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
title
Mark Chichock, University of
Texas-Arlington, cichock@uta.edu
title
Jacek Lubecki, University of
Arkansas–Little Rock, jxlubecki@uarl.edu
title
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
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