2007 Annual Conference

Schedule of Events

 

Registration Desk Hours – Lobby

 

Friday, November 3

7:00 am-11:45 am

1:15 pm-3:45 pm

 

Saturday, November 4

7:00 am-11:45 am

1:15 pm-3:45 pm

 

Sunday, November 5

7:00 am-10:00 am

 

Thursday, November 1, 4:30-6:30 pm

 

Midwest Association of Latin American Studies Welcoming Reception

Gateway V

 

Optional for MALAS members

6:30pm Dinner and Speech by Ambassador Arturo Cruz Jr., Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States at the Council on Foreign Relations of St. Louis (additional fee required)

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Friday, November 2, 8:15-10:00 am

 

FA1: Issues in Economic Development

 

Chair/Discussant: Adrian Ang, University of Missouri, auack5@mizzou.edu

 

FDI Inflows and Emerging Markets: Investment Regime and Location Matter

Shah M. Tarzi, Bradley University, tarzi@bumail.bradley.edu

Logic of Correspondence in Comparative Development

            Jin-Ha Kim, University of Chicago, jinha@uchicago.edu

 

The Role of Microfinance in Political Empowerment

Faon Grandinetti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, fgrand@uiuc.edu

 

When you Can’t Find the Perfect Match: Using the Accumulated Most-Similar Design in African Case Studies

            John Quinn, Truman State University, jquinn@truman.edu

 

 

FA2: Comparative Public Policy

 

Chair/Discussant: Debra Holzhauer, Southeast Missouri State University, dholzhauer@semo.edu

 

You Talkin' To Me? Foreign Expatriate Communities and the State-Owned Media

Kevin Brennan, Ouachita Baptist University, brennank@obu.edu

 

Modes of Implementation: Assessing the Reasons States Comply with the Same International Agreements in Different Ways

Seung-Jee Shin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sshin23@uiuc.edu

 

Educational Choice and Identity in Tajikistan

Jay Kimmel, University of Kansas, jaymkimmel@gmail.com

 

Value Diversity and the Politics of Accommodation: A cross-national analysis

Mebs Kanji, Concordia University, mebs.kanji@concordia.ca

Nicki Doyle, Concordia University, n_doyle@alcor.concordia.ca

 

 

FA3: Contemporary Security Issues

 

Chair/Discussant: Marc J. O’Reilly, Heidelberg College, moreilly@heidelberg.edu

 

Has the U.N. Landmine Ban Campaign in the Asia Pacific Region Influenced China’s Anti-Landmine Policy?

Lilly Kelan Lu, University of North Texas, Lilly_0022005@yahoo.com.cn 

 

1…2...3....Go! The Indo-US Nuclear Agreement and the ‘123’ Negotiations

Sharad Joshi, Monterey Institute of International Studies, sharad.joshi@yahoo.com

 

New and Old Security Challenges in Latin America and South Asia after September 11: A Comparative Study

Mario E. Carranza, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, kfmec02@tamuk.edu

 

Emission Impossible?  The Problem of Top-down Solutions in International Climate Change Regimes

Amanda M. Rosen, Ohio State University, Rosen.81@osu.edu

 

 

FA4:  Global Action to Prevent War: Multidimensional Security Strategies

(Sponsored by the Central Slavic Conference)

 

Chair:  Robin Remington, Peacehaven International, remingtonr@missouri.edu

 

The United Nations Emergency Peace Service

Waverly de Bruijn, Global Action to Prevent War, coordinator@globalactionpw.org

 

US-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Arms Issues

Steve Starr, Nuclear consultant, starr@isp01.net

 

International Terrorism and Prevention of War

Paul Wallace, University of Missouri–Columbia, wallacep@missouri.edu

 

Update:  Global Action to Prevent War

Bill Wickersham, Global Action to Prevent War and University of Missouri-Columbia, wickershamw@missouri.edu

 

 

FA5: Roundtable: Mind over Heart – The Puerto Rican Political Status

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/Discussant: Jaime Torres, St. Louis Community College jtorres@stlcc.edu

 

Mario E. Porrata, Chonyporrata@aol.com

 

Guillermo A. Rodriguez, rodriggu@webster.edu

 

Ildefonso Gonzalez, alg@dotecengineering.com

 

 

FA6: Latin American Literature

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair: TBD

 

No se ostenta lo amante / sin galas de lo entendido: Renaissance Humanism and Affective Mysticism in Sor Juana’s El divino Narciso and its loa

Kristin Routt, Eastern Illinois University, keroutt@eiu.edu

 

Haitian Art as Window onto Literature: Alexis and Roumain, Two Classic Novels Reread

Frances Novack, Ursinus College – Pennsylvania, fnovack@ursinus.edu

 

A Tale of Two Argentinas in Alicia Dujovne Ortiz’s Eva Perón, la biografia and Tomás Eloy Martínez’s Santa Evita

Rebecca Lee, University of Missouri - Kansas City, leerebe@umkc.edu

 

 

 

Friday, November 2, 10:15 am- 12:00 pm

 

FB1: International Organizations and Human Rights

 

Chair/Discussant: Carolyn Shaw, Wichita State University, Carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

 

The Decision to Comply: Examining Patterns of Compliance with the Inter-American Human Rights Bodies

Kali Wright, Purdue University, wright41@purdue.edu

 

Southeast Asia and Change: Non-interference and Human Rights in the ASEAN-Myanmar Relationship

            Shyam Kulkarni, University of Iowa, shyam-kulkarni@uiowa.edu

 

Robust Peacekeeping - Confronting the Failures of United Nations Traditional Peacekeeping in Preventing Human Rights Violations

Kofi Nsia-Pepra, Wayne State University, ak8677@wayne.edu

 

Never Again? Genocide, the Security Council, and Darfur

            Brian Frederking, McKendree University, bfrederk@mckendree.edu

            Rebecca Lindstrom, McKendree University, rlindstro@mckendree.edu

            Samantha Leonard, McKendree College, sleonard@mckendree.edu

 

 

FB2:  Political Development in Asia

 

Chair/Discussant: Kevin Brennan, Ouachita Baptist University, brennank@obu.edu

 

The Shadow of the Past and Regional Institutionalization in East Asia

Ji Young Choi, Purdue University, choi41@purdue.edu

 

Political Party Development in Semi Authoritarian States: The Case of Central Asia

John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu

 

Empirical Studies on Globalization, Democratization, and Anti-Corruption in East Asia

        Sang-Hwan Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, leepol@hufs.ac.kr

 

Three Distinct Motivational Characteristics of Radicalized Terror Groups in Southeast Asia: Why Only Having one Counter-Terrorism Strategy Will Always Be Insufficient.

Dan G. Cox, Missouri Western State University, cox@missouriwestern.edu

 

 

FB3: Issues in International Political Economy

 

Chair/Discussant: Nathan Toronto, Foreign Military Studies Office, nathan.toronto@us.army.mil

 

U.S. Government Export and Foreign Investment Promotion: Patterns and Trends from 1990 to 2006

Mark C. Gentry, Saint Francis University, mgentry@francis.edu

 

Foreign Aid, Democracy and Economic Growth

Xiaohong Xu, University of Missouri-Columbia, xxyp6@mizzou.edu

 

How will Industrial Levels of Foreign Direct Investment affect Militarized Interstate Conflict?

Charlie-GeiGuen Shin, University of Missouri-Columbia, gshin@mizzou.edu

 

 

FB4: Central Slavic Conference Undergraduate/Graduate Student Panel

(Sponsored by the Central Slavic Conference)

 

Chair:  Kurt W. Jefferson, Westminster College, kurt.jefferson@wesminster-mo.edu

 

Discussant: Terry D. Clark, Creighton University, TerryClark@creighton.edu

 

The Impact of Leninism and Stalinism on the Russian Orthodox Church from 1917-45

Justin Cave, Westminster College, caveja@westminster-mo.edu

 

Wahabbist Islam in the Caucasus in the post-Soviet era

J. D. Elsik, Westminster College, elsikjh@westminster-mo.edu

 

The Legacy of ‘Vadonis’ Ulmanis:  Karlis Ulmanis, Past, Present, and Future

Jordan T. Kuck, University of Nebraska-Kearney, juckjt@unk.edu

 

The Politics of Persistence: Germany’s Sorbian Population and the Struggle for Survival

Matthew W. Slaboch, University of Kansas, mslaboch@ku.edu

 

 

FB5: Latin American History, Ethnicity, and Identity

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/discussant: Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, besmith@eiu.edu;

 

The Past in the Present: An Ethnographic Study of Craft and Identity in Coastal Ecuador

Daniel Eric Bauer. Southern Illinois University – Carbondale,

 

Lacerda, Kubitscheck, and Brazilian Democracy: a Study of Contrasts

Carlos Bedrossian, Rush University

 

The Strange Origins of a Radical Think Tank: Ivan Illich, Cuernavaca, and the Catholic Church

Todd Hartch, Eastern Kentucky University, todd.hartch@eku.edu

 

 

FB6: Roundtable: La revolución bolivariana venezolana

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/Discussant: Dan Hellinger, Webster University, hellindc@webster.edu

 

Leopoldo Colmenares, Universidad Simon Bolivar Venezuela, lcolmen@usb.ve

 

Hernan Castillo, Universidad Simon Bolivar – Venezuela, hcastill@usb.ve

 

Domingo Irwin, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello

 

Luis Butto, Universidad Simon Bolivar - Venezuela

 

Rafael Crespo, Universidad Simon Bolivar – Venezuela

 

 

Friday, November 2, 1:30-3:15 pm

 

                                                           

FC1: Roundtable on the Iraq War

 

Christopher Jones, Northern Illinois University, cmjones@niu.edu

 

Peter Trumbore, Oakland University, ptrumbor@oakland.edu

 

Shah M. Tarzi, Bradley University, tarzi@bumail.bradley.edu

 

Isis Nusair, Denison University, nusairi@denison.edu

 

Janessa Gans, Principia College, Janessa.Gans@prin.edu

 

 

FC2: Eastern European Politics

 

Chair/Discussant: Terry Clark, Creighton University, tclark@creighton.edu

 

Political Efficacy in a Post-Communist Polity

John W. Williams, Principia College, john.williams@prin.edu

 

Post-Socialist Politics in Bulgaria and the First Elections for European Deputies

Martin Marinos, Florida Atlantic University, martinmarinos@gmail.com

 

International Identity and Domestic Political Expectations: The Case of Moldova

Ryan Kennedy, The Ohio State University, kennedy.310@polisci.osu.edu

The United States, Russia, and a Cold War Revisited

Adrianna C. Behn, Eastern Kentucky University, Candy.behn@eku.edu

Charlotte Christine Junius, Eastern Kentucky University, charlotte_junius@eku.edu

Mikala Lee Noe, Eastern Kentucky University, mikala_noe7@eku.edu

 

 

FC3: Evaluating Economic Sanctions

 

Chair/Discussant: Mark Gentry, Saint Francis University, mgentry@francis.edu

 

Evaluating Economic Sanctions

            R. Michael Smith, Glenville State College, mike.smith@glenville.edu

 

Re-assessing Economic Sanction Effects: How Can the Target Make the Best of Sanctions?

Ting Yan, University of Missouri–Columbia, tym66@mizzou.edu

 

Economic Sanctions and International Democracy Promotion

A. Cooper Drury, University of Missouri-Columiba, drury@missouri.edu

Dursun Peksen, University of Missouri-Columbia, email

 

Deciding to Go Multilateral: The Presidential Use of Economic Sanctions

Agnes Simon, University of Missouri-Columbia, asc37@mizzou.edu

 

 

FC4: Presidents and US Foreign Policy

 

Chair/Discussant: Steven Redd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, sredd@uwm.edu

 

Getting What He Wants:  Presidents, Senators, and U.S. Foreign Policy since Vietnam

C. James DeLaet, Ohio State University, delaet.9@osu.edu

 

Presidential Sensitivity to Negative Feedback: G.W. Bush and Post-9/11 Foreign Policy

Colleen E Miller, University of Minnesota, cemiller@umn.edu 

B. Gregory Marfleet, Carleton College, gmarflee@carleton.edu

 

To Securitize or not to Securitize: The Securitization of the Columbian Crisis during the Clinton Years

            Jorge Andres Rave, University of Quebec-Montreal, Jorge.rave@gmail.com

 

 

FC5: Roundtable on Teaching Central European, East European, and Russian History and Politics

(Sponsored by the Central Slavic Conference)

 

Chair:  Kurt W. Jefferson, Westminster College, kurt.jefferson@westminster-mo.edu

 

Sam Goodfellow, Westminster College, samuel.goodfellow@westminster-mo.edu

 

Jacek Lubecki, University of Arkansas–Little Rock, jxlubecki@ualr.edu

 

Robin Remington, University of Missouri and Peacehaven International, remingtonr@missouri.edu

 

 

FC6: MALAS Plenary Session

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Arturo Cruz, Jr, Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States

 

Francisco Villagran De Leon, Ambassador of Guatemala to the Organization of American States (to be confirmed)

 

 

Friday, November 2, 3:30-5:15 pm

 

FD1:  Roundtable on Careers at Primarily Teaching Institutions

 

Kurt Jefferson, Westminster College, jefferk@westminster-mo.edu

 

Marc O’Reilly, Heidelberg College, moreilly@heidelberg.edu

 

Brian Frederking, McKendree University, bfrederk@mckendree.edu

 

 

FD2: United States Foreign Policy Decision Making I 

 

Chair/Discussant: James Scott, Oklahoma State University, james.scott@okstate.edu

 

Energy Security under Conditions of Uncertainty:  A Comparative Bureaucratic Politics Approach

Jean A. Garrison, University of Wyoming, garrison@uwyo.edu

Steven B. Redd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, sredd@uwm.edu

Ralph G. Carter, Texas Christian University, r.carter@tcu.edu

 

When frames compete, who wins? An examination of competitive and non-competitive framing effects in terms of source credibility in foreign policy crises:  An experimental approach

Jeffrey A. Guse, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, jzaguze@csd.uwm.edu

 

The Battle for America: Assessing the Gap in Lobbying Success between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Lobbies in the U.S. Congress

Emin Nabiyev, Eastern Illinois University, enabiyev@eiu.edu

 

 

FD3: Understanding and Resolving Ethnic Conflict

 

Chair/Discussant: Peter Trumbore, Oakland University, ptrumbor@oakland.edu

State Independence, Leadership Stability and the Severity of Ethnic Conflict

            Petra Hendrickson, Indiana State University, phendrickso@mymail.indstate.edu

 

Explaining Escalation from Ethnic Conflict to Genocide

Anna Pechenina, Truman State University, apecheni@truman.edu

John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu

 

Israel and Ireland, Hutu and Tutsi: What would the future be like with a Sovereign Kurdistan?

Ole J. Forsberg, Creighton University, oforsber@kvasaheim.com

 

Straddling Two Political Worlds in the Midst of Ethnic Cleavages: The Case of Northern Region of Ghana

Kenneth Shelton Aikins, University of Kansas, kenny@ku.edu

 

 

FD4: Issues in Military Policy

 

Chair/Discussant: Ryan Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, rchendrickson@eiu.edu

 

Credible Deterrence: The Military History of Neutrality as Defense Policy

Neal Jesse, Bowling Green State University, njesse@bgnet.bgsu.edu

John Dreyer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, jdreyer@utk.edu

 

To Train Is Not Enough: Economic Modernization and Military Professionalization in Egypt and Turkey

Nathan Toronto, Foreign Military Studies Office, nathan.toronto@us.army.mil

 

UN Arms Embargoes: (Re)assessing Effectiveness

Hamza Karcic, Georgetown University, hamzakarcic@yahoo.com

 

The Politics of Weapons Procurement: Why Some Programs Survive and Others Die

Christopher M. Jones, Northern Illinois University, cmjones@niu.edu

 

 

FD5: Latin American Democracy: Emerging Reality or Endangered Species?

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/Discussant: Richard Millett, Center for the Study of Americas, Copenhagen Business School, Millett1@aol.com

 

Discussant: Margaret Scranton, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, mescranton@ualr.edu

 

The Nature of Democratic Consolidation

Jennifer Holmes, University of Texas-Dallas, jholmes@utdallas.edu

 

Measuring Democratic Political Culture

Orlando J. Perez, Central Michigan University, perez1oj@cmich.edu

 

Corruption in Latin America

Juan Facetti, Former Minister of Environment of Paraguay, jfacetti@yahoo.com

 

Latin American Indian Nationalism, Democracy and the Future of the Nation-State

Martin E. Anderson, National Defense University, AndersenM@ndu.edu

 

 

FD6: Roundtable on Teaching Latin American Studies

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair: Douglas Keberlein Gutierrez, Dominican University, keberle@dom.edu

 

Dan Hellinger, Webster University, hellindc@webster.edu

 

Mark A. Burkholder, University of Missouri--St. Louis, burkholder@umsl.edu

 

Tom Jordan, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, thjorda@siue.edu

 

 

Friday, November 2, 5:30 – 6:45 pm

 

ISA Midwest Presidential Reception (Open to ALL Conference Participants—Cash Bar)

Arch Foyer

 

Friday, November 2, 6:45 – 8:00 pm

Plenary and ISA Presidential Address: Jack Levy, ISA President

Salon A

 

Saturday, November 3, 8:15-10:00

 

SA1: Workshop: Preparing Students for a Model United Nations Experience

 

Kevin Brennan, Ouachita Baptist University, brennank@obu.edu

 

Carolyn Shaw, Wichita State University, carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

 

 (Continental Breakfast will be served)

 

 

SA2: Politics and Instability in the Middle East

 

Chair:               Terry D. Clark, Creighton University, tclark@creighton.edu

 

Discussants:      Brandon DeShaw, Creighton University, BJD48691@creighton.edu

Joshua Potter, Creighton University, joshuapotter@creighton.edu

 

Explaining U.S. Failure in Iraq

Silvy Ahmad, Creighton University, SNA44652@creighton.edu

 

Policy Stability in the Turkish Political Crisis

Peter Casey, Creighton University, PCC47672@creighton.edu

 

 

SA3: Negotiation and International Conflict

 

Chair/Discussant: Cooper Drury, University of Missouri-Columbia, drury@missouri.edu

 

The Effectiveness of Directive Mediation Strategies – Interdependence and Trust

Su-Mi Lee, University of Oklahoma, sumielee@gmail.com

 

Interstate Bargaining in an Agent Based Model

Mark Culyba, University of California-San Diego, mculyba@ucsd.edu

 

Force Structure and Interstate Conflict Behavior

Kwang-Jin Kim, University of Missouri-Columbia, kknk7@mizzou.edu

Doo-Hyeong Lee, Hanyang University, leedoohyeong@hanmail.net

 

Outside Intervention and Ethnic Conflicts

Ada Hyso, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, adahyso@uwm.edu

 

 

SA4: United States Foreign Policy Decision Making I

 

Chair/Discussant: Christopher Jones, Northern Illinois University, cmjones@niu.edu

 

War Powers, Iraq and Congress's Democratic Majority: Assessing Degrees of Assertiveness

Ryan C. Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, rchendrickson@eiu.edu

 

Institutional Actors in Foreign Policy Analysis: Creating a Disciplinary Memory

Ralph G. Carter, Texas Christian University, r.carter@tcu.edu

James M. Scott, Oklahoma State University, james.scott@okstate.edu

 

Ambassadors as Advisers: The Foreign Policy Role of Chiefs of Mission in the Presidency of John F. Kennedy

Cristian A. Cantir, University of Kansas, ccantir@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

SA5: Democracy, Crime and Security in Latin America

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/Discussant: Orlando J. Perez, Central Michigan University, perez1oj@cmich.edu

“Democracy, Crime, and Citizen Security”

Richard Millett, Center for the Study of Americas, Copenhagen Business School, Millett1@aol.com

 

“The U.S. Role in Democratization: Coping with the Episodic Embraces

Gene Bigler, University of the Pacific, gbigler@pacific.edu

 

“Failing States”

Michael Gold-Biss, National Defense University, goldbiss@hotmail.com

 

“Gangs in Central America”

Tom Stiles, tsstiles@sbcglobal.net

 

 

SA6: Media and Art in Latin America

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair: TBD

 

Corporalidad y nacionalism en la prensa femenina argentina del siglo diecinueve

Vanesa Landrus, Eastern Illinois University, vmlandrus@eiu.edu

 

Hispanic art and film

Bert Patrick, Pittsburg State University, Kansas, bpatrick@pittstate.edu

 

 

Saturday, November 3, 10:15-12:00 pm

 

SB1: Roundtable on the Changing Nature of War

 

Jack Levy, Rutgers University, jacklevy@rci.rutgers.edu

 

Ted Gurr, University of Maryland, trgurr@aol.com

 

SB2: Toward Better Metrics in International Studies

 

Chair:               Terry D. Clark, Creighton University, tclark@creighton.edu

 

Discussants:      Silvy Ahmad, Creighton University, SNA44652@creighton.edu

Peter Casey, Creighton University, PCC47672@creighton.edu

 

Measuring Success in the Global War on Terror

Brandon DeShaw, Creighton University, BJD48691@creighton.edu

 

Measuring Preferences: A Fuzzy Set Theoretic Approach to the Study of Social Choice

Joshua Potter, Creighton University, joshuapotter@creighton.edu

 

SB3: Roundtable: Teaching Peace in Times of War

 

Denise DeGarmo, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, ddegarm@siue.edu

 

Jason Stacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, jstacy@siue.edu

 

Steve Tamari, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, stamari@siue.edu

 

Laura Perkins, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, lperkin@siue.edu

 

 

SB4: Women and World Politics

 

Chair/Discussant: Marijke Breuning, Truman State University, mbreuning@truman.edu

 

A New Political Order? Empowering Afghan Women through Legislative Gender Quotas

Adriana Piatti-Crocker, University of Illinois-Springfield, acroc2@uis.edu

 

The Politics of Women’s Human Rights: Local and Global

Marjon Kamrani, University of Cincinnati, kamranme@email.uc.edu

 

Militarizing the Feminine during Israel's 2006 Second Lebanon War

Isis Nusair, Denison University, nusairi@denison.edu

 

The Impact of Education on Female Fertility among the Igbos of Nigeria

Remigius Onwumere, Harris-Stowe State University, ronwumere@sbcglobal.net

 

 

SB5: East European Security 

(Sponsored by the Central Slavic Conference)

 

Chair:  Jacek Lubecki, University of Arkansas–Little Rock, jxlubecki@ualr.edu

 

Discussant:  Kurt W. Jefferson, Westminster College, kurt.jefferson@westminster-mo.edu

 

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Mark Chichock, University of Texas-Arlington, cichock@uta.edu 

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Jacek Lubecki, University of Arkansas–Little Rock, jxlubecki@uarl.edu

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 Jerry Morelock, Senior Editor-in-Chief Armchair General, jerry@armchairgeneral.com

 

Is Russia an International Veto Player?

            Nino Krilova, Creighton University, nino_krilova@yahoo.com

 

 

SB6: Social Movements and the Limits to Democracy in Latin America

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/discussant: Jennifer Holmes, University of Texas at Dallas, jholmes@utdallas.edu

 

Grassroots Activists, the Internet, and Bolivarian Democracy in Venezuela

Dan Hellinger, Webster University, hellindc@webster.edu

 

Rural-Urban Migration and Women’s Experiences in the Garbage Dump Community of Guatemala’s Zone Three

Rachel Chapman, University of Toledo, rchapma2@UTNet.UToledo.Edu

 

 

SB7: International Relations and Latin America

(Sponsored by the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies)

 

Chair/Discussant: Phil Kelly Emporia State University, Kansas, kellyphi@emporia.edu

 

South America as a ‘Zone of Peace’: Facilitating a Geopolitical Model

Phil Kelly, Emporia State University, Kansas, kellyphi@emporia.edu

 

CAFTA-DR: Is the cure Worse than the Illness?

            Bill Furlong, Utah State University, BFURLONG@hass.usu.edu

 

A Study of Argentine Immigration to Israel (1980-1990)

Eduardo Faingold, University of Tulsa, eduardo-faingold@utulsa.edu

 

Richard Nixon and Peru: A Complex Relationship

Richard Walter, Saint Louis University,

 

Regional Impacts of DR-CAFTA

            Brady Wheeler, Utah State University, bradywheeler@cc.usu.edu  

 

 

Saturday, November 3, 12:00 – 1:15 pm

 

Quincy Wright Awards Luncheon

 

2007 Quincy Wright Award Recipient: Ted Gurr, University of Maryland

           

             Note: This event is by reservation only, as indicated on the conference registration form.

 

MALAS Luncheon (12:30-2:00)

 

Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas, 5046 Shaw Avenue, St. Louis, MO

 

            Note: This event is by reservation only, as indicated on the conference registration form.

 

 

MALAS Business Meeting at Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas: immediately following the lunch (2:00-3:00pm)

 

Saturday, November 3, 1:30-3:15 pm

 

SC1: Roundtable on United States Foreign Policy in Iraq

 

Ralph Carter, Texas Christian University, R.Carter@tcu.edu

 

James Scott, Oklahoma State University, james.scott@okstate.edu

 

Ryan Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University, rchendrickson@eiu.edu

 

Cooper Drury, University of Missouri-Columbia, drury@missouri.edu

 

 

SC2: European Politics

 

Chair/Discussant: Neal Jesse, Bowling Green State University, njesse@bgnet.bgsu.edu

 

A Rocky Road: Support for a European Constitution among Political Elites

Axel Huelsemeyer, Concordia University, axel.huelsemeyer@concordia.ca

Kristina Hartling, Concordia University, klhrtln@mta.ca

 

The Foundations of Anti-Americanism in Europe

Polly J. Diven, Grand Valley State University, divenp@gvsu.edu

 

European Identity in the Context of Globalization

Vassil Anastassov, Fatih University, vanastassov@fatih.edu.tr

British Culture and Climate Change Policy

Debra Holzhauer, Southeast Missouri State University, dholzhauer@semo.edu

 

 

SC3: Issues in Democratization  

 

Chair/Discussant: Mario E. Carranza, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, kfmec02@tamuk.edu

 

Does Judicial Activism Impact Democratic Consolidation?

Alyssa Mayer, Truman State University,

John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu

 

Can Democratic Consolidation Make a Country Less Secure? The Case of Taiwan

Timothy S. Rich, Indiana University, tsrich@indiana.edu

 

Is Guatemala a Democracy?

Jason Knapp, Missouri State University, knapp660@missouristate.edu

 

Presidential Systems and Political Instability in Argentina

            Hanan Alhajeri, New School for Social Research, hananboston@aol.com

 

 

SC4: Terrorism

 

Chair/Discussant: B. Gregory Marfleet, Carleton College, gmarflee@carleton.edu

 

Durational Variation in Suicide Campaigns: A Comparative Study of the LTTE and Hamas

Vera Heuer, Indiana University, vheuer@indiana.edu

 

Nuclear Terrorism and Organized Crime: A Dangerous Mix

Michael Schaub, United States Air Force Academy, Michael.Schaub@usafa.edu

 

A Counterproductive Strategy? Terrorism and Repression, 1991-2004

Peter F. Trumbore , Oakland University, ptrumbor@oakland.edu

 

From Terrorist to MP: the Irish Republican Army/Sinn Fein Experience

Colleen E Miller, University of Minnesota, cemiller@umn.edu

 

 

SC5: Russian Literature and Culture

(Sponsored by the Central Slavic Conference)

 

Chair/Discussant:  Jerry Mikkelson, University of Kansas, gemikk@ku.edu

 

Modern Russian Art and Literature

David Borgmeyer, Independent Scholar, St. Louis, Missouri, dmborgmeyer@hotmail.com

 

St. Petersburg: The Past and Present

            Jerry Mikkelson, University of Kansas, gemikk@ku.edu

 

 

SC6: MALAS Business Meeting

 

 

 

Saturday, November 3, 3:30-5:15 pm

 

SD1: Publishing in International Studies

 

Marilyn Grobschmidt, Lynne Rienner Publishers, mgrobschmidt@rienner.com

 

Ralph Carter, Texas Christian University R.Carter@tcu.edu

 

Brian Frederking, McKendree University, bfrederk@mckendree.edu

 

 

SD2: Central Slavic Conference Business Meeting

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 3, 5:30-6:30 pm

 

ISA-Midwest Business Meeting

Market Street Room

 

Saturday, November 3, 6:00-8:00 pm

 

 

Sunday, November 4, 8:15-10:00 am

 

 

SUA1: African Politics and Policy

 

Chair/Discussant: John Quinn, Truman State University, jquinn@truman.edu

 

Governing the Lean Season: Policy and Politics during the 2005 Mali-Niger Food Crisis

Martha Wilfahrt, Indiana University, mawilfah@indiana.edu

Guinea-Bissau: Can a Successful Social Revolution Become an Obstacle to Subsequent State-building?

David Fistein, Culver Stockton College, dfistein@culver.edu

 

The Politics of Inter-country Adoption: Explaining Variation in the Legal Requirements of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Marijke Breuning, Truman State University, mbreunin@truman.edu

John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu

 

The Proliferation of Traditional Titles in Nigeria: The Case of the Igbos

Emmanuel Uwalaka, St. Louis University, uwalakaen@slu.edu

 

 

SUA2: Theories of War and Peace

 

Chair/Discussant: Greg Gunderson, Eastern Kentucky University, Gregory.gunderson@eku.edu

 

Autocracy and Interstate Conflicts

Lingling Qi, University of Missouri-Columbia, lqnn8@mizzou.edu

 

The Theory of Co-evolution in War as an Explanation of Systems Change: A Comparison of Ancient Greece and Ancient India

Manjeet Singh Pardesi, Indiana University-Bloomington, mpardesi@indiana.edu

 

Why, When, and How Countries End Wars

Sunhee Park, Florida State University, sp04g@fsu.edu

Paul Hensel, Florida State University, phensel@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

 

When Do the Weak Challenge the Strong?

Hong-Cheol Kim, Florida State University, hk05d@fsu.edu

Kwang-Jin Kim, University of Missouri-Columbia, kknk7@mizzou.edu

 

 

 

SUA3: Theoretical Issues in Democratization

Chair/Discussant:

 

Democratization without Democracy: How Dahlian/Liberal Concepts Limit the Global Democratization Debate

Alan M. Noory, University of Missouri–St. Louis, amnry2@umsl.edu

 

Democracy and Democratization: The Concept vs. The Process

Sterling Recker, University of Missouri–St. Louis, sdrm42@umsl.edu

 

The Influence of Democracy, Stability, Corruption, Culture and Geography on Prosperity

Pavla Landiss, University of Missouri-St. Louis, landissp@slu.edu

 

 

Sunday, November 4, 10:15- 12:00 pm

 

 

SUB 1: Roundtable: What Now for Darfur?

 

Chair: Denise DeGarmo, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, ddegarm@siue.edu

 

Marci Daniels, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, marcidanielsdenyer@gmail.com   

 

Ben Eveloff, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, b.eveloff@gmail.com 

 

Lukus Keeling, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, lkeelin@siue.edu

 

Emily Siemer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, emilysiemer@hotmail.com  

 

 

SUB 2: Evaluating United States Foreign Policy

 

Chair/Discussant: R. Michael Smith, Glenville State College, mike.smith@glenville.edu

 

American Empire: A Literature Review

Marc J. O’Reilly, Heidelberg College, moreilly@heidelberg.edu

 

Go Long, Go Short, or Go Home: The Iraq Conundrum

Bernard Stancati, Colorado Technical University, bstancati@coloradotech.edu

 

The Responsibility to Protect and the Pathos of Patriarchy: The United States Response to Mass Rape and Genocide in Bosnia

Gregory G. Gunderson, Eastern Kentucky University, Gregory.gunderson@eku.edu

Rebecca L. Jones, Eastern Kentucky University, Rebecca_jones122@eku.edu

 

 

SUB 3: Comparative Democratization

 

Chair/Discussant: John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu

 

The 2006 Coup and Democratization in Thailand from Thai Perspective

Aticha Suebsawangkul, University of Missouri-St. Louis, aticha69@yahoo.com

 

Democratic Concepts, Foreign Policy, and the First M.B.A. President of the United States

Cassandra Butler, University of Missouri-St. Louis, cassandrabutler@sbcglobal.net

 

Democracy Under Siege: Social Citizenship Rights and Economic Development in Latin America

Leesa Althen, University of Missouri–St. Louis, leesaalthen@umsl.edu

 
Understanding the Ivorian Sociopolitical Crisis

Richard H. Ehui, University of Missouri, St. Louis, rheyq5@umsl.edu

 

 

SUB 4 : Normative Approaches to World Politics

 

Chair/Discussant:

 

Liberal Norms in International Society: The Law of Peoples Reconsidered

            Ewan Harrison, Washington University, eharrison@wustl.edu

 

Beyond Multiplicity in Sovereignty: A Mysticist Approach to the Public Enemy in Carl Schmitt

            Paul Timmermans, University of Denver, ptimmerm@du.edu