University of New York, Buffalo Tactical Voting in Plurality Elections: New Theory and Kenton B. Anderson, State University of New York, Buffalo Empirical Tests Catherine P. Masterson, State University of New York, Buffalo Daniel Kselman, IE School of International Relations Emerson Niou, Duke University I Hate What I’m Hearing: The Differential Impact News Sources on Partisan Hatred Austin Horng-En Wang, Duke University Stacy Gwenn Ulbig, Sam Houston State University Disentangling the Strategic Vote: Government and District Viability at the 2014 Belgian Federal and Regional Elections Tom Verthé, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels Damien Bol, King's College London Stefanie Beyens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Andre Blais, Université de Montréal 203 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 35-5 36-11 36-16 204 Cultural Theory and Survey Research Chair, William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University Cross Cultural Cognition?: Measuring Group-Grid in the Canadian Context Simon James Kiss, Wilfrid Laurier University Eric Montpetit, Université de Montréal Erick Lachapelle, Université de Montréal Cultural Consensus about the Scientific Consensus: Cultural Cognition, Climate Science Knowledge, and Climate Change Policy Preferences Matthew C. Nowlin, College of Charleston Lorna Parkinson, College of Charleston Culture and Party Preferences in the Nordic Countries: 37-8 Individual Cultural Combinations Predict Party Preference and Parties Compete in Cultural Space Eero Olli, University of Bergen Assessing the Validity of Different Approaches to Operationalizing Cultural Theory in Survey Research Joseph Ripberger, University of Oklahoma Brendon Swedlow, Northern Illinois University Carol L. Silva, University of Oklahoma Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma Do Douglasian Cultural Orientations Readily Constitute A “Legitimately” Intrinsic Value Dimension Among Policy Elites and General Public Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas Rachael M. Moyer, University of Arkansas Disc., William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University Audience Discussion News Coverage of Minority Groups Chair, Mark D. Ludwig, California State University, Sacramento Does Anger Motivate Political Activism?: Emotion and Frame Alignment in the Gay Community News Eric Alexander Baldwin, University of California, Irvine More Than a Bathroom: Public Opinion toward Transgender Rights Brian F. Harrison, Northwestern University Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College Spinning Out: Media Coverage of Queer Candidates in 2012 Kiana Rose Juarez, University of Washington Quantification of Political Information in Media Coverage of LGBT Issues Scott N. Nolan, University of New Orleans Ice Queens and the Softer Side: News Coverage of Clinton, Palin, Bachmann and Fiorina Tara N. Parsons, James Madison University Nicole R. Foster Shoaf, Missouri Southern State University Disc., Brian F. Harrison, Northwestern University Disc., Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University Audience Discussion Framing and Its Affects on Public Opinion Chair, Bosah Ebo, Rider University Has the Media Been Out of Focus?: An Alternative Perspective on the Anti-High Speed Railway Movement in Hong Kong Rami Hin-yeung Chan, Hang Seng Management College Disentangling Selective Exposure and Media Persuasion Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matthew Aaron Baum, Harvard University Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teppei Yamamoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 38-13 Can Citizens Be Framed?: How Information, Not Emphasis, Changes Opinions Thomas J. Leeper, London School of Economics and Political Science Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University Policy, Mass Media and Thermostatic Public Responsiveness Stuart Neil Soroka, University of Michigan Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Daniel Robert Birdsong, University of Dayton Disc., Amber E. Boydstun, University of California, Davis Audience Discussion Why Women Enter and Exit Politics Chair, TBA Casualties in the “War on Women:” Can Campaign Rhetoric Demobilize Women and Mobilize Men Nichole M. Bauer, University of Alabama Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University Sara Yeganeh, Stony Brook University Challenging the Law of Women Attrition: Women’s Descriptive Representation across Levels is an Hourglass, not a Pyramid Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark How Women Vote When Women Run Morgan Lyon Cotti, University of Utah The Effect of Role Models and their Behavior on Women’s Political Ambition Monica C. Schneider, Miami University Mirya R. Holman, Tulane University Run Jane, Run: Investigating the Determinants of the Increasing Participation of Women in Federal Elections, 1980-2014 Carrie Skulley, Albright College Andrea Silva, University of California, Riverside Disc., Jessica Robinson Preece, Brigham Young University Disc., Christina Katherine Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame Audience Discussion The Contours of Ethno-Racial Identities and Their Effects on Politics Chair, TBA Multi-dimensionalities of Racial Identity: Implications for Party Identification and coethnic voting of Asians and Latinos in the United States Chinbo Chong, University of Michigan The Fluidity of Racial Boundaries in 21st Century U.S. Politics Lauren Davenport, Stanford University Latino Moments and Latinos Identity: A Study of Evolving Latino Identities and Historical External Shocks Sergio I. Garcia-Rios, Cornell University Group Consciousness and the Political Participation of American Indians Rebekah Herrick, Oklahoma State University Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, Oklahoma State University In the Presence of Blackness: Race of the Interviewer’s Effect on Racialized Social Pressure Chryl Nicole Laird, Saint Louis University Julian Jarrel Wamble, University of Maryland Ismail K. White, George Washington University Disc., Danielle P. Clealand Lenz, Florida International University Disc., Angel Saavedra Cisneros, University of Texas, Pan American Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 39-106 A Roundtable on Creolizing Hegel Democrats and the Politics of Finance: Parties, Congress, and Ideological Change Daniel A. Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University Changing the U.S. Federal Budgetary Rules in the Post-1974 Era Wangqing Shan, Northwestern University Tactical Arbitrage: Firms' Selective Deployment of Political Activity after a Reputational Threat Timothy Werner, University of Texas, Austin Mary Hunter McDonnell, Georgetown University Disc., Daniel E. Chand, New Mexico State University Disc., Iliyan Iliev, University of Texas, Dallas Audience Discussion Chair Michael Monahan, Marquette University Panelist Greg Graham, University of Oklahoma Shannon Mussett, Utah Valley University Carlos Alberto Sánchez, San José State University 42-5 43-6 45-15 47-2 Deliberation, Public Reason and the Public Good Chair, David J. Watkins, University of Dayton Democratic Citizenship and Moral Distress Nathan Dean, Radford University Uptake in the Deliberative System Markus Holdo, Uppsala University The Rousseauean Origins of the Idea of Public Reason Brett Larson, Patrick Henry College Arendt's Public Theory of Morality Steven Douglas Maloney, University of Saint Thomas Compromise in Deliberative Democracy Friderike Marta Gabriela Spang, Western University Disc., William P. Umphres, University of Cincinnati Disc., David J. Watkins, University of Dayton Audience Discussion 48-7 Conservatism, the Market, and Theology Chair, Jonathan P. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin, Madison Fascism as Collapse: Hayek and Polanyi on Institutional Failure Brian H. Judge, University of California, Berkeley Love and Capitalism: Agape, Philia, Pope Francis and the Prosperity Gospel Michael Kenneth Stein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Hayek’s Road to Serfdom: An Addendum Aris Trantidis, George Mason University Nick Cowen, King's College London Disc., Samuel Gregory Arnold, Texas Christian University 49-7 Disc., Christopher Baldwin, Southeast Missouri State University Audience Discussion New Developments in Bayesian Methods Chair, Erin Hartman, Princeton University Bayesian Change Points and Linear Filtering with Shrinkage Priors Jeffrey Arnold, University of Washington Engaging Experts: Dealing with Divergent Elicited Priors in Political Science Sarah Beth Bouchat, University of Wisconsin, Madison Must We All Become Bayesians Now?: Improvements to Frequentist Inference in Multilevel Analysis With Small Numbers of Clusters Martin Elff, Zeppelin University Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz Disc., Erin Hartman, Princeton University Disc., Michael Peress, State University of New York, Stony Brook Audience Discussion The Many Faces of Money in Politics: Financialization, Jobs, and PACs Chair, Daniel E. Chand, New Mexico State University The Right to a Job: The Crisis of Postwar Liberalism and the Struggle for Full Employment in the 1970s Adam Hilton, York University John Gardner's Interest Group Design: The Foundation and Evolution of a Lobbying Organization Marcie L. Reynolds, University of Illinois, Chicago Democrats and the Politics of Finance: Parties, Congress, and Ideological Change Daniel A. Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University 50-4 Congress, the Public and the Unilateral Presidency Chair, TBA Constraining the Executive Branch with Mandated Reports Lee Elton Dionne, University of California, San Diego The Federal Register and Variation in Governmental Growth Joshua Kennedy, Georgia Southern University Publicizing Unilateral Executive Action Ashley Megan Moraguez, Emory University Leeann Whitfield Bass, Emory University Political Dynamics of Critical Executive Orders in Presidential Unilateral Governance Gilbert David Nuñez, University of Maryland Presidential Unilateral Action and Public Opinion on Government Involvement in Domestic Affairs Christopher Olds, University of Central Florida Disc., Douglas Lee Kriner, Boston University Disc., Ken Moffett, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Audience Discussion Congress and the Executive (Co-sponsored with Bureaucratic Politics, see 59-8) Chair, TBA Understanding the Cumulative and Asymmetric Consequences of Political Appointments: Organizational Leadership and Structural Change in U.S. Federal Agencies George A. Krause, University of Pittsburgh Enabling Gridlock?: Bureaucratic Discretion and Legislative Productivity Jason A. MacDonald, West Virginia University Matthew Jacobsmeier, West Virginia University Congress and Judicial Review of Agency Actions Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan Yuhua Wang, Harvard University Human Capital, Legislative Constraint, and Executive Power Sharece Danielle Thrower, University of Pittsburgh Alexander Daniel Bolton, Princeton University Inter-Agency Learning in U.S. Policy Implementation Miranda Yaver, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Scott H Ainsworth, University of Georgia Disc., John C. Davis, University of Arkansas, Monticello Audience Discussion Decision Making and Discretion Chair, Laura P. Moyer, University of Louisville Understanding Plaintiff Success at Trial and on Appeal: Empirical Evidence From State Courts Dawn M. Chutkow, Cornell University Michael Heise, Cornell University Martin T. Wells, Cornell University 205 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Less Discretion, More Compassion: Rethinking California’s Jury Instructions in Compassionate Use Act Cases Brad L. Mahler, California State University, Chico Mahalley D. Allen, California State University, Chico Who Will Guard the Guards?: Policing the Police After Ferguson Donald M. Papy, University of Miami Venerations Vicious, Virtuous and Various: On Constitutional Attitudes Simon Stacey, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Disc., Mark Jonathan McKenzie, Texas Tech University Disc., Laura P. Moyer, University of Louisville Audience Discussion 51-4 54-7 55-5 206 Politics of Budgeting under Authoritarian Governments Hao Wang, Arizona State University Tevfik Murat Yildirim, University of Missouri Findings from a National Comparative Analysis Study of Policies and Practices in Fifty State Wetland Programs across the United States Brenda Miles Zollitsch, Association of State Wetland Managers Disc., Giliberto Capano, Scuola Normale Superiore Disc., Brandon C. Zicha, Leiden Unviersity Audience Discussion 56-12 Chair, TBA The Politics of Education in the Senate: Public Opinion, Interest Groups, and Senators’ Support for Common Core Emily K. Lynch, Providence College Jeffrey Allen Fine, Clemson University Investigating Bipartisanship in Biotechnology: Policy Entrepreneurship and Stakeholder Participation in the 21st Century Cures Initiative Nathan Myers, Indiana State University Hanna Kathleen Brant, University of Missouri Katherine Lynn Runge, University of Colorado, Boulder From Public Welfare to Public Policy: When and How Foundations Innovate to Influence Social Policy Delphia Shanks-Booth, Cornell University The Effect of Campaign Contributions on Certificate-of-Need Approval Rates Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University Joshua Wojnilower, George Mason University Disc., Joshua Sapotichne, Michigan State University Audience Discussion Separation of Powers and Constitutional interpretation Chair, David Stephen Law, Washington University, St. Louis From Chadha to Clinton: The Supreme Court’s Role in Legislative-Separation of Powers Cases Christopher Brough, Northern Illinois University The Voting Rights Act after Shelby: Section Two Litigation Before and After Francis Joseph Carleton, College of Southern Nevada Towards a Deliberative Constitutional System for War Jeremy A. Janow, American University Chevron Deference in State Supreme Courts Kimberly J. Rice, Western Illinois University Presidential Power and the Roberts Court Michael Tager, Marietta College Disc., J. Mitchell Pickerill, Northern Illinois University Disc., Steve Sanders, Indiana University Audience Discussion The Politics of Policing Urban America Chair, Rebecca U. Thorpe, University of Washington Ferguson, Baltimore, and the New Vocabulary of Urban Unrest Sarita McCoy Gregory, Kennesaw State University How do Civilian Law Enforcement Review Boards Affect Perceptions of Local Government Brooke Nicole Shannon, University of Memphis Black Lives Saved: Evidence of the Effects of Black Lives Matter Protests on Police Killings and Crime Daniel Shoag, Harvard Kennedy School Stan A. Veuger, American Enterprise Institute Over-policing, Under-policing, or Both?: An Analysis of Police Resource Allocation Hye Young You, Vanderbilt University Rebecca Sarah Goldstein, Harvard University Disc., Stephanie Arnette Pink-Harper, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Disc., Rebecca U. Thorpe, University of Washington Audience Discussion Policies Across Time or Space Chair, TBA Ireland's Enduring Love Affair with Liberal Economic Policies: Institutionalising Austerity John Hogan, Dublin Institute of Technology Brendan K. O'Rourke, Dublin Institute of Technology Diffusion of Family-planning Policies in Chinese Provinces Shuai Jin, University of Iowa Yang Zhang, University of Iowa The Politics of Poverty and Poverty Reduction Policies: Some Global Observations Udaya R. Wagle, Western Michigan University Outside Interests, Lobbying, and Stakeholder Involvement in Social Policy Debates 58-8 Public Opinion about the Environment Chair, TBA Survey of Ohio Landowners Subject to Hydraulic Fracturing Gwen Arnold, University of California, Davis Benjamin David Farrer, Knox College Robert A. Holahan, Binghamton University The Last Child in the Woods Revisited Elliott Finn, Oregon State University Edward P. Weber, Oregon State University Left-right Dimension, Policy Specific Beliefs and Proenvironmental Policy Support Sverker C. Jagers, Luleå University of Technology Niklas Harring, University of Gothenburg Simon Matti, Luleå University of Technology If a Tree Falls in the Forest ... Who Cares?: The Case of Whitebark Pine Eric D. Raile, Montana State University Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Montana State University Helen T. Naughton, University of Montana Michael P. Wallner, Boise State University Kendall A. Houghton, University of Oregon Disc., Matthew B. Arbuckle, University of Cincinnati Disc., Matthew S. Barnes, West Virginia University Audience Discussion 60-100 Authors Meet Critics: Representative Bureaucracy and Public Services Performance Chair Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Panelist Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia Julie Dolan, Macalester College Vicky M. Wilkins, American University Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 61-101 Author Meets Critics --- "Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States" by Edward Foley Chair Charles H. Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Panelist Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College Barry C. Burden, University of Wisconsin Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley Edward B. Foley, Ohio State University 63-6 Diversity and Diverse Voices in Political Science Education Chair, Molly A. Patterson, Aquinas College Racial and Gender Representation in the American Politics Canon: An Analysis of Core Graduate Syllabi Sean Diament, Northwestern University Adam John Howat, Northwestern University Matthew J. Lacombe, Northwestern University Recruitment of New Undergraduate Majors into Political Science: The Challenges, What Works, and Evidence from the Trenches Jonathan Euchner, Missouri Western State University Edwin A. Taylor, III, Missouri Western State University Breaking the White Dominant Perspective in American Government Survey Courses Nina Therese Kasniunas, Goucher College Gendered Representation in Political Science Textbooks Daniel William Mueller, Washington State University Disc., Eduardo Magalhaes, Simpson College Disc., Mary McHugh, Merrimack College Audience Discussion 66-107 Teaching with Simulations and Games I Chair Robin Blom, Ball State University Panelist James Douglas Fielder, U.S. Air Force Mat Gordon Hardy, Deakin University, Australia 207 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-211 Poster Session: Voting and Election Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 208 The Voting Rights Act, Polling Place Changes, and the Effect of the Shelby County vs Holder Decision on Minority Voters: Evidence from North Carolina Jesse Lee Yoder, University of Pennsylvania Candidate Evaluations and Physical Disability: An Experimental Study Michael James Zoorob, Vanderbilt University The Experiential Connection?: Asymmetric Polarization and Electoral Experience Connor Michael Phillips, Duke University Rising Income Inequality Increasing Political Polarization?: A State-Level Analysis over Two Decades Alaa N. Chaker, American University Residential Segregation and Political Polarization Johnathan Nicholas Nowakowski, College of William and Mary Disc., Maria I. Gabryszewska, Florida International University Disc., Philip Gordon Chen, Macalester College Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-214 Poster Session: Southeast Asia Post. 6 Post. 7 The Effect of Ethnicity on Public Attitudes Towards Refugees: An Experimental Survey in Thailand Blair Harris, Brigham Young University The Effect of Recruitment, Information and Qualifications on Female Political Participation: An Experimental Survey in Thailand Carly Madsen, Brigham Young University Disc., Michael William Widmeier, University of North Texas 209 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-216 Poster Session: Political Communication Post. 8 The Effects of Anti-Trafficking Ads on Support for AntiTrafficking Marcos F. Gallo, Brigham Young University Post. 9 Normalizing U.S. and Cuban Relations: An International Media Analysis Sarah Elise Stach, DePaul University Post. 10 Upvoting Politics: The Strategy Behind Political AMAs Lauren Elaine Hince , Ripon College Rose Hogmire , Ripon College Post. 11 Party Messaging on Twitter John Gallatin Murchison, Wesleyan University Joli K. Holmes, Wesleyan University Grace Wong, Wesleyan University Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University Post. 12 The New Normal: Social Media’s Role for Expression of Civic Engagement Tiffany Rose Becker, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Disc., C. Daniel Myers, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Disc., Clinton Maddox Jenkins, George Washington University 210 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-217 Poster Session: Environmental Policies Post. 13 Environmental Protection Agency Interest Group Power Struggle: Do Environmental Groups Have the Best Seat at the Table Claire Lewis Grogan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Post. 14 Attack of the Killer Wolves: Examining the Impact of Risk Perceptions on Grey Wolf Reintegration Policy Sam H Bratt, Idaho State University Mark Calonge, Idaho State University Layha Spoonhunter, Idaho State University Post. 15 Climate Change Education as a National Security Issue Jordan Roger Beauregard, George Mason University Post. 16 Black Lunged: How Rural Appalachian Communities Respond to Mountain Top Removal Mining Evan Charles Miller, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Disc., Elizabeth Wheat, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay 211 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-218 Poster Session: Social Movement Post. 17 When Do Black Lives Matter?: An Experimental Analysis of Cross-Racial Support for Black Social Movements Latrice Marcella Burks, College of Wooster Post. 18 Is A 2nd American Revolution On Its Way Sarah Strohminger Vaccaro, Flagler College Post. 19 Equal in the Eyes of God: Women's Movements in the Kingdom of Morocco Ben Aymar Ballard, Connecticut College Post. 20 Arab Spring: Cause and Effect Mary Agnes Huggins, Lewis University 212 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-219 Poster Session: Latin America Post. 21 Laying Down the Battleground: The Effects of Mexican Liberalization on Drug Operations Ramon Garibaldo Valdez, Johnson C. Smith University Post. 22 Implementing Egalitarian, Statist Reform in Chilean Social Policy: A Comparison of Health and Education Reform Trajectories since 1990 Cameron Darrow Coval, Colby College Post. 23 Police Violence and Judicial Responses in Mexico: A Study of the Strength of Informal Institutions in Post-Transition Mexico Emily Margaret Boyce, Colby College Post. 24 How Oil Dependency Leads to Corruption Luke Daniel Hertzel, College of New Jersey Post. 25 Understanding Women's Representation in Chile Lisa Ann Roemhildt , University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Post. 26 Public Health in Nicaragua: A Case Study of Neoliberal Designs Mikaela Katelyn Strech, Oakland University Disc., Lia K. Roberts, Mount St. Mary's University Disc., Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University 213 Saturday, April 9, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 am 76-220 Poster Session: Politics and Gender Post. 27 Gender Equality: Its Effects on Civil Unrest in Society Claire Frances Haumesser, Grove City College Post. 28 The Gender Pay Gap: A Bipartisan Problem Sabrina Minhas, Loyola University, Chicago Monika Maxouris, Loyola University, Chicago Post. 29 Islamic Feminism and Women’s Liberation: The Case of Afghanistan of Pakistan Sarah Renee McCrumb, Central Michigan University Post. 30 First Ladies in Government Victoria Latrice Hurse, Columbus State University Post. 31 Gendering the White House: A Study of the Media Portrayal of Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina in the 2016 Presidential Elections Rose Eleanor Allen, Macalester College Post. 32 Girl Talk: Sex and ACA Rhetoric in the U.S. Senate Tess Anna Van Schepen, Macalester College Disc., Lauren Santoro, West Virginia University 79-4 88-2 214 Plato's Political Thought Chair, Sean David Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology The Limits of Judgment: Reputation in Plato’s Apology Andreas Avgousti, Columbia University Breaking the Fourth Wall: Writing in Plato's Laws Pavlos L. Papadopoulos, University of Dallas Treating Unacknowledged Conflict and Anxiety: Plato’s Gorgias Martin Jerome Plax, Cleveland State University Shame and Fear in Plato’s “Euthyphro” Matthew Post, University of Dallas Disc., Richard Ruderman, University of North Texas Disc., Sean David Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology Audience Discussion How Are We Doing?: Scrutinizing Political Science Chair, TBA Revolution Postponed?: Methodological Diversity in the American Political Science Review after Perestroika Diana Ingeborg Bolsinger, New Mexico State University Subjectivity and Political Science: The Bibliographical History and Methodological Implication Seo-young Lee, Ewha Womans University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 1-107 Research Transparency and Replication Requirements at Professional Journals: Experiences So Far and Prospects for the Future (Co-sponsored with Prof Dev Roundtables: Research Methods & Publishing, see 67-100) Disc., Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury College Disc., Payam Mohseni, Harvard University Audience Discussion 7-7 Chair William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University Panelist Robert N. Lupton, Michigan State University Raymond Duch, University of Oxford Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology Jonathan N. Katz, California Institute of Technology Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan Colin Elman, Syracuse University 4-100 Author Meets Critics: "Elections in Hard Times: Building Stronger Democracies in the 21st Century," by Thomas Flores and Irfan Nooruddin (Co-sponsored with Transitions to Democracy, see 6-100) Chair Emily Ann Beaulieu, University of Kentucky Panelist Susan Dayton Hyde, Yale University Nikolay Marinov, University of Mannheim Alberto Simpser, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Thomas Edward Flores, George Mason University 5-15 6-8 Authoritarianism, Politics, and Redistribution Chair, TBA Unequal Bargaining in Fragmented Party Systems: Evidence from Peru Christopher Lee Carter, University of California, Berkeley The Dilemma of Welfare Strategy in China: The Competition between Expectation and the Provision Level Fenglin Guo, Peking University The Origin and Enforcement of Mandatory Retirement Age in China Derek Tai-wei Liu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics The Effects of Institutionalization on Political Purges in Autocratic Regimes Austin Scott Matthews, Louisiana State University Disc., Ana Lorena De La O, Yale University Audience Discussion 8-7 Democracy and Demonstrations in the Middle East Chair, TBA Uprising: A Unified Theory of Democratization and Revolution Sean Burns, Northwestern University, Qatar The Iranian Intervention in Iraq: The Non-Democratization Process and the Return to the Autocracy Model through the Anocracy Model: 2003-2015 Ronen A. Cohen, Ariel University Democracy and State-society Relations: A ComparativeHistorical Analysis of Egypt and Tunisia Loretta Dell'Aguzzo, University of Florence Ester Sigillò, Scuola Normale Superiore The Arab Spring and Constitutional Preambles: Historical Experience Timothy J. Schorn, University of South Dakota Democratic Support and Legitimacy in the Middle East: Does Gender Matter Rollin F. Tusalem, Arkansas State University Veena S. Kulkarni, Arkansas State University 9-8 Political Careers and Candidate Selection Chair, Yann P. Kerevel, Louisiana State University Candidate Selection Process as a Tool to Shape a Party's Dominant Coalition: The Case of the AKP in Turkey Gul Arikan Akdag, Katip Çelebi Universitesi Winning Elections Without Losing the Party?: Intraparty Politics and Candidate Selection in Mexico Sergio J. Ascencio Bonfil, University of Rochester Assessing the Reliability of Survey Measures of Political Institutions Stephen August Meserve, Texas Tech University Sivagaminathan Palani, Texas Tech University Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State Universty How Valuable is a Legislative Seat?: Measuring Long-Term Incumbency Effects in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Adrian Lucardi, Washington University, St. Louis Candidate Selection Methods and Party Representativeness: Niche vs Mainstream Parties Bailey Kathryn Sanders, Duke University Disc., Yann P. Kerevel, Louisiana State University Disc., Robert Thomson, University of Strathclyde Audience Discussion Gender and Political Behavior Chair, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University Women's Representation in Majlis al Shura in Oman: How Do Gender Ideology, Islam, and Tribalism Matter Ahlam Khalfan Al Subhi, Iowa State University Disconnected and Uninformed: Dissecting and Dismantling India’s Gender Gap in Political Participation Soledad Artiz, Harvard University Singled Out or Drawn In?: Social Polices and Lone Mothers' Political Engagement Jennifer Shore, Heidelberg University Timing of Vote Decisions, Gender, and Political Discussion Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University Barry Ames, University of Pittsburgh Voluntary Memberships and Equality: The Influence of Country Level Equality on the Voluntary Behavior of Men and Women Elizabeth Reni Wemlinger, Salem College Meika Berlan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Disc., Peter Allen, University of Bath Disc., Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University Audience Discussion Legislative Decision-Making at the European Commission Chair, TBA The Salience-Discretion Trade Off in the EU Legislative Politics Anastasia Ershova, University of Konstanz Voter Priorities and the Effectiveness of Supranational Fiscal Governance Sebastian Koehler, London School of Economics Thomas König, University of Mannheim Does Brussels Listen?: The Effect of Public Attitudes Towards the EU on European Commission Legislative Activity Christopher Williams, University of Mannheim Shaun Bevan, University of Edinburgh 215 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Thou Doth Protest Too Much: Protest as an Expression of Political Preference in Developing Democracies Adam S. Harris, University of Gothenburg Erin Accampo Hern, College of Idaho Competing Visions of Post-Transitional Citizenship: The Quest for Representation in South African Memorialization Carolyn Ethel Holmes, Bucknell University Melanie Loehwing, Mississippi State University Should Anything Happen to Them During Protests, They Should Blame Themselves: The Limits of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic Brandon Kendhammer, Ohio University Disc., Elizabeth Sperber, Columbia University Audience Discussion Disc., Paul Copeland, Queen Mary University of London Disc., Marian Jennings, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Audience Discussion 10-400 Corruption and Crime in Latin America Vote-Buying Allegations and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Mayoral Elections in São Paulo, Brazil Lorena G. Barberia, University of São Paulo Danilo Praxedes Barboza, University of São Paulo The Old Rules No Longer Apply: Narco Violence Against Politicians in Mexico Laura Ross Blume, Boston University Criminal Justice Practice and Crime: Subnational Evidence from Mexico Erin Terese Huebert, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., John B. Londregan, Princeton University Disc., Sonja Wolf, CIDE 14-400 Political Dynamics in Authoritarian Regimes Chair, Gang Guo, University of Mississippi Testing for Sources of Electoral Competition under Authoritarianism: An Analysis of Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections Yana Gorokhovskaia, University of British Columbia They are Rich Who Have True Friends Natalia Lamberova, University of California, Los Angeles Reaching the Converted: the Importance of Conviction in the Operation of Authoritarian Regimes Barbara Maria Piotrowska, University of Rochester Singing an Elegy or a Song of Praise?: How Chinese Government Shape Public Opinion When Disasters Happen Rui Wang, Louisiana State University Disc., Vicki Lynn Hesli Claypool, University of Iowa 10-401 Candidates, Campaigns, and Elections in Latin America Progressive Ambition and Representation: The Case of Mexico Oscar Castorena, Vanderbilt University The Electoral Advantages of Presidential Incumbency: Evo Morales’ 2014 Triumph Robert Edgar Nyenhuis, University of California, Irvine The Curious Case of Clientelism in Brazil: A New Model of Party Strategy Luke Alan Plutowski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Economic, Institutional and Personal Determinants for Mayor Reelection at the Chilean Local Level Jorge Leonardo Saldaña, University of Houston Crossing Borders and Casting Ballots: An Analysis of Expatriate Voting in Latin America Laura Marie Sellers, Vanderbilt University Disc., Patricio D. Navia, New York University 11-16 12-7 216 14-401 Protests and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Authoritarian Regimes Chair, Dmitri Mitin, North Carolina State University Why Protest?: Identifying the Factors that Drive Protests, Social Movements, and Contentious Politics in the PostCommunist World Today Peter John Chereson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign China's Vaccine Strategy: An Authoritarian Regime's Counterstrategy against Western Democracy Promotion Sungmin Cho, Georgetown University When Does the Call of Uprising Achieve in Overthrowing Nondemocratic Regimes?: Evidence from Ukraine and Russia Burcu F. Degirmen, University of Oklahoma Why and When Autocrats Support or Suppress Civil Society Anton Sobolev, University of California, Los Angeles Alexei Zakharov, Higher School of Economics Do Protests Undermine Authoritarianism?: Examining the Effect of the 2011-2012 Protest Wave on Russians’ Political Attitudes Katerina Tertytchnaya, University of Oxford Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics and Political Science Disc., Denise L. Baer, Strategic Research Concepts Disc., Sergei S. Kostiaev, Financial University Legislative Politics in Authoritarian Regimes Chair, Min Ye, Coastal Carolina University Economic Modernization and Representativeness of Authoritarian Parliament: Evidence from Chinese Municipal People’s Congresses Chuanmin Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong Dongya Huang, Sun Yat-sen University Portfolio Allocation under Authoritarian Party Dominance: Evidence from Malaysia Hidekuni Washida, Waseda University The Hong Kong Election Study: A New Public Opinion Data Project Stan Hok-wui Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong Harold D. Clarke, University of Texas, Dallas Karl Ho, University of Texas, Dallas Expectations, Performances and Retrospective Evaluations Xiaolong Wu, Stanford University Adoption or Dismissal?: Explaining Policy Consequences of CPPCC Proposals, 2009-2013 Bin Yu, Xavier University Disc., Min Ye, Coastal Carolina University Audience Discussion Protests and Politics in Africa Chair, Gayle Alberda, Drake University No Spring in Africa: How Sub-Saharan Africa Has Avoided the Arab Spring Phenomenon Osman Antwi-Boateng, United Arab Emirate University 15-14 Comparative Fiscal Policy and Government Budgets Chair, Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo Electoral Rules, Economic Geography, and Government Spending Michael Becher, University of Konstanz Irene Menendez, University of Zurich Understanding Fiscal Capacity: Income Tax Laws and their Administration Thomas Brambor, Lund University Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Taxman, Mr. Wilson, Taxman, Mr. Heath: The Political Economy of Tax Trade-offs Christine S. Lipsmeyer, Texas A&M University Andrew Quayle Philips, Texas A&M University Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University The Legacy of War on Fiscal Capacity: A Quasi-Experimental Design Didac X. Queralt, Institute of Political Economy & Governance The Fiscal Benefits of Repeated Cooperation: Coalitions and Debt Dynamics in 36 Democracies David Weisstanner, University of Bern Disc., Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School Disc., Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder Audience Discussion Offensive Realism: Costs and Benefits Philip Wesley Reynolds, University of Hawaii Disc., Karim Elkady, Brandeis University Audience Discussion 21-6 16-600 Research Blitz The Salience of Identity Politics in Opinion and Behavior: Identity, Economic Interests, and Security Concerns Celeste Beesley, Brigham Young University Official Loans and Private FDI: Does Government Lending Pave the Way for Firm Investment Jonas Bunte, University of Texas, Dallas Coup Risk and Food Policy 22-11 Wilfred Ming Chow, University of Hong Kong Firas Abusneneh, University of California, Davis NAFTA's Army: Free Trade and American Military Enrollment Adam H. Dean, Middlebury College Rationality and Identity in IPE David Robert Hayes, Troy University Is Central Bank Independence Always a Good Thing Andreas Thomas Kern, Georgetown University Michaël Aklin, University of Pennsylvania How Much “Economy” is in the Political Economy of Trade?: An Analysis of District Export Intensity and Congressional Trade Votes Steven G. Livingston, Middle Tennessee State University Regionalising Development: From the Past to the Future of Integration in Africa Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, University of South Africa Trading Arms and the Demand for Domestic Military Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel-Data Analysis Oliver Pamp, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Paul W. Thurner, University of Munich 23-7 The Political Business Cycle and Stock Market Prices in the Developing World: The Moderating Influence of Judicial Independence and Adherence to the Rule of Law Joseph L. Staats, University of Minnesota, Duluth Glen Biglaiser, University of North Texas New Frontiers in Disaster Research and Foreign Aid: Randomized Controlled Trials Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, University of Essex 18-15 Realism and its Offspring Chair, TBA State-Formation and Violence: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation for the Variations in State Capacity in Chile and Peru Onur Erpul, Florida International University Explaining Great Power War Mathias Ormestad Frendem, Harvard Kennedy School Strategic Culture and the Iraq War: The False Dichotomy of Ideas and Interests in International Relations Toby Lee Lauterbach, Purdue University E. H. Carr and the Unacknowledged Leninist Roots of Realism Michael A. McIntyre, DePaul University 25-7 Innovative Approaches to the Study of International Conflict Processes Chair, Benjamin K. Tkach, Texas A&M University Testing the Nuclear Stability-Instability Paradox using Synthetic Control Method Francesco Bailo, University of Sydney Benjamin E. Goldsmith, University of Sydney The Conditional Effects of Status on Conflict Initiation Aaron Peter Shreve, University of California, Davis The Effects of Cell Phones and Radios on Smallholder Famers Decision Making: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo Benjamin K. Tkach, Texas A&M University Shahriar Kibriya, Texas A&M University Disc., Patrick T. Brandt, University of Texas, Dallas Audience Discussion Strategies of Civil Conflict Chair, TBA The Politics of Transnational Hostage Selection Kevin Lynn Cope, University of Michigan Lending Sovereignty: Civil War, Territorial Control, and the Formation of Militias Christian Honore Gineste, University of Pittsburgh Military-Strategic Adaptation during the Second Intifada Jesse Ryan Hammond, University of California, Davis Diplomacy on the Fly: The Determinants of Shifting Strategies of Rebel Diplomacy Benjamin Thomas Jones, University of Mississippi Eleonora Mattiacci, Amherst College Taxes and Ransoms: Rebel Group Financing via Human Rights Violations Ashley Thirkill-Mackelprang, University of Washington Disc., Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Harvard Kennedy School Disc., Michael Widmeier, University of North Texas Audience Discussion Middle Powers and Their Foreign Policy Choices Chair, TBA Turkey and Syrian Conflict: The Evolution of Turkish Foreign Policy Kilic B. Kanat, Pennsylvania State University, Erie South Korea’s Strategic Choice in the Sino-U.S. Competition Min-hyung Kim, Illinois Wesleyan University Why Do Middle-Power Countries Want to Join an International Development institution?: The Case of South Korea Seok Joon Kim, George Washington University From the Rise to a Relative Decline: The Brazilian Foreign Policy under Dilma Rousseff`s Administration Raquel de Caria Patricio, University of Lisbon Disc., Jonathan William Keller, James Madison University Audience Discussion Global Governance and Human Rights Chair, Thania Sanchez, Yale University Indigenous Rights and UNDRIP: Exploring the Limitations of Rights within Current Global Governance Ashleigh Breske, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 217 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm If Only I Looked Better…..: Or Examining the Potential Influence of Physical Beauty on Candidate Electoral Changes Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa Rodrigo Praino, Flinders University Discrimination of Immigrant-origin Candidates by Voters: Evidence from Open-list PR Elections in Switzerland Nenad Stojanovic, Princeton University Lea Portmann, University of Lucerne Disc., Eric J. Juenke, Michigan State University Disc., Paru Shah, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Audience Discussion Lawyers the Domestic Application of International Governance Rules: Loopholes, Exceptions, and Balancing Henry Chip Carey, Georgia State University Global Governance and Humanitarian Displacement Crises: Conflict-Induced Displacement in Syria, Gaza, and Iraq Alise Coen, University of Wisconsin, Sheboygan Unpacking the Deterrent Effect of the International Criminal Court: A Kenya Case Study Yvonne Marie Dutton, Indiana University Tessa Alleblas, Hague Institute of Global Justice Disc., Thania Sanchez, Yale University Audience Discussion 26-101 Roundtable with 2016 Election Administrators 31-5 Chair Mitchell M. Brown, Auburn University Panelist Matt Masterson, U.S. Election Assistance Commission David Orr, Cook County Clerk Noah Praetz, Cook County Lisa Watson, Galesburg Board of Elections Holly Whisman, Mecklenburg County Board of Elections Kathleen Hale, Auburn University Martha Kropf, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 27-18 Ethnic, Gender, and Racial Gaps in Political Participation Chair, Mackenzie Leigh Israel-Trummel, University of Oklahoma Divergent Paths to Partisanship: An Investigation into the Partisan Attainment of 2nd Generation Americans, and the Need to Modernize Our Understanding of Partisan Socialization Roberto F. Carlos, University of Chicago Institutional Accessibility and the Pathway to Politics: An Intergenerational Approach to Understanding Latino 32-7 Immigrant Civic Participation and Integration Alvaro Jose Corral, University of Texas, Austin Participation Beyond Voting: How do Citizens Interact with Cities Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ryan D. Enos, Harvard University Michael Stephen Griffin Hankinson, Harvard University Melissa L. Sands, Harvard University Democracy's Children: Education's Solution to the Civic Empowerment Gap Matthew David Nelsen, University of Chicago Disc., Mackenzie Leigh Israel-Trummel, University of Oklahoma Disc., Ruoxi Li, California State University, San Marcos Audience Discussion 29-5 Candidate Effects in Context: Which Candidate Characteristics Matter? Chair, TBA Assessing the Effect of Ballot Placement on the Election of Women in Open List PR System Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky Carolina Romina Tchintian, Rice University Estimating Latino Support for Multiple Candidates: How Accurate are EI:RxC Models Loren Collingwood, University of California, Riverside Matt A. Barreto, University of Washington Sergio I. Garcia-Rios, University of Washington Kassra Oskooii, University of Washington Why Donate?: Candidate Appeal as a Motivation to Contribute to Presidential Candidates David Blyth Magleby, Brigham Young Univeristy Jay Goodliffe, Brigham Young University Joseph A. Olsen, Brigham Young University 218 Global Political Networks Chair, TBA The Network Structure of Multi-scale Water Governance Systems Jacob Donald Hileman, University of California, Davis Mark N. Lubell, University of California, Davis Contentious Politics and Collaborative Knowledge Networks: Comparative Study of Salience Dynamics and Users' Activity Elena Labzina, Washington University, St. Louis Networks and Herds: An Agent-Based Model of Migration Decision-Making Miranda Simon, University College London David Hudson, University College London Shane D. Johnson, University College, London Friends and Partners: Inferring the Global Friendship Network Andrey Tomashevskiy, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Andrey Tomashevskiy, Washington University, St. Louis Audience Discussion Lies, Distortions and Misperception in Public Opinion Chair, TBA You're Facts or Mine?: Understanding Politicized Fact Perceptions David C. Barker, California State University, Sacramento Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Expression of Negative Affect Through Insincere Survey Response in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Primary Elections Matthew Kingston Harris, Sam Houston State University Autumn D. Bynum, State University of New York, Stony Brook A Nation of Bankers?: Political Sophistication and the Origins of Consumer Confidence Paul M. Kellstedt, Texas A&M University Alejandro Medina, Texas A&M University Saying the Right Thing: The Nature and Consequences of Socially Desirable Reporting on Racial Resentment Items in Face-to-Face Surveys Matthew Phillip Motta, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Knowledge Distortion in Direct Democracy: A Longitudinal Study of Biased Empirical Beliefs on Statewide Ballot Measures Justin Reedy, University of Oklahoma Chris Wells, University of Wisconsin, Madison John Gastil, Pennsylvania State University Disc., Mary-Kate Lizotte, Birmingham-Southern College Disc., Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm 33-3 34-11 Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: U.S. Public Opinion on Experiments on Campaigns and Elections National Security and the Choice of Civil Liberties vs. Security, Chair, TBA 2004-2014 Exploring the Impact of Corporate Political Contributions on Sean Patrick Webeck, Indiana University Consumers: Evidence from Survey Experiments Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Donald P. Green , Columbia University Tradition Jonathan Krasno, Binghamton University Christian Welzel, Leuphana University Costas Panagopoulos, Fordham University Amy C. Alexander, Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg Kyle Leon Endres, University of Texas, Austin Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan Eric Mitchell Moore, Binghamton University Michael Schwam-Baird, Columbia University Plurality Voting versus Proportional Representation in the 36-500 Symposia- Faculty Citizen-Candidate Model: An Experiment Exploring the Global Emergence, Successes, and Challenges of Aaron Kamm, New York University, Abu Dhabi Fact-checking Mobilizing the Young Vote: Direct Mail Voter Guides and Michelle A. Amazeen, Rider University Turnout in the Chicago 2015 Mayoral Election A Spatial Theory of Media Polarization Peter A. Miller, University of Pennsylvania Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University Rebecca Reynolds, Chicago Votes Action Fund Media Pluralism and Electoral Publicity: The Influence of Matt Singer, Bus Federation Action Fund Candidates’ Paid-for Political Advertising in the News Coverage Sequential Voting and Strategy: An Experimental Test of the 2005, 2009 and 2013 Chilean Elections Katri Karin Sieberg, University of Tampere Juan Cristobal Portales, Adolfo Ibanez University Where Persuasion Stops: A Survey Experiment in Korean Local Media as a Watchdog?: Declining Mutiperspectivity of Turkish Elections Press when Reporting on Government JinMi Song, Seoul National University Basak Yavcan, TOBB University of Economics and Technology Won-ho Park, Seoul National University Hakan Ovunc Ongur, TOBB University of Economics and Discussant, TBA Technology Audience Discussion Disc., Gaurav Sood, Georgetown University Deservingness and Social Welfare in an Age of Inequality 37-9 Chair, TBA The Effects of Egalitarianism and Humanitarianism on Support for Social Welfare Policy: A Comparison of Four East Asian Countries Yi-Bin Chang, University of Texas, Dallas Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston Welfare, Compassion, and Heuristics of Caring: Why it’s Better to Have Been Rich than to be Vulnerable Andrew W. Delton, Stony Brook University Theresa E. Robertson, Stony Brook University Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University Fear of Losses: How Anxiety and Loss Aversion Increase Political Participation Elaine Kathryn Denny, University of California, San Diego The Deservingness Heuristic and Outgroup Bias in Political Communication: Does Concrete Deservingness Information Reduce Race Biases in Welfare Attitudes Lasse Laustsen, Aarhus University David James Hendry, Aarhus University Lene Aaroe, Aarhus University Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University Disc., Michele Margolis, University of Pennsylvania 38-7 Disc., Philip O. Paolino, University of North Texas Audience Discussion 35-600 Public Opinion Research Blitz Partisan Interpretations of Consumer Confidence and Religiosity upon Social Welfare Preferences Charles Dahan, University of Florida Support for Strengthening International Institutions within the Democratic Party Varies by Race Antwain Hannibal Leach, University of Mississippi Elite Polarization and Timing of Vote Decision Lilach Nir, Hebrew University/University of Pennsylvania Interviewer Effect and Support for Women's Issues Kathryn Amelia VanderMolen, University of Missouri Scott H. Huffmon, Winthrop University Marvin Overby, University of Missouri Gendered Elite Discourse: From Tweets to Rulemaking Comments Chair, TBA Is There a Gender Difference in Energy Policy Preferences?: Using Text Mining to Analyze Legislative Speeches Cornelia Fraune, University of Siegen Gendered Congressional Political Information Dissemination Through Social Media Maria I. Gabryszewska, Florida International University Mature and Internet Enabled Communication Technologies: Insights into the Impact of Gender on Legislator Communications Joe Franklin West, University of North Carolina Emily Neff-Sharum, University of North Carolina The Role of Personal Experience Narratives in Substantive Representation Christina Xydias, Clarkson University Disc., Julia Azari, Marquette University Disc., Julie Dolan, Macalester College Audience Discussion Policing the Police: Gauging the Factors of Police Misconduct and Behavior Chair, TBA La(tino) Migra: Identity, Discretion, and the Bounds of Group Membership David Cortez, Cornell University Police Profiling, Legitimacy, and Compliance: Experimental Evidence Sanford Clark Gordon, New York University Gregory A. Huber, Yale University Eric Dickson, New York University Policing in Plural Communities Nazita Lajevardi, University of California, San Diego Matthew Jacob Nanes, University of California, San Diego Police Department Demographics and Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States Matthew Jacob Nanes, University of California, San Diego 219 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Disc., Naoki Egami, Princeton University Disc., Wei Zhong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Audience Discussion Disc., Amanda Lorane Gillespie, Miami University Disc., Eugenia K. Guilmartin, U.S. Army Audience Discussion 39-8 Early American Political Thought Chair, Monicka B. Patterson-Tutschka, California State University, Sacramento African American Hermeneutics in the Nineteenth Century Samantha Louise Davis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Federalist, Mr. Clay, and the Non-Compromise of 1833 Justin B. Litke, Belmont Abbey College Cannibal Metaphysics: Moby-Dick's Expansive Politics of Slavery Jonathan McKenzie, Northern Kentucky University What Constitutes a Nation?: Hamilton and Jefferson on the Recognition of Citizen Genêt Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan Disc., Alin Fumurescu, Indiana University Disc., Monicka B. Patterson-Tutschka, California State University, Sacramento Audience Discussion 47-15 Chair, Bert Fraussen, Australian National University Lobbying Coalitions in a Partisan Era Jesse M. Crosson, University of Michigan Michael T. Heaney, University of Michigan Organizing the Disadvantaged: A Study of Coalition Formation Among Advocacy Groups Maraam Dwidar, University of Texas, Austin Complement or Compete?: Relations within Interest Group Populations Darren Halpin, Australian National University Bert Fraussen, Australian National University Interest Group Competition and Cooperation in Higher Level Contexts Thomas T. Holyoke, California State University, Fresno Incubating Interest Group Innovations: The Citizen Engagement Lab and Movement Infrastructure Institutions David Adam Karpf, George Washington University Disc., Heath Brown, City University of New York Disc., Bert Fraussen, Australian National University Audience Discussion 40-500 Theory and Policy The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College, CUNY Fabio Wolkenstein, London School of Economics and Political Science The Ethics of Blockade Robert Clark Mayer, Loyola University, Chicago Should Education be Designed as an Essential Service Cristian Perez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 41-8 45-16 220 47-22 Interpretation and Method Chair, Wei Zhong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign A Statistical Model of Theorized Network Relationships Olga Chyzh, Iowa State University Estimating Signaling Games with Multiple Equilibria Casey Crisman-Cox, University of Rochester Michael B. Gibilisco, University of Rochester Bridging Levels of Analysis: Selection as a Multi-level Process Mark David Nieman, Iowa State University Doug Gibler, University of Alabama Compression and the Variability of Substantive Effects Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri Protest, Lobbying, and Representation in Comparative Perspective Chair, Thomas Groll, Columbia University Healthcare Policies and the Medical Groups' Influence in Esping-Anderson's Categorization of Three Welfare Regimes : An Analysis Around the Power and Disposition of Medical Interest Groups Heakyeong Kim, Korea University Buying the Right to Pollute: Oligopsonistic Political Spending by Energy Companies Anthony Williams Orlando, University of Southern California Ryan Knowles Merrill, University of Southern California Negotiating Consumer Safety: The Influence of Information, Special Interests, and Trade on American Pesticide Regulation Rebecca Louise Perlman, Stanford University The Politics of Small Business Policy in Japan Scott Wilbur, University of Southern California Crisis of Representation in Southern Europe: 15M Movement and Gezi Park Protests in Comparative Perspective Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, TED University Disc., Jan Beyers, University of Antwerp Disc., Thomas Groll, Columbia University Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Skinner's Methodological Challenge to 'Borrowing' and 'Debating' Tim John Beaumont, Harvard University Re-engaging Normative and Empirical Democratic Theory, Or, Why Normative Democratic Theory is Empirical All the Way Down Quinlan Bernhard Bowman, University of California, Berkeley What Use is History to Political Theorists Ryan Harding, University of Oregon Fieldwork in Political Theory: Five Arguments for an Ethnographic Sensibility Bernardo Zacka, Stanford University Lisa Herzog, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Disc., Andrew Robert Murphy, Rutgers University Audience Discussion New Methodological Advancements Interest Group Strategies: From Competition to Mutualism? 49-16 Legislatures, Agendas, and Policy Chair, TBA Legislative Productivity and Expressive Polarization in Political Rhetoric Stonegarden Grindlife, University of California, Los Angeles Party Machine Effects on Contemporary Legislative Institutions Thomas R. Guarrieri, University of Missouri, Columbia Kenneth Bryant, University of Missouri, Columbia Does Congressional Action on “Important” Issues Affect Congressional Approval Soren Jordan, Texas A&M University Danielle C. Wong, University of Connecticut Agendas, Solutions, and Legislative Organization Jonathan Daniel Lewallen, University of Texas, Austin Scott J. Moser, University of Texas, Austin Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Disc., Samuel B. Hoff, Delaware State University Audience Discussion 52-17 54-8 55-2 Panel Dynamics Chair, TBA How Judicial Ideology Shapes Intercircuit Conflict in the U.S. Courts of Appeals Deborah Beim, Yale University Kelly T. Rader, Yale University Moving Down the Ladder: The Post-Retirement Judicial Activity of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ryan Christopher Black, Michigan State University Andrew Stone, Washington University, St. Louis Quality, Prestige, and Supreme Court Agenda Setting Amanda Clare Bryan, Loyola University, Chicago Ryan James Owens, University of Wisconsin, Madison Loaded Dice?: Random Assignment in the U.S. Courts of Appeals Jeremy Johnson, Pennsylvania State University Christopher J. Zorn, Pennsylvania State University An Empirical Study of the Effect of Judicial Collegiality on Decision-Making Jonathan R. Nash, Emory University Disc., Ryan Christopher Black, Michigan State University Disc., Lisa M. Holmes, University of Vermont Disc., Jonathan P. Kastellec, Princeton University Audience Discussion Disc., Kwan Nok Chan, University of Hong Kong Disc., J. Kevin Corder, Western Michigan University Audience Discussion 56-9 Chair, Tony E. Wohlers, Cameron University Social Capital, Mental Illness, and Violent Crime Seung-Ho An, Texas A&M University The Role of Untreated Mental Illness in Deadly Encounters with the Police Holona LeAnne Ochs, Lehigh University Successful Addicts: An Exploration of Older Adult Heroin Addiction Treatment in Maine Sara J. Reed, Lewis University Disc., Tony E. Wohlers, Cameron University Disc., Bonnie Stabile, George Mason University Audience Discussion 57-13 Local Governance in Latin America Chair, TBA Community Sustainability Efforts in U.S.-Mexico Transborder Regions Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman, Indiana State University Sung-Wook Kwon, Texas Tech University Dennis P. Patterson, Texas Tech University Intra and Intergovernamental Coordination in Brazilians Infrastructure Projects Gabriela Spanghero Lotta, Universidade Federal do ABC Arilson Favareto, Universidade Federal do ABC Municipal Transparency: Administrative Capacity or Political and Legal Context Gabriel Pina, Indiana University Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University, Bloomington Estimating the Effect of a Political Alternation and Cities’ Size on the Provision of Local Public Goods in Mexico Whit a Heckman Model Irvin Mikhail Soto Zazueta, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Disc., Lapo Salucci, University of Denver Audience Discussion Comparative Changes in Public Health and Education Chair, TBA The Affordable Care Act, Mental Healthcare Parity and Outcomes in the States Scott Joseph Hofer, University of Houston Jonathan Achee Solis, University of Houston Immigrant Integration in the UK: Linking Policy and Outcomes Laurence Lessard-Phillips, University of Manchester Gareth Mulvey, University of Glasgow Silvia Galandini, University of Manchester Proportionality and Policy Change in Non-communicable Diseases: The Cases of Tobacco and Obesity Donley Studlar, University of Strathclyde Hadii Mamudu, East Tennesse State University Kristen Wilhoit, East Tennessee State University Health Policy: Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and Decriminalization 58-5 Policymaking in States and Municipalities Chair, TBA Policy Winnowing and the Diffusion of Innovations Graeme Thomison Boushey, University of California, Irvine Misti Lynn Knight-Finley, University of California, Irvine Social Policy at State Level in Mexico: Is There an Activation of Democracy Laboratories Going On Anahely Medrano, National Autonomous University of Mexico Heidi Jane M. Smith, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Indiana Blight Elimination Program: An Evaluative Study of Program Impacts JoAnna Lynn Mitchell-Brown, Sagamore Institute/Butler University Residential Mobility of Single Mothers in the Indianapolis’ MidNorth Neighborhood: An Exploratory Study of Chronic Moving JoAnna Lynn Mitchell-Brown, Sagamore Institute/Butler University The Determinants of Policy Punctuations: Evidence from City Governments Joshua P. Sapotichne, Michigan State University Disc., Darryl Lamont Roberts, Tuskegee University Audience Discussion State Capacity and Environmental Risk Chair, TBA The State and the Challenges of Environmental Security in Nigeria: A Study of Anambra State, 1999-2014 Ikenna Mike Alumona, Anambra State University Chinedu Vincent Uyalor, Anambra State University, Igbariam Authoritarianism as Vulnerability: The Social Science of Predictions for Climate Displacement in Egypt Craig Damian Smith, University of Toronto Diagnostic Approach on Institutional and Social Enablers for Environmental Management and Disaster Reduction at Municipal Level: Analysis of Chilean Municipalities Patricio Valdivieso, Universidad de los Lagos Benjamin Villena-Roldan, University of Chile Disc., Gerry Catharina Alons, Radboud University Disc., Matthew A. Shapiro, Illinois Institute of Technology Audience Discussion 221 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm 59-5 Bureaucracy in the U.S. States (Co-sponsored with Public Administration, see 60-22) Chair, Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California The Politics of Higher Education Governance: How State Political Context Influences the Creation of Governance Structures Tracey D. Bark, University of Oklahoma Bureaucratic Discretion and Policy Innovation: Local Government Administrators as Change Agents on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 63-5 Brian J. Gerber, Arizona State University Jennifer Kagan, University of Colorado, Denver Sojin Jang, University of Colorado, Denver Talking the Talk of the EPA: Measuring the Values of Environmental State Agencies Using the Regulatory Language of EPA and State Environmental Agency Press Releases JoyAnna Sutherlin Hopper, University of Missouri, Columbia Coalition Stability and Bureaucratic Discretion Brian David Janssen, University of Iowa The Second Stage of the Policymaking Game: The Effect of Gubernatorial Strength on Regulatory Discretion Mona R. Vakilifathi, University of California, San Diego Disc., Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California Audience Discussion 60-14 61-6 222 Causes and Effects of Trust Chair, Patrick S. Roberts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A Cross-National Analysis of Income Inequality and Public Trust Nurgul R. Aitalieva, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Determinants of Turnover Intention of Social Workers: Focusing on Emotional Labor and Trust in Organization Yoon Jik Cho, Yonsei University Hyun Jin Song, Yonsei University Perceptions of the Contract-for-services Relationship: The Impact of Trust Abby Marie Foreman, University of South Dakota Matthew R. Fairholm, University of South Dakota Antecedents of Trust in Government in Asia: Does the Civil Service Matter Louis Fucilla, Indiana University, Bloomington Hyunkang Hur, Indiana University, Bloomington Daewoo Lee, Indiana University Trust in Government, Participation, Process and Policy Satisfaction in Japanese and New Zealand Local Government Shaun F. Goldfinch, University of the South Pacific Yamamoto Kiyoshi, University of Tokyo Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion The Production of National Identity Chair, TBA History Textbooks, Ideology, and Attitudes in Government and Elite Pakistani Schools Madiha Afzal, University of Maryland Race and Immigration in Transatlantic Context: British Racialism and American Economic Anxiety Neal Allen, Wichita State University Tiffany Massey, Wichita State University From the Philippines to Iran: Analyzing the Moral Subtext of American Nationalism During Three Treaty Debates Paul T. McCartney, Towson University 64-2 'Invocation' of 'Europe' in Post-Communist Memorial Museums Ljiljana Radonic, Austrian Academy of Sciences Practicing Nationalism in Historical Writing: Japan’s Changing Image in Chinese Official Historical Narrative, 1950s to 1990s Nanxi Zeng, University of Chicago Disc., Kevin Bruyneel, Babson College Disc., Joseph Edward Lowndes, University of Oregon Audience Discussion Teaching and Learning Innovations in Introductory Courses Chair, Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith College A Comparison of Online and Face-to-Face Approaches to Teaching Introduction to American Government Toby Bolsen, Georgia State University Michael Evans, Georgia State University Anna McCaghren Fleming, Georgia State University The Effect of Classroom Response Systems on Student Achievement in an Introductory American Government Course Anthony Jacob Chergosky, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Jason M. Roberts, University of North Carolina Dynamics of Online Student Participation in Introductory American Government Courses: Why the Online Environment is more Conducive to Discussion than the Traditional Classroom James A. Newman, Southeast Missouri State University Jeremy D. Walling, Southeast Missouri State University Results from a Partially Flipped Class Susan Jane Siena, Indiana University, Bloomington Bringing Mindfulness into the Classroom Kimberly A. Weir, Northern Kentucky University Michael Baranowski, Northern Kentucky University Disc., Nina Therese Kasniunas, Goucher College Disc., Eric Richard Rittinger, Salisbury University Audience Discussion Agendas and Inequality: Managerialism and the Influence of the Wealthy Chair, Clayton M. Nall, Stanford University When do the Rich Win James Alexander Branham, University of Texas, Austin Stuart Neil Soroka, University of Michigan Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas, Austin Pay for Performance, Position, or Place: An Institutional-Level Analysis of Salary Equity For Women And Minority Faculty In STEM Sarah Beth Gehl, Georgia State University Subsidized Housing and the Suburbanization of the Poor; Analyzing Spatial Trends Doug M. Johnson, University of Rochester Contesting the Growth Agenda: The Emergence of the Accountable Development Framework in Los Angeles James Evans Morone, University of Pennsylvania Is Occupation Really a Cause of Political Preferences?: An Inquiry into the Variation of Political Attitudes of Managers and Professionals Erik Vestin, University of Gothenburg Disc., Frederick Solt, University of Iowa Audience Discussion 65-105 Preparing for Graduate School Chair Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University Panelist Christine Anne Balarezo, Independent Scholar Lauren M. Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University Douglas Michael Cantor, University of Illinois, Chicago 223 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-208 Poster Session: Judicial Politics Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Post. 6 224 So, Your Lawyer is a Lady?: Attorney Gender and Judicial Decision Making at the United States Courts of Appeals Christine . Bailey, Idaho State University Justified by Faith?: The Social Consequences of Litigating Religious Symbols in Public Space Lukus Paul Freeman, Alderson Broaddus College The Influence of Diversity in State Supreme Court DecisionMaking Robert Richard Garcia, Florida Gulf Coast University Cruel but Usual: The Electoral Politics of the Death Sentence Lukus Paul Freeman, Alderson Broaddus College Samantha Renee Loudin, Alderson Broaddus University The Influence of Law School Pedigree on Judicial Decision Making and Collegiality Nicholas W. Waterbury, Michigan State University The Effect of Campaign Finance Decisions on Political Participation in the United States Scarlett Elizabeth Winters, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Tom Pryor, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-209 Poster Session: Religion and Politics Post. 7 Politics at the Pulpit: An Examination of the Effect of Elite Religious Cues on Immigration Attitudes Matthew Daniel Baker, Centre College Post. 8 Clergy and Female Leadership: Effect on Religious Behavior Cammie Jo Bolin, Centre College Post. 9 Religious Diffusion and Social Capital: Measuring the Determinants of Religious Policy Adoption in the American States Austin Michael McCrea, Kent State University Post. 10 Oppression of the Devoted Janice Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Post. 11 The Religiously Unaffiliated: Atheist, Agnostic or Nothing in Particular Emma Ming Siegel, College of William & Mary Post. 12 The Changing Religious Landscape: Understanding the Political Beliefs of Religious Nones in America Chase Giovanni Lovett, Miami University Disc., Alicia Diana Forster, University of Florida Disc., Andre Pierre Audette, University of Notre Dame 225 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-210 Poster Session: Congress Post. 13 Investing in an Imprisoned America: Private Prison Corporations PACs’ Campaign Contributions in U.S. House and Senate Races Caylin Cierra Craig, University of Arkansas Karen Denice Sebold, University of Arkansas Andrew J. Dowdle, University of Arkansas Post. 14 Candidates as Constituent Mirrors: The Relationship Between Voter Religiosity and Religion in Congressional Candidate Advertisements Katelynn Rene Raney, Cornell College Post. 15 It's Not Always a Tea Party: An Examination of Ideological Congressional Caucuses’ Legislative Agendas Jennifer Michelle Hunken, Macalester College Post. 16 The Nature of Competition in Partisan Primaries: Studying Challenger Quality in U.S. House Primaries Robert Jacob Pressel, Boston University Disc., Lauren Santoro, West Virginia University 226 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-213 Poster Session: U.S. Social Policies Post. 17 How to End Homelessness in California Kiana Okhovat, University of California, Davis Post. 18 Citizen Perceptions of the Affordable Care Act Megan Marie Hoberg, Oakland University Post. 19 A Hard Pill to Swallow: The Impact of Contraception Rates on Abortion Rates Elyse Beth Myer-Tyson, Valparaiso University Post. 20 Exploration of Patient Satisfaction Based on Health Insurance Coverage Provided by The Affordable Care Act Arianna Maria Dalamaggas, Creighton University Post. 21 Investigating Geographic Bias in Government Assistance in Urban and Rural Indiana Makayla Cheyenne DePoy, Valparaiso University Disc., Glenn Beamer, Seton Hall University Disc., Teri Fair Platt, Clark Atlanta University 227 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-236 Poster Session: Voting Behavior Post. 22 The Tea Party and Minority Voting in the 2010 General Election Henry Joel Flatt, University of California, San Diego Post. 23 Substantive Representation and Reelection Success Patrick William Buhr, University of Colorado, Boulder Post. 24 The Major Shift: Why Hispanics are Rejecting Republican Presidential Candidates David Alan Reed, Indiana State University Disc., Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis Disc., Clinton Maddox Jenkins, George Washington University 228 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-246 Poster Session: Civil War Post. 25 Their Brothers’ Keepers?: Ethnicity, Rebel Diplomacy, and State Support for Insurgency Connor James Somgynari, University of Mississippi Disc., Shawna Colleen Meechan, University of Oregon 229 Saturday, April 9, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Saturday, April 9 at 1:15 pm 76-248 Poster Session: State Politics Post. 26 The Promise of E-Gov?: City Hall's Responsiveness to Neighborhood Interests Maxwell James Bertellotti, Marquette University Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University Post. 27 Local Government Engagement in Great Lakes Areas of Concern Adam Czamanske, Northern Illinois University Cora Dyslin, Northern Illinois University Charlie Oliver, Northern Illinois University 80-1 Transgender Politics: Experiences, Attitudes, and Activism Chair, Susan Burgess, Ohio University He Said, She Said: Transgender Rights and Public Opinion Brian F. Harrison, Northwestern University Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College Contending and Negotiating Identity through Institutions: Trans Activism within the Brazilian LGBT Movement Jacob R. Longaker, University of Kansas Litigating Transgender and Intersex Rights Jason Pierceson, University of Illinois, Springfield The Implications of Trans Security in the U.S. Military for Security Studies and World Politics Thomas Hunter Soltis, Florida International University Disc., Jeremiah John Garretson, State University of New York, Stony Brook Disc., Samara Mani Klar, University of Arizona Audience Discussion 83-103 Midwest Latina/o Caucus Distinguised Career Award Chair Rodney E. Hero, University of California-Berkeley Panelist Luis Ricardo Fraga, University of Notre Dame Gary Michael Segura, Stanford University Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California-Berkeley Valerie Martinez Ebers, University of North Texas 230 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 2-1 3-5 4-7 5-16 Immigration, Political Disruption, and Social Integration Chair, TBA Citizenship and Social Integration: Evidence from Germany Elizabeth Ann Knudson Dekeyser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integration Policies for Highly-Skilled Immigrants in European Cities Melanie Kolbe, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Inflows of Immigration and Party System Fragmentation James Richard Martin, Creighton University Paradise Found: An Examination of Cities, Institutions, and Refugee Resettlement Anahit Tadevosyan, University of Illinois, Chicago Disc., Lorenzo De Sio, LUISS Guido Carli University Disc., David Andrew Leblang, University of Virginia Audience Discussion 7-8 Determinants of Economic Development Chair, David Brown, University of Colorado at Boulder How do Tax Regulations and Corruption Influence Entrepreneurial Activities David B. Audretsch, Indiana University Maksim Belitski, University of Reading Farzana Chowdhury, Indiana University Sameeksha Desai, Indiana University Technological Unemployment and Socio-Economic Change: Historical Perspectives and the Future Todd J. Barry, University of Southern Mississippi Melissa Kay Aho, University of Southern Mississippi Does Creativity or Intellect Drive Economic Development: An Examination of Rural Counties Stephanie Arnette Pink-Harper, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale The Effect of Protest on Economic Growth Vania Ximena Velasco Guachalla, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., David Brown, University of Colorado Disc., Jose Alexandre Ferreira Filho, Catholic University, Pernambuco Audience Discussion 8-13 Transparency and Accountability in Developing Nations Chair, Daniel Phillip Berliner, Arizona State University The Hidden Electoral Connection: Analyzing Information Requests in the Chilean Congress Eduardo Aleman, University of Houston Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Margarita Maria Ramirez, University of Houston Political Competition and the Implementation of Transparency Reforms: Evidence from India’s Right to Information Act Daniel Phillip Berliner, Arizona State University Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Transparency and Corruption in Peru Darren Greg Hawkins, Brigham Young University Education, Corruption, and Electoral Accountability in Brazil Peter G. Johannessen, Princeton University Disc., Daniel Phillip Berliner, Arizona State University Disc., Vidal Romero, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Audience Discussion 11-2 Legacies of Colonialism Chair, TBA Pre-colonial Institutions and State Capacity: Evidence from Indonesia S. P. Harish, New York University The Colonial Origins of Post-Colonial Political Institutions Reconsidered Bastian Benedikt Herre, University of Chicago Disc., Miguel Carreras, University of California, Riverside Audience Discussion Gender and Political Institutions Chair, Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Collateral Damage: Do Gender Quotas Undermine Party Discipline Daniel Finke, Aarhus University Legal Regimes and Women's Economic Agency Mala N. Htun, University of New Mexico Francesca Refsum Jensenius, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Do Gender Quotas Help Women’s Political Careers?: Evidence from Mexico Yann P. Kerevel, Louisiana State University Women in Parliament and the Politics of Abortion Dawn Langan Teele, University of Pennsylvania Getting the Vote by the Vote: Women's Suffrage in Switzerland Dakota Wayne Thomas, University of Kentucky Disc., Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Disc., Marina Paola Lacalle, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Audience Discussion Issues and Ideology Chair, David Fortunato, University of California-Merced Setting Boundaries: How Categorical Perception Sets Political Parties Apart From Each Other in Crowded Multiparty Systems Chelsea Mariko Coe, University of California, Merced Evan Heit, University of California, Merced Johan Martinsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Stephen P. Nicholson, University of California, Merced The Behavioral Foundations of the Spatial Model: The Choice of the Distance Metric Ugur Ozdemir, University of Edinburgh The Same Left-Right Across the Atlantic?: Comparing the Dimensionality of the Issue Space across Seven Countries Aldo Paparo, Hoover Institution, Stanford University David W. Brady, Stanford University The Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Political Identities in Israel Mark Peffley, University of Kentucky Multi-dimensional Ideological Attitudes of Korean Voters: Factors that Affect Economic Policy Preferences Yae-jin Sung, Seoul National University Disc., David Fortunato, University of California-Merced Disc., Zachary David Greene, University of Stratclyde Audience Discussion Quantitative Chinese Politics Panel 2: Contentious Politics Chair, Victor Shih, University of California, San Diego Religious Institutions and the Impact of Inter-Ethnic Inequality on Conflict: The Case of Xinjiang Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University Haiyan Duan, Chinese University of Hong Kong Chuyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University Yingjie Wei, Shanghai Jiaotong University 231 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Estimating the Effects of Censorship on the Spread of Information in China William Hobbs, University of California, San Diego Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego Oilfields, Mosques, and Violence: Is There a Resource Curse in Xinjiang Ji Yeon Hong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Wenhui Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Evaluating Crowd Sourced Measures of Collective Action and Repression in China Jennifer Pan, Stanford University The Temporal Logic of Repression Session Title: Quantitative Chinese Politics Panel 2: Contentious Politics and State Repression Rory Truex, Princeton University Disc., Victor Shih, University of California, San Diego Audience Discussion 11-17 13-9 14-5 15-10 Migration and Citizenship in Asia Chair, TBA Rights to Settle?: Comparing Migrant Care Worker Policies in Taiwan and South Korea Yi-Chun Chien, University of Toronto Integration of New Immigrants from Mainland China in Hong Kong on the One-Way Permit Scheme James Floyd Downes, University of Kent Domestic Migration Policy Networks: A Look at Nepal and the Philippines and Their Policy Outcomes Richa Shivakoti, Georgetown University Disc., Karl Ho, University of Texas, Dallas Audience Discussion The Political Economy of Rentier States Chair, TBA The Solar Weapon: Renewables and the Future of Resource Politics Sean Burns, Northwestern University, Qatar Wahhabism and the Formation of An Economic Transnational Class Seyed Ahmad Mirtaheri, Florida International University Energy Pricing Reform in the GCC: A Case of Complex Political Economies Tom S. H. Moerenhout, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Disc., Scott J. Weiner, George Washington University Audience Discussion Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Socialist Countries Chair, Brent Hierman, Virginia Military Institute The Effects of Ethnocentrism in Post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Russia Christopher Charles Anderson, University of Iowa Reaching Across the Border: Internationalizing Citizenship as Domestic Strategy Hadas Aron, Columbia University Emily Jennifer Holland, Columbia University Divided We Stand?: Segregation and Out-group Tolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina Matthew T. Becker, University of Mississippi Building Bridges or Burning Them Down?: How Post-conflict Development Outcomes are Conditioned by Levels of Social Capital Carli E. Steelman, University of New Mexico 232 Disc., Matthew T. Becker, University of Mississippi Disc., Brent Hierman, Virginia Military Institute Audience Discussion 16-1 Insider-Outsider Politics in Developing Countries Chair, David Rueda, University of Oxford Labor Market Outsiders and Social Preferences in Latin America Melina Altamirano, Duke University The Exit Seekers and the Doomed: Is Informal Labor a Function of Social Policy Discontent and Lack of Good Governance Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne Natural Resources, Informal Networks, and Formal Contracts Abhit Bhandari, Columbia University Have Labor Insiders Captured the (Subnational) Left?: The Electoral Costs of Segmentation in Brazilian Municipalities German Feierherd, Yale University When Dualization Benefits Outsiders: Explaining the Rise of Non-Contributory Cash-Transfers Programs in the Developing World Santiago Lopez Cariboni, University of Essex/Catholic University of Uruguay Irene Menendez, University of Zurich The Micro-foundation of Social Protection Universalism in Asia: The Case of Indonesia Wei-Ting Yen, Ohio State University Disc., David Thomas Doyle, University of Oxford Disc., David Rueda, University of Oxford Audience Discussion Regulatory Regimes and Effects Chair, Steven G. Livingston, Middle Tennessee State University Insulating For Investment: Regulatory Institutions and the Multinational Firm in Public Infrastructure Andrew F. Hart, Colorado University, Boulder Captor Capitalism: How State Monopolies Thrive on Liberalized FDI Aparna Ravi Ravi, George Washington University Partisan Politics and Transfer Pricing Regulations of Multinational Firms: A Cross-National Analysis Mi Jeong Shin, Washington University, St.Louis Why Do Governments Over-Regulate Their Financial Sectors William Kindred Winecoff, Indiana University Cutting Through the Clutter: Generating Public Sector Allies in Detailed Regulatory Policymaking Through Interest Group Coalitions Kevin L. Young, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bruce Desmarais, Pennsylvania State University James Heilman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Disc., Joseph L. Staats, University of Minnesota, Duluth Audience Discussion 17-600 International Relations and Domestic Politics Research Blitz Causally Identifying the Income-Crime Relationship: Evidence of Opportunity Costs from the United States James Hodgdon Bisbee, New York University The Two Sides of Co-constitution: Towards a RealistConstructivist Explanation of the Ambiguousness of U.S. Foreign Policy Commitments Justin Oakley Delacour, Lewis University The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and Peace Movement: Peace Movement as an Anti-government Norm in Japan Jewon Hong, Georgia State University Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Will “New Cosmopolitanism” Replace the All-Under-Heaven Notion Weizhan Meng, University of Hong Kong Natural Disaster and the Norm of Non-Politicization Travis Benjamin Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville The Realism of Soft Power: Examining U.S. and Chinese Strategies in Africa Peter Sandby-Thomas, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Killing Me Softly: An Examination of the Effectiveness of the Use of Soft Power in Combating International Terrorism Tanisha J. Staten, University of Southern Mississippi 18-16 20-6 22-13 Afghanistan Chair, TBA We Don't Need No Education: Reconstruction and Conflict across Afghanistan Travers Barclay Child, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam/Tinbergen Institute Building and Undermining Legitimacy: Governance and Development in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 Jamie Lynn De Coster, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy Should the Governments Absorbs the Influx of Refugees from a Neighboring Country, Ignoring the Long Term Economic and Strategic Security Consequences, or they Rather Should Provide Means to Those Refugees to Efflux into the Other Bordering Neighbors Hassan A. Khan, University of Southern Mississippi Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: Security Challenges for the Region Muhammad Owais, University of Management and Technology Disc., Joel R. Hillison, Gettysburg College Audience Discussion Negotiation and Conflict Management Chair, TBA Negotiating with Bad People: When Do States Choose to Negotiate with Terrorists and Genocidaires Anne Ostrow Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Why Negotiate in Favorable Conditions?: Transnational Dimension of Peace Negotiations Sinem Arslan, University of Essex Negotiation, Peace Agreements and Civil War Duration in Colombia Jorge A. Giraldo Ramírez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín Jose Antonio Fortou, Ohio State University Third Party Conflict Management and Domestic Political Cover: Evidence From a Survey Experiment Florian Justwan, University of Idaho Overcoming Asymmetrical Negotiation Environments: The Case of Nicaragua and Costa Rica Fiorella Lopez-Jimenez, University of Arizona Disc., Paul Poast, University of Chicago Disc., Bryce Wesley Reeder, Purdue University Audience Discussion Conflict and Peace: The Role of Leaders Chair, TBA Ideology, Appointments, and Battlefield Outcomes Jeffrey Bernard Arnold, University of Washington John Tyson Chatagnier, Vanderbilt University Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Notre Dame Leadership Skill, Group Stereotype, and the Onset of Genocide Michael P. Jasinski, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh New Leaders, Old Agreements: Leader Changes and Intrastate Settlement Duration Carmela Lutmar, University of Haifa Rebel Leaders’ Pre-established Ties with the West and ThirdParty Intervention in Civil Conflict Serhan Yalciner, University of Mississippi Disc., Kerim Can Kavakli, University of Rochester Disc., Anthony S. Marcum, University of Michigan Audience Discussion 22-400 International Dimensions of Domestic Conflict Environmental Migration, Political Marginalization and Violence Fabien Cottier, University of Geneva International Politics by Other Means?: How Interstate Conflict Contributes to the Escalation of Civil Wars Mark Aaron Toukan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Refugees, Transborder Ethnic Ties, and International Conflict Saadet Ulasoglu, Florida State University Disc., Prakash Adhikari, Central Michigan University 22-401 The Dynamics of Protests Does Interaction between Security Forces and Protesters Reduce Protest Repression Christian Georg Glaessel, University of Mannheim Guns or Roses: The Determinants of Violent and Nonviolent Strategy in Political Resistance Sophie Jiseon Lee, Duke University Digging into the Nuts and Bolts of Protest Fluctuations in the Shadow of Austerity in Spain: Democratic Dissatisfaction and Timing of Protest Events Martin Portos Garcia, European University Institute Regional Political Machines after Regime Change: Separatism, Protest Mobilization, and Quiescence in Southeastern Ukraine Julian Gordon Waller, George Washington University Disc., Mehdi Shadmehr, University of Miami/Princeton University 22-402 How Civil Wars End Competing Risks Analysis of Peace Negotiations in Internal Armed Conflicts: Duration and Outcome Baris Ari, University of Essex Violence Diffusion Shapes How Conflict Ends Gaku Ito, University of Tokyo Hinkkainen Helena Hinkkainen, University of Lincoln Doomed to Fail?: Conflict Environment Mechanisms and Their Influence on Post-civil War Peace Julia Leib, Goethe University, Frankfurt Disc., Alyssa Kathleen Prorok, University of Iowa 22-403 Religious and Ethnic Dimensions of Civil Conflict Killing for God?: Factional Violence on the Transnational Stage Marjorie Tara Breslawski, University of Maryland Brandon Jeffrey Ives, University of Maryland, College Park Myanmar: Sixty Seven Years of Civil War and Counting Andrea DiMiceli, University of California, Los Angeles Self-Determination Referendums and Ethnic Conflict Micha Germann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Multidimensional Ethnic Structure and Civil Conflict Theodore Plettner, University of Maryland Strategies of State Accommodation and the Occurrence of Intraethnic Conflict Fanglu Sun, Rice University Disc., Kevin DeWitt Jones, University of Maryland 233 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 22-404 Unintended Consequences in Civil War Processes Fostering Relief or Fueling War?: The Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Civil Conflict Kevin Bradley, Louisiana State University Cassie Millet Knott, Louisiana State University The Long-term Economic Impact of U.S. Bombing in Cambodia Erin Lin, Princeton University 29-11 Unsafe Havens: Re-examining Humanitarian Aid and Peace Duration after Civil Wars Philip Andrew Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nina McMurry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Welfare Regimes and Conflict in Latin America: Reassessing the Effect of Social Welfare on Civil Conflict Onset Fiorella Patricia Vera-Adrianzen, University of New Mexico Terror and Feuding Neighbors: The Impact of Active Terrorist Organizations on Civil War Duration Christopher Paul Willis, Central Michigan University Disc., Daniel C. Tirone, Louisiana State University 24-8 Politics in the United Nations Chair, Felicity Anne Vabulas, University of Chicago Is Power Shift Occurring between the U.S. and China?: States’ Voting Behavior in the UNGA Wonjae Hwang, University of Tennessee Randy Willemain, University of Tennessee International Society: State Strategy, Socialization, and Normative Legitimacy Patrick C. E. Tiney, University of Maryland, College Park Piling on?: The Role of Regional Sanctions as Drivers of UN Sanctions Inken von Borzyskowski, Florida State University Clara Portela, Singapore Management University Non-Permanent Membership on the United Nations Security Council: The Politics of Election, 1966-2010 Jeffrey Alan Wright, Oxford University Disc., Felicity Anne Vabulas, University of Chicago Audience Discussion 30-11 27-100 The New Restrictive Voting Laws in the U.S. States: What We Know and What We Don't Chair Michael A. Smith, Emporia State University Panelist Linda M. Trautman, Ohio University, Lancaster Russell Brooker, Alverno College Chapman Rackaway, Fort Hays State University Kevin Anderson, Eastern Illinois University Ishita T. Chowdhury, University of Alabama 28-7 234 Districting and Party Polarization Chair, TBA How Voters Contributed to Party Polarization in Congress: A Look at the Pre-condition in Conditional Party Government Jon R. Bond, Texas A&M University Garrett N. Vande Kamp , Texas A&M University Geographic Districting Principles and Polarization in Congress Daniel C. Bowen, College of New Jersey Electoral Bias and Divided Government in 19th Century America Jack Edelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Can Gerrymanders be Measured?: An Examination of Wisconsin Assembly Jonathan Krasno, Binghamton University Daniel Blyth Magleby, Binghamton University Robin E. Best, State University of New York, Binghamton Michael McDonald, Binghamton University Shawn J. Donahue, Binghamton University 31-1 The Pork Barrel, Polarization, and U.S. Congressional Elections Andrew H. Sidman, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Disc., Steven Greene, North Carolina State University Disc., Michael S. Kowal, Bowdoin College Audience Discussion Sub-National Elections and Representation Chair, TBA The Impact of District Magnitude on State Legislators’ Priorities and Effectiveness James M. Curry, University of Utah Paul S. Herrnson, University of Connecticut Jeffrey A. Taylor, ICF International More Local, Less Predictable?: The Impact of Preference Votes on the Election Results at Different Levels of Government Adam Gendzwill, University of Warsaw Kamil Michal Marcinkiewicz, University of Oldenburg Voter Mobilization Varying Local Election Systems, Preference vs. Plurality Elections Kellen James Gracey, University of Iowa Courtney Leigh Juelich, University of Iowa Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa How Voters Evaluate Sub-Municipal Representativeness in Local Councils Morten Jakobsen, Aarhus University Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark To Whom Do Candidates Believe They Must Be Responsive Christopher Skovron, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Disc., Nathaniel Birkhead, Kansas State University Disc., Michael W. Sances, University of Memphis Audience Discussion Race, Ethnicity and Voting Behavior Chair, TBA Vying for Votes: How Appeals to Ethnic Voters Change Opinion Tabitha Bonilla, University of South Carolina When Your Group Fails: The Responsiveness of Racial Groups to Race-Based School Failure Signals John Boschen Holbein, Duke University Hans J. G. Hassell, Cornell College Does Ethnic Inequality Promote Ethnic Voting Christian Houle, Michigan State University Paul David Kenny, Australian National University Racial Diversity and the Rise of Racial Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections Joel A. Lieske, Cleveland State University Disc., Neil Visalvanich, Durham University Audience Discussion Political Networks in U.S. Politics Chair, Nils Ringe, University of Wisconsin, Madison Congressional Issue Networks in the U.S.: A Temporal Analysis of Their Impacts From a Lobbyist Perspective Cantay Caliskan, Boston University Exploring Bipartisanship in Congressional Caucus Networks Samara Mani Klar, University of Arizona Yotam Shmargad, University of Arizona Christopher Robert Weber, University of Arizona Organizational Tie Influence Within the U.S. Extended Party Networks: Evidence From 2014 Election Cycle PAC-to-PAC Giving Sean Robert Robinson-Sentance, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Corporate lobbying networks in the United States, 1980-2014 Paulo Matos Serodio, University of Oxford Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Public Opinion and the U.S. Drone Program: An Analysis of the Factors that Cause Americans to Support Drone Strikes Grant M. Cohen, University of Miami The Social Transmission of Political (Mis)information Taylor Nicole Feenstra, University of California, San Diego The Agenda-Setting Function of Documentary Films on Media Attention and Public Interest Nicole Rhiannon Gayer, University of New Mexico Efficacy of Newspaper Endorsements in Rural Elections Lydia Elaine Hammond, New Mexico State University Uziel Daniel Marte, New Mexico State University The Impact of Party Frames during Periods of Electoral Competition: Evidence from South Korea Matthew David Jenkins, University of California, Santa Barbara Members of Congress and Policy Control: The Case of Taxation, 1977-1986 John Lydon Lovett, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Five Star Movement: A Democratic Tsunami or Another One-man Show?: The Paradox of Online Political Communication Luca Manucci, University of Zurich Michi Amsler, University of Zurich Less You Know -- Better You Feel: Evidence from Russia Michael Poyker, University of California, Los Angeles Covered Up: Censorship in Saudi Arabia David Alexander Romney, Harvard University Paul Zachary, University of California, San Diego Social Groups and the Two-Stage Identity Priming Process Jacob Edward Rothschild, Northwestern University The Virtue in Relativity: Media Preference as a Replacement Measure for Media Exposure Zachary Andrew Scott, University of Maryland, College Park Who Defines an Issue Kelsey Shoub, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill John Lydon Lovett, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Andrew Harold Tyner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mariken van der Velden, Vrije University, Amsterdam Corruption is Bad News for a Free Press: Reassessing Government Corruption's Effect on Media Freedom Jonathan Achee Solis, University of Houston Leonardo Antenangeli , University of Houston Disc., Nils Ringe, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Herschel F. Thomas, University of Texas, Arlington Audience Discussion 32-10 Approaches to Measuring and Defining Political Ideology Chair, TBA Sophistication, Inconsistency, and Symbolism: A Rational Choice Approach to Ideology Brandon Rudolph Davis, University of Alabama Location, Location, Location: The Effect of Political Environment on Ideological Identification Gregory Alan Petrow, University of Nebraska, Omaha Travis Jerome King, University of Nebraska, Omaha Collin Hawkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha Rural Political Ideology in America, 1952-2010 Jack Reilly, New College of Florida Democratic Citizenship and Public Support for Compromise Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., K. Elizabeth Coggins, Colorado College Disc., Zachary Folsom Cook, DePaul University Audience Discussion 34-10 35-11 The Political Psychology of Trust Chair, TBA Being Informed in the Age of Misinformation: A Theoretical Model to Predict News Media Believability Robin Blom, Ball State University Facial Appearance and Institutional Signals in Political Trust Evaluations Alexander Bor, Aarhus University Expanding Research on Moderators of Political Cognition: The Influence of Elite Decision-Making on German Public Opinion Sara Garcia Arteagoitia, Heidelberg University Youth Social Trust and Materialism, 1976-2012 John E. Transue, University of Illinois, Springfield Disc., Christopher Ojeda, Stanford University Disc., John E. Transue, University of Illinois, Springfield Audience Discussion Acquiring Political Preferences Chair, Anne-Marie T. Jeannet, Bocconi University Political and Electoral Preferences Amidst the Aftermath of the 2009 Gaza War: Towards Radicalization or Moderation Ghassan Baliki, Humboldt University, Berlin Unemployment and Political Support: An Empirical Investigation Paul Cornelius Bauer, European University Institute Giada Gianola, University of Bern Luck vs Effort: Learning about Income from Different Friends and Neighbours Gustavo Adolfo Caballero, University of Calgary The Contextual Impact on Political Support: Satisfaction with Democracy Among Expatriated Swedes Stefan John Erik Dahlberg, University of Gothenburg Jonas Linde, University of Bergen Disc., Lori D. Bougher, Princeton University Disc., Anne-Marie T. Jeannet, Bocconi University Audience Discussion 37-12 How, When and Why Women Change Politics Chair, TBA Does Gender Matter?: Female Politicians’ Engagement in AntiCorruption Efforts Andreas Bågenholm, University of Gotheburg Amy C. Alexander, Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg Gender and Party Leadership Contests in Scotland Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University Righting Conventional Wisdom: Women and Right Parties in Advanced Parliamentary Democracies Diana Z. O'Brien, Indiana University Women Legislators, Partisan Polarization, and Policy Outcomes Emily Ursula Schilling, Washington University, St. Louis Rebecca Jane Kreitzer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston Disc., Christina Xydias, Clarkson University Audience Discussion 36-600 Data Blitz Chair, Hyunjin Song, University of Vienna Nationalist Discourse as a Network: Analyzing the Structure of Nationalist Appeals in Georgian Print Media Nino Abzianidze, University of Zurich 235 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 38-8 The Most Fundamental Right: Voting Now and Then, Here and There (Co-sponsored with Representation and Electoral Systems, see 29-13, and Turnout and Political Participation, see 27-20) Chair, TBA Missing Black Men and Representation in American Political Institutions David Cottrell, University of Michigan Michael Herron, Dartmouth College Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida Saved from a Second Slavery: Black Voter Registration in Louisiana from 1878 to 2010 William C. Cubbison, George Washington University Ismail White, George Washington University Turning Back the Clock: The Re-emergence of Voter Suppression in North Carolina and its Impact on African American Participation Anthony L. Daniels, Wayne State University Turning Out to Vote: The Politics of Polling Places and the Increased Costs for Minority Voters Patricia D. Posey, University of Pennsylvania Race, Place, and Power Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos, University of Chicago Disc., Matthew J. Hayes, Indiana University, Bloomington Disc., Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah Audience Discussion 39-9 40-9 41-9 236 Rereading the Canon Democratic vs. Civic Virtues Gregory R. Peterson, South Dakota State University Disc., Jeffrey A. Becker, University of the Pacific Disc., Christopher A. Dustin, College of the Holy Cross Audience Discussion 42-500 The Presidency: Power, Irony, and Affect Extra-Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers Michael Ashley Julius, Coastal Carolina University Speak Loudly and Carry A Small Stick: An Interpretation of Franklin Roosevelt’s Economic Liberalism Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington Is Public Irony by Liberal Presidents Self-Defeating Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington Disc., Markus Stephan Tepe, University Oldenburg 44-10 Chair, Steven A. Kelts, George Washington University Arendt's Tragic Common Sense Larissa M. Atkison, University of South Carolina What’s the Matter with Matter?: Or the Curious Intersection of Vital Materialism and Human Agency Loren Goldman, Ohio University Islam and Machiavelli's Armed Prince 45-17 William B. Parsons, Carroll College It’s not About Race: Kant and the Eurocentric Origins of AntiColonialism Inés Valdez, Ohio State University Disc., Steven A. Kelts, George Washington University Disc., Peng Yu, Earlham College Audience Discussion Representation, the Self, and the Other Chair, TBA Carceral Citizenship and Distorted Democracy: The Political Costs of the Overrepresentation of Racialized Minorities in the Criminal Justice Systems of the U.S. and Canada Teddy Brian Harrison, University of Toronto Fear and Loathing in Guantánamo: Producing the Ideal Camp Guard Philip Luke Johnson, Graduate Center, CUNY Police Militarization in the United States: Understanding Police Culture and Traditions of Reform Benjamin Thomas Krupicka, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Matthew Hamilton Bowker, Medaille College Disc., Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut Audience Discussion Virtues, "Ancient" and "Modern" Chair, TBA The Role of Prudence in Kant's Political Philosophy K. F. Martin Baesler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg Beauty and Virtue in Plato's Symposium Christopher A. Dustin, College of the Holy Cross Parties, Extremes, and Valence Chair, TBA Leader's Valence and Accountability Rodolpho Talaisys Bernabel, New York University Keeping Politicians on Their Toes: Does the Way Parties Organize Matter Benoit Serge Crutzen, Erasmus School of Economics Primaries, Strategic Expectations, and Candidate Polarization Jonathan Woon, University of Pittsburgh Valence Influence in Electoral Competition with Rank Objectives Alexei Zakharov, Higher School of Economics Alexander Shapoval, Higher School of Economics Shlomo Weber, Southern Methodist University Disc., Anna Bassi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Disc., Scott J. Moser, University of Texas, Austin Audience Discussion Innovations in Methodological Techniques Chair, Anastassios Kalandrakis, University of Rochester Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Mixture Models Maxim Ananyev, University of California, Los Angeles Social Scientific Banditry: Improving Experimental Designs through Adaptive Treatment Allocation Drew Dimmery, New York University Do Experts Know How Much They Know?: Do Statistical Models? Do we care Kyle Lohse Marquardt, University of Gothenburg Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State Universty Yi-ting Wang, National Cheng Kung University The Uses and Limitations of Symmetrical Regression in Political Science Nathan Rexford, University of California, Davis Matthew Shugart, University of California, Davis Mind the Gap: A Survey of Mixed Methods in Political Research Cassandra Mehlig Sweet, Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Chile Julieta Suarez-Cao, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Disc., Anastassios Kalandrakis, University of Rochester Disc., Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 47-16 Outcomes of Party and Interest Group Activity in Comparative Perspective Chair, Emily Olivia Matthews Luxon, University of Michigan, Dearborn Bending when weak?: Government Strength and Interest Group Pressure Henrik Alf Jonas Hermansson, University of Copenhagen Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen, University of Copenhagen In Opposition to the Opposition Zsuzsanna Blanka Magyar, University of California, Los Angeles Promoting the General Welfare: An Analysis of the Passage of Policy Types in the United States Congress Aaron Tyler Mentzer, West Virginia University Mass Programmatic Parties and Provision of Public Goods Tiago . Peterlevitz, Yale University Let’s Have a Party: Representation and Immigration in Western Europe Kristina Youngblood, University of Kansas Disc., Emily Olivia Matthews Luxon, University of Michigan, Dearborn Disc., Reimut Zohlnhoefer, University of Heidelberg, Germany Audience Discussion 48-8 49-8 Executive - Judicial Politics 50-5 52-100 The U.S. District Court Database: Using a Major New Data Resource (Co-sponsored with Law and Society, see 50-100, and Law and Jurisprudence, see 51-100) Chair Kenneth L. Manning, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Panelist Robert A. Carp, University of Houston Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of Houston Christina Boyd, University of Georgia Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts Lisa M. Holmes, University of Vermont Chair, TBA 56-10 Judicial Review: New Perspectives from Thomas Jefferson's Presidential Newspaper Mel Laracey, University of Texas, San Antonio Beyond Appointment: Presidential Power in the Federal Judiciary Lauren Mattioli, Princeton University Presidential Personality, Strategy, and Supreme Court Response Natalie Carol Rogol, Georgia State University Disc., Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University Disc., Fred W. Rhynhart, Frederick W. Rhynhart Research Audience Discussion Comparative Institutions (Co-sponsored with Comparative Politics: Institutions, see 7-15) Chair, TBA Information and Expertise: Lessons from Committees' Behaviour in Parliamentary Systems Patrícia Calca, Kaiserslautern Technical University When and Why do MPs Ask Questions to the Minister?: A Study of Opposition Behavior in the Danish Parliament Rebecca Michelle Eissler, University of Texas, Austin Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University Peter Bjerre Mortensen, Aarhus University Annelise Russell, University of Texas Re-Examining the Status Quo: Examining Institutional Fit and Second Chamber Reform David Fisk, University of California, San Diego The Strategy of Wedge Issues in Multi-party Democracies: Legislative Dynamics and Electoral Consequences Cesar Garcia Perez de Leon, Centre d'Etudes Europeannes, Science Po Eitan Tzelgov, University of Gothenburg Submissive Yes-Men or Assertive Political Actors?: Party Loyalty of Career Politicians in the UK House of Commons, 2001-2015 Raphael Heuwieser, University of Oxford Disc., Keith L. Dougherty, University of Georgia Disc., Yael Shomer, Tel Aviv University Audience Discussion Applying Critical Theories of Law Chair, Diana Jane Young, Carleton University Queering Incarceration: A Study of Inmate Narratives Nicole Angela Francisco, University of Oregon Searching for the Parental Causes of the School-to-Prison Pipeline Problem Reginald Leamon Robinson, Howard University Blind to the Dignity of the Other: Obergefell vs Hodges, Identity Oppression and the Deconstruction of Strict Constructionalism Carter A. Wilson, Northern Michigan University Disc., Susan Haire, University of Georgia Disc., Diana Jane Young, Carleton University Audience Discussion 58-9 Social Policy and Politics in Developing Countries Chair, Carie A. Steele, Texas Tech University Political Accountability and Public Service Provision in Africa: Evidence from Ghana Joseph Asunka, University of California, Los Angeles Patience Akelen-era Afulani, University of California, San Francisco Misaligned Incentives: How Electoral Politics is Costing the Lives of Thousands of Children in Kenya Nathan John Combes, University of California, San Diego Alexandra M. Voight, University of California, San Diego Disc., Dagmar Radin, University of Zagreb Disc., Carie A. Steele, Texas Tech University Audience Discussion Interest Mobilization in Environmental Politics Chair, TBA Role Analysis and Environmental Interest Group Coalitions Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University Dino Christenson, Boston University Benjamin Wesley Campbell, Ohio State University Zachary Navabi, Ohio State University Green Parties’ Participation in Local Elections in Belgium Régis Dandoy, Université Catholique de Louvain Renewable Power In Sight: The Politics of Visibility in Danish Wind Energy Development Robert R. Darrow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Discourses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Evidence from an Eight-Country Study Monica DiGregorio, University of Leeds Maria Brockhaus, Center for International Forestry Research Caleb Tyrell Gallemore, Northeastern Illinois University Leandra Fatorelli, University of Leeds Efrian Muharrom, Center for International Forestry Research The Comparative Politics of Environmental Mobilizations Against Bottled Water Companies in Canada and the United States Raul Pacheco-Vega, CIDE Disc., Elizabeth Albright, Duke University Audience Discussion 237 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 60-15 Strategies and Decision Making Chair, Erin K. Melton, University of Connecticut Shocking Performance: The Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Shocks on Organizational Performance Daniel P. Hawes, Kent State University Joshua Testa, Kent State University Manager Responses to Performance Gaps Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University Soeren C. Winter, The Danish National Centre for Social Research Nathan Favero, Texas A&M University Simon Calmar Andersen, Aarhus University Laurence J. O'Toole, University of Georgia The Citizen as a Layman Administrator: Experiments on Counterfactual Thinking About Performance Asmus Leth Olsen, University of Copenhagen Herbert Simon’s Legacy for Improving Decision Processes Patrick S. Roberts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Kris Wernstedt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion 60-501 Symposia: Exploring Collaboration and Coproduction Dense Networks and Conflicts of Interest: A Challenge for Ethical Governance of Global Programs Jaimie Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Sean Adkins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Sara Jordan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Assessing Collaborative Readiness of Public and Nonprofit Organizations in the Crime Reduction and Prevention Networks Aleksey V. Kolpakov, University of Nevada, Reno Solveig Spjeldnes, Ohio University Lesli Johnson, Ohio University Transformation, Collaboration, and Systemic Processes in Public Organizations William Lester, Jacksonville State University 62-8 Religion and Comparative Political Behavior Chair, TBA A Multidimensional Analysis of Political Islam Malek Abduljaber, Wayne State University Ilker Kalin, Wayne State University Reluctant Monopolists: Religious Regulation, Politicization, and Identity in Central Asia Dustin Mitchell Gamza, University of Michigan Religious Attendance, Religious Belief, and Human Development Matt R. Golder, Pennsylvania State University The Relationship between Religious Practice and Political Participation in Indonesia Danielle N. Lussier, Grinnell College Authoritarianism and Church Influence on Ideology and Behavior Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University Disc., Jason Michael Adkins, Kent State University Audience Discussion 66-108 Teaching with Simulations and Games II Chair Corbett William Baxter, United States Military Academy Panelist Jacob Christopher Holt, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Julie Ann Keil, Saginaw Valley State University Nathan Lee Strickland, United States Military Academy 238 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-201 Poster Session: Political Culture Post. 1 Post. 2 Post. 3 Post. 4 Post. 5 Who Takes the Baby?: The Effect of Question Ordering on Preferred Family Leave Policies Alejandra Teresita Gimenez, Brigham Young University To Maintain a Regime, To Create A Crisis: Kim Jong-Il Regime’s Making of Nuclear Crises Zi-Yin Chen, National Cheng Kung University Public Opinion of Labor Unions in the United States Baili Lynn Volluz, Saint Louis University Marijuana Leglisation at the Ballot Box: Iteration and Interactivity in the Ballot Initiative Process Thomas Samuel Robinson, University of Oxford Studying Foreign Language Education as a High School Graduation Requirement Harrison Duane Biggs, Creighton University Disc., Anthony Michael Daniel, Columbia University 239 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-202 Poster Session: Foreign Policies Post. 6 The World’s Most Powerful Women: A Feminist Examination of Obama’s Foreign Policy Team Margarita Angel, Dominican University Post. 7 Why Intervene: Influences on the Magnitude of U.S. Military Intervention Elizabeth Victoria Kafer, Creighton University Post. 8 Going Foreign: Presidential Persuasion Abroad Tanner James Wonnacott, Brigham Young University, Idaho Post. 9 Chinese FDI in Burmese Infrastructure as a Tool of Fostering Soft Power Haroon Iqbal Atcha, College of DuPage Post. 10 A Poliheuristic Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy Decisionmaking: Responding to Genocide Elizabeth Paige Kittner, College of Wooster Post. 11 Russian Cultural Exceptionalism in Context of Foreign Policy Dmitry Vitalyevich Vorona, Luther College Disc., Robert Edward Thompson, Wayne State University 240 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-203 Poster Session: Media and Politics Post. 12 A (Visual) Tale of Two Cities: How the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore were Portrayed in Broadcast News Samuel Robert Gubitz, George Washington University Post. 13 Race to the White House: A "On-the-Ground" Study of the Intersection between Media Coverage and Citizen Interests Preceding the 2016 Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary Shontee Pant, Principia College Post. 14 Examining News Media Coverage of Mayoral Elections with Gay or Lesbian Candidates Justin William Stidham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Post. 15 Grassroots Nationalism on Chinese Social Media: A ComputerAssisted Text Analytic Method Shane Xinyang Xuan, Wabash College Post. 16 Exporting the Drug Wars: Comparing U.S. Involvement in and Media Representations of Bolivian, Colombian, and Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts Alexandra Tyler Shewmake, Duke University Post. 17 The "Digital Silent Majority": Citizens' Perceptions of Government Use of Social Media Rochelle Marie Snyder, Westminster College Disc., Andrew M. Daniller, University of Pennsylvania Disc., Rachel Hyatt Meade, Brown University 241 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-205 Poster Session: Political Economy Post. 18 Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Aid: Their Effect on Human Development Trends in the Global South Ryan M. Baker, Franklin College Post. 19 Qué lejos estoy del suelo donde he nacido: Location, Immigration and Acculturation Rachel Suzanne Torres, University of North Texas Post. 20 Foreign Aid: Helping or Hurting Democratization Benjamin Tyler Leigh, University of Georgia Post. 21 Can Crypto-Currencies, Specifically Bitcoin, Disrupt Global Monetary Systems Mohammed Wasef Kudsy, Louisiana State University Disc., Pia Raffler, Yale University Disc., Jikuo Lu, University of Pittsburgh 242 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-206 Poster Session: Comparative Politics Post. 22 Gay Marriage: A Comparative Study Rodrigo Stefano Leon Flores, University of Guanajuato Post. 23 Europeanization and Tolerance of Immigrants Stephanie Nicole Shady, Texas Christian University Post. 24 Las Presidentas: Gender Quota Laws and Female Representation in Latin American Presidencies, Cabinets, and Legislatures Kristine Emily Adams, Saint Anselm College Post. 25 The Shadow of the Kremlin: The Effect of Communist Political Legacy on a State's Present-Day Political Discrimination against Minorities Rachel Alison Brasier, University of Alabama Post. 26 Examining the Politicization of Indigenous People: Perceived Government Deliverance and Participation Alexandra S. Turcios, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Disc., Nathan Henceroth, University of Nevada-Las Vegas 243 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-207 Poster Session: International Relations Post. 27 Divided They Fight: How the Structure of Conflict Explains Variation in Foreign Fighters’ Impact Alaa N. Chaker, American University Post. 28 Prosperous Conflict: How the EU Accession Process Affects the Development of LGBT Rights Movements in the Western Balkans Ryan Benjamin Morduch Rosenberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Post. 29 It Wasn’t Me: Cease Fire Violations and Conflict Duration Brian Delgado, Emory University Post. 30 U.S. Counter Insurgency Strategy and Resurgence of the Afghan Taliban, 2001-2015 Muhammad Bilal Shakir, Texas A&M University, Qatar Post. 31 You Can Do It, We Can Help: Militias, Cooperation, Regime Type and Civilian Killings Jose Mauricio Santana, University of Central Florida Post. 32 Economic Power Sharing and Lasting Peace: A New Empirical Analysis Sarah Baldinger, University of Pennsylvania Disc., Michael William Widmeier, University of North Texas 244 Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday, April 9 at 3:00 pm 76-234 Poster Session: Political Campaign Post. 33 Facing Under-representation: Do Campaign Finance Reforms or Strategic Factors Impact the Emergence of Candidates Outside Normal Party Networks Kathryn Meggan Ust, South Dakota State University Post. 34 Voters’ Perceptions of the Qualifications of Female Candidates Rachael Marie Nowack, University of Alabama Post. 35 Pluralism: Spheres of Power and Politics Derek Joseph Stefanovsky, Alma College Post. 36 Third Parties in American Politics, What Do We Learn about Them from Twitter The Anh Pham, Wabash College Post. 37 Navigating Gun Control in a Post Sandy Hook America: How Congressional Desire for Re-election Explains the Failure of Pro-Gun Control Legislation in the First Session of the 113th Congress Rosa Bess Colman, Macalester College Disc., Anne Cizmar, Eastern Kentucky University Disc., Philip Gordon Chen, Macalester College 78-101 Successfully Navigating Tenure and Promotion Chair Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky Panelist Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University Monika A. Nalepa, University of Chicago Gisela Sin, University of Illinois 85-2 American Counter-Worlds, Counter-Narratives, and Self-Assertion Chair, TBA Walker Percy as an Author of Agency Laura Lea Bourland, Georgia Gwinnett College A Democratic Batman?: An Analysis of Netflix’s Daredevil Under the Lenses of Democratic and Republican Political Theory Edmond David Hally, Ferrum College Humanizing the President: Vidal and Spielberg Sangjun Jeong, Seoul National University Evil and Justice in the Postmodern City: Wittgenstein, King, and Ellroy in Horror and Noir John S. Nelson, University of Iowa Wandering Over Boundless Fields: Individualism and Community in the Fiction of Willa Cather James Paul Old, Valparaiso University Disc., Lynita K. Newswander, University of South Dakota Disc., Charles T. Rubin, Duquesne University Audience Discussion 245 Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Saturday, April 9 at 4:45 pm 1-5 Chair, TBA Rupture and Reform: The Case of Slippery Concepts and Muddled Measurements in the Study of Regime Change Ellen M. Lust, Yale University Hans Lueders, Stanford University Ruling Parties in Authoritarian Regimes: A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change Anne Meng, University of California, Berkeley Elite Mobility and Institutional Organization in an Authoritarian State: North Korea, 1994-2014 Jacob Austin Reidhead, Stanford University Eunhou Song, Stanford University Elite Mobility and Institutional Organization in an Authoritarian State: North Korea, 1994-2014 Jacob Austin Reidhead, Stanford University Eunhou Song, Stanford University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 3-3 4-8 246 Political Credit Rating Cycles: Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Mexico Welmar Eduardo Rosado-Buenfil, California Institute of Technology Disc., Arturas Rozenas, New York University Disc., Peter Cornelis Van der Windt, New York University, Abu Dhabi Audience Discussion Understanding Institutions and Regime Change (Cosponsored with Comparative Politics: Developing Countries, see 5-12) 7-11 Evaluating the Impact of Policy Interventions Chair, Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo-Japan Does It Work, Does It Last?: Participatory Budgeting in El Salvador—Again—10 Years After Its Introduction Gary Bland, RTI International Assessing the Performance of Governance Regimes in Higher Education: A Tool-based Systematic Framework Giliberto Capano, Scuola Normale Superiore Alessia Damonte, University of Milano Who is Better at Promoting Public Health at the Grassroots? : A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Effectiveness of Local Governmental and Religious Leaders in Rural Uganda Robert A. Dowd, University of Notre Dame Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia Does Microcredit Actually Reduce National Poverty Rates Isabel Mulino, Oklahoma State University Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University The Long-Term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers: Bolsa Família a Decade In Brian Jacob Warby, University of Northern Iowa Disc., Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo-Japan Disc., Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Audience Discussion Political Economy in Developing Countries Chair, Arturas Rozenas, New York University Why Does Informality Persist in Developing Countries?: Winners and Losers and the Relevance of Domestically Driven Reforms in Nigeria and Peru Osaore A. Aideyan, Illinois State University Carlos A. Parodi, Illinois State University Why do Strikes Last Longer in Federal Systems Across the Global South?: Contrasting Industrial Dispute Pathways in Turkey and Argentina Fulya Apaydin, Institut Barcelona D'Estudis Internacionals Price Shocks and Land Displacement: Evidence from Colombia Antonella A. Bandiera, New York University Institutional Decay and the Construction of Distributional Coalitions in Turkey Ilke Civelekoglu, Dogus University 8-8 9-9 Political Parties and Elections Chair, Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester The Mexican Salamanders: Governors and the Design of Electoral Districts in the Mexican States Santiago Manuel Alles, Rice University It’s My Party: Candidate Selection and Party Factionalism in the Mexican PAN Sergio J. Ascencio Bonfil, University of Rochester The Institutional Determinants of Party Strength Fernando Augusto Bizzarro Neto, University of Notre Dame Ethnic Electoral Geography and Ethnic Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa Manuel Andreas Vogt, Princeton University Thomas Koblet, Esri Suisse AG Disc., Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester Disc., Timothy S. Rich, Western Kentucky University Audience Discussion Specific Support for Democratic Institutions Chair, Damien Bol, King's College London Language Effects in Cross Cultural Social Science Surveys Stefan John Erik Dahlberg, University of Gothenburg Johan Martinsson, University of Gothenburg How do Citizens Evaluate Their Governments Hierarchically?: Evidence from Taiwan and China Hsinhao Huang, National Taiwan Normal University Who Supports Lifting Term Limits in Latin America Matthew Singer, University of Connecticut Disc., Damien Bol, King's College London Disc., Miguel Carreras, University of California, Riverside Audience Discussion What Parties Emphasize and How it Matters Chair, TBA "What this Election is About…": Parties' Issue-Emphasis Strategies in Multiparty Elections James Adams, University of California, Davis Samuel Merrill, Wilkes University Roi Zur, University of California, Davis Choosing Your Battles Wisely?: Activist Preferences and Parties' Issue Emphases in Elections Chitralekha Basu, University of Rochester Competing on Competence: How the Scope of Campaign Messages Structure Competence Evaluations Zachary David Greene, University of Stratclyde Claiming or Blaming?: How Parties’ Emphasize Issues in Response to Economic Up- and Downturns Nicolas Merz, Social Science Center, Berlin Tarik Abou-Chadi, Humboldt-University Berlin Adaptation or Dismissal?: The Impact of Green, Far Right and Eurosceptic Issue Entrepreneurs on the Agendas of Other Parties in Western Europe Sjoerd van Heck, Humboldt University, Berlin Disc., Nathan Rexford, University of California, Davis Disc., Christopher Williams, European University Institute Audience Discussion Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm 10-8 11-18 13-10 Integration and Regionalism in the Americas Chair, TBA Colombian International Cooperation Networks against illicit Drugs Trafficking Galia J. Benitez, Michigan State University 14-6 Trade Wars and Politics in Paradise: Intra-CARICOM Economic Conflict and Prospects for Deepening Integration in the Commonwealth Caribbean Robert Clemente Chalwell, Broward College Iliyan Iliev, University of Texas, Dallas China in Latin America: Soft Power in the Shadow of Changing Relations David John Cupery, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Framing Caribbean Integration: A Content Analysis of Elites' Views on Regionalism Dwaine Jengelley, Purdue University Natasha Tamika Duncan, Purdue University Mikaela R. Meyer, Purdue Univeristy The Rise of UNASUR: Evaluating UNASUR's Role in the Americas Betsy Montgomery-Smith, Georgia State University Disc., Brett J. Kyle, University of Nebraska, Omaha Disc., Edgar Jorge Marcolin, Purdue University Audience Discussion Electoral Politics in Japan and Taiwan 15-11 The Makings of Regional Power in the Middle East 16-9 Chair, Kyohei Yamada, International University of Japan Do Boundary Consolidations Alter the Relationship between Politicians and Voters? Evidence from a List Experiment in Japan Kiichiro Arai, Tokyo Metropolitan University Kyohei Yamada, International University of Japan Mapping the Taiwanese Electorate’s Evaluation of Political Figures in 2014 Local Election: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis Chih-Cheng Meng, National Cheng Kung University Institutions and Election Outcomes in Japan, 1947-1955: Party Strategy and the Emergence of a Conservative Majority Dennis P. Patterson, Texas Tech University Masahiko Asano, Takushoku University Issues, Cohorts, and Changing the Electoral System in Postwar Japan Dennis P. Patterson, Texas Tech University Yong Jae Kim, University of Missouri, Columbia The Psychological Cognition for Divided Government and Vote Choices in Taiwan: The 2016 Presidential and Legislative Yuan Elections Chung-li Wu, Academia Sinica Disc., Dapeng Wang, Peking University Disc., Kyohei Yamada, International University of Japan Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Domestic Sources of Insecurity within the Littoral States to the Persian Gulf: Regional Security Implications Nima Baghdadi, Florida International University Rise of ISIS: Terrorist Organization or Pseudo-State Sena Karasipahi, Texas A&M University American Regional Balancing: Friends and Foes Reconsidered Khalil M. Marrar, Governors State University Deradicalization of Egypt and Turkey's Islamist Parties in Foreign Policy towards the United States during their Rise to Power Nathan S. Tarr, University of Illinois, Springfield Disc., Robert Reza Asaadi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Disc., Mat Gordon Hardy, Deakin University, Australia Audience Discussion Information, Media and Legitimization in Post-Socialist Countries Chair, TBA Bearing Truthiness: Russia and Multidimensional Legitimation of Its Actions Nelli Babayan, Transatlantic Academy and Free University, Berlin Technologies of Participatory Governance in Putin’s Russia Hannah Suzanne Chapman, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Revival of Economic Nationalism: Russia’s Self-Imposed Food Embargo and Public Support for Putin’s Geopolitical Ambitions Anna Nikolaevna Gregg, Austin Peay State University Image of Africa in Post-communist Russia Veronica V. Usacheva, Russian Academy of Sciences Culture Salons in Authoritarian Country: A Data Analysis Jiang Wu, Tsinghua University Disc., Anna Nikolaevna Gregg, Austin Peay State University Disc., Veronica V. Usacheva, Russian Academy of Sciences Audience Discussion Economic Foundations of Electoral Politics Chair, TBA Who's to Blame?: Punishing Poor Economic Performance in a Centralized Political System Quintin H. Beazer, Florida State University Ora John Edward Reuter, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Electoral Surfing and Budgeteering: Multiparty Government and the Simultaneous Strategic Manipulation of Election Timing and Economic Policy Maiko Isabelle Heller, University of Michigan Robert J. Franzese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Economic Performance of Unified Governments: Evidence from Close Elections in Denmark Martin Vinæs Larsen, University of Copenhagen Asmus Leth Olsen, University of Copenhagen Organized Crime, Elections and Public Spending: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment in Southern Italy Nicola Mastrorocco, London School of Economics Marco Di Cataldo, London School of Economics Political Business Cycles and Compositional Spending in EU Member States Vera Eva Troeger, University of Warwick Disc., Francesca Refsum Jensenius, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Disc., Dongkyu Kim, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Audience Discussion International Institutions Chair, Malcolm Adair Campbell-Verduyn, McMaster University The Systemic Causes of Financial Crises in the 19th Century Heather Ba, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill New Dog or Old Trick?: Regional Integration in East Africa through Monetary Union Menna Bizuneh, Pitzer College Steven Buigut, American University, Dubai Institutional Ground Zero: How Institutional Overlapping Contributed to Economic Crisis Relapse Jen Soyoung Park, Korea University The Silent Raise of the CAF: Economic and Political Determinants of the (not so) New Regional Financial Actor Sebastián Vallejo, University of Maryland, College Park 247 Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Democratization Enabling Peace?: The Resolution of Civil Conflicts in Southeast Asia Terence Lee, National University of Singapore Shots Fired: Reevaluating Authoritarian Regimes in Militarized Disputes Todd Lehmann , University of Michigan Nadiya Kostyuk, University of Michigan The Weberian Peace: Bureaucratic State Infrastructure and International Conflict Michael J. Reese, University of Chicago Disc., Timm Betz, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion 17-11 Domestic Determinants and Implications of (non)Compliance with Economic Sanctions and Trade Rules Chair, TBA The Effects of Sanctions on Public Opinion toward Leaders: Russian Attitudes Following Western Economic Sanctions in 2014 Jennifer Benz, University of Chicago David Sterrett, University of Illinois, Chicago Kiana Ashtiani, University of Chicago Trevor Tompson, University of Chicago Vulnerable Autocrats?: Domestic Regime Type and Target Response to Sanction Threats Carl Pi-Cheng Huang, University of Virginia Understanding the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions Tyler Kustra, New York University Electoral Institutions and State Compliance with WTO Rulings Naoko Matsumura, Rice University Domestic Political Economy and the Regulation of Conflict Diamonds Nathan Munier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Stan A. Veuger, American Enterprise Institute Audience Discussion 18-17 22-15 Security in Asia Chair, TBA How Taiwan Became Chinese: Nationalism and Bargaining across the Taiwan Strait Olivier Henripin, Loyola University, Chicago Security Assessment and Japan’s Security Policy under the Nixon Administration’s Strategic Posture of Retrenchment Seok Ryul Kang, Purdue University Discussing the Role of Japan’s Restraint in Asian Security Order: What the Future May Bring Visne Korkmaz, Yildiz Technical University The South China Sea: Creating Hegemony or Resource Grab Samuel Stephen Stanton, Grove City College Shaping Leviathan's Teeth: State Formation and Military Effectiveness in Republican China Kevin Kaiwen Weng, University of Chicago Disc., Sung Chull Kim, Seoul National University Disc., Elizabeth Freund Larus, University of Mary Washington Audience Discussion 25-8 18-600 Regime Type Unobserved Audiences: The Effect of Authoritarian Elites on International Crisis Bargaining Matthew Douglas Cebul, Yale University Powerful Aggressors: Political Regime Type and Military Conflict in Historical Perspective Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan Meredith Lauren Blank, University of Michigan Massimiliano Onorato, Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca Yuri Zhukov, University of Michigan War and Democratic Peace in the Post-Cold War Era Ramazan Erdag, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Transparency or Constraints?: Regime Types and Diversionary Conflict Sung Chul Jung, Myongji University Costly Signals, Democratic Peace, and Public Opinion Seok Joon Kim, George Washington University 248 26-9 International Institutions: Mechanisms and Outcomes Chair, TBA Power Structure of Member-States and IO Mediation Ran Chen, Peking University How Does Human Rights Law Work?: Institutions, Norms, and Focal Factors Tiberiu Catalin Dragu, New York University Yonatan Lupu, George Washington University Willing to Talk?: The American System of Diplomatic Relations Kelly Matush, University of California, San Diego Shuhei Kurizaki, Waseda University Targeting Peace: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Terrorist Activity Jacob A. Mauslein, Oklahoma State University Stephen Charles Nemeth, Oklahoma State University Surrender or Fight?: Explaining Variation in the Fates of Individuals Wanted by the International Criminal Court Alyssa Kathleen Prorok, University of Iowa Disc., David J. Lektzian, Texas Tech University Audience Discussion Economic Issues in Human Rights Chair, Robert M. Press, University of Southern Mississippi Durable Solutions or Forced Displacement?: A Critical Assessment of Humanitarian Aid Policy in Post-Earthquake Haiti Daniel J. Beers, Knox College Different Types of Human Rights, Different Effects?: The Effects of Human Rights on Economic Development in Developing Countries Yooneui Kim, Korea University Youngwan Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Changrok Soh, Korea University Dangerous Crossings: Understanding the Courage, Determination and Eagerness to Work of African Migrants to Italy and Beyond and Why that Knowledge is Important Robert M. Press, University of Southern Mississippi Disc., Robert M. Press, University of Southern Mississippi Audience Discussion European Campaigns and Elections II Chair, Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University Who Responds?: A Field Experiment in the Context of the Swiss Elections 2015 Nathalie Giger, University of Geneva Catherine Eunice de Vries, University of Oxford Campaign Sentiment in European Party Manifestos Matt R. Golder, Pennsylvania State University Mobilizing Party Activism: A Field Experiment in Swiss Cantonal Elections Giordano Neuenschwander, University of Zurich Florian Foos, University of Zurich Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Sites of Cynicism: A Critical Perspective on Citizen and Government Communication on Social Networks in Croatia Milica Vuckovic, University of Belgrade Domagoj Bebic, Institute for New Media, Zagreb Marijana Grbeša Zenzerovic, Sveucillste u Zagreb Disc., Andreas Christian Goldberg, University of Geneva Disc., Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Audience Discussion 27-10 29-8 Chair, TBA Gender Quotas and Career Paths in Taiwan Nathan F. Batto, Academia Sinica Judicial Selection Methods and the Diversity of the Bench: An Analysis of the Circuit Court of Cook County Allison P. Harris, University of Chicago Allen L. Linton II, University of Chicago Reserved Legislative Seats for Ethnic Minorities: A Global Analysis Lydia Lundgren, Clemson University Kaare Strom, University of California, San Diego Women’s Electoral Success under OLPR: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Finnish Parliamentary Elections, 1999-2015 Åsa Ann-Louise von Schoultz, Mid Sweden University Disc., Mike Medeiros, McGill University Disc., Anca Turcu, University of Central Florida Audience Discussion Why People Vote (or Don't Vote But Say That They Did) Chair, TBA Liar, Liar: Response Latencies, Personality and Turnout Overreports Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Shared Partisanship and the Impact of Social Norms on Voter Turnout Edward A. Fieldhouse, University of Manchester David J. Cutts, University of Bath Honesty Pledges, Overreporting, and Turnout Michael J. Hanmer, University of Maryland, College Park Jared Andrew McDonald, University of Maryland Zachary A. Scott, University of Maryland Negative Descriptive Social Norms and Motivation to Take Political Action: Nobody’s Taking Action, So You Should Hans J. G. Hassell, Cornell College Emily Wyler, Cornell College Conformity and Turnout Rafael Hortala-Vallve, London School of Economics Andre Blais, Université de Montréal Disc., John Olof Högström, Mid Sweden University Disc., Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion 30-10 27-500 Frontiers in Comparative Political Participation Chair, Sofie Marien, University of Amsterdam Going Beyond the Ballot Box: The Search for Electoral Integrity in Turkish Elections Ayse Ezgi Gurcan, Istanbul Policy Center/Sabanci University Exit: Why Party Members Consider Leaving Their Parties Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Women Electoral Participation in Dissimilar and Changing Environments Marina Paola Lacalle, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico María Fernanda Torres Baños, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico Citizen Participation beyond Protest: The Struggle for Pubic Housing in Israel and New Trajectories for Citizenship Gal Levy, The Open University Stereotypes of Immigrants Tested: Voter Turnout, Political Participation, and Information Acquisition Ruoxi Li, California State University, San Marcos Bradley Mark Jones, University of Wisconsin Disc., Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen Disc., Sofie Marien, University of Amsterdam 28-100 Gerrymandering, Equal Protection, and the Future of Representative Democracy Chair Charles A. Smith, University of California, Irvine Panelist Anthony James McGann, University of Strathclyde Alex Keena, University of California, Irvine David A. Schultz, Hamline University Michael Latner, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Samuel S. Wang, Princeton University Election Rules, Party Rules and Descriptive Representation 32-6 All Politics is Local Chair, TBA Information and The Determinants of Voting in Municipal Elections Matthew Childers, University of North Florida Mike Binder, University of North Florida Change in the Air?: Pollution, Health, and Electoral Outcomes in the United States Matthew Incantalupo, Haverford College Estimating the Effect of Local Candidates on Vote Choice Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University Peter John Loewen, University of Toronto The Role of Location in Voting: A Look at Residential Density's Effect in 2012 Daron Shaw, University of Texas, Austin Jeremy M. Teigen, Ramapo College Seth Charles McKee, Texas Tech University Disc., Richard Jankowski, State University of New York, Fredonia Audience Discussion Polarization and Public Opinion Chair, TBA The Ideological Foundations of Affective Polarization in the U.S. Electorate Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University Steven Webster, Emory University Seeing is Believing?: Group Cues and Political Sorting Nick Davis, Louisiana State University Party-Value Polarization: A Dynamic Analysis Paul Goren, University of Minnesota Brianna Smith, University of Minnesota Mass Polarization in the U.S.: Neither Myth nor Monster Matthew Jacobsmeier, West Virginia University Patrick T. Hickey, West Virginia University Are You a Team Player?: Political Coalitions in a Polarized Public John Victor Kane, Stony Brook University Disc., Christopher Daniel Hare, University of California, Davis Disc., Soren Jordan, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion 249 Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm 34-12 Group Cues and Sentiments in Political Judgment Chair, TBA Implicit Racial Cue-Taking in Elections Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michele Margolis, University of Pennsylvania Megan Goldberg, Georgetown University Racial Attitudes and the American Economy Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame David C. Wilson, University of Delaware When Heuristics Misfire: The Political Psychology Of Racialized Perceptions of Group Ideology Audrey Claire Neville, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Public's Tolerance for Government vs. Corporate Surveillance Nicholas A. Valentino, University of Michigan Fabian Guy Neuner, University of Michigan Disc., Tim Collins, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Benjamin J. Newman, University of Connecticut Audience Discussion Disc., Ryan Yuhao Fang, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion 37-600 Politics Through a Gendered Lens 35-500 Approaches for Studying Public Opinion in Comparative Politics Measuring Support for Same-sex Marriage in Argentina: A List Experiment Jordi Díez, University of Guelph Michelle L. Dion, McMaster University Policy Feedback and Public Opinion in Campaign-style Policy Changes: Evidence from Local Public Communication Policy Practice in Nuclear Power Field in China Yue Guo, Harvard University Da Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dynamic Comparative Public Opinion Frederick Solt, University of Iowa Public Opinion and International Politics: The Case for a Constructivist Approach 38-9 James Robert Strong, London School of Economics and Political Science Comparative Populism's: A European-wide Quantitative Measurement of Populist Attitudes Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Universite Catholique de Louvain Christian Henning Schimpf, Gesis, Mannheim Flavio Azevedo, University of Cologne Disc., Konstantin Vossing, Humboldt University, Berlin 36-12 250 The Media's Impact on Voting and Turnout Chair, TBA Is There a Fox Penalty?: Partisan News Media and Moderates in Congress Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University Johanna L. Dunaway, Louisiana State University Martin Johnson, Louisiana State University Ryan J. Vander Wielen, Temple University The Paradoxical Effect of Media Upon Peripheral Voters in American Presidential Elections Arthur Beckman, George Washington University It’s All Over But the Shouting: Voter Sentiment and Media Effects Post-Election Daniel Robert Birdsong, University of Dayton How Does News Coverage of Statehouse Candidates Influence Turnout and Votes Brooksie Nichole Chastant, Louisiana State University Johanna L. Dunaway, Louisiana State University Paru Shah, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Framing the Party: How Stigmatization of a Political Party in News Media Reduces its Electoral Support Joost van Spanje, University of Amsterdam Rachid Azrout, University of Amsterdam Gender and Race Differences in Georgia State Legislative Elections Peter William Brusoe, American University Women’s Political Leadership: Its Conceptualization, Measurement, and Consequences Ryan Goehrung, University of Denver Devin Joshi, University of Denver Blood is Thicker than Water: Family Ties to Political Power Worldwide Farida Jalalzai, Oklahoma State University Mommy Tax in Russia: Investigating Manifestations of Systematic Gender Inequality in Post-communist Social Welfare State Marina A. Kingsbury, University of New Mexico International Norms and Women in the Military: The Case of the Western Balkans Lana Obradovic, University of Nebraska, Omaha Measuring Prejudice against Female Political Leadership Mark Setzler, High Point University Rethinking the Politics of Presence, the Care Experience Mechanism: Disentangling Sex, Care-responsibilities and Political Representation in the Case of Sweden Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, University of Gothenburg Where do Women Politicize? Legislators, Administrators and Power Positions: The Case of Sweden Over Time Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, University of Gothenburg From the Social Science File Drawer: Sex Bias in Employment Evaluations Lawrence James Zigerell, Illinois State University All Politics is Local: The Intersection of Race, Place, and Local Contexts Chair, TBA Mexican Immigrant Political Efficacy: The Impact of Political, Social, and Economic Characteristics of One's Sending State Regina P. Branton, University of North Texas Rachel Suzanne Torres, University of North Texas The Type of Diversity Matters: Differential Effects of Racial and Religious Diversity on Public Goods Provision in Brazil Alicia Dailey Cooperman, Columbia University Tara Lyn Slough, Columbia University Disc., Stephen Maynard Caliendo, North Central College Disc., Yamil Ricardo Velez, Wesleyan University Audience Discussion 38-101 Whose Lives Matter?: Race, Protest, Politics in a "Post"Ferguson America Chair Candis Watts Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Panelist Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago Michael C. Dawson, University of Chicago Todd C. Shaw, University of South Carolina Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University Christina M. Greer, Fordham University Toni-Michelle C. Travis, George Mason University Antoine Jevon Banks, University of Maryland 39-4 Theorizing U.S. Political Culture Chair, Jason R. Jividen, Saint Vincent College Lessons from the Use of Torture: Re-imagining the American Hero as Anti-Hero Anthony Raymond Brunello, Eckerd College Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm The Uncompromising Puritan Legacy Alin Fumurescu, Indiana University American Political Thought and Conservatism's Tocqueville Problem Jason R. Jividen, Saint Vincent College Fear of Liberalism: American Democratic Thought in the Émigré Imagination Philip A. Michelbach, West Virginia University Hegel and Tocqueville on the American State James Tussing, Notre Dame University Disc., David V. Edwards, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Jason R. Jividen, Saint Vincent College Audience Discussion 41-10 42-401 Testing Liberalism: Capitalism, Imperialism, and Difference Imperial Problems of Domestic Policy: How Alexis de Tocqueville Discusses Empire in on the Penitentiary System in America and Its Application to France Emily Katherine Ferkaluk, University of Dallas On the Normative Architecture of the Ballot Colin Kielty, University of Virginia Liberal and Republican Principles of Democracy: A Framework for Understanding Immigration Policy in the United States Esther Reyes, University of Texas, Austin The Sharing Economy and Neoliberal Rationality: The Marketization of the Household and Its Subversive Consequences for Urban Democracy Geoffrey Carl Upton, University of California, Berkeley Disc., Jeffrey Graham Seward, Pacific University Religion, Culture, Politics: American Perspectives Chair, TBA Counter-Culture and Counter-Revolutions: Reactive Politics in Theory and Practice Jeffrey A. Becker, University of the Pacific When a Law is No Law at All: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Contribution to Contemporary Natural Law Theory Michelle Marie Kundmueller, University of Notre Dame Jeremiah J. Castle, University of Notre Dame Loyalists and Royalists: Toward a Political Theory of Loyalty Andrew Robert Murphy, Rutgers University Noah R. Eber-Schmid, Rutgers University American Origins and the Discovery of Natural Rights S. Adam Seagrave, Northern Illinois University From Religious Minorities to the Religious Minority: Secular Morality and the Failure of Tocqueville’s Defense of Religious Toleration Douglas Henry Walker, Jr, Michigan State University Michael Giles, Michigan State University Disc., Alan R. Gibson, California State University, Chico Audience Discussion 43-400 Rethinking Liberalism Chair, Vicki A. Spencer, University of Otago Open Doors: Unlocking the Concept of “Overall” Freedom John Peter DiIulio, Princeton University Rawls and the Social Contract: The Problem of Pre-Political Obligations Robert William Lee McNish, University of California, Davis Reasons to Value Personal Responsibility Yascha Benjamin Mounk, Harvard University Republicanism: Midway to Global Justice Binfan Wang, University of Toronto Disc., Julia Maskivker, Rollins College Disc., Aris Trantidis, George Mason University 43-401 Resurgent Radicalism: Critiques of Capitalism and the State Chair, Joel Matthew Winkelman, Hamilton College Beyond Repression: Power and Marginality in the Postindustrial City Tommaso Bardelli, Yale University Universality Contested: Critique, Resilience, and Neoliberal Rationality Nazli Konya, Cornell University Carceral Stasis: Ecological Ethics Beyond Vitalism Ray A. Noll, University of Chicago A New Eurocommunism?: The Political Theory of Syriza and Podemos Volker Schmitz, Indiana University, Bloomington Rafael Khachaturian, Indiana University Modernization in Doubt: Zhuangzi’s critique of the Chinese State Capitalism Peng Yu, Earlham College Disc., Amy T. Linch, Pennsylvania State University 41-400 Time, History, and Politics Liberalism and Progress in Mill and Nietzsche Vince Bagnulo, University of Notre Dame The End of Time and the Death of Dialectic in Political Philosophy Brittnee Ashten Carter, University of Kansas Amr El-Afifi, University of Kansas The Art of Rhadamanthus: Law and Opinion Change Concerning the Gods in Plato's Laws Nam Dinh Nguyen, University of North Texas Montaigne's Instinct for Peace Kevin Doan Pham, University of California, Riverside Disc., Matthew Hamilton Bowker, Medaille College 42-400 Varieties of Liberalism Chair, Franziska Barbara Keller, New York University The Perceptions of the Individual and the Culture of Living Together in Liberal Theory Mehmet Kocaoglu, Purdue University Ugur Altundal, Syracuse University Toward a Meta-Ethic for a Pluralistic Society Matthew D. Kuchem, Indiana University, Bloomington Value Pluralism, Liberal Democracy, and Political Judgment Yao Lin, Columbia University Liberal Imagination in the Interwar Period: Ortega, Croce, and the Politics of Generosity Brendon Westler, Indiana University Disc., Jeffrey Church, University of Houston 45-18 Advances in Limited Dependent Variable Models Chair, Kenneth R. Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science Understanding Interaction Terms in Logistic Regression Models Regina M. Baker, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health Estimating Models of Electoral Behavior with Alternative Choice Functions: The Directional vs. Proximity Case Kirill Zhirkov, University of Michigan Disc., Kenneth R. Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science Disc., David Carlson, Washington University Audience Discussion 251 Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm 46-7 47-17 Protest and Information Technology Chair, TBA Political Action in the Contemporary Media Environment: The Role of Social and Organizational Influence Bruce Bimber, University of California, Santa Barbara Lauren M. Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University Revolution in the Making?: Meta-data on Social Media Use and Engagement Shelley J. Boulianne, MacEwan University Protest Diffusion: The Role of Images Andreu Casas, University of Washington, Seattle Nora Webb Williams, University of Washington Technological Strategies for Mobilization: The Case of Strategic Language Choice in Ukraine Megan MacDuffee Metzger, New York University Permanent Revolution: The Internet and the Normalization of Mass Protest for Political Change in the Developing World Steven Lloyd Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Disc., Shelley J. Boulianne, MacEwan University Disc., Muzammil M. Hussain, University of Michigan Audience Discussion Interest Groups, Social Movements, And Disruptive Polititcs Chair, Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, TED University Interest Groups and Social Movement Organizations (SMOs): Similarities and Differences Paul Burstein, University of Washington State Power and Disruptive Politics in America: From the Whiskey Rebellion to Black Lives Matter Orin Tove Kirshner, Florida Atlantic University Dukhong Kim, Florida Atlantic University Populist Discourse in the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Rachel Hyatt Meade, Brown University The Tyranny of the Primaries: Why Public Support and an Organized Social Movement are not Enough to Legalize Marijuana in Texas Katharine A. Neill, Rice University Social Movements and Electoral Politics: The Effect of Political Organization on Political Strategy Stephanie Stanley, University of Washington Disc., Eric A. Lindgren, University of Oregon Disc., Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, TED University Audience Discussion 48-9 252 52-4 Presidential Foreign Policy 52-14 Chair, TBA The Two Presidencies and the Rise of the Unilateral Presidency in the Pre-FDR Era Robert A. Cooper, University of Georgia Covert Statecraft and American Foreign Policy Executives: A Cross-Presidential Study of Executive Orders Keita Omi, University of Utah Presidential Unilateralism in Foreign Policy: Treaties, Executive 53-9 Agreements, and Political Commitments Jeffrey Peake, Clemson University Don’t Tread on Me: A Comparative Study on the Unconstitutionality of U.S. Wartime Security Policy Tanisha J. Staten, University of Southern Mississippi A Three Ring Circus: How Congress, the President, and the Judiciary Make Electronic Surveillance Policy in the War on Terror Darren A. Wheeler, Ball State University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Judicial Independence Chair, TBA Judiciaries as Commitment Mechanisms in Authoritarian Polities: A Game-Theoretic Consideration of the Egyptian Experience Sahar Aziz, Texas A&M University James R. Rogers, Texas A&M University Political Disagreements and Judicial Decision-making on the Bulgarian Constitutional Court Tanya Georgieva Bagashka, University of Houston Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of Houston Not Quite as Expected: Examining the Relationship between Conflict and Judicial Independence Brad Epperly, University of South Carolina Jacqueline Sievert, Western Carolina University Courts and Terrorism: Political Stability and Its Effects on Case Outcome Patrick Felix Larue, University of Texas, Dallas Casper Njuguna Kamau, University of Texas, Dallas Weak-Form Constitutional Review: Politico-Legal Pathways for Effective Second- and Third-Generation Constitutional Rights Adjudication Joseph L. Staats, University of Minnesota, Duluth Disc., Rebecca Ann Reid, University of South Carolina Disc., William R. Shaffer, Purdue University Audience Discussion Executive-Judicial Relations Chair, TBA Presidential and Federal Effects on Ideological Voting in the U.S. Supreme Court Gordon Ballingrud, University of Georgia The Politics of Prosecution Ethan Drake Boldt, University of Georgia Christina Boyd, University of Georgia Independence in Administrative Adjudications: Do Agency Judges Defer to Executives, Interest Groups, or the Public Daniel E. Chand, New Mexico State University William D. Schreckhise, University of Arkansas Deference at Oral Arguments: An Empirical Examination of How the Supreme Court Treats the Solicitor General Charles Eugene Gregory, Stephen F. Austin State University Timothy R. Johnson, University of Minnesota Going Public: Presidential Impact on Supreme Court Decision Making Matthew D. Montgomery, Georgia State University Natalie Carol Rogol, Georgia State University Justin Kingsland, Georgia State University Disc., John Connolly, University of Texas, Arlington Disc., Todd A. Curry, University of Texas, El Paso Disc., Alyx Mark, North Central College Audience Discussion State Constitutions and Courts Chair, Charles M. Lamb, State University of New York, Buffalo Predicting Rebellion in a Developed Democracy: Exploring the Propensity for Secession and Insurrection Among the American States Robert P. Amyot, Hastings College Popular Constitutionalism as Political Behavior: Analyzing State Constitutional Convention Referenda William Dawes Blake, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Sanford Levinson, University of Texas The Dialectics of Court Reform: Judicial Professionalism and Change in State Judicial Institutions Tracy L. R. Lightcap, LaGrange College Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm Political, Economic, and Fiscal Dimensions of Local Savings Behavior Cheongsin Kim, Boise State University Sanghee Park, Boise State University Small Towns, Professionalism, and Budgetary Retrenchment: A Policy Response by Free-standing Rural Towns During the Great Recession Gary Armes Mattson, Northern Kentucky University Cutback or Collaboration?: Finding a Tipping Point of Saving Without Damaging Performance Sanghee Park, Boise State University Paying for Local Goods and Services with Fees and Charges: Should Non-Residents Pay More Michael T. Peddle, Northern Illinois University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Electoral Responsiveness in Judicial Selection Shaun C. McGirr, University of Michigan Alton Boyd Hale Worthington, University of Michigan Ideological Laboratories of Democracy: Electoral Competition and Judicial Review of State Laws by the U.S. Supreme Court Laine Patrick Shay, University of Georgia, Athens Bryan M. Black, University of Georgia Disc., James Cauthen, John Jay College, CUNY Disc., Bianca Easterly, Lamar University Audience Discussion 57-9 58-11 60-16 Policy and Inequality Chair, TBA Living Wage Politics in the U.S. States, 1994-2015: A Rare Events Model for Policy Adoption Glenn Beamer, Seton Hall University Reassessing the Link between Descriptive and Substantive Minority Representation: Causal Evidence from the United States Albert H. Fang, Yale University War On Washington: Racial Competition and the Public’s Perception of the Threat Posed by Government in the Contemporary U.S. Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois, Chicago Noah J. Kaplan, University of Illinois, Chicago Differential Treatment: Gender, Geography, and Domestic Violence Law Wendy J. Schiller, Brown University Kaitlin Sidorsky, Coastal Carolina University Disc., Patricia Ellen Tweet, St. John Fisher College Audience Discussion 61-2 Local Environmental Planning and Management Chair, TBA The Temporal Stability of Unconventional Resource Extraction and Its Effects on Local Economies Matthew S. Barnes, West Virginia University What are the Implications of Residential Level Energy Policy Participation for Water Consumption in the City of Tallahassee Cali Anne Curley, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Distributional Development, Local Protectionism and Social Equity: Three Sides of the Same Coin Aaron Deslatte, Northern Illinois University Richard Feiock, Florida State University William L. Swann, Florida State University Pathways to Implementation: Sustainability Planning in Rural Canada Lars K. Hallstrom, University of Alberta Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta Kelaine Brand, University of Alberta Politics of Adaptation: Social Vulnerability, Polycentricism and Climate Adaptation Plans Saatvika Vika Rai, University of Kansas Disc., Nicholas P. Guehlstorf, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Disc., Ellen A. Rogers, Washington State University Audience Discussion Budgets at the Local Level Chair, Skip Krueger, University of North Texas Budget Reform as an Organizational Change: A Study of Lincoln, NE Byungwoo Shine Cho, University of Nebraska, Omaha Enduring Legacies in National Politics Chair, TBA Enduring Effects of Displacement: How WWII Continues to Shape Polish Politics Volha Charnysh, Harvard University National Narratives: Representations of Independence in Bangladeshi History Textbooks Elizabeth Danielle Herman, University of California, Berkeley Roots of Evil: Connecting Convict Leasing and Incarceration Rates in the U.S. Michael Poyker, University of California, Los Angeles Testing the Historical Legacies of Stalin's Forced Migrations Matthew John Reichert, Harvard University Disc., Madiha Afzal, University of Maryland Disc., Ljiljana Radonic, Austrian Academy of Sciences Audience Discussion 63-9 Approaches to Political Science Teaching and Learning 64-8 Understanding Inequality: Perspectives, Perceptions, and Preferences Chair, Frank S. Cohen, Franklin Pierce University Road-Tested Activities and Lessons for Undergraduate Research Methods Sarah Fisher, Emory & Henry College Florian Justwan, University of Idaho The Meredith Poll: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Research Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith College David McLennan, Meredith College Jeffrey Martinson, Meredith College Teaching the Constitution and Political Thought to Millennials: Seven Strategies for Success Joseph G. Rish, King's College David P. Sosar, King's College Using the Research Development Framework to Study Undergraduate Research Skills Kimberly Zagorski, University of Wisconsin, Stout Disc., Bruce D. Friedman, California State University, Bakersfield Disc., Leanne C. Powner, Independent Scholar Audience Discussion Chair, Patrick L. Lown, University of Essex The Politics and Economics of Equity vs. Efficiency William Kirby Delehanty, Missouri Southern State University James P. Quirk, California State Polytechnic Institute Do Americans Understand Inequality Eunji Kim, University of Pennsylvania Rasmus Tue Pedersen, University of Copenhagen 253 Saturday, April 9, 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm The Disparity of Representation: Inequality, Income, and Perceptions of Representation in Western Democracies Ron J. McGauvran, University of North Texas Christopher Macaulay, University of North Texas What Do U.S. Billionaires Want from Government?: A Look at Social Issues Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University Jason Seawright, Northwestern University Matthew J. Lacombe, Northwestern University Inequality and Democratic Stability: Do Perceptions of Distributive Unfairness Depress Support for Democracy in Latin America Gregory W. Saxton, University of Kentucky Labor Markets and Social Policy Preferences: Theory and Evidence Daniel Stegmueller, University of Mannheim Matthew Dimick, State University of New York, Buffalo Disc., Ella Elena Foster-Molina, Georgetown University Audience Discussion 65-106 Surviving Graduate School Chair Katrin A. Jomaa, University of Rhode Island Panelist Lisa Michele Mueller, Macalester College Tara N. Parsons, James Madison University Nicole Shoaf, Lincoln University Magic M. Wade, University of Illinois, Springfield 84-100 Why Do We Have No Theory of Policy Implementation? Chair Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California Panelist Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia George A. Krause, University of Pittsburgh Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley Steven Callander, Stanford University Soeren C. Winter, The Danish National Centre for Social Research Christopher Robert Berry, University of Chicago Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma 87-3 254 Giving and Volunteering Chair, TBA The Roles and Positions of Foundations in Germany: Comparative Sectorial Perspectives from Higher Education, Education, Social Matters, as well as Arts and Culture Janina Mangold, Hertie School of Governance Clemens Striebing, University of Heidelberg The Transformation of Volunteerism in Europe: Recent Empirical Evidence Marina Schenkel, Università di Udine Domenico Marino, Università Mediterranea di Reggio, Calabria Domenico Tebala, ISTAT Paolo Ermano, Università di Udine Religious Participation and Volunteering in a Secular Context Susanne Wallman Lundåsen, Mid Sweden University Disc., Mitchell M. Brown, Auburn University Audience Discussion Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 am 4-9 Chair, Svitlana Chernykh, Australian National University Selection and Sequencing of Movement Strategies: A Case Study of Legal Activism in India Vera Heuer, Virginia Military Institute Resistance, Empowerment, and Politics: Mobilization and Institutional Change in the Middle East Stephen Kosack, University of Washington Evann Smith, Harvard University Undecided Voters: Challengers or Guardians of Democracies Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago Mine Tafolar, University of Illinois, Chicago LGBT Rights and Framing in Turkey Bihter Tomen, Southern Illinois University Learning or Unlearning Tolerance?: Change in Social and Political Attitudes as a Result of Temporary Work Migration Raluca Alina Viman Miller, University of North Georgia Disc., Svitlana Chernykh, Australian National University Disc., Ruchan Kaya, University of Florida Audience Discussion 5-17 7-12 8-14 How Governments Succeed in EU-related Referendums Joost P. van den Akker, University of Twente Disc., Marco Steenbergen, University of Zurich Disc., Chris Prosser, University of Manchester Audience Discussion Mass Mobilization, Public Opinion, and Legal Activism in Developing Nations 9-7 Legislative, Bureaucractic and Legal Institutions Chair, TBA Clean Dictators, Messy Democracy, and Underground Wealth: A Cross-national Analysis of Political, Economic and Social Factors Affecting Rates and Changes in Rates of Sanitation Catherine J. Harthorn, Arkansas State University The Political Economy of Accountability and Transparency in the Mining Sector of Peru Renard J. Sexton, New York University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 11-19 Institutions and Parliamentary Behavior Chair, Lanny W. Martin, University of Gothenburg The Unequal Distribution of Floor Access in European Parliamentary Party Groups Hanna Bäck, Lund University Markus Baumann, University of Mannheim Marc Debus, University of Mannheim Jochen Müller, University of Greifswald The Role of Legislative Committees in the Accountability of Parliamentary Government Eda Bektas, Bilkent University Examining the Foundations of Legislative Speech: Constituency Links, Clientelism and Personal Attributes Alper Tolga Bulut, Karadeniz Technical University Emel Ilter, Karadeniz Technical University Competitive Agenda Setting in Parliamentary Democracies Katsunori Seki, University of Mannheim Nick Lin, University of Mannheim Thomas E. Koenig, University of Mannheim Disc., Daniel Finke, Aarhus University Disc., Lanny W. Martin, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion Citizen Evaluations of the EU in Hard Times (Cosponsored with European Politics, see 9-15) Chair, Chris Prosser, University of Manchester Will Britain Vote to Leave the European Union?: The Dynamics of Public Attitudes Towards EU Membership Harold D. Clarke, University of Texas, Dallas Marianne Stewart, University of Texas, Dallas Paul Whiteley, University of Essex 12-8 Political Parties and Euroskepticism Chair, TBA Helping or Hampering Legitimation?: Comparing News Contents about European Parliaments Olga Eisele, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Bringing Europe into Question: A Comparative Study of Domestic Parties' EU Issue Strategies Roman Senninger, Aarhus University It’s Still Not the Economy, Stupid!: An Examination of Political Party Support for European Integration William Blake Smith, University of Georgia Responding to the Extremes: The Conditioning Effect of Communist and Nationalist Party Strength on Center Party Responsiveness to Public Euroskepticism Christopher Williams, European University Institute John T. Ishiyama, University of North Texas Disc., Denis Cohen, Humboldt University Berlin Disc., Nicholas J. Clark, Susquehanna University Audience Discussion Politics of Media and Internet in China Chair, Yue Hou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Constructing Social Networks from Biographies: A Case Study of Top Chinese Politicians and Methods Weihua Edward An, Indiana University Who Wants to Be a Good Samaritan?: Media and Social Trust in China Haifeng Huang, University of California, Merced Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of California, Merced Network Political Participation Activity and Political Trust in China Dapeng Wang, Peking University Chunying Yue, Peking University Controlling Intellectuals from Zero Point: The National Catalogue of Disciplines and Majors in Contemporary China Lu Xia, University of Hong Kong Lu Xia, University of Hong Kong Disc., Yue Hou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., chunying yue, Peking University Audience Discussion Local, National or International Policy Adoption and Change in Africa Chair, Virginia Parish Beard, Hope College National Policy Change from Below?: Understanding Conditions when Cities Lead Christopher David Gore, Ryerson University The Effect of Sub-Saharan 'Customary' (Neo-Autogenous) Law on International Women's Rights Treaties Casper Njuguna Kamau, University of Texas, Dallas Women's Coalitions and the Diffusion of Gender Quotas: Evidence from Africa Alice Kang, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Aili M. Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison Same-Sex Marriage and the Representation of Sexual Minorities in South African Media Julie Elizabeth Moreau, Northern Arizona University Mark Taylor Daku, McGill University The Ethiopian Dam Case Study Beatrice Russo, Seconda Università di Napoli 255 Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Disc., Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne Audience Discussion Disc., Virginia Parish Beard, Hope College Audience Discussion 13-600 Middle East Politics Blitz Policy in Absentia: Regime Alliances and Class Biases in Egypt since 2011 Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim, American University Legislatures in Authoritarian Rentier Monarchies: The Case of Kuwait Luai A. Allarakia, University of Houston Moral Cosmology, Post-Islamism, and Political Attitudes in the Arab World Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University F. Michael Wuthrich, University of Kansas Ammar Shamaileh, University of Louisville Islamism and Modernization: The Case of the Islamist Movement in Israel Suheir S. Daoud, Coastal Carolina University Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Context of the Kurds in the Middle East Ali Demirdas, College of Charleston Muharrem Gurkaynak, Suleyman Demirel University Government Violence, Emotions, and Protest in the 2011 Egyptian Uprising Kira Danielle Jumet, Marymount Manhattan College Participation in Nonviolent and Violent Protest in Turkey Suveyda Karakaya, Meliksah University Iran’s Path Toward Islamic Reformism: A Study of Religious Intellectual Discourse Ehsan Kashfi, University of South Florida The Dynamics and Complexity of Majority-minority Relations: The Attitudes of the Arabs in Israel toward the Arab Spring Ibrahim Jamal Khatib, Humboldt University Fadi Omar, Center for Contemporary Studies, Israel Majdy Taha, Center for Contemporary Studies, Israel The Turkish Control State: Women’s Organizations, Business Associations, and the AKP’s Vision of the Turkish State Catherine Anne Long, Kadir Has University and MARC Cagla Diner, Kadir Has University The Impact of Ideological Differences among Candidates on the Voter Turnout of Iran Presidential Elections Arash Pourebrahimi, Leiden University Foundations of Iran's National Identity Arash Reisinezhad, Florida International University Parisa Farhadi, Alame-Tabatabaie University 15-2 256 16-10 17-12 International Relations Theory and the Causes of War and Peace Chair, TBA The Ontological Origins of Belligerence Matthew Arp, West Virginia University The Plausibility of Legitimacy as a Motivating Reason for Enforcing International Human Rights Law Chong Un Choe-Smith, Georgetown University The Great Masquerade Michael Haas, California Polytechnic University, Pomona Democratic or Cultural Peace?: Examining the Normative Peace Propositions through the Lens of Cultural Values Mariya Y. Omelicheva, University of Kansas Brittnee Carter, University of Kansas Disc., Peter Sandby-Thomas, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Audience Discussion 18-18 Politics of Inequality Chair, TBA Misperceiving Inequality Vladimir Gimpelson, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles Social Expenditure and its Effects for Inequality in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis between Latin American and Post-Communist Countries Alma Alicia Bezares Calderon, Claremont Graduate University Regionalization of Party System and Intra-Regional Economic Inequalities Sivagaminathan Palani, Texas Tech University A Comparative Study of Mobility and Vulnerability into and out of the Middle Class Itai Sened, Washington University, St. Louis Sagit Azary Viesel, Tel Aviv University Institutional Transformation and the Political Economy of Inequality in Japan Taka Suzuki, Ohio University Constituents, Politics and Trade Policy Chair, TBA Unequal Interests: Inequality, Interest Groups, and Support For Preferential Trading Agreements in Congress Brian William Fitzpatrick, West Virginia University The Best Defense is Temporary Protection Iain Osgood, University of Michigan Jason S. Davis, University of Michigan You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The Distribution of Exporting vs. Import-competing Firms and its Implications for Trade Policy Openness Megan Elizabeth Roosevelt, University of Colorado, Boulder The Political Economy of Market Size, Trade, and Productivity Ryan Michael Weldzius, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 21-7 Regional Security Perspectives Chair, TBA Regional Security and Threat Perception: A Comparative Study on Defense Policies of Regional Powers Igor Daniel Palhares Acacio, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Russia-Euro-Atlantic Relations: Where To Nursin Guney, Yildiz Technical University Perceptions of Democracy and Sanctions: Explaining German Foreign Policy Responses to Russian Interventions in Georgia and Ukraine John Everett Livingstone, University of Kansas A Comparison of The Regional FATF Organizations Deborah Dianne Pavelka, Roosevelt University Disc., George Frederick Willcoxon, United Nations Audience Discussion Civil War Dynamics Chair, Orlandrew Eion Danzell, Mercyhurst University Closed Borders, Open Fists: The Refugee-Hostage Dilemma Katrina Browne, Cornell University The Effect of 'Motherland' on Democratization of Central and Eastern Europe 1992-2012 Elis Vllasi, Purdue University Disc., Michael J. Reese, University of Chicago Audience Discussion Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 22-6 25-9 26-11 27-19 Economic Dimensions of Civil Conflict Chair, TBA Printing Peace: 3-D Printing, the Illicit Goods Trade, and Civil Violence James Gilley, Louisiana State University Daniel C. Tirone, Louisiana State University Coal Extraction in Colombia: Legislation, Securitization and Local Dynamics of Mining control Daniel Eduardo Gomez Uribe, University of Amsterdam The Power of Financial Markets: How Government Bonds Affect Crisis/War Termination Kyu Young Lee, University of Iowa Disc., Charles R. Boehmer, University of Texas, El Paso Audience Discussion A Cross-National Study on the Effects of Social Capital on Voter Turnout Hannah June Kim, University of California, Irvine Maneesh Arora, University of California, Irvine Mary Anne San Mateo Mendoza, University of California, Irvine Turnout, Party System Diversity and Left-of-Center Parties: Explaining Turnout in 27 O.E.C.D. Countries Allan Mark Wilford, Univeristy of Tennessee Disc., Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Disc., Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion 29-9 Party Competition in Context 30-1 Voting Behavior and Partisan Identification in Historical Perspective Emerging Issues in International Human Rights Chair, TBA Every Chicken in the Village Vomited: Examining Zimbabwe's Response to Transnational LGBT Advocacy Erin Aylward, University of Toronto Allergic to the Past?: Exploring Perceptions of the Acknowledgement vs. Peace Tradeoff in Aceh, Indonesia Holly Lynn Guthrey, Uppsala University Mainstreaming Disability in the United Nations Treaty Bodies Kjersti Skarstad, University of Oslo Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard University Uyghur Muslim Minorities: Discriminatory Policies from Mao to the Present Syed Samad Uddin-Ahmed, Mid-Michigan Community College Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Congressional Campaigns Chair, Stephen Balkaran, Naguatuck Valley Community College Personal Politicians: Biographies of Congressional Candidates and their Strategic Campaign Presentation Stephen N. Goggin, University of California, Berkeley Buying Office?: Characterizing the Electoral Impact of Candidates' Expenditure Allocation Strategies in the U.S. House, 2003-2014 Scott Limbocker, Vanderbilt University Hye Young You, Vanderbilt University Outside Advertising and the Nationalization of Congressional Campaigns Kurt Pyle, Kenyon College Forget Congress: Reforming Campaign Finance Through Mutually Assured Destruction Nick Warshaw, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Mona Krewel, Cornell University Disc., Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Audience Discussion Cross-National Studies of Voter Turnout Chair, TBA Why do Young Citizens Not Vote?: The Role of Labour Market and Welfare System Contexts Karima Seraina Bousbah, University of Zurich Making Politics Popula?: Examining the Landscape of Political Participation in Contemporary Latin America Emily Bickle Carty, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mariano Torcal, Pompeu Fabra University Alienation or Indifference?: A Comparison of Determinants of Voter Abstention at the National and the European Level Peter Grand, Institute for Advanced Studies Chair, TBA Paths to Victory in Presidential Elections: The Setup Power of Noncompetitive States Steven J. Brams, New York University Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University Party Agendas, Issue Yield and Political Inequality Lorenzo De Sio, LUISS Guido Carli University Till Weber, Baruch College, CUNY Robust Competition: The American Voter's Experience with Close Elections Bernard L. Fraga, Indiana University Eitan D. Hersh, Yale University Guaranteed Winners: Electoral Competition in Texas District Court Elections Steven Eric Galatas, Stephen F. Austin State University Donald M. Gooch, Stephen F. Austin State University Electoral Institutions and Political Competition in U.S. Cities, 1900-1960 Shigeo Hirano, Columbia University Disc., Michael Herron, Dartmouth College Disc., Eric M. McGhee, Public Policy Institute of California Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Creating Black Democrats: Mobilization as an Explanation for Shifting Black Partisanship in the 20th Century Keneshia N. Grant, Howard University High Water Everywhere: The Great Mississippi Flood and Herbert Hoover’s Success in the South Boris Silvester Heersink, University of Virginia Brenton D. Peterson, University of Virginia The Greatest Generation: Making America Safe for Democrats Helmut Norpoth, Stony Brook University What’s Moving Whitey?: Polarization, Demographic Change, and White Flight from the Democratic Party Joshua N. Zingher, Old Dominion University Disc., Alexander George Theodoridis, University of California, Merced Disc., Julie Ann Wronski, University of Mississippi Audience Discussion 32-400 Experimental Work on Candidate Evaluation Economic Appeals and Candidate Credibility: A Conjoint Analysis Vivekinan Lavanya Ashok, Yale University LGBT Political Candidate Bias Experiment Andrew Thomas Proctor, Princeton University Branding Parties: How Candidates Shape Public Perceptions of Party Brand Across Electoral Contexts Ian Thomas Shapiro, University of Colorado, Boulder 257 Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Voter Evaluations of Political Candidates from Diverse Professional Backgrounds Aldo Yanez Ruiz, Claremont Graduate University Carlin Crisanti, Claremont Graduate University Disc., Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego Disc., Joanne M. Miller, University of Minnesota 35-400 Determinants of Support for Welfare and Environmental Policies Following the Money: The Impact of Economic Interests on Attitudes towards Climate Change and Environmental Behavior Salil Deepak Benegal, University of Connecticut Perceptions of Hard and Easy Issues in the Mass Public Lauren R. Elliott-Dorans, Ohio State University The Humanitarian Sensitivity to Deservingness Cues in Opinion Formation towards Welfare Kristina Jessen Hansen, Aarhus University Public Opinion on Obamacare: Elite Driven or Autonomous Mass Opinion Bang Quan Zheng, University of California, Los Angeles 32-401 Attitudes about Government and Government Programs Good after Bad: National Tragedies and Policy Preferences Michael James Coates, University of Maryland, College Park Lilliana Hall Mason, University of Maryland Stigmas, Stereotypes and SNAP: Evaluating Attempts to ReFrame Food Stamp Assistance to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the U.S. Nikki Lyn Schiebel, University of Kentucky Forming Attitudes in Low Information Environments: How People Use Cues to Help Inform Opinions on State Legislatures Joe Colin Zamadics, University of Colorado, Boulder Stefani Rene Langehennig, University of Colorado Disc., Katherine Krimmel, Boston University Disc., Stephen K. Medvic, Franklin & Marshall College 35-401 Partisanship, Ideology, and Polarization in Comparative Politics 32-402 Effects of Personal Experience and Context Liberty for All?: Perceptions of Freedom in White and Black America Alex H. Denison, University of Kentucky Political Efficacy in Rural America: 1952-2008 Chelsea Kaufman, Purdue University LGBT Exposure and Policy Positions: Exogenous Shock or SelfFulfilling Prophecy Briana Marie Kordsmeier, University of Arkansas Creed C. Tumlison, University of Arkansas Cultural Value Predispositions and LGBT Policy Perspectives: Exploring the Inconsistent Role of LGBT Exposure Creed C. Tumlison, University of Arkansas Briana Marie Kordsmeier, University of Arkansas Presidential Descriptive Representation and Political Efficacy 36-13 Emily A. West, New York University Disc., Joshua J. Dyck, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Disc., Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania 34-14 258 Information Processing in Political Judgment Chair, TBA Pathologies of the Politically Engaged Citizen David Fortunato, University of California, Merced Matthew V. Hibbing, University of California, Merced Better Together: Persuasion, Projection, and Policy Motivated Reasoning under Constraint Benjamin Ronald Kantack, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Campaign Information, Existing Attitudes and Beliefs, and Motivated Reasoning in Perception of Candidates' Issue Stances Sung-youn Kim, Seoul National University Political Information Processing in the Internet Age: Are Citizens Relying on the Internet to Retrieve Political Information as Needed, or Do They Process Political Knowledge as They Encounter It Mona Susanne Kleinberg, University of Massachusetts Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University 37-11 How the Tone of Political Advertisements Affects Cognitive Processing Keena Lipsitz, City University of New York Disc., Robin Blom, Ball State University Disc., Emily Elizabeth Sydnor, Southwestern University Audience Discussion Does Partisanship Influence how Individuals React to Policy Change?: Results from a Survey Experiment James Alexander Branham, University of Texas, Austin Why Are They Not Getting Along?: An Exploratory Analysis of Belief Systems Among Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese, 2003-2012 Shuning Lu, University of Texas, Austin Mass Public Projections of Party Policy Positions: A Comparison of the U.S. and Turkey Mert Moral, Binghamton University Ali Carkoglu, Koc University Michael McDonald, Binghamton University On the Elite and Electoral Polarization at the Policy Level Mert Moral, Binghamton University Vive l'Interventionnisme!: A Comparative Analysis of French Rhetoric Surrounding Military Interventions Alison Elizabeth Parks, Graduate Center, CUNY Disc., Laura Sudulich, University of Kent Comparative Modes of Communication Chair, Sarah A. Stonbely, George Washington University Tracking the Distinctiveness of the People's Voice Roderick P. Hart, University of Texas, Austin Alexander L. Curry, University of Texas, Austin An Analysis of the Party Base Strategy: The Case of Campaign Emails Taewoo Kang, Washington State University In Search of the Voice(s) of Opposition: An Experimental Study of Online Versus Face-to-Face Political Discussion Elizabeth Ann Prough, Madonna University Mary Herring, Wayne State University Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Chatham University Should We Stop Shooting the Messenger?: Comparing Electoral Campaigns in Social Networking Sites and Traditional Media Tiago André Casal da Silva, European University Institute Face-to-face Political Discussion in the Age of the Internet Anderson Milton Starling, University of Tennessee, Martin Disc., Shawna Mary Brandle, Kingsborough Community College Disc., Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University Audience Discussion Attitudes About Gender Equality and Representation Chair, TBA Who Supports Gender Quotas Peter Anthony Allen, Queen Mary, University of London David J. Cutts, University of Bath Overrepresentation of Men or Underrepresentation of Women?: The Quota Dilemma in Regards to Representation Jennifer Lee Baldwin, Texas A&M University Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Blaming Women or Blaming the System?: Public Attitudes about Women's Under Representation in Elective Office in the U.S. Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee A Rising Tide of Gender Equality?: Attitude Changes in China, 1990-2012 Zheng Su, Chinese University of Hong Kong Context and Attitudes about the Ability of Women to Govern: Findings from an Experimental Study in Israel and Costa Rica Ayala Yarkoney Sorek, Texas A&M University Nehemia Geva, Texas A&M University Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University Disc., Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University Audience Discussion 38-10 39-10 40-4 Disc., Diana Elena Popescu, London School of Economics and Political Scienc Disc., Ryan L. Reed, Bradley University Audience Discussion 43-5 White Politics Chair, TBA Whose Right to Bear Arms?: Exploring the Role of Race in Attitudes about Gun Control Policy Camille Danielle Burge, Villanova University Beyond Ideology and Resentment: The Dimensions of Whites' Racial Attitudes Christopher David DeSante, Indiana University Candis Watts Smith, Williams College Black Group Violence and Whites’ Gun Policy Attitudes in the 21st Century Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois, Chicago Racial Group Competition and Types of Linked Fate: The Meaning and Measurement of Linked Fate Among Whites Matthew Ryan Fowler, Indiana University Disc., Antoine Jevon Banks, University of Maryland Disc., Ashley E. Jardina, Duke University Audience Discussion 44-11 Performative Politics Chair, Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime Rob Goodman, Columbia University Real Power, Reel Images: Performing Power through a Gendered Lens Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University Linda Beail, Point Loma Nazarene University Wives and Queens, Pawns and Victims: The Roles of Women in the Polis as Depicted in Euripidean Drama Erik W. Kuiler, George Mason University Arendt and Homer on the Passion of Achilles, the Pursuit of Public Honor, and the Value of Private Life Michelle Marie Kundmueller, University of Notre Dame Starving for Change: Theorizing Prison Hunger Strikes Anna Terwiel, Northwestern University Disc., Larissa M. Atkison, University of South Carolina Disc., Arlene W. Saxonhouse, University of Michigan Audience Discussion 45-19 Justice and Equality Chair, TBA Two Notions of Equality, Two Perspectives of Egalitarianism Michael Haus, Heidelberg University The Concept of Poverty Esben Hogh, University of Copenhagen Problem of Justice at the International Level: Rethinking the Principles of International Justice Mehmet Kocaoglu, Purdue University Ugur Altundal, Syracuse University 47-19 New Perspectives in Democratic Theory Chair, Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia The Secret Ballot and the Promotion of Democratic Ideals: Strategic Structure and Normative Justification James Johnson, University of Rochester Susan E. Orr, State University of New York, Brockport How to Represent the People’s Ignorance Lev Marder, University of California, Irvine Democracy and the Duty to Vote with Care Julia Maskivker, Rollins College Millennials to the Rescue?: Slacktivism, Soft-news and Power John William Maynor, Middle Tennessee State University Disc., Sean Ingham, University of Georgia Disc., Yascha Benjamin Mounk, Harvard University Audience Discussion Violence, Purges, Terrorism, and Killing Chair, TBA What Can and Can't Participation Shocks Teach Us About Political Violence Ethan Bueno De Mesquita, University of Chicago Scott Allen Tyson, University of Chicago A Theory of Armed Clientelism Jorge Andres Gallego, Universidad del Rosario Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Social Services: Endogenizing Terrorist Growth Christine Sarah Mele, University of Arkansas On the Initiation and Strategic Implications of Mass Killings Scott Allen Tyson, University of Chicago Brett Allen Casper, New York University Disc., Jessica Deighan Blankshain, U.S. Naval War College Disc., Michael Suk-Young Chwe, University of California, Los Angeles Audience Discussion Ideal Point Estimation Chair, John B. Londregan, Princeton University Using Experiments to Improve Ideal Point Estimation in Text with an Application to Political Ads John Henderson, Yale University Multidimensional alpha-NOMINATE Keith T. Poole, University of Georgia Coalitional Game Theoretic Approach to Modeling Latent Spatial Preference Yunkyu Sohn, University of California, San Diego Legal Ideal Points: Estimating a Common Space for Political Actors Using the Law in the United States Matthew James Sweeten, University of Rochester Disc., John B. Londregan, Princeton University Disc., Evangeline Mae Reynolds, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Audience Discussion Polarization and Ideal Points across Time, Space, and Electoral Systems Chair, Hans C. Noel, Georgetown University Talking Past One Another: Trends in Republican and Democratic Elite Rhetoric Marty P. Jordan, Michigan State University 259 Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am on the Supreme Court’s First Amendment Free Speech Jurisprudence Eric T. Kasper, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Troy Kozma, University of Wisconsin, Barron The Lash of the Clock: A Test of the Effect of Legal Standards on Litigant Choice Matthew Reid Krell, University of Alabama Forging the Middle Ground: Antonin Scalia’s Unique Treatment of the Commerce Power Chris McMillion, University of Notre Dame The Development of the Law in the American States Abigail A. Rury, University of Iowa Disc., Christopher James Wolfe, University of Dallas Audience Discussion The Evolution from a Democratic to Republican South Nolan McCarty, Princeton University Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University Polarization and the Change of Electoral Rules Jack M. Santucci, Georgetown University Disc., Daniel J. Coffey, University of Akron Disc., Hans C. Noel, Georgetown University Audience Discussion 49-10 50-6 51-6 Political Parties and Congress Chair, TBA Scandal, the Party Brand, and Legislative Ties Daniel M. Butler, Washington University, St. Louis Brian Hamel, American University Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin, Madison What Condition My Condition Is In Chris Den Hartog, California Polytechnic State University Timothy P. Nokken, Texas Tech University Passing the Buck In Congress: The Extent and Effectiveness of Blaming Others for Inaction David Doherty, Loyola University, Chicago Laurel Harbridge, Northwestern University Party Effectiveness in the U.S. Congress Nathan William Monroe, University of California, Merced Jason M. Roberts, University of North Carolina Ideological Primary Challenges Influence on Congressional Behavior Sarah A. Treul, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Caitlin Elizabeth Jewitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Disc., Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia Disc., Michael S. Lynch, University of Georgia Audience Discussion Critical Analysis of Legisation and Rights Supreme Court Opinions Chair, TBA Interest Group Composition and Dissensus on U.S. Supreme Court Cases Dino Christenson, Boston University Sahar C. Abi-Hassan, Boston University Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University New Federalism and the Rehnquist Legacy: An Empirical Test of Rehnquist's Effort to Shift the Balance of Power Back to the States Craig Curtis, Bradley University Michael C. Gizzi, Illinois State University Does Obfuscation Breed Obscurity?: The Relationship between Opinion Readability and Citations on the U.S. Supreme Court Bailey Rose-Marie Fairbanks, Georgia State University Michael P. Fix , Georgia State University (Dis)Engagement in the Supreme Court's Opinion Writing Process Rachel A. Schutte, Hunter College, CUNY Jurisprudential Regimes Theory and Opinion Content Joseph L. Smith, University of Alabama Chase Porter, University of Alabama Disc., Amanda Clare Bryan, Loyola University, Chicago Disc., Matthew E. K. Hall, University of Notre Dame Audience Discussion Chair, Scott Lemieux, College of Saint Rose Effective Transparency: Identifying Factors that Make Freedom of Information Laws Work Thomas Coke Ellington, Wesleyan College The Protected Disclosures Act 2014: Real Reform or a Missed Opportunity Marian Jennings, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland 53-600 Public Policy in the American States The Locker Room and the Statehouse: How Colleges Sports State Regulatory Failure: The Painful Truth About Scandals Affect Public Funding for Higher Education Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Nicholas Carnes, Duke University Lina Svedin, University of Utah Nadia Mahallati Bowman, University of Utah The Politics of State-level Food and Agriculture Regulation Rebecca C. Harris, Washington and Lee University My Brother’s Keeper?: Massachusetts’ Department of Children and Families and the Commonwealth’s Response to Family Controlling Disasters: Local Emergency Management Violence Perceptions About Federal Emergency Management and Dianne McAuliffe White, Anna Maria College Homeland Security Actions Since September 11, 2001 Sean Hildebrand, Ball State University Disc., Scott Lemieux, College of Saint Rose Disc., Shannon I. Smithey, Westminster College Mary Jane Rocks the Vote: Analyzing the Impact of Geographic Audience Discussion Context on Turnout and Support for Cannabis Initiatives Victoria Knaupp, University of North Texas Regina P. Branton, University of North Texas Evolving Legal Standards and Doctrinal Change Fact or Fiction: The Social Effects of Same Sex Marriage Chair, Christopher James Wolfe, University of Dallas Laura Langbein, American University Anti-Gay Student Speech and the First Amendment: An Brandon Ranallo, American University Examination of Court Reliance on Social Science Research and Does Fiscal Decentralization Reduce Natural Disaster Losses?: the Doctrinal Definition of Tinker's Substantial Disruption A Panel Study of the States Standard Qing Miao, Arizona State University Alli S. Fetter-Harrott, Franklin College Yu Shi, University of Illinois, Chicago Absolute Freedom of Opinion and Sentiment on All Subjects?: John Stuart Mill’s Enduring, and Ever-Growing Influence 260 52-7 Sunday, April 10, 8:00 am to 9:30 am The Submerged Benefits and Invisible Punishments of Rural Prisons Rebecca U. Thorpe, University of Washington Hannah Walker, University of Washington J. P. Anderson, University of Washington Emily Christens, University of Washington State Enforcement of Fair Housing Policy: A National Comparative Analysis Eric Wilk, Georgia Gwinnett College Charles M. Lamb, State University of New York, Buffalo The Effects of Electoral-Economic Cycles on Changes in Tax Rates, Size of Tax Changes, and Changes in Tax Revenues Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College Carlisle Rainey, Texas A&M University Kevin Richard Stout, State University of New York, Buffalo 57-12 58-12 Education as a Policy Outcome Chair, TBA Eliminate Schools, Keep the School Districts: Using the Institutional Collective Action Framework to Understand the Consolidation of North Dakota School Districts in the Twentieth Century Nicholas George Bauroth, North Dakota State University Designing Effective Policy: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of School District Wellness Programs in Florida Saba Naseem Siddiki, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Ling Zhu, University of Houston Shilpi Goel, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Institutional Economics Perspectives on School Competition: Lessons from Sweden Johan Anders Wennström, Research Institute of Industrial Economics Disc., Dana D. Dyson, University of Michigan, Flint Audience Discussion 60-17 61-3 Conflict and Corruption Chair, Forrest D. Fleischman, Texas A&M University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Parties in American Political Development Chair, TBA Progressive Politics in Western States Amy Bridges, University of California, San Diego The Evolution of Party Machines Kenneth Bryant, University of Missouri, Columbia Thomas R. Guarrieri, University of Missouri, Columbia To Sea or Not to Sea: The Federalist-Jeffersonian Debates and the Creation of the America’s First Grand Strategy John Furman Daniel, George Washington University Recreating the House: The 1842 Apportionment Act and the Whig Party's Reconstruction of Representation Robert E. Ross, Utah State University The Disease in American Political Development Mateusz Tomkowiak, Princeton University Disc., William D. Adler, Northeastern Illinois University Disc., Philip A. Klinkner, Hamilton College Audience Discussion The Politics of Environmental Regulation Chair, TBA Environmental Political Business Cycles: The Case of PM2.5 Air Pollution in Chinese Prefectures Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University Genia Kostka, Hertie School Xu Xu, Pennsylvania State University Governing Fracking: Civic Engagement versus Market-based Institutions at the Municipal Level Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas Laurie Long, University of North Texas Evaluating Stakeholder Participation and Influence on StateLevel Rulemaking Outcomes Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado, Boulder Elizabeth Albright, Duke University Elizabeth Koebele, University of Colorado, Boulder Standards as Strategies: How Firms Adopt Transnational Private Standards for Leverage in Regulatory Policymaking Thibaud Marc Julien Henin, University of Oregon Regulations, Incentives or Information?: Understanding How Policy Tool Choices Impact Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ellen A. Rogers, Washington State University Mark C. Stephan, Washington State University, Vancouver Disc., Sanya Carley, Indiana University Disc., Jeffrey W. Hanlon, Northern Arizona University Audience Discussion 261 Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Sunday, April 10 at 9:45 am 3-6 5-18 6-10 7-14 Chair, Sameeksha Desai, Indiana University General Institutional Development as Successful Industrial Infant Maturation Strategy Mona M. Lyne, University of Missouri, Kansas City The Dynamics of Metropolitan Labor Market Development: A Multilevel Analysis on Employment Likelihood of Low-wage Workers Shikun Sun, Rutgers University Disc., Sameeksha Desai, Indiana University Disc., Frank P. Le Veness, Saint John's University Audience Discussion 8-10 Immigration and Political Attitudes 9-10 Linking Parties and Voters through Policies, Positions, and Votes Effects of the Military Chair, TBA Contrasting Similarities: The Military and Political Transition in Egypt and Indonesia Mamadou Diouma Bah, University of Waikato What is a Matter of National Security?: How Egypt's Military Shapes Public Opinion Dominik Duell, Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse Elizabeth R. Nugent, Princeton University A Professional and Meritocratic Military Leadership?: Assessing the Determinants of Promotions to General in the Brazilian Army Bruno Hoepers, University of Pittsburgh Political Violence and Military Assistance: A District Level Analysis in Pakistan Syeda Shahbano Ijaz, New York University Coup de Hot: How Does Appearance Affect Coup Leader Survival in Office Lisa Michele Mueller, Macalester College Tyson Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Judicial Institutions in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes Chair, James A. McCann, Purdue University Public Opposition to Immigration in Western and Central/ Eastern Europe Donna Bahry, Pennsylvania State University An Experimental Comparison of Economic versus Noneconomic Explanations of Immigration Attitudes K. Amber Curtis, Clemson University The Impact of Contextual Factors on Party Responsiveness Regarding Immigration Issues Alina Vranceanu, Universitat Pompeu Fabra From Temporary Protection to Permanent Settlement: Intergroup Experience and Integration Attitudes of Syrian Refugees in Turkey Basak Yavcan, TOBB University of Economics and Technology Disc., Gizem Arikan, Yasar University Disc., James A. McCann, Purdue University Audience Discussion Chair, TBA Confronted by Messages Without Meaning?: Election Manifesto Readability in Austria, Germany and Switzerland Daniel Bischof, University of Zurich Roman Senninger, Aarhus University The Political Consequences of Ambiguity for European Political Parties Christine Michelle Cahill, University of California, Davis Symbols of Priority?: How the Media Selectively Report on Parties’ Election Campaigns Zachary David Greene, University of Stratclyde Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University Europeanized Responsibility vs. National Responsiveness?: National Parliamentarians and their Patterns of Representation in European Union Affairs Lucy Kinski, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Party Competition and Policy Position Change in Turkey between 1983 and 2002 Berrin Osmanoglu, Université Paris 8/CRESPPA Disc., Britt Cartrite, Alma College Disc., Michael Courtney, Dublin City University Audience Discussion Parties, Patronage, and Democratic Erosion Chair, TBA Why Dominant Parties Decline: Evidence from India's Green Revolution Aditya Dasgupta, Harvard University Dominant Parties and Democratic Erosion: A Comparative Study Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury College Shadows of the Past: Authoritarian Legacies and Party System Institutionalization Allen Hicken, University of Michigan Darin Self, Cornell University Surviving Multipartism?: The Impact of Party Systems on the Persistence of Autocratic Regimes Saara Susanna Inkinen, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Catch Me if You Can: Local Party Elite Composition and GDP Data Manipulation in China Fengming Lu, Duke University Disc., Stephen August Meserve, Texas Tech University Disc., Milan Svolik, Yale University Audience Discussion Chair, Luis Palerm, University of Essex Judicial Ideal Point Estimation with Hierarquical Priors: An Application to Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal Júlio Canello, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 262 Whose Law Is It?: Network Analysis of the Evolution of U.S. Environmental Law, 1973-2013 Marion Dumas, Columbia University Securing Victory: The Choice Between Civilian and Security Courts in Authoritarian Regimes Jacqueline Sievert, Western Carolina University Justice For Sale: State Revenue Collection and the Development of the Legal System Hannah Katherine Simpson, New York University Disc., Luis Palerm, University of Essex Disc., Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of Houston Audience Discussion Business, the State and Economic Development 10-5 Poverty and Inequality in Latin America Chair, TBA The Poor You Will Always Have with You: Religion, Social Welfare, and Inequality in Latin America Matthew Carnes, Georgetown University The Spatial Differences in Brazilian Presidential Elections 1998-2014: The Relation between Electoral Results and Poverty Regions Alessandro Farage Figueiredo, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am The Political Economy of Divergence: Trajectories of Subnational Development in Mexico Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cueto, University of Chicago Conditional Social Assistance in Latin America: Promoting Inclusion without Efficacy Matthew L. Layton, Ohio University Exclusionary Democracy: Social Inequality and Political Representation in Latin America Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee Nathan J. Kelly, University of Tennessee Disc., Clemente Quinones, Georgia Gwinnett College Disc., Evren Wiltse, South Dakota State University Audience Discussion 11-20 13-4 15-15 Nationalism Market Liberalism and the Change of Western Societies: Government Preferences and the Impact on Welfare Generosity, Tax Burden, Inequality and Economic Performance Leonce Röth, University of Cologne Dynamic Services and Electoral Institutions: Why Some Countries Could Mitigate the Severity of the Trilemma of the Service Economy in the Age of Deindustrialization Jungwook Son, Seoul National University Disc., Marina Dodlova, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Disc., Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Audience Discussion 16-12 Chair, TBA Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific: A Diversionary Approach Matthew Christopher Campbell, George Mason University Discovering Chinese Nationalism: Evidence from a Survey Experiment Jiyoung Ko, Yale University Strength and Stability of Ideological Preferences in China Andrew W. MacDonald, University of Louisville The Effects of Nationalistic and Economic Messages on Political Behavior: The Case of China-Taiwan Trade Nicole Wu, University of Michigan Patriotic Education in Elementary Schools: Constructing National Identity and CCP Legitimacy Karl Yan, University of Toronto Disc., Jacob Isaac Ricks, Singapore Management University Audience Discussion Communal Organization, State-building and Political/ Economic Development Chair, TBA Organizational Mission and the Quality of Social Service Delivery: Evidence from a Study of Health Provision in Lebanon Melani Claire Cammett, Harvard University Aytug Sasmaz, Harvard University Selecting Out the Separatists: Ethnopolitical Organizations, Patronage Politics, and Authoritarian Elections in the Middle East Agatha S. Hultquist, University of Maryland, College Park Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, University of Maryland Nation, State, and Identity: Trajectories of Islamist Political Incorporation in the Maghreb Matthew Thomas Lacouture, Wayne State University Enduring Authority: Kinship, State Formation, and Resource Distribution in the Arab Gulf Scott J. Weiner, George Washington University Disc., Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University Audience Discussion 17-13 Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Democracies 18-19 Chair, Simon Weschle, Carlos III-Juan March Institute Dimensions of Political Extremism: Income, Risk Aversion, and Fear of Ruin Robert Grafstein, University of Georgia The Market for Cream Puffs: Big Data and the Transformation of the Welfare State Torben Iversen, Harvard University Philipp Rehm, Ohio State University Religion and Redistribution Preferences across Europe Anna Kulkova, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow Labor in a Globalized Economy Chair, TBA Free Trade and Special 301: How U.S. Pressure Causes Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries Adam H. Dean, Middlebury College The De-Constraining Effect of South-South Trade on the Domestic Politics of Labor Law Jonas M. Gamso, University of Pittsburgh Consumer Power, International Trade and Human Rights: When Can Consumers Improve Labor Practices In Other Countries Kerim Can Kavakli, Sabanci University Foreign Aid Shocks and the “Brain Drain” Jikuo Lu, University of Pittsburgh The Impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) on Labor Rights in Developing Countries Fangjin Ye, Michigan State University Disc., Faisal Z. Ahmed, Princeton University Disc., Mariana Medina, Texas Tech University Audience Discussion Audience Costs and the Strategic Communication of Foreign Policy Decisions During Conflicts and Crises Chair, TBA The Role of Partisanship in Audience Cost Mobilization Aldo David Abitbol, Florida State University William Mark Pollock, Stony Brook University Audience Costs and Reputation: An Experiment Andrew W. Bausch, Carnegie Mellon University To Go Public or Not To Go?: Government Strategic Communication and Press Coverage during the Vietnam War Azusa Katagiri, Stanford University Choosing Public Threats: Political Costs and Domestic Resolve Cathy Wu, University of Texas, Austin Taking Voters Seriously: Electoral Cycles of Audience Costs Kiyotaka Yasui, Waseda University Masaaki Higashijima, Michigan State University Shin Toyoda, Waseda University Disc., Stephen Chaudoin, University of Ilinois Audience Discussion Post-Conflict Issues Chair, TBA Post-Terrorist Assassination Events in the Middle East and Africa Laura Nyoka Bell, Francis Marion University Peacebuilding, Political Order, and Post-War Risks George Frederick Willcoxon, United Nations Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 263 Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am 18-601 Terrorism Suicide Terrorism by Hamas versus the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: Different Organizations, Similar Strategies, Same Outcome Burcu Pinar Alakoc, Webster University The Pro-Islamite Lone Wolf: A New Paradigm of International Terrorism Teresa Almeida e Silva, University of Lisbon Terrorism and the Ideological Orientation of Incumbent Governments Valentina Andrea Bali, Michigan State University Johann Park, Mississippi State University Pashtun or Pious?: The Sources of Public Support for Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan Karl Christian Kaltenthaler, University of Akron Collective Identity and Support for Islamist Militancy Karl Christian Kaltenthaler, University of Akron World Politics and Challenges of Terrorism:Theory and Practice Muhammad Ahmed Qadri, University of Karachi, Pakistan Iran and Its Shia Proxies Arash Reisinezhad, Florida International University Parisa Farhadi, Alame-Tabatabaie University 22-16 23-5 264 24-9 Chair, Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary Policy Networks and Belief Systems: Drivers of Cooperation in International Climate Change Politics between 2005 and 2014 Marlene Julia Kammerer, University of Zurich Christian Hirschi, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich Environmental Diplomacy: Contextualizing the Rationality of Treaty Negotiations Hartmut Lenz, University Tokyo Disc., Daniel Maliniak, College of William and Mary Audience Discussion 27-11 Approaches to Conflict Resolution Chair, TBA Reparations in the Aftermath of Mass Violence: The Case of Nepal Prakash Adhikari, Central Michigan University Wendy L. Hansen, University of New Mexico Neil J. Mitchell, University College London Norm Diffusion and Hybridity in Conflict Resolution Processes: The Case of the ‘Democratic Opening’ in Turkey’s Peace Process Esra Dilek, Bilkent University Does Community Driven Conflict Resolution Work?: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Western Ivory Coast Prabin B. Khadka, New York University Anup Phayal, University of Kentucky Land Tenure, Water Rights, and Legal Pluralism in Peace Process Kayo Onishi, Indiana University, Bloomington Success and Failure in the Peace Processes: A Comparison of Aceh/Indonesia and Sri Lanka Idil Tuncer Kilavuz, Istanbul Medeniyet University Disc., Benjamin Thomas Jones, University of Mississippi Audience Discussion 30-9 IR Theories and Foreign Policy-Making Chair, TBA American Foreign Policy: Has the Practice Lived Up to the Theory George Alecusan, University of Dallas Testing Three Theories of International Relations: Evidence from Small States Neal Glen Jesse, Bowling Green State University Who Cares?: The Role of Issue Salience in Foreign Policy Preference Formation Clayton McLaughlin Webb, Texas A&M University Disc., David T. Burbach, Naval War College Audience Discussion The Causes and Consequences of International Environmental Cooperation 32-11 How Polarization and Income Inequality Shape Turnout Chair, Matthew L. Bergbower, Indiana State University Local Income Inequality and American Voter Turnout: Counties with High Income Inequality Exhibit Lower Rates of Voter Turnout Tiffany C. Davenport, United States Naval Academy Congressional Polarization and Campaign Participation: Explaining Citizen Involvement in Elections as the Government Drifts Apart Patrick Willis Jeffery, Binghamton University Ideological Conflict at Two Levels: How Both Legislative and Electoral Polarization Impact Political Participation Elizabeth Nicole Simas, University of Houston The Effects of Income Inequality on Political Participation: A Contextual Analysis James Szewczyk, Emory University Melody A. Crowder-Meyer, Sewanee: The University of the South Disc., Matthew L. Bergbower, Indiana State University Disc., Ben Highton, University of California, Davis Audience Discussion Attitudes toward and Effects of Election Laws Chair, TBA The Gift of Time: Do Absentee Ballots Reduce Ballot Roll-off Lisa A. Bryant, California State University, Fresno Genny Mayhew, University of Maryland Early Voting: Do More Sites Lead to Higher Turnout in Midterm Elections Elliott B. Fullmer, Randolph-Macon College State Election Reform Laws: Political Culture, Mobilization, and Turnout Michael James Ritter, University of Iowa Making American Elections Great Again Adriano Udani, University of Missouri, St. Louis David C. Kimball, University of Missouri, St. Louis Sweating the Vote: Polling Place Stress and Voter Decision Making Stacy Gwenn Ulbig, Sam Houston State University Richard N. Engstrom, Kennesaw State University Shauna Reilly, Northern Kentucky University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Political Trust, Efficacy and Knowledge Chair, TBA Which Economy?: Class and Partisan Biases in the Acquisition of Economic Information Ian G. Anson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Measuring Knowledge of U.S. Political Institutions John G. Bullock, University of Texas, Austin Kelly T. Rader, Yale University Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am The Effects of Partisan Representational Context and Polarization on Political Efficacy and Trust Christina Marie Cota-Robles, Louisiana State University James C. Garand, Louisiana State University Is Political Trust Higher in Smaller Population-sized Communities Miwa Nakajo, Hokkai Gakuen University Disc., Martin J. Kifer, High Point University Disc., Celia C. Paris, Loyola University, Maryland Audience Discussion 33-8 Experiments in Decision Making The Impact of Altruistic Voting on Election Outcomes: Evidence from Denmark Daniel Mahler, University of Copenhagen The Role of the Information Environment in Partisan Voting Erik Jeffrey Peterson, Stanford University Disc., Rosario Aguilar-Pariente, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica Disc., Stephen Maynard Caliendo, North Central College 34-402 Political Psychology Innovations Chair, TBA Alliance Formation in a Side-taking Experiment Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University Of Whiners and Winners: Reference Dependence in Distributive Choices Soenke K. Ehret, New York University Cheating to get Ahead: How Sensitive is Corruption to Strategic Considerations Marlene Guraieb, New York University Elections and Embezzlement Malte M. Lierl, Yale University 36-19 Government Redistribution and the Effects of Political Identity in Ultimatum Games: A Field Experiment Emma Margaret Manifold, University of Leicester Sanjit Dhami, University of Leicester Ali al-Nowaihi, University of Leicester Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion 34-400 Innovations in Political Psychology An Experimental Test of the Projection Effect on Perceived Candidate Ideology Karyn Amira, College of Charleston The Likability Heuristic Reconsidered: Party Appraisals, 1972-2012 Seth C. Bradshaw, University of Arizona Kate Kenski, University of Arizona Are Political Donors Encouraged by Success?: A Regression Discontinuity Approach Nicolas K. Dumas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kyle Daniel Shohfi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Conflicted Partisans: How Conflicts between Individuals' Healthcare Attitudes and Partisanship Shape their Political Behavior Katherine Thompson McCabe, Princeton University The Negative Effect of Negative Campaigning in the 2015 UK Elections Davide Morisi, European University Institute Bang For Your Buck, Not A Free Lunch: American Attitudes to Taxation and Cost-Benefit Alignability Ethan Porter, University of Chicago Disc., Serdar Kaya, University of Queensland, Australia Disc., Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University 34-401 Partisanship, Information, and Elections Political Advantage, Disadvantage and Engagement Throughout the Electoral Cycle Allison Michelle Archer, Vanderbilt University Differences in Elite and Mass Perceptions of Polarization, 1972-2012 Adam M. Enders, Michigan State University Robert N. Lupton, Michigan State University Steven M. Smallpage, Michigan State University Do Partisans Selectively Assimilate Factual Information?: Evidence from a Pair of Experiments on the Unemployment Rate and Affordable Care Act Kabir Khanna, Princeton University Heterogeneous Partisanship and the Conditional Effects of Source Cues Eric Douglas Loepp, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Political Misinformation and its Correction Briony Swire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Camille Danielle Burge, Villanova University Disc., Sergio C. Wals, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Deliberation and Political Discussion Chair, Mark Taylor Daku, McGill University Speaking on Behalf of the American People: The Nature and Potential Consequences of Asymmetries in Partisan Rhetoric Robert Mathew Entman, George Washington University Julie Ann Wronski, University of Mississippi Sarah A. Stonbely, George Washington University Burn it Down: Comment Forum Discourse as a Measure of Public Opinion in the 2016 Presidential Election Karen S. Hoffman, Marquette University Open Government or Open Conflict: Competing Conceptions of Open Government in Canadian Parliamentarians, Bloggers and Journalists Simon James Kiss, Wilfrid Laurier University George William Wootten, University of Toronto, Mississauga The Social Calculus of Presidential Approval: How Patterns of Network Connectivity Moderate the Impacts of Political Disagreement Within Social Network Hyunjin Song, University of Vienna Michael A. Neblo, Ohio State University Katherine Ognyanova, Rutgers University David Lazer, Northeastern University William Minozzi, Ohio State University Disc., Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University Audience Discussion 37-400 Women's Rights, Interests, and Issues Engendering Gender Equality: A Cross-National Spatial Analysis of Women's Rights Hannah Suzanne Chapman, University of Wisconsin, Madison Right to Choose?: Top-Down Women's Health Policy Diffusion and Partisan Politics Andrea Kathryn Eckelman, University of Houston Matthew Michael Ward, University of Houston Making House Calls: Feminist Health and the Occupational Hazards of Domestic Work Amanda Grigg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Why Women?: The Adoption of Gender Mainstreaming Policies in Post-Conflict States Laura Katherine Huber, Emory University For the Love of Women or Party?: Women's Representation via Health Policy Justine G. M. Ross, University of California, Riverside 265 Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Disc., Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Pennsylvania State University 39-5 Disc., Diana Z. O'Brien, Indiana University 37-401 Gender and the Electoral Process Bodily Transgressions, Interpersonal Relationships, and Political Participation in the United States Carla Beth Abdo, University of Maryland Implicit Gender in American Politics Chanita Intawan, University of California, Merced Alexander George Theodoridis, University of California, Merced Gender in South Korean and Taiwanese Presidential Elections Young-Im Lee, University of Missouri, St.Louis Women as Citizens by Proxy Kimberly Anne Saks McManaway, University of Michigan, Flint Electoral Rules and the Uncovering of Gender-based Differences in Turnout Jose Luis Saldana, University of Maryland, College Park Disc., Nichole M. Bauer, University of Alabama Disc., Heather Louise Ondercin, University of Mississippi 40-7 37-402 Gender and Human Rights Empowering Marginalised Women: Case Study of Egypt Between January 25, 2011 and End of Islamist Rule in 2013 Amal Kamel Hamada, Cairo University, Giza Sarra Mohamed Moneir, Future University, Egypt Media’s Gendered Framings of the Economic Consequences of Immigration: Evidence from Four Countries Shan-Jan Sarah Liu, Pennsylvania State University Women in Power: The Effects of Women in Ministerial and Parliamentary Positions on Peace Jessica Rae McBean, Idaho State University Gender as a Mediating Factor on the Impact of Enforced Disappearances: A Comparative Analysis of Algeria, Turkey, Lebanon and Nepal Jessica Mecellem, Loyola University, Chicago Predicament of Alternative Public Domain and Collective Action: A Study On China’s Exclusive Gay Social Media Lin Xing, University of Nevada, Reno Disc., Kanisha D. Bond, University of Maryland Disc., Lana Obradovic, University of Nebraska, Omaha 38-11 266 41-11 The Inputs and Outputs of Descriptive Representation Chair, TBA Testing Ethnic-Name Cues on Asian American Candidate Electability Chinbo Chong, University of Michigan Min Hee Go, Brooklyn College, CUNY Racial and Ethnic Coattails: How Top-Ticket Minority Candidates Affect the Emergence and Success of Lower Ticket Minority Candidates Bernard L. Fraga, Indiana University Eric J. Juenke, Michigan State University Paru Shah, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Reassessing Minority Protests as a Determinant of Congressional Behavior Matthew Jacobsmeier, West Virginia University Electoral Rules and Descriptive Representation in Brazil Andrew J. Janusz, University of California, San Diego Race, Gender, and Education Effects on Elite Responsiveness Shane McCoy Redman, University of Pittsburgh Disc., Loren Collingwood, University of California, Riverside Disc., Christopher Stout, Oregon State University Audience Discussion 45-20 Conversations with Nietzsche Chair, Jeffrey Metzger, Cameron University Zarathustra’s Revolutionary Rhetoric and Revaluation of Values Christopher Baldwin, Southeast Missouri State University Interpretation of "Problem of Socrates" and the Role of Political Philosophy: Nietzsche and Leo Strauss Sungwoo Park, Seoul National University Thinking the Body and Politics with Spinoza and Nietzsche Stephen William Trochimchuk, University of Toronto Nietzsche, Liberalism, and Democracy William H. Winstead, George Washington University Disc., Jeffrey Metzger, Cameron University Audience Discussion Rethinking the "Citizen" Chair, TBA Let’s Think of Something to Do: Play and the Development of the Citizen Amy Buzby, Arkansas State University The Foodie as Citizen Brian Duff, University of New England Debt and American Citizenship Serena Lynn Laws, Trinity College Acknowledging Difference to Achieve Equity: Turning a Critical Eye to University Policies Regarding Undocumented Students Mary McThomas, California State University, Channel Islands The Corporation as a Re(lation)al Entity Abraham Singer, Georgetown University Disc., Mette Marie Stæhr Harder, Roskilde University Audience Discussion Problems in Just War Theory Chair, Paul O. Carrese, U.S. Air Force Academy The War Trope in Domestic Political Discourse David D. Corey, Baylor University Are Enemies Owed the Truth?: Truth-Telling and Just War Theory Jeremiah Heath Russell, Jacksonville State University Just War in an Age of Terror: Is It Even Possible, Is It Not All the More Necessary Rouven J. Steeves, U.S. Air Force Academy What Did the American Founders Mean by 'War'?: Grotius, Vattel, and the Law of Nations James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University Justifying Just War and Intervention: Rawls’ Too Weak or Too Strong Grounds Yoon-Min Woo, Korea University Disc., Robert James Delahunty, St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis Disc., Jeremy Seth Geddert, Assumption College Audience Discussion Advances in Modeling Chair, Walter R. Mebane, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Dependent Outcomes in Political Science: Modeling Interdependence Across Choices and Units Jude C. Hays, University of Pittsburgh Robert J. Franzese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Scott Jeffrey Cook, Texas A&M University Voting and Deliberation at the Federal Convention of 1787 John B. Londregan, Princeton University Marc Thomas Ratkovic, Princeton University In Song Kim, Princeton University Bias Amplification and Bias Unmasking Joel A. Middleton, University of California, Berkeley Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Blurring Institutional Boundaries: Judges’ Perceptions of Threats to Judicial Independence Alyx Mark, North Central College Michael A. Zilis, University of Kentucky Why’s Everybody Always Picking on Me?: Court Curbing Legislation and the Ninth Circuit Laura P. Moyer, University of Louisville Administrative Court Curbing: Patrolling and Preventing Judicial Oversight of Executive Implementation Henry Chris Tecklenburg, Armstrong State University Congressional Use of Title VI Spending Provisions, 1973-2012 Miranda Yaver, Washington University, St. Louis Disc., Charles Eugene Gregory, Stephen F. Austin State University Disc., Morgan L. W. Hazelton, Saint Louis University Audience Discussion Disc., Dean Knox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Walter R. Mebane, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Audience Discussion 47-4 48-11 49-11 52-15 Lobbying, Coalitions, and Revolving Doors Chair, Katharine A. Neill, Rice University Lobbying Strategies and Success Inside and Outside Lobbying in EU Legislative Politics Jan Beyers, University of Antwerp Iskander W. P. De Bruycker, University of Antwerp Moving Beyond Inside and Outside: Assessing Lobbying Strategies Over Time Nicole Marie Bizzoco, Rutgers University Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University Public Versus Private Sector Investment in Advocacy Thomas Michael Kelly, University of California, Berkeley Reformation of Social Coalitions for Elections Yuki Yanai, Kobe University Disc., Michael T. Heaney, University of Michigan Disc., Katharine A. Neill, Rice University Audience Discussion Presidential Election Politics Chair, TBA Party Asymmetry and Vice presidential Selection William D. Adler, Northeastern Illinois University Julia Azari, Marquette University The Long View of Polarization in Presidential Voting, 1928-2008 Tim H. Blessing, Alvernia University Kathleen O'Brien Ellis, Independent Scholar Muslim American Political Participation and Engagement Stephanie L. DeMora, University of Arkansas The American President as an Information Shortcut Patrick T. Hickey, West Virginia University Disc., Sean D. Foreman, Barry University Disc., Barbara K. Norrander, University of Arizona Audience Discussion Interest Groups and Congress Chair, TBA Who's Driving?: Ideology, Public Opinion and Interest Group Influence Sara Renee Browning, Southern Illinois University Money and Rhetoric: A Dance with Equal Partners Iliyan Iliev, University of Texas, Dallas Legislative Networks and Revolving Door Lobbying Todd Makse, Florida International University Working Hard for the Money: Evidence of PACs Contributing to Effective Legislators Laine Patrick Shay, University of Georgia, Athens Interest Group Ideology and Committee Agenda Control: Evidence from Lobbyist Declarations in the Iowa State Legislature Sebastian Thieme, New York University Disc., Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin, Madison Audience Discussion Court-Curbing and Independence Chair, TBA Attacking State Supreme Courts: The Causes of AntiInternational Law Legislation in U.S. States Keith Blackley, State University of New York, Buffalo 53-4 Federalism Chair, Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina Choice and Design in the Designation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of Michigan Susan Marie Miller, University of South Carolina Looking for Help: Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools in California Sarah Hill, California State University, Fullerton D. Roderick Kiewiet, California Institute of Technology Uncooperative Federalism: The Role of State Attorneys General in State Noncompliance with the EPA’s Clean Air Act Eun Young Lee, Seoul National University Preempting Preemption in Federal Systems Garrett Darl Lewis, Princeton University Finding Federalism in Collaborative Institutions: Evidence from Great Lakes Areas of Concern Eric Scott Zeemering, Northern Illinois University Disc., Cynthia J. Bowling, Auburn University Disc., Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina Audience Discussion 54-600 Urban Politics Research Blitz Community Engagement, Social Media, Economic Development and Attracting Millennials: The Case of the Atlanta Beltline Project Otilia Iancu, Savannah State University Political Determinants of Urban Density Joseph T. Ornstein, University of Michigan Embracing Urban Agriculture: An Assessment of Zoning Ordinance Strategies and Land Use Plans Teri Fair Platt, Clark Atlanta University Karmen Townsend, Clark Atlanta University The Effects of Building Private Prisons in Rural Communities Sabrina Riles, University of Georgia Middle-class Ontological Security and the Territorialization of the City Lori A. Riverstone-Newell, Illinois State University Why Do Local Leaders Cooperate Across Boundaries?: Results From a National Survey Experiment on Mayors and Councilors Meghan E. Rubado, Temple University Ideological Sorting: Identity vs Policy Preferences in Mobility Choices Lapo Salucci, University of Denver Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado, Boulder Studying Local Political Behavior Using Facebook Surveys Michael W. Sances, University of Memphis The Politics of Tax Increment Financing: Evidence from Chicago Amy Beth Schoenecker, University of Illinois, Chicago 267 Sunday, April 10, 9:45 am to 11:15 am Monopoly Politics: The Impact of Municipal Intervention in Michigan Meghan Esther Wilson, Brown University Coordination and Conflict between Municipal Policy Actors in Fiscal Policy Making Nisa Yazici Aydemir, University of Illinois, Chicago 56-11 57-8 58-13 60-18 268 Examining the Determinants of New Service Provision by Local Governments Scott Lamothe, University of Oklahoma Mapping the Dimensions of Project Success: Findings from a National Survey of Community Action Agencies Nathaniel Sean Wright, Texas Tech University Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Policy Diffusion and Policy Feedback Chair, Deondra E. Rose, Duke University Teacher Evaluation Policy Reform in the U.S. States: A Mixed 62-2 Methods Approach to Policy Diffusion NaLette Michele Brodnax, Indiana University Explaining Positive and Negative Policy Feedback Effects on the Public Erik Gahner Larsen, University of Southern Denmark Policy Diffusion and Practice at the State Level: The Cases of Universal Pre-kindergarten and Common Core Kelly Branham Smith, Brown University Information vs. Ideology: Recognizing Government Benefits in the Submerged State Mallory SoRelle, Cornell University Delphia Shanks-Booth, Cornell University Effects of Medicare Eligibility on Seniors' Political Attitudes and Participation Baobao Zhang, Yale University Disc., Michael Richard Ford, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Disc., Deondra E. Rose, Duke University Audience Discussion Politics and Budgets Chair, TBA Executive Power, Political Interests, and Policy-making Christian Breunig, University of Konstanz Chris John Koski, Reed College Predicting Budgetary Change: The Effect of Performance Growth and Decline Carla Michelle Flink, University of Texas, San Antonio The Business of Being Mayor: Mayors and Fiscal Policy in U.S. Cities Patricia A. Kirkland, Columbia University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Managing Transboundary Environmental Conflicts Chair, TBA A Tale of Three Countries: Regional Institutions, Transnational Actors, and Their Expanding Roles in the Protection of the North American Environment Ivan Farias Pelcastre, University of Southern California China-Based Air Pollution, EANET, and Epistemic Community Building in the Northeast Asian Region Matthew A. Shapiro, Illinois Institute of Technology Disc., Paul Cisneros, University of California, Davis Disc., Paul Joseph Scalise, University of Duisburg, Essen Audience Discussion Local Service Delivery Chair, Cheongsin Kim, Boise State University Do NGOs Erode State Power?: Comparative GovernmentNonprofit Relationships in Post-Disaster Recovery Hiromi Akiyama, George Mason University Disasters and Local Fiscal Health Skip Krueger, University of North Texas Robert W. Walker, Washington University, St. Louis Laura Siebeneck, University of North Texas 64-7 Religious Communication Effects on Public Opinion in the U.S. Chair, TBA Heeding the Brethren: How Religious Cues Affect Immigration Attitudes in Utah Jason Michael Adkins, Kent State University Religious Context and American Public Opinion: A Study of Most Likely and Least Likely Cases Alicia Diana Forster, University of Florida Non-Ordained: Examining Female Religious Political Influence within the American Catholic Church and Among the Laity Jeanine Elizabeth Kraybill, California State University, Bakersfield Whoever Has Ears to Hear, Let Them Hear: Conditional Clergy Influence on Parishioners' Political Attitudes Eric Robert Schmidt, Indiana University The Trump Card, Religion as Heuristic: Overcoming Partisan Preferences through Religious Messaging Matthew L. Thornton, Drake University Disc., Paul A. Djupe, Denison University Disc., Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University Audience Discussion Voting and Representation Chair, Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced Local Union Power and Democratic Representation Michael Becher, University of Konstanz Daniel Stegmueller, University of Mannheim Konstantin Kaeppner, University of Konstanz What Do Voters Think About the Descriptive Underrepresentation of the Working Class Nicholas Carnes, Duke University Noam Lupu, University of Wisconsin, Madison Legislatively Impeded: The Tradeoffs Legislators Have Made to Represent their Districts Since the 1970s Ella Elena Foster-Molina, Georgetown University The Prismatic Middle Class: Electoral Incentives and ClassBased Framing in Senate Press Releases Kaylee Theresa Johnson, University of Massachusetts Inequality and the Vote: A Context Based Model of Class Voting John Robert Shrode, University of California, Los Angeles Disc., Christopher Reid Ellis, Bucknell University Audience Discussion Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Sunday, April 10 at 11:30 am 4-4 5-19 6-9 Chair, Haifeng Huang, University of California, Merced Measuring Personalism in Non-Democracies Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University Jane Lawrence Sumner, Emory University Christina Parowczenko, Emory University Propaganda and Regime Change Carlo Matthias Horz, New York University Meritocracy vs. Factionalism: Evidence from Xi Jinping's Corruption Crackdown Peter L. Lorentzen, University of California, Berkeley Lu Xi, University of California, Berkeley Mass Purges Brendan Pablo Montagnes, Emory University Stephane Wolton, London School of Economics Non-Competitive Elections and Incentives for Insurgency: Micro-Level Evidence from the Post-War Soviet Union Arturas Rozenas, New York University Disc., Jidong Chen, Beijing Normal University Disc., Haifeng Huang, University of California, Merced Audience Discussion Government Structures and Economic Policies Chair, TBA The Changing Geoeconomics of China's Diplomacy in Africa Richard Aidoo, Coastal Carolina University Origins of Authoritarian Transparency: Evidence from China Chao-yo Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles Feng Yang, University of California, Los Angeles A Tale of Two Deltas: Labor Unrest and Local Governance in China's Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta Manfred Elfstrom, Cornell University East Asian States' Differentiated Alliances with Firms: Why Do Japan and South Korea Ally with Large Firms, While Taiwan Cooperates With Small Firms Seokdong Kim, Claremont Graduate University Discussant, TBA Audience Discussion Military Regimes, Transitions to Democracy, and Authoritarian Backsliding Chair, TBA Revisiting Democratic Deterioration Dellea Khorat Copeland, Pennsylvania State University Out of the Boardroom and Back to the Barracks?: Arms Production and Civil-Military Reform in Post-Authoritarian Latin America Collin Steven Grimes, University of California, Riverside Explaining Divergent Transitions Form Militarized Authoritarianism in Muslim Majority Societies: The Cases of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt and Indonesia Aqil Shah, University of Oklahoma The Business of Loyalty: Defection-proofing the Military in Authoritarian Regimes Hisham Soliman, Georgia State University/Cairo University Disc., Nam Kyu Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Disc., Tun Myint, Carleton College Audience Discussion 7-13 Blame it on the Crisis: Understanding the Political Cost of Taxation Thomas Brambor, Lund University Delegation, Discretion and the Regulation of Financial Markets Thomas Groll, Columbia University Sharyn O'Halloran, Columbia University Geraldine McAllister, Columbia University Elites’ Political Security and Property Rights Provision Evgeny Alexandrovich Sedashov, State University of New York, Binghamton Marc Davignon, State University of New York, Binghamton The Impact of Economic Diversification on Institutional Inclusiveness Petrus Sundin Olander, University of Gothenburg Disc., Stephen August Meserve, Texas Tech University Disc., Pablo Martin Pinto, University of Houston Audience Discussion Comparative Views on Authoritarianism Economic Institutions and Policies Chair, Pablo Martin Pinto, University of Houston Institutional Commitments and Electoral Incentives Timm Betz, Texas A&M University 8-11 Candidate Traits and Voter Choices Chair, Kirk A. Hawkins, Brigham Young University Following the Party’s or Leader’s Lead?: Experimental Evidence on Partisan Cue Taking in Turkey S. Erdem Aytac, Koç University Ali Carkoglu, Koc University Persuasion or Priming?: The Effects of Candidate-related News Coverage on Candidate Popularity and Party Choice Mona Krewel, Cornell University Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim Learning During Elections Kevin Michael Munger, New York University Patrick J. Egan, New York University Jonathan Nagler, New York University Natural Disaster and Political Preferences: A Conjoint Analysis of Voters’ Choices and Candidates’ Characteristics Giancarlo Visconti, Columbia University Facial Competence and Political Selection in China Stan Hok-wui Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong Zeng Yu, Chinese University of Hong Kong Disc., Kirk A. Hawkins, Brigham Young University Audience Discussion 11-600 Contentious Politics and Representation in Asia From Rigid Stability to New Social Governance: Innovations in Social Stability Maintenance in China Lin Han, Hunan University Administrative Boundaries and Redistribution in Minority PRC Jihyeon Jeong, Ewha University Indo-Pak Hostility and Hindrances in South Asian Cooperation Aslam Khan, Yobe State University, Nigeria Who are the Political Satirists in Chinese Cyber World Dongshu Liu, Syracuse University Li Shao, Syracuse University Patterns in Gender Gaps in Various Forms of Political Participation Across Asia Shan-Jan Sarah Liu, Pennsylvania State University Vulnerable Incumbents?: A Study of the Congressional Activism and Electoral Outcome of the Local People's Congress in China Diqing Lou, Wuhan University Capitalizing on Rioting: Intra-Bureaucratic Bargaining and Local Protests in China Xiao Ma, University of Washington Regional Parties and Institutional Inclusion: A Study of Presence and Performance of Identity based State Parties in Indian Parlaiment Manisha Madhava, Women's University 269 Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Democracy, Electoral Systems and Transitions: A Case of Pakistan Muhammad Owais, University of Management and Technology Do Constituents Reward MPs for Disrupting Parliamentary Proceedings?: Evidence from the 15th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament Ajit Nana Phadnis, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Ideas, Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Investments: Evidence from India Sojin Shin, National University of Singapore 13-11 15-16 17-14 Chair, TBA Parochial Politics: The Political Economy of Intervention in Iran Michael J. Lee, Hunter College, CUNY Local Economic Opportunity and Social Outcomes: Evidence from Trade Shocks Michael R. Strain, American Enterprise Institute Stan A. Veuger, American Enterprise Institute International Hierarchy, Foreign Investment, and Political Conflicts: Spatial Analysis of Hegemonic FDI Youyi Zhang, Cornell University Disc., Adam H. Dean, Middlebury College Audience Discussion American Foreign Policy and Middle Eastern Dynamics Chair, TBA Toward Quantifying Soft Power: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Soft Power in the Middle East Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Tiffany Kaschel, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth The Question of Deviance: Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Human Rights in the Iranian Case Robert Reza Asaadi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The Power of Royal Families of the Persian Gulf Arab States in U.S. Foreign Policy Seyed Ahmad Mirtaheri, Florida International University Importing Stability: U.S. Bases and Regime Stability in the Middle East Andrew Stravers, University of Texas Dana Saed El Kurd, University of Texas, Austin Disc., Marina E. Henke, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 18-20 Foreign Capital Across Borders: The Politics of Foreign Aid and Investment Chair, Robert Mitchell Grafstein, University of Georgia Another Pathway To Greater FDI, Diaspora Engagement Policies Seungbin Park, University of Colorado, Boulder 20-7 State Responses to "Refugee" Crises Gulcan Saglam, Georgia State University After the Shock but Before the Vote: Authoritarian Reactions to Foreign Relief Bann Seng Tan, Bogaziçi University Nicholas R. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Disc., Isa Camyar, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Audience Discussion 16-8 270 Autocracy: Implications for Investment Chair, Jessica Weeks, University of Wisconsin, Madison Authoritarian Time Horizon and Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth Daehee Bak, Texas Tech University Chungshik Moon, Australian National University Transparency and Investment in Democracies and Autocracies James Richard Hollyer, University of Minnesota B. Peter Rosendorff, New York University James Raymond Vreeland, Yale University Does Politics Matters?: Political Institutions, Rules and Sovereign Default Risk Jong Woo Jeong, Korea University Authoritarian Variation and the Political Economy of Bilateral Investment Treaties Fangjin Ye, Michigan State University Jia Chen, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc., Bumba Mukherjee, Pennsylvania State University Audience Discussion The Domestic Implications of International Political Economy 22-17 Alternative Security Approaches Chair, TBA The Constitution of Failed States: How “Alegality” Explains Incapacity Stephen Michael Jones, George Mason University Keith Jakee, Florida Atlantic University Libya, Syria, and the Material-Discursive Politics of Intervention Jack Adam MacLennan, Carleton University Pathologies of Decision: The Psychology of State Self-Deception Christopher W. Ray, University of Chicago Dingpolitik, Chaoplexic Warfare, and PMESII: Contextualizing Networks for International Security Studies Tony Rivera, Duke University Dynamic Causality and International Security Andrew L. Stigler, Naval War College Disc., Tony Rivera, Duke University Audience Discussion Dynamics of Interstate Conflict and Peace Chair, TBA Settling Territorial Disputes: Strategies of the Weak and the Strong Erik Charles Beuck, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Krista E. Wiegand, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Substitution between Coercive and Non-coercive Diplomacy Kentaro Hirose, Waseda University Authoritarian Regimes and Compliance with International Treaties Tomoya Sasaki, University of Tokyo Avoidance, Exploitation, and Rivalry Maintenance Jeffrey R. Weber, Keimyung University Disc., Michael Kevin McKoy, Wheaton College Disc., Melissa Willard-Foster, University of Vermont Audience Discussion Armed Groups at Home and Abroad Chair, TBA Turf War or Truce: Balance of Power, Information Asymmetries, and Bargaining Among Criminal Gangs Sarah Zukerman Daly, University of Notre Dame Terrorism, Government Budgeting, and Social Welfare: Evidence from Peru Michael G. Findley, University of Texas, Austin Renard J. Sexton, New York University Rachel Wellhausen, University of Texas, Austin Stationary Bandits in the Streets: A Theory of Gangs and Urban Order with Evidence from Chicago Bradley E. Holland, Ohio State University Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Patterns of Decreasing Violence in Politics Susanne Martin, University of Nevada, Reno Domestic Extremist Organizational Behavior: New York Andrew Vitek, State University of New York, Albany Victor Asal, State University of New York, Albany Disc., Ashley Thirkill-Mackelprang, University of Washington Disc., Robert Braun, Northwestern University Audience Discussion 26-10 27-12 29-10 Why do Political Elites like Participatory Democracy?: The Electoral Sources of Democratic Reform Thomas Zittel, Goethe University, Frankfurt Disc., Christopher P. Donnelly, University of California, Davis Disc., David Blyth Magleby, Brigham Young Univeristy Audience Discussion 30-8 Forecasting 2016 Presidential Election Chair, TBA American Presidency 2016, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and the Politics of Race Stephen Balkaran, Naguatuck Valley Community College Ideological Polarization and the Prediction of U.S. Presidential Elections Michael Glenn Hall, Wichita State University The Electoral Implications of Declining Union Membership George S. Hawley, University of Alabama Inaki Sagarzazu, University of Glasgow Knee-high by the 4th of July: Are Trump Supporters Worth Harvesting in Iowa Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Donna R. Hoffman, University of Northern Iowa Disc., George S. Hawley, University of Alabama Disc., Tammy R. Vigil, Boston University Audience Discussion How Policy Shapes Participation Chair, Elena Llaudet, New York University 31-4 Welfare States Matter for Democracy: Income-Based Participatory Inequality in Post-WWII Western Democracies Constantin Manuel Bosancianu, Central European University Carsten Schneider, Central European University Media Coverage of British Deaths During the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and its Effects on Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour Richard Johnson, University of Strathclyde Caitlin Cole Milazzo, University of Nottingham Does Educational Expansion Increase Voter Turnout?: Evidence from Swedish School Openings and Voter File Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Uppsala University Sven Oskarsson, Uppsala University Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg Timing Matters: A Temporal Investigation of Policy Feedback Effects Aaron John Rosenthal, University of Minnesota Disc., Elena Llaudet, New York University Disc., Benjamin Nyblade, Johns Hopkins University Audience Discussion Rule of the People? Who Wins with Direct Democracy? Chair, TBA How Representative are Referendums?: Evidence from 20 Years of Swiss Referendums Lea Johanna Heyne, University of Zurich Arndt J. Leininger, Hertie School of Governance Too Close for [Dis]Comfort?: An Experimental Study of Perceived Institutional Legitimacy Meghan E. Leonard, Illinois State University Carl Lucas Palmer, Illinois State University Responsiveness as a Measure of Representation John G. Matsusaka, University of Southern California Who Decides When the People Decide?: Ballot Initiatives and the State Legislature John R. Ray, University of California, Los Angeles 32-4 Threat, Crisis and Voting Behavior Chair, TBA Partisans’ Projection Biases under External Threat: Comparing the United States and South Korea Kiyoung Chang, University of Notre Dame Jeeyoung Park, Stony Brook University Does Economic Voting Extend to those Living Abroad?: Exploring Whether Expatriates are Economic Voters Hafthor Brynjar Erlingsson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rafael Oganesyan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The Effects of Financial Crisis on Far Right Parties: Evidence from Social Media Sean Michael Kates, New York University Joshua A. Tucker, New York University Gabor Simonovits, New York University The Economic Determinants of the European Extreme Right Vote in the 21st Century Costas L. Roumanias, Athens University of Economics and Business Disc., Jane Elizabeth Green, University of Manchester Disc., Cees Van Der Eijk, University of Nottingham Audience Discussion Comparative Political Networks Chair, TBA Village Network Structure and Electoral Outcomes Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia Julien Labonne, Oxford University Pablo Querubin, New York University Parliamentary Networks: Formation and Influence on Legislative Behaviour Max Harrison Goplerud, Harvard University George Wood, University of Oxford Rapporteur-Shadow Rapporteur Networks in the European Parliament: Policy Leaders as Representatives or Outliers Nils Ringe, University of Wisconsin, Madison Frank Haege, University of Limerick More Links, More Votes?: Networks and Vote Shares in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies 2014 Stefan J. Wojcik, Northeastern University/Harvard University Disc., Weihua Edward An, Indiana University Disc., Nico Ravanilla, Stanford University Audience Discussion The Unexpected Effects of Religious Beliefs and Magical Thinking Chair, TBA The Culture War Reconsidered: Polarization and the SecularReligious Divide in the American Electorate, 1972-2012 Donald M. Gooch, Stephen F. Austin State University Metaphor and Magical Thinking in U.S. Public Opinion Eric J. Oliver, University of Chicago Thomas Julian Wood, Ohio State University Immigration, Faith, and Conservatism and the Multidimensional Consequences on Public Opinion Ricardo Ramirez, University of Notre Dame Juan Angel Valdez, University of Notre Dame 271 Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Religious Belief-Based Determinants of Scientific Policy Attitudes: A Statewide Survey Analysis Allyson F. Shortle, University of Oklahoma Jason M. Pudlo, University of Oklahoma The Unexpected Roots of American Foreign Policy Attitudes: Religious Nationalism Effects Among Unlikely Adherents Allyson F. Shortle, University of Oklahoma Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University Disc., Kerem Ozan Kalkan, Eastern Kentucky University Disc., Jacob Robert Neiheisel, State University of New York, Buffalo Audience Discussion 34-13 35-3 272 Fresh Approaches to Political Psychology Chair, TBA The Political Relevance of Irrelevant Events Ethan Craig Busby, Northwestern University James N. Druckman, Northwestern University Alexandria Fredendall, Northwestern University Alexandria Fredendall, Northwestern University Understanding Stereotype Threat: The Mediating Roles of Anger and Anxiety Laszlo Horvath, University of Exeter Susan Banducci, University of Exeter Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, University of Exeter Samuel Vine, University of Exeter When Stigma is ``In the Air'': Latino Beliefs about Discrimination and Mobility Bradford S. Jones, University of California, Davis Person-first Political Language and Affective Polarization Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Christopher Daniel Grady, University of Illinois Speaking Style and Candidate Evaluations Stephen M. Utych, Boise State University Disc., Jeffrey W. Koch, State University of New York, Geneseo Disc., Lasse Laustsen, Aarhus University Audience Discussion Opinion and "Culture War" Issues in American Politics Chair, Laurie A. Rhodebeck, University of Louisville The Independent Millennials and Abortion Attitudes Mary R. Anderson, University of Tampa Mollie E. Hamel, University of Tampa Marissa Renee Tully, University of Tampa Changing Hearts by Changing the Subject?: AIDS, Marriage, and Attitudes towards Gays and Lesbians Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nicolas K. Dumas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Megan Goldberg, Georgetown University Kyle Daniel Shohfi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Authoritarianism and the Partisan Polarization of Feelings towards Homosexuals Jason Kehrberg, University of Kentucky Fighting from the Inside for Reproductive Freedom: A Value Framing Experiment of Atypical Women’s Issue Advocacy within the Republican Party Ashley Koning, Rutgers University Analyzing Opinion Toward Abortion In Hard Case Scenarios Michael J. New, University of Michigan, Dearborn Disc., Scott L. Minkoff, State University of New York, New Paltz Disc., Laurie A. Rhodebeck, University of Louisville Audience Discussion 36-400 Elite Rhetoric and Communication Collective Communication in Congress: The Dynamics of House Leadership and National Messaging Efforts Benjamin Abraham Dworkin, Rider University Political Mobility and Expressive Polarization in Political Rhetoric Stonegarden Grindlife, University of California, Los Angeles Reverse Endorsements: When Do Members Refer to Other Political Leaders in their District Communication Krista Loose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disc., Kenneth Mulligan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 36-401 Campaigns and Elections Amplifying the Effects of Winning and Losing: Partisan Media's Effects of Perceived Electoral Legitimacy in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections Andrew M. Daniller, University of Pennsylvania Politicizing Unemployment: How Economic Context and Political Communication Shape Turnout and Vote Choice Adam Gregory Hughes, University of Virginia Voting on Policy, Thinking of Politics: The Impact of Advertisement on Voter Behavior in Ballot Initiative Campaigns Rafael Jacob, Temple University Follow, Lead, or Listen?: The Sources of Media Tone during Elections Denver J. W. McNeney, McGill University Marc James Trussler, Vanderbilt University Disc., Scott D. McClurg, Southern Illinois University 36-402 Framing and Agenda Setting Seductive Sideline Reporter[s]: The Impact of Gender upon Sports and Traditional Media Coverage of Violence Against Women Holly Jeanine Boux, Georgetown University Shirley Adelstein, Georgetown University Megan Ruxton, Colorado State University Three Types of Bias and their Effects on Candidate Perceptions Jakob-Moritz Eberl, University of Vienna Markus Wagner, University of Vienna Hajo Boomgaarden, University of Vienna Frame by Frame: The Framing of Prisoner Treatment at Guantánamo Bay during the 2005-2006 Hunger Strike Kristen A. Traynor, Kent State University Issue Complexity in Political Media Andrew Harold Tyner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Hot and Cold: Tracing Historical Narratives of Climate Change in American Political Discourse Jack Zhou, Duke University Disc., Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin 36-403 Analyzing News Content and Coverage What Countries Merit U.S. News Coverage?: A Time Series Analysis of New York Times Data, 1945-2014 Amanda B. Cronkhite, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adjudication Effects: Factual Beliefs and Perceptions of News Quality for Inter- and Intra-Party Disputes Benjamin A. Lyons, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Disc., Johanna L. Dunaway, Louisiana State University Disc., Michael W. Wagner, University of Wisconsin, Madison Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 37-14 38-17 41-12 Gender and Contentious Politics Chair, TBA Gender, Collective Contention, and Radical Action: Evidence from a Survey Experiment Kanisha D. Bond, University of Maryland Joel W. Simmons, University of Maryland The Back Face of War: Changing Gender Role in Syrian War after 2011 Serap Gur, Louisiana State University Dueling Networks: Mobilizing for and Against Women’s Rights in Africa and Latin America Alice Kang, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Political Potential of Maternal Affect in Crisis Situations: Affective Imagination in South Korea’s 416 Mothers Gooyong Kim, Temple University Young-Khee Kim, Chonnam National University Mapping Women’s Organizations that Participate in United Nations Gender Equality Policy-making Meg E. Rincker, Purdue University Calumet Marisa Henderson, Purdue University Daniel Delgado, Georgetown University Renato Vidigal, Purdue University Calumet Disc., Julie Ann Webber, Illinois State University Audience Discussion 45-21 46-4 Public Perceptions of the Police and Racial Violence Chair, TBA Narrative Analysis: A Critique of Black Lives Matter Amanda Lorane Gillespie, Miami University Police and the Public: The Role of Personal Interactions in Perceptions of Legitimacy Eugenia K. Guilmartin, U.S. Army Racialized Differences in Perceptions of and Emotional Responses to Police Killings of Unarmed African Americans Ernest McGowen, University of Richmond Kristin Wylie, James Madison University African Americans' American Identity and Psychophysiological Respones to Racially Traumatic Stressful Events Byron D'Andra Orey, Jackson State University Ernest Dupree , Jackson State University Disc., Lucila M. Figueroa, University of Virginia Disc., Omar Wasow, Princeton University Audience Discussion 47-7 Social Media and Political Behavior Chair, TBA Follow Me: The Influence of Social Networking Sites in the 2014 U.S. Elections William D. Adler, Northeastern Illinois University Rachel F. Adler, Northeastern Illinois University Civic Engagement in Digital Era: Comparing the Most Effective E-participation Platforms Maxat Kassen, Eurasian National University Does Internet Use Provide a Deeper Sense of Political Empowerment to the Politically Less Resourced Fumiko Sasaki, New Jersey City University Disc., Lauren M. Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University Disc., Kjerstin Sonja Thorson, University of Southern California Audience Discussion International, Transnational, and Global Lobbying and Advocacy Chair, Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Analyzing the Influence of Non-state Interests in International Organizations Jan Beyers, University of Antwerp Kirsten Lucas, University of Antwerp Accumulating Social Capital at the Global Level: Friendship Dinners as Network Builders Havva Karakas Keles, Syracuse University Sevki Unal, Sakarya University Informational Lobbying under Low Transparency: Interest Groups Need Policymaking Information to Lobby Effectively, But They Don’t Always Get It Emily Olivia Matthews Luxon, University of Michigan, Dearborn Disc., Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Audience Discussion French and British Thought on War, Empire, and International Relations Chair, TBA Hobbes as Military Historian: The Form and Function of Behemoth Ariel Helfer, Michigan State University The Throne Occupied By A Throng: Winston Churchill on Technology and Democracy Marjorie Louise Jeffrey, Baylor University Civic Liberalism: Rousseau’s Critique of International Relations Theory Joshua Douglas King, Baylor University Churchill's Stand: An Investigation of Totalitarianism Rachel H. Pagano, Boston College Tocqueville and J.S. Mill on the Aims of Empire Heather Pangle, Boston College Disc., William David Clinton, Baylor University Disc., Andrea Radasanu, Northern Illinois University Audience Discussion Model Testing and Model Design Chair, Delia Dumitrescu, University of Gothenburg Selecting Auxiliary Vectors for Survey Weights using the Hierarchical Group-Lasso Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Erin Hartman, Princeton University Conditions for Conditionality: Testing the Validity of Linear Interaction Models Jens Hainmueller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jonathan F. Mummolo, Stanford University Yiqing Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Words Don’t Fit The Picture: Using Computer Vision to Measure Speaker Sentiment in Videos Dean Knox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Christopher Lucas, Harvard University Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Endogeneity Testing as Tautology Vera Eva Troeger, University of Warwick Disc., Scott Jeffrey Cook, Texas A&M University Disc., Delia Dumitrescu, University of Gothenburg Audience Discussion 48-4 Policy Domains and the Administrative Presidency Chair, TBA Presidential Power across Policy Areas Fang-Yi Chiou, Academia Sinica Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester The Ruler and the Rules: The President's Regulatory Agenda Carlos E. Diaz-Rosillo, Harvard University 273 Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm End-of-Tenure Expectations: Charting Levels of Executive Action Across Policy Domains During the Obama Presidency Genevieve M. Kehoe, Goucher College Acting Alone on Immigration: Executive Politics and U.S. Immigration Policy Ian Ostrander, Texas Tech University Mariana Medina, Texas Tech University Understanding Executive Unilateral Power Over Time Yu Ouyang, University of Tampa Disc., Anthony Michael Bertelli, New York University Disc., Matthew G. Jarvis, California State University, Fullerton Audience Discussion 49-12 51-5 52-18 274 Legislatures and Public Policy Chair, TBA Security and Privacy in the Balance: Deliberating NSA Warrantless Surveillance Programs in Congress, 2001-2015 William Bendix, Keene State College Paul J. Quirk, University of British Columbia The Earmarks Ban: When Distributive Theory Collides with New Political Realities Laura Blessing, Georgetown University Lawmaking and Agenda Setting in a Centralized Congress Jonathan Daniel Lewallen, University of Texas, Austin Agenda Setting, Policy Design, and the Nature of Compromise in Bicameral Legislatures Daniel Blyth Magleby, Duke University Pamela Clouser McCann, University of Southern California Disc., Christopher Robert Berry, University of Chicago Disc., Carly Ann Schmitt, Indiana State University Audience Discussion Role of Lower Courts in Developing Law Chair, TBA Providing their Opinions: State Attorneys General and State Constitutional Meaning James Cauthen, John Jay College, CUNY The Constitutional Basis of Corporate Political Rights: State Convention Debates and Votes, 1846-1903 Jonathan Chausovsky, State University of New York, Fredonia The Brandeis Dichotomy in State Courts Lee John Strang, University of Toledo Rule Choice in the U.S. Court of Appeals Kirsten L. Widner, Emory University Micheal W. Giles, Emory University Disc., Alli S. Fetter-Harrott, Franklin College Audience Discussion Research on Law and Courts Chair, TBA Constitutional Conflict, 1877-2014 Tom Clark, Emory University Justice Reversed: An Empirical Study of Civil Appeals in the Ninth Circuit Ryan Copus, University of California, Berkeley Ryan Hubert, University of California, Berkeley The Swing Justice’s Law Clerks Christopher David Kromphardt, Auburn University, Montgomery The War on Drugs and the 4th Amendment in U.S. State Courts Christopher Parker, Centenary College of Louisiana The Supreme Court and Criminal Justice in a Polarized Political Regime J. Mitchell Pickerill, Northern Illinois University Cornell William Clayton, Washington State University Disc., Mark Jonathan McKenzie, Texas Tech University Disc., Eve M. Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University Audience Discussion 54-10 Urban Public Policy Chair, Michael Craw, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Some Results for the Agenda Setter Model Allen B. Brierly, Independent Scholar Beyond One-Party Rule: Conflict and Cleavages in American Local Government Peter Raymond Bucchianeri, Harvard University Informing the Voter: Party Labels and Voter Participation in Local Elections Evan Crawford, University of Wisconsin, Madison What Determines Local Policy Elites’ Perspective on who Should Drive Policy Decisions Rachael M. Moyer, University of Arkansas Creed C. Tumlison, University of Arkansas Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas Disc., Michael Craw, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Disc., James W. Stoutenborough, Idaho State University Audience Discussion 56-600 Comparative Approaches to Higher Education, Health, and Social Policy Chair, John Hogan, Dublin Institute of Technology Democratic Attributes and Human Well-Being Nisha Bellinger, Montana State University, Billings A Routines Approach to Understanding the Bologna Process: From Abstract Ideas to Policy Implementation Sharon Mary Feeney, Dublin Institute of Technology Conor Horan, Dublin Institute of Technology Higher Education and Democratic Norms in the Case of Environmental Protection Niklas Harring, University of Gothenburg Sverker C. Jagers, Luleå University of Technology Simon Matti, Luleå University of Technology Beyond the Myth of Training: Can Overeducation Actually Strain Career Satisfaction Hyungjo Hur, Ohio State University Sunki Choi, University of Kentucky Hayan Park, Seoul National University Autocratic Regime Types, Regime Legitimation and Social Policy Performance Steffen Kailitz, Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism Stefan Wurster, University Trier Orienting the Welfare State: Electoral Systems, Social Cleavages and Social Policy Orientation Yesola Kweon, Indiana University Sustainability Conflicts and Human Security: Focusing on Health Security in Northeast Asia Sang-Hwan Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Nudging Individual Health?: New Perspectives on Health Care Policies Kathrin Loer, Fernuniversität, Hagen Complementing or Competing: Public Private Dynamics in a Public Health Care System with Private Options Mikko Johannes Poutanen, University of Tampere Katri Karin Sieberg, University of Tampere Explaining Variation in Safe Drinking Water Coverage With Different Theories of Governance Shin Kue Ryu, George Mason University Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Protect the Herd or Avoid the Herd: Vaccine Hesitancy and Social Identity David Thomas Smith, University of Sydney Katie Attwell, Murdoch University 58-3 59-7 Environmental Justice and Diverse Communities Chair, TBA White Politics, Black Lives, and the Cost of Being Green: The Long-term Impact of Environmental Racism in Emelle, Alabama Laura Merrifield Albright, University of Indianapolis Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Global Climate-change Governance: The Case of Sami Knowledge 63-10 Kristin Edquist, Eastern Washington University Scrutinizing Urban Revitalization Statutes in Two Swing States: A Statistical Model for the Analysis of Brownfield Justice Nicholas P. Guehlstorf, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Kelsey Tharp, Southern Illinois University Institutions for Collective Action in Heterogeneous Communities Pranietha Mohan Mudliar, Ohio State University Critical Habitat or Tribal Lands?: Environmental Justice for Endangered Populations Andrea Olive, University of Toronto Disc., Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas Disc., Raul Pacheco-Vega, CIDE Audience Discussion The Dynamics and Diversity of Bureaucratic Policymaking Chair, Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma The Interaction of Interests: Rulemaking and Societal Welfare Peter Bils, University of Rochester The Effects of the Profit Motive Among Bankruptcy’s StreetLevel Bureaucrats Serena Lynn Laws, Trinity College Making Lemons from Lemonade: Accounting for the Effects of Agency Capacity on Rulemaking Timeliness Russell W. Mills, Bowling Green State University Christopher Michael Carrigan, George Washington University The Women of Congress and the Oversight of Women’s Issues Lauren Marie Santoro, West Virginia University Statutory Interpretation from the Agency Perspective: An Empirical Examination of Statutory Methodologies at the National Labor Relations Board Amy Semet, Columbia University Disc., Brian J. Gerber, Arizona State University Disc., Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma Audience Discussion 60-19 Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Examining Outreach and Navigation Contracting in State-Based Exchanges Jocelyn M. Johnston, American University Anna A. Amirkhanyan, American University Rebecca Yurman, American University Michael Hatch, American University Best and Brightest?: Agency-Specific Personnel Systems and Flexibility in Public Management Jennifer L. Selin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Disc., Audience acts as discussants, Audience Discussion Assessment, Communication, and Faculty Preparation Chair, James A. Newman, Southeast Missouri State University Scaffolding Pedagogy: A Plan for Preparing Future Faculty in Political Science Teaching Research Methods Delton Thomas Daigle, George Mason University Painting the Big Picture: Aligning Politics and International Relations Teaching with Institutional Graduate Learning Outcomes Mat Gordon Hardy, Deakin University Is our Political Science Majors Learning?: A Tentative, QuasiExperimental Approach to an Answer Todd Schaefer, Central Washington University Using Facebook to Improve Department-Student Communications: A Case Study on Using Internet Technology in Higher Education Darren A. Wheeler, Ball State University Brandon Cordell Waite, Ball State University Disc., Susan Jane Siena, Indiana University, Bloomington Audience Discussion Implementation and Change Chair, TBA Oversight Choices in Municipal Service Outsourcing: The Complementary Role of Real Options Theory to Transaction Costs Explanations in Government Contract Monitoring Lachezar G. Anguelov, Florida State University Explaining the Implementation of Merit System: The Case of Mexico Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University, Bloomington Luis Enrique Becerra, Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de Mexico 275