Official Program
( Last Updated
September 22, 2008
)
Fourth Annual Conference on
State Politics and Policy
Laboratories of Democracy: Public Policy in the American States
Cohosted by State Politics and Policy Quarterly and
the Kent State University Department of Political Science
in conjunction with "Life
with Term Limits" Confernce
Hosted by the Ray Bliss Institute, University of Akron
Two great conferences, one exciting
weekend!
Friday, April 30, 2004
6:30-8:00 AM: Breakfast at the Hotel, Dining Room
8:00-8:15 AM: Registration and Greeting, Lobby
8:15 – 10:00 AM, Falls Library
POLICY INNOVATION AND DIFFUSION
Discussant: Chris Mooney, University of Illinois, Springfield
Democratic Laboratories: The Politics
of Innovation in the American States
Andrew Karch, University of Texas at Austin
The Return of the States:
Abortion Policy in the Post-Roe Period
John Camobreco, Christopher Newport University
Michelle Barnello, Christopher Newport University
Lateral, Top-Down, or Bottom-Up Policy
Diffusion? Comparing Tobacco Control in the United States, Canada,
and Australia
Donley Studlar, West Virginia University
The Diffusion of Antismoking
Policies among States and Localities
Craig Volden, Ohio State University
Chuck Shipan, University of Iowa
Ignoring the Laboratories of Democracy:
Congressional Inattention to Lessons of State-Government Constitutional
Reform Efforts
John Nugent, Connecticut College
8:15-10:00 AM, Summit Room
IMPACT OF TERM LIMITS
Discussant: John Green, University of Akron
Florida Case Study: The Changing Face of the Florida Legislature?
Scott Schraufngel, University of Central Florida
Michigan Case Study: Political,
Institutional and Individual Effects?
Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University
Charles Elder, Wayne State University
Lyke Thompson, Wayne State University
Richard Elling, Wayne State University
John Strate, Wayne State University
Missouri Case Study: Assessing the
Impact of Term Limits?
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri
Term Limits, Campaign Contributions, and the Distribution of Power
in State Legislatures
Ray LaRaja, University of Massachusetts
Dorie Apollonio, University of California, San Francisco
The Problem of Last-Term Shirking
Renee Van Vechten, University of California, San
Diego
10:00-10:15 AM: Break
10:15 AM -12:00 PM, Falls Library
INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
Discussant: Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan
Turning On and Turning Out: Assessing
the Indirect Effects of Ballot Measures
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
Daniel Smith, University of Florida
Turning Out to Turn Him Out or Can We
See a Sea Change
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego
Institutional Change: When Will
Communities Make Attempts to Alter Local Government Structures?
Shaun Bowler, University of CA, Riverside
Martin Johnson, University of CA, Riverside
Max Neiman, University of CA, Riverside
Organized Interests and Direct Democracy
in the States
Robert Alexander, Ohio Northern University
Anthony Nownes, University of Tennessee
Testing Formal Models of
Direct Democracy
Anthony Bertelli, Texas A&M University
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri
10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Summit Room
TERM LIMITS AND LEGISLATORS
Discussant: David Rausch, West Texas A&M
The Impact of Sate Term Limits on Congressional Challengers
William Bianco, Penn State University
Gretchen S. Carners, Penn State University
Kelly Parkinson, Penn State University
Matthew Murphy, Penn State University
Term Limits, Opportunity Structures and Career Development in State
Legislatures
Eric Heberlig, University of North Carolina
Suzanne Leland, University of North Carolina
The Impact of Term Limits on Speaker Career Paths
Patricia Freeman, University of Tennessee
Term Limits and Career Choice in U.S. State Legislatures
Jerome Maddox, University of Pennsylvania
Movin' On Up: The Impact of Term Limits on Candidate Quality in
U.S. Elections
Costas Panagolpoulos, New York University
12:00-1:15 PM: Buffet Lunch, Grand Ballroom
1:30-3:15 PM, Falls Library
STATE POLICY AGENDAS
Discussant: Charles Elder, Wayne State University
What's on the Table? The Content
of State Policy Agendas
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
David Lowery, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
Matthew Fellowes, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
State Policy Agendas in a System of
Separation of Powers
Kellie Sims Butler, Penn State University
A Women’s Agenda: Women Legislators
Issue Preferences
Tracy Osborn, Indiana University
Governors, Legislatures, Partisanship,
and State Budget Processes
Nelson Dometrius, Texas Tech University
Deli S. Wright, University of North Carolina
1:30-3:15, Summit Room
TERM LIMITS AND THE PUBLIC
Discussant: M. Dane Waters, Initiative and Referendum Institute
Do Term Limits Limit Representation?
Gerald Wright, University of Indiana
The Impact of Term Limits and Electoral
System on Constituency Service by State Legislators
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri
Christopher Cooper, Western Carolina University
Voting on Term Limits Initiatives Then
and Now: Has Anything Changed?
Jeff Karp, Texas Tech University
Term Limits and the Public:
Knowledge, Attentiveness and Voter Dissatisfaction
Carol Weissert, Florida State University
Karen Halperin, Florida State University
Reassessing the Affect of Term Limits on the Proportion of Democrats
in State Legislatures
Ken Moffett, University of Iowa
3:15-3:30 PM: Break
3:30-5:15 PM, Falls Library
PUBLIC OPINION AND POLICY
Discussant: Rodney Hero, University of Notre Dame
Public Opinion in the States: A Quarter
Century of Change and Stability
Robert Erikson, Columbia University
Gerald Wright, Indiana University
John Mclver, University of Colorado
Effects on the Linkage Between Public
Opinion and Policy Priorities in the States
Carl Snook, Michigan State University
Jeremy Duff, Michigan State University
The Allocations of Justice: State Crime Policy, Public Opinion,
and Democratic Institutions
Kenneth Fernandez, Kent State University
Max Nieman, University of California, Riverside
State Legislative Procedures and Policy
Representation: The Case of the Discharge Petition
Barry Burden, Harvard University
3:30-5:15 PM, Summit Room
STATE-LOCAL POLICY
Discussant: Susan Clarke, University of Colorado
Cities and State Legislatures: Changing
Coalitions in Response to Counter Declining Representation and Influence
Hal Wolman, George Washington University
Todd Swanstrom, St. Louis University
Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley
Fiscal Centralization During the
Boom Years, 1992-2000
Janet Kelly, Cleveland State University
Municipal Mergers, Decentralization
and Democratic Governance: The Case of Quebec’s New Mega-Cities
in Quebec’s Megacities
Robert K. Whelan, University of New Orleans
Richard Vengroff, University of Connecticut
The Limits of Federal Block Grants
Brian Collins, Texas Tech University
Brian Gerber, Texas Tech University
Politics, Policy and Paradigms: State
Intervention in Local Govt. Fiscal Crisis
Beth Walter Honadle, Bowling Green State University
Yun Li, Bowling Green State University
6:00 PM: Reception at Cuyahoga Falls Convention Center
6:30 PM: Dinner
7:30 PM: Legislative Leaders Discussion
Moderator: Alan Rosenthal, Rutgers University
Jake Flake, Speaker of the House, Arizona
Larry Adair, Speaker of the House, Oklahoma
Rick Johnson, Speaker of the House, Michigan
Dinner and speakers hosted by the University of Akron.
Saturday, May 1, 2004
6:30-8:00 AM: Breakfast at the Hotel, Dining Room
8:00-9:45 AM, Falls Library
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Discussant: Larry Ledebur, Cleveland State University
Labor Costs, Unemployment, and Job Creation
in the States, 1970-2000: The Impact of the Global Economy
Susan Hansen, University of Pittsburgh
Can State Effectively Target
Economic Development? A Study of Enterprise Zones Programs Over Time
Mark Cassell, Kent State University
Robert Turner, Skidmore College
Understanding State Adoption of Minimum
Wage Laws
John Grummel, Millsaps College
Theorizing about Public Agency and Accountability
in State Economic Development Policy
Arnold Lewis, College of Wooster
8:00-9:45, Summit Room
PARTIES, RULES AND POLICY
Discussants: Sarah Morehouse, University of Connecticut and
Malcolm Jewell, University of Kentucky
Political Party Competition and
Redistribution in the American States
Benjamin Deufel, Harvard University
Andrew Karch, University of Texas, Austin
Racing to the Front: The Effects
of Frontloading on Presidential Primary Turnout
Lonna Rae Atkeson, University of New Mexico
Cherie Maestas, Texas Tech University
The Effects of Party Activities
on Women’s Representation in the American States
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Ohio State University
What Moves Partisanship: The
Effects of Geographic Relocation on Party Identification
Jason MacDonald, Kent State University
Thom Yantek, Kent State University
8:00-9:45, Portage Room
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
Discussant: Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University
Understanding State Early Education
Policy Choices: The Role of Political and Economic Contexts
Elizabeth Rigby, Columbia University
No Child Left Behind: The
Report Cards—Why are Some States Successfully Implementing New
Laws and Others Not?
Lisa Dotterweich, Kent State University
Ramona McNeal, Kent State University
Implementing Telehealth in
the American States
Mary Schmeida, Kent State University
Ramona McNeal, Kent State University
Nonprofit Organizations and Information
Networks: Understanding Relationships to State Capacity and Policy
Implementation
Kathleen Hale, Kent State University
Does Proximity Matter? Assessing
the Impact of State Versus National Regulatory Interventions on Facility
Environmental Performance
Donald Haider-Markel, University of Kansas
9:45-10:00 AM: Break
10:00 – 11:45 AM, Falls Library
GOVERNANCE POLICY
Discussant: Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
Assessing the Impact of Public Election
Funding
Kenneth Mayer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Amanda Williams, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Timothy Werner, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Democratization Effects of Campaign Contribution
Limits in Gubernatorial
Elections
Kihong Eom, University of Kentucky
Donald Gross, University of Kentucky
State Legislative Redistricting: A
Comparison of Partisan and Commission Outcomes
Jonathan Winburn, Indiana University
Examining Policy Outcomes (Welfare)
in Multimember Districts Christopher Larimer,
University of Nebraska
Politics, Race, Fiscal Strain and State
Electoral Reforms
After Election 2000
Valentina Bali, Michigan State University
Brian D. Silver, Michigan State University
10:00-11:45 AM, Summit Room
STATE EXPENDITURES
Discussant: David Lowery, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill and Andrea McAtee, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Stability and Change in Policy
Commitments: Modeling the Program Spending Tradeoffs of American State
Governments Across Time
Saundra Schneider, Michigan State University
William Jacoby, Michigan State University
Term Limits and Economic Policy Choices:
An Examination of US State Spending Patterns
Helen Erler, Yale University
Who’s in Charge? The Impact of Term Limits on State Legislative
Budgeting in Maine and Michigan
Richard Brake, Temple University
Tax Expenditure Limits and Service Quality
John Bartle, University of Nebraska
Deniz Leuenberger, University of Nebraska, Omaha
School Budgets and Local Teacher’s
Unions: The Mediating Role of Institutions
Michael Berkman, Penn State University
Eric Plutzer, Penn State University
Daniel Jones-White, Penn State University
10:00-11:45 AM, Portage Room
MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
Discussant: Hal Wolman, George Washington University
Effective Preparation or Politics
as Usual: Homeland Security Policymaking at the State and Local Level
David Cohen, University of Akron
Brian Gerber, Texas Tech University
Kendra Stewart, Eastern Kentucky University
Devolution, New Federalism and Welfare
Reform
Joseph Foy, Notre Dame University
Legitimacy in Environmental Policy-Making in Canada
William MacKay, University of Calgary (Canada)
The Barnett Formula and Public Spending:
Comparison of Scotland and Wales, 1979-1999
Oleg Kodolov, University Western Ontario
11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Luncheon with Keynote Speaker, Ohio Governor
Bob Taft, Grand Ballroom
1:15-6:15 PM: Break
Optional Activities
Golf outing at the Windmill Lakes Golf Course where Ben Curtis developed
his stroke and the Kent State team plays. For individuals planning
to golf 18 holes. Bus departs from hotel at 1:15 p.m.
OR
Tour of the May 4th Memorial at Kent State University (20 minutes
from hotel) Bus Departs from Hotel at 1:30 p.m.
9 Holes of Golf at the Kent State Golf Course. Bus departs from
hotel at 1:30 p.m.
6:00 PM: Catered Picnic Dinner in Covered Shelter
in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (10 minute drive). Bus Departs
Hotel at 6:00 p.m. For those returning from golfing late, a second bus
will depart at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 2
Cleveland Indians Baseball Game
10:30 AM: Bus departs hotel for Cleveland Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles
game. Game time is 1:00. Group seats are in the lower box directly
over first base. In addition to your game ticket, an all-you-can-eat
catered picnic lunch is provided at the outdoor stadium pavilion beginning
at 11:30 AM. After the game, the bus will pick up participants and
go directly to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and then return
to the hotel.
Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and other Cleveland Museums
10:30 AM: Bus departs hotel for museums after dropping guests off
at the Cleveland Indians stadium. Bus will pick up participants and
go directly to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and then return
to the hotel. Arrange with bus driver.
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