Students and professors will also travel to Chicago for the 76th Annual MPSA Conference, April 5-8, 2018.

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Participants this year include:

Checks, Balances, and Federalism

Connor Maxwell Ewing

The Judicial Construction of Federalism

Thu, April 5, 9:45–11:15am

Courts, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights

Dana Katherine Moyer

Understanding the Decision–Implement Transitional Justice After Violent Conflict

Fri, April 6, 11:30am–1:00pm

Crime and Political Behavior

Daniel Willard Gingerich

Co-author Carlos G. Scartascini

A Heavy Hand or a Helping Hand?: Information Provision and Citizen Preferences for Anti-Crime Policy in Panama

Fri, April 6, 3:00–4:30pm

Distributive Politics in Africa

Brenton Peterson

Co-author Sarah Andrews, Principia College

The Electoral Effects of Credit Attribution for Local Development Projects

Fri, April 6, 4:45–6:15pm

Election Technology, Fraud, and Violence in Developing Countries

Brenton Peterson

Agents of the Regime: Polling Station Officials and Electoral Manipulation in Kenya’s 2017 Election

Fri, April 6, 3:00–4:30pm

Explaining Terrorist Violence II

Jihye Yang

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo: The Logic Behind Target Selection by Terrorist Organizations

Sat, April 7, 11:30am–1:00pm

Firm Lobbying and Influence

Robert Kubinec

Tell It Like It Is: A Text Analysis of Firm Rationales for Political Participation in the Middle East

Fri, April 6, 4:45–6:15pm

Ideology and Policy Preferences

Gerard Alexander

Co-author Hovannes Abramyan, Reason Foundation

Challenging the Role of Personality as a Motivator of Political Ideology

Fri, April 6, 4:45–6:15pm

Immigration Politics in Europe

Hannah Alarian

Naturalization in the aftermath of the Eurozone crisis: Evidence from the EU-15

Thu, April 5, 3:00–4:30pm

Institutional and Ideological Innovation in Autocracies

Geoffrey Landor Gordon

The Guardian’s Dilemma: Institutional Choice During Transitions from Military Rule

Fri, April 6, 11:30am–1:00pm

Institutional Persistence in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

Anne Meng

Institutional Persistence in Authoritarian Regimes

Thu, April 5, 1:15–2:45pm

Institutions in Autocracies

Carolyn Coberly, Discussant

Sat, April 7, 11:30am–1:00pm

International Influences on Democratization

Anne Meng, Chair

Fri, April 6, 8:00–9:30am

JSS Session 17/The Study of Emotions

B. Kal Munis

Co-authors

Joseph Phillips, Pennsylvania State University

Steven Morgan, Pennsylvania State University

Moral-Affective Dimensions of Extremist Discourse

Sun, April 8, 11:30am–1:00pm

Latin America and the Politics of Migration

Benjamin Clay Helms

Remittances and the Decline of Dominant Parties: Democratization in Mexico

Thu, April 5, 9:45–11:15am

Legislative Accountability and Public Opinion

Daniel Folsom, University of Virginia

Boris Heersink, Fordham University

Emily Sydnor, Southwestern University

What’s your excuse? Effects of Personal and Political Justifications for Flip-Flopping

Sat, April 7, 11:30am–1:00pm

Nativism, Public Opinion, and Political Participation

Hannah Alarian, Discussant

Thu, April 5, 1:15–2:45pm

New Perspectives on Political Development

Connor Maxwell Ewing

From Predicate–Object: Constitutionalizing Sovereignty in the American Political Order

Fri, April 6, 9:45–11:15am

Outsourcing and Procurement in Public Sector

Rachel Augustine Potter

The Political Economy of Government Outsourcing in the U.S. States

Sat, April 7, 3:00–4:30pm

Overcoming Opposition: Women’s Organizations and Policy Change across the Developing World

Paromita Sen

Diana Catalina Pedraza Vallejo

Denise M. Walsh

Opposition–Women’s Civic and Political Participation in the Global South: Building a Research Agenda

Fri, April 6, 1:15–2:45pm

Parties and Party Systems

Carolyn Coberly

Authoritarian Party Systems and State Capacity

Sun, April 8, 11:30am–1:00pm

Parties, Campaigns, and Elections in APD

Anthony Sparacino

Republican Governors and the Nationalization of American Party Politics

Fri, April 6, 3:00–4:30pm

Politicians in Developing Countries

Carol A. Mershon, Discussant

Sat, April 7, 9:45–11:15am

Politics and Development in Africa

Carol A. Mershon

Co-author Olga Shvetsova, SUNY at Binghamton

Traditional Leaders and their Bargaining for Legitimacy in Dual Legitimacy Constitutional Systems

Sat, April 7, 1:15–2:45pm

Poster Session 3/Trajectories of Democratization in the 21st Century

Geoffrey Landor Gordon, Discussant

Thu, April 5, 1:15–2:45pm

Presidential Power and the Constitution

Connor Maxwell Ewing, Discussant

Sun, April 8, 9:45–11:15am

Gendered Challenges–Democratic Legitimacy

Paromita Sen

Straight From the Politician’s Mouth: Official Talk on Rape

Sat, April 7, 3:00–4:30pm

The International Dimensions of Terrorist Violence

Chen Wang

The U.S. Allies Under Fire: A Centre-Periphery Theory of Terrorists’ Target Selection

Thu, April 5, 4:45–6:15pm

The Political Economy of U.S.-China Relations

Aycan Katitaş

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Threat Perceptions: Evidence from Chinese Investment in the U.S.

Sun, April 8, 11:30am–1:00pm

The Politics of Immigration in Canada

Hannah Alarian, Chair

Fri, April 6, 1:15–2:45pm

The Politics of Investment and Financial Stability

David Andrew Leblang

Discussant

Fri, April 6, 3:00–4:30pm

The Politics of Policy-Making

Danilo Buscatto Medeiros

How Policy Preferences Interact with Income Inequality: Legislative Polarization in Brazil

Sun, April 8, 8:00–9:30am

What Makes a Good Lawmaker?

Craig Volden

Co-author Andrew James Clarke, Lafayette College

The Legislative Effectiveness of American Party Factions

Sun, April 8, 8:00–9:30am

White Racial Attitudes

Gerard Alexander

Is “Modern Racism” Actually Racism?

Sat, April 7, 4:45–6:15pm