Official Program
( Last Updated
September 22, 2008
)
Third Annual Conference on State
Politics and Policy:
Causes and Consequences of American State Institutions on Political
Behavior
Links to Papers will be Provided when
Available
Friday March 14, 7:30AM-8:00AM, Coyote Room Patio
Official Welcome, continental breakfast, formal check-in and registration
Friday March 14, 8:10AM-9:10AM, Coyote Room Patio
*POSTER SESSION I: THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL INTERACTION AND GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS ON POLICY
Discussants: Paul Brace, Rice University and Ronald Weber, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Papers:
1. “Morality Politics and
Legislative/Judicial Interaction: Do Court Ideologies Constrain Legislative
Action?” Lauren Bowen and Elizabeth Stiles, John Carroll
University
2. “Judicial Ideology and Legislative
Outcomes in Education Policy: The Preemptive Power of State Supreme
Courts,” Teena Wilhelm University of Arizona
3. “Initiative Lawmaking and the Performance of Local Governments,”
Daniel B. Rodriguez, University of San Diego School of Law
4. “Cooperation across Boundaries:
An Examination of Intra- and Interstate Cooperation under Workforce
Development Policy.” Susan Mason, University of Missouri-St.
Louis
5. “A Comparative Analysis
of the Effect of State Institutions on the Proliferation of Special
District Governments,” Tanya A. Heikkila, Biosphere 2 Center
Columbia University and Todd L. Ely, University of Arizona
6. “Welfare Reform and
America’s Poor,” Erica Carter and Angela Douglas,
University of South Carolina
*Registration/check-in and continental breakfast will continue during
the poster session.
Friday March 14, 9:15AM-10:45AM, Coyote Room
PANEL I: ELECTIONS AND TURNOVER IN STATE RACES
Chair: Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University
Discussants: Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University and Mac Jewell
Papers:
1. "'If at First
You Don’t Succeed…': Repeat Challengers in State Legislative
Elections," Thomas M. Carsey, William D. Berry, and Walter
Forrest, Florida State University
2. “Policy Expectations
Voting in Gubernatorial Elections: The Role of Institutional Structure,”
Philip Paolino, University of North Texas and Dean Lacy, Ohio State
University
3. “Predicting Campaign Spending
in State Supreme Court Elections,” Chris W. Bonneau, University
of Pittsburgh
4. “Term Limits and Legislative
Turnover,” Gary Moncrief, Boise State University, Richard
Niemi, and Lynda Powell, University of Rochester
Friday March 14, 10:45AM-11:00AM, Coyote Room Patio
BREAK with Refreshments
Friday March 14, 11:00AM-12:30PM, Coyote Room
PANEL II: THE IMPACT OF RULES AND PREFERENCES ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING
AND REGULATION
Chair and Discussant: Charles Barrilleaux, Florida State University
Papers:
1. “The Impact of State Policy
Priorities on State Program Efforts,” Saundra K. Schneider
and William G. Jacoby
2. “Rules, institutions,
and behavior in controlling government spending,” Matthew
Fitzgerald and Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College
3. “The Consequences
of State Institutions for Local Policy Responsiveness: Public Preferences
and School Budget Referendum,” Michael B. Berkman, Eric
Plutzer, and Amber Boydstum, Pennsylvania State University
4. “The Role of State Institutions
in mediating Interest Group Influence over Regulatory Policy,”
Paul Teske, Stony Brook University
Friday March 14, 12:30PM-2:00PM, Sonoran Rooftop Terrace
LUNCH
Friday March 14, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Coyote Room
PANEL III: ORGANIZED INTERESTS, CITIZEN PREFERENCES, AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chair and Discussant: Sarah Morehouse, University of Connecticut
Papers:
1. “Structures and Institutions:
Facilitating the Representation of Labor Unions and Labor Interests
in the American States,” Susan B. Hansen, University of
Pittsburgh
2. “The Effects of Interest Groups
on the Convergence Rate of Economic Growth across the 50 U.S. States,
1980-97,” Sergio Bejar, University of Pittsburgh, Department
of Economics
3. “Legislative Agendas and
Mobilizers of Interest Advocacy,” Virginia Gray, David Lowery,
Jennifer Anderson and Matthew Fellowes, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill
4. "Environmental
Regulation, Economic Policy, and Consumer Attitudes in the American
States," Martin Johnson, University of California Riverside,
Paul Brace, and Kevin Arceneaux, Rice University
Friday March 14, 4:00PM-5:00PM, Coyote Room Patio
*POSTER SESSION II: POLITICAL PARTIES AND CAMPAIGNS
Discussant: Ethan Bernick, Institute of Legislative Studies, University
of Illinois
1. “If It Walks Like a Party….Unofficial
Party Organization in California,” Seth Masket, UCLA
2. “An Institutional Explanation
of Party System Convergence: Comparative Lesson from Six Federations,”
Lori Thorlakson, University of Nottingham
*Refreshments will be served during poster session.
Friday March 14, 4:00PM-5:00PM, Coyote Room Patio
*POSTER SESSION III: THE ROLE OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND BUREAUCRATIC
CONTROL IN POLICYMAKING
Discussant: Charles Barrilleaux, Florida State University
Papers:
1. “Assessing
the Effect of LARRI: Legislative Authority to Review Rules as a "Flexible"
Ex Ante Control Over Agency Decision-Making,” Cherie D.
Maestas, Brian J. Gerber, and Nelson Dometrius, Texas Tech University
2. “The Role of State Institutions
in Local Tobacco Control Policy,” (Table)Scott
P. Hays, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3. "Distributive or Majoritarian?
: Redistribution and the Role of state Bureaucratic Structure in Local
Telephone Deregulation 1990-1998." Junseok Kim, SUNY Stony
Brook
*Refreshments will be served during poster session.
Friday March 14, 6:15PM-9:00PM, Westward Look Resort
Lobby
DINNER AND RECEPTION AT BILL MISHLER’S HOME
Note: Shuttle buses depart from the Westward Look Resort promptly at
6:15PM and depart from Bill Mishler’s home, returning to the Resort,
promptly at 8:45PM.
Saturday March 15, 8:30AM-9:30AM, Coyote Room Patio
*POSTER SESSION IV: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATION
Discussant: Kristin Kanthak, University of Arizona
Papers:
1. “The Effects of Redistricting
on the Racial Characteristics of State Voting Districts,”
Jason Barabas and Jennifer Jerit, Southern Illinois University
2. “Neighborhood Context and
Individual-Level Participation,” Mary R. Anderson, Florida
State University
* Continental breakfast will served at the poster session.
Saturday March 15, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Coyote Room
PANEL IV: LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES: RULES, PREFERENCES AND PARTISANSHIP
Chair and Discussant: Brad Jones, University of Arizona
1. “By
the Numbers: The Effects of Constituency and Chamber Size on Partisanship
and Representation in the American Legislatures,” Gerald
C. Wright and Jonathan Winburn, Indiana University
2. “Explaining Variation in
Committee Representativeness,” James Coleman Battista, University
of North Texas
3. “Committee Roles, Pressure
Build-Up, and Changes Legislative Rules of Procedure,” Nancy
Martorano, University of Dayton
4. “The Consequences
of Multiple-Member Districts in the State Legislature,”
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri and Christopher A. Cooper,
Western Carolina University
Saturday March 15, 11:00-11:15AM, Coyote Room Patio
BREAK with Refreshments
Saturday March 15, 11:15AM-12:45PM, Coyote Room
PANEL V: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Chair and Discussant: Barb Norrander, University of Arizona
1. “Inequality, Trust, and Political
Engagement,” Mitchell Brown, and Eric M. Uslaner, University
of Maryland-College Park
2. “Educated by Initiative:
Direct Democracy and Civic Engagement in the American States,”
Caroline Tolbert, Kent State University and Daniel A. Smith, University
of Denver
3. “Democracy in the States,”
Patricia McGee Crotty, East Stroudsburg University
4. “Measuring the Effects of
Ballot Initiatives on Policy and Behavior,” (Tables
6 & 7) Todd Donovan, Western Washington University and Shaun
Bowler, UC Riverside
*Saturday March 15, 12:45-2:15PM, Coyote Room
PANEL VI: MODELING POLICY ADOPTION AND INNOVATION IN THE AMERICAN STATES
Chair and Discussant: Christopher Mooney, University of Illinois at
Springfield
1. “Specification Uncertainty and
Model Averaging in State Policy Innovation Research.” Francis
X. Shen, Harvard University
2. “Duration Models and Policy
Adoption: Some Extensions of Usual Modeling Strategies,”
Brad Jones, University of Arizona and Gina Branton, Rice University
3. “Exploring the Layers
of State Reinvention and Reform across the 20th Century,”
Nelson C. Dometrius, Texas Tech University and Deil S. Wright, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
4. “An Analysis of the Influence
of Institutional Rules on State Medicaid Policy Innovation,”
Brad Kile, Florida State University
*Lunch Buffet during this panel session.
Saturday March 15, 2:15-2:30PM, Coyote Room
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