Organized Section on Public Policy—Panels and Poster Sessions
Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, 2010
Mark A. Peterson, Program Chair
Section Panels—Theme Panel
Institutional Analysis and Development: Development and Promise
Secondary Sponsor: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
Chair: Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University
Papers:
“Notes on the Social Philosophy of the Bloomington School”
Paul Dragos Aligicia (George Mason University)
Peter Boettke (George Mason University)
“Using the Institutional Analysis Design Framework to Service Delivery”
Brenda K. Bushouse, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“New Directions in Common Pool Resource Theory: Lessons from an Institutional Analysis and
Development Study in a Cross-Scale Institutional Setting”
Tanya Heikkila (University of Colorado, Denver)
Edella Schalger (University of Arizona)
“Institutional Analysis as a Foundation for Multi-Tier Game Models”
Michael D. McGinnis (Indiana University)
“Extending the Study of Local Public Economies: Geo-physical Variation and Institutional
Diversity”
Ronald J. Oakerson (Houghton College)
Roger B. Parks (Indiana University)
“Dissecting Policy Designs Across Levels of Analysis Using the Institutional Grammar Tool”
Xavier Basurto (Duke University)
Saba Siddiki (University of Colorado, Denver)
Chris Weible (University of Colorado, Denver)
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Section Panels—No Cosponsors
Arenas of Policy: What Really Matters for Politics and Policy?
Chair: Thomas Oliver (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Discussants:
Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University)
Paul Sabatier (University of California, Davis)
Papers:
“Arenas of Power and New Policy Theory: Toward a Synthesis”
Brian J. Cook (Virginia Tech)
“In a Domain of Their Own? Women’s Policy as Component Driven Policy”
Emily A. Neff-Sharum (University of North Carolina, Pembroke)
“Morality policies, Legal Mobilization, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Does
Policy Determine Politics and Patterns of Judicialization?”
Christine Rothmayr Allison (University of Montreal)
Audrey L’Esperance (University of Ottawa)
“National Security as a (Not Quite) Ordinary Policy Arena”
Daniel J. Wirls (University of California, Santa Cruz)
The Dynamics of Policy Change: Comprehensiveness, Complexity, Constraint, and Conflict
Chair: Michael Mintrom (University of Auckland)
Discussants:
Michael Mintrom (University of Auckland)
Bryan D. Jones (University of Texas, Austin)
Papers:
“Change We Can Predict: Forecasting the Outcomes of Obama’s Policy Goals”
Stephen Howard Anderson (New York City Office of Management and Budget)
“Civil Society, State Capacity, and the Function of Government in Social Entrepreneurship”
Gordon Shockley (Arizona State University)
“The Technique Behind Healthcare: How Technology Truncates Policy Options”
Matthew Jette (Arizona State University)
“Organizing Attention: The Dual Dynamics of Legislative Choice”
Ashley E. Jochim (University of Washington)
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The Mechanics of Agenda Setting: What Drives Issue Attention?
Chair: Thomas A. Birkland (North Carolina State University)
Discussants:
Frank R. Baumgartner (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Thomas A. Birkland (North Carolina State University)
Papers:
“Agenda Setting and Free Riding in Information Acquisition”
Matthew A. Shapiro (Illinois Institute of Technology)
“High Profile Rape Trials: Constructing Critical Events and Setting the Policy Agenda”
Kristine Coulter (University of California, Irvine)
David Meyer (University of California, Irvine)
“Gender Equality Policy Advocacy in Hard Times: Comparing Economic Determinants of Issue
Attention to Gender Equality on Policy Agendas”
Francesca Gains (University of Manchester)
Claire Annesley (University of Manchester)
Isabelle Engeli (European University Institute)
Sandra Resodihardjo(Leiden University)
“Agenda-Setting Dynamics. A Comprehensive Analysis of Inter-Agenda Influences in a Small
Consociational Democracy”
Rens Vliegenthart (University of Amsterdam)
Stefaan Walgrave (University of Antwerp)
Institutional Settings and the Politics of Policy Making
Chair: Joseph P. McLaughlin, Jr. (Temple University)
Discussants:
Eric M. Patashnik (University of Virginia)
Mark A. Peterson (University of California, Los Angeles)
Papers:
“Policy Responsiveness to Shifting Majorities: US House Members Respond to Hard Times”
Christine DeGregorio (American University)
William Resh (American University)
“Do Power Concentration or Dispersion Affect Change in Policy Priorities?: A Comparison of
Canada and the United States"
Martial Foucault (Universite de Montreal)
Eric Montpetit (Universite de Montreal)
“Policy Dynamics: What Institutions Do”
Brandon C. Zicha (Universiteit van Antwerpen)
“Weathering the Global Financial Crisis: Reflections on the Capacity of the Institutions of
Australian Governance”
Anne-Maree Tiernan (Griffith University)
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Links Between Public Opinion and Policy from Framing to Policy Impact
Chair: Jason Barabas (Florida State University)
Discussants:
Jason Barabas (Florida State University)
John Zaller (University of California, Los Angeles)
Papers:
“The Institutional Structure of Policy-Opinion Responsiveness: The Effect of Public Opinion on
UK Government Agendas, 1945-2008”
Will Jennings (University of Manchester)
John Peter(University of Manchester)
Shaun Bevan (Pennsylvania State University)
“Multi-level Policy Responsiveness to Public Opinion: From Statehouse to Street-Level”
Eric Plutzer (Pennsylvania State University)
Michael Berkman (Pennsylvania State University)
“Public Opinion and Mass Incarceration in the United States”
Peter Enns (Cornell University)
“Framing Climate Change: Do Moral Arguments Work?”
Sarah B. Pralle (Syracuse University)
Social Investments in Education from Pre-School to College
Chair: Doug Imig (University of Memphis)
Discussants:
William T. Gormley Jr. (Georgetown University)
Jessica Hausman Ramakis (U.S. Department of Education)
Papers:
“Understanding the Policy Implications of Pathways from Birth through School Entry for LowIncome Urban Children”
Doug Imig (University of Memphis)
Kathleen Midgely (Urban Child Institute)
“The Political Economy of Local Education Policy in Brazil”
Katrina Kosec (Stanford University)
“Education as a Ladder for Economic Success: Examining How Assessments of Economic Position
Play into Preferences for Educational Priorities”
Amy Sue Goodin (University of Oklahoma)
Natalie Jackson (University of Oklahoma)
“Democracy, Partisanship and Higher Education Spending: A Comparative Analysis”
Luciana Nogueira Dar (University of California, Riverside)
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Breaking with Convention and the Politics of Education Reform
Chair: Jesse H. Rhodes (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Discussants:
Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University)
Jesse H. Rhodes (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Papers:
“Who Wants School Vouchers?”
Yu-Sung Su (Columbia University)
Andrew Gelman (Columbia University)
“The Politics of Mayoral Support for Charter Schools”
Kenneth K. Wong (Brown University)
“Parents, Communities and School Choice”
James H. Cox (California State University-Sacramento)
Christopher Witko (Saint Louis University)
“Testing the Relative Effectiveness of Market-Based Vs. Traditional Political Accountability in
Public Education: An Arizona Case Study”
Scott R. Milliman (James Madison University)
Rebecca Gau (Arizona Charter Schools Association)
Challenges and Choices in U.S. Economic Policy Making in an Era of Crisis
Chair: John Woolley (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Discussants:
John Woolley (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Barry Bosworth (The Brookings Institution)
Papers:
“American Exceptionalism? How the U.S. Can Get Off the Low Road”
Harold L. Wilensky (University of California, Berkeley)
“Governance and the Financial Meltdown: the Implications of Madisonian Checks and Balances
for Regulatory Reform”
Jack H. Knott (University of Southern California)
“Commercial Banks and the Politics of Regulatory Reform: From the Depository Institutions
Deregulation and Monetary Control Act to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Beyond”
Erik M. Filipiak (Cornell University)
“Stimulating Innovation in Sustainable Energy Policy: Investigating How American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Funds Influence Policy Choice Using a Bayesian Frailty Model”
Anthony Kassekert (Florida State University)
Richard Feiock (Florida State University)
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Co-Sponsored Panels—Public Policy is Primary Co-Sponsor
Oligarchy in the United States (Round Table)
Secondary Sponsor: Normative Political Theory
Chair: Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University)
Participants:
Larry M. Bartels (Princeton University)
Thomas Ferguson (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Martin Gilens (Princeton University)
Joan C. Tronto (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Jeffrey Winters (Northwestern University)
Establishing Causality in Policy Learning
Secondary Sponsor: Public Administration
Chair: Chris Weible (University of Colorado, Denver)
Discussants:
Fabrizio Gilardi (University of Zurich)
Karen Mossberger (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Papers:
"Systematizing Policy Learning"
Claudio M. Radaelli (University of Exeter)
Claire Dunlop (University of Exeter)
"Failures: Diffusion, Learning, and Policy Abandonment"
Craig Volden (Ohio State University)
"An Integrative Framework for Individual and Collective Learning"
Chris Weible (University of Colorado, Denver)
Andrea Gerlak (University of Arizona)
Tanya Heikkila (Columbia University)
"Emotional Endowment and Policy Change"
Nikolaos Zahariadis (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
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Widespread Crises and Messy Policy Problems
Secondary Sponsor: Public Administration
Chair: Hank C. Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma)
Discussants:
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma)
Papers:
"Boundary-Spanning Policy Problems"
Peter J. May (University of Washington)
Ashley Jochim (University of Washington)
Barry Pump (University of Washington)
"Explaining Coordination Networks in Collaborative Partnerships"
Chris Weible (University of Colorado, Denver)
John Calanni (University of Colorado, Denver)
"The Cascading Economic Crisis: Implications for Policy Scholars"
Barry Pump (University of Washington)
"Orchestrating Policy with Many Conductors: Partnerships in Critical Infrastructure Protection
Policy"
Chris Koski (James Madison University)
Urban Public Policy: Linking, Learning, and Lessons
Secondary Sponsor: Urban Politics
Chair: Susan E. Clarke (University of Colorado)
Discussants:
John H. Mollenkopf (CUNY, Graduate Center)
Amy B. Bridges (University of California, San Diego)
Papers:
“The Blind Man and the Elephant: Modeling the Evolving Structure of the National Urban Policy
Agenda”
Joshua Sapotichne (Michigan State University)
Samuel Workman (University of Texas, Austin)
“Institution Building for a New War on Poverty”
Sarah E. Reckhow (Michigan State University)
Margaret Weir (University of California, Berkeley)
“Framing the Policy Agenda in America’s Suburbs”
Laura Evans (University of Washington)
“Policy-Centered Learning in the Local Arena: Policy Feedback Effects from Community Policing”
Elaine B. Sharp (University of Kansas)
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Comparative Health System Reform
Secondary Sponsor: Health Politics and Policy
Chair: Professor Ellen M. Immergut (Humboldt University Berlin)
Discussants:
Theodore R. Marmor (Yale University)
Ellen M. Immergut (Humboldt University Berlin)
Papers:
“Paths of Progress in Healthcare Reform: the Scale and Pace of Change in Four Advanced
Nations”
Carolyn Hughes Tuohy (University of Toronto)
“Striving for Cost-Effective Solutions for Drug Coverage: The Impossible Dream?”
Jillian Clare Kohler (University of Toronto)
“Healthcare Reform under the New Japanese Government from a Comparative Perspective”
Toshiyuki Nishikawa (Surugadai University)
“Regulating Medical Goods, Services, and People: Making Markets in European Union
Healthcare”
Scott L. Greer (University of Michigan)
Joseph Amodeo (SUNY, University at Albany)
Holly Jarman (SUNY, University at Albany)
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Co-Sponsored Panels—Public Policy is Secondary Co-Sponsor
The Politics of Non-State Social Welfare in the Global South
Primary Sponsor: Comparative Politics
Chair: Joan M. Nelson (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Discussants:
James W. McGuire (Wesleyan University)
Joan M. Nelson (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Papers:
"The Politics of Non-State Social Welfare in the Global South"
Lauren M. Morris MacLean (Indiana University)
Melani Cammett (Brown University)
"The Politics and Consequences of Privatizing Social Welfare in Post-Communist States: The Case
of the Russian Federation"
Linda J. Cook (Brown University)
"Surrogates for the Government? NGOs and the State in Kenya"
Jennifer N. Brass (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Politics of Providing Hard Infrastructure for Social Welfare: Private Water Utilities as Nonstate Providers in Latin America"
Alison E. Post (University of California, Berkeley)
The Blunders of our Governments: Policy Failure by Commission and Omission
Primary Sponsor: Public Administration
Chair: Anthony King (University of Essex)
Discussants:
Graham K. Wilson (Boston University)
Papers:
"On the Causes of Domestic Policy Failure in UK Government"
Ivor Crewe (University of Essex)
Anthony King (University of Essex)
"Zero Credit Policymaking: A Schumpeterian Perspective on Government Failure"
Eric M. Patashnik (University of Virginia)
Alan Gerber (Yale University)
“The Evolution of Populism and the Causes of Policy Failure”
Paul J. Quirk (University of British Columbia)
"How to Recognize a Government Failure When You See One: Towards a Framework for the
Analyses of Government Failures"
Mark Bovens (Utrecht University)
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Policy in the Layers: Policy Making in a Federal System
Primary Sponsor: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
Chair: Scott W. Allard (University of Chicago)
Discussants:
Jennifer M. Jensen (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Mark Carl Rom (Georgetown University)
Papers:
“The Effects of Practice on Policy and Politics: Achieving Equality in American Schools”
Susan L. Moffitt (Brown University)
David Cohen (University of Michigan)
“Welfare Benefits, Competitive Races, and Policy Diffusion: Toward a Theory of Pressure Group
Intensity"
Srinivas Parinandi (University of Michigan)
“Actor-Centered Approaches to the Study of Policy Performance in Federal Systems”
Sonja Walti (American University)
“Advancing Social Policy Agendas through Counter-Cyclical Economic Policy: Can They Be
Sustained?”
Stephen Weatherford (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Welfare Reform and the Politics of Poverty
Primary Sponsor: State Politics and Policy
Chair: Elizabeth Rigby (George Washington University)
Discussants:
Elizabeth Rigby (George Washington University)
Holona Ochs (Lehigh University)
Papers:
“The Dynamics of Welfare Reform in the American States”
Renée J. Johnson (Kent State University)
David Hedge (University of Florida)
Hyun Yun (Texas State University)
“A State Level Analysis of Immigration’s Impact on Welfare Reform”
Jason Kehrberg (University of Kentucky)
“Welfare Policymaking and Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in U.S. State
Legislatures”
Beth Reingold (Emory University)
Adrienne Smith (Emory University)
“Voices in the Margins: Representation in Anti-Poverty Policymaking”
Catherine Paden (Simmons College)
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What's Next for US Cities? Economic Policy in a Down Economy
Primary Sponsor: Urban Politics
Chair: Annette Steinacker (Loyola University, Chicago)
Discussants:
Richard C. Feiock (Florida State University)
Papers:
"A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles and San Diego Infrastructure Strategies and Economic
Development"
Steven P. Erie (University of California, San Diego)
Vladimir Kogan (University of Calfornia at San Diego)
Scott MacKenzie (University of California, Davis)
"What Works in Regional Economic Development: Human Capital, Infrastructure, Both?”
Annette Steinacker (Loyola University, Chicago)
Darrene Hackler (George Mason University)
"The Consequences of Local Infrastructure Investment for Tax Capacity and Effort"
Benoy Jacob (Claremont Graduate University)
"The Federal Stimulus Plan: Help for Cities?"
Christopher W. Hoene (National League of Cities)
Michael Pagano (University of Illinois at Chicago)
"Broadband in Cities and ARRA: How Viable Is this Economic Development Strategy"
Darrene Hackler (George Mason University)
Measurement and Explanation in U.S. Environmental Policy
Primary Sponsor: Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics
Chair: Dorothy Daley (University of Kansas)
Discussants:
Dorothy Daley (University of Kansas)
Mark C. Stephan (Washington State University, Vancouver)
Papers:
“Environmental (In)Justice and Regulatory Compliance Bias”
Christopher M. Reenock (Florida State University)
“What Is the Political Face of an Environmental Impact Statement?”
Patricia Cavanaugh (Carleton College)
“The Politics of Renewable Portfolio Standards and Clean Energy Production in the States”
Richard C. Feiock (Florida State University)
Hongtao Yi (Florida State University)
“Measuring Environmental Policies: Alternative Measures and What They Mean”
John Hoornbeek (Kent State University)
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Mobilization of Interests in Health Policy Development
Primary Sponsor: Health Politics and Policy
Chair: Karen Baird (SUNY Purchase)
Discussants:
Deborah Stone (Dartmouth College)
Brad McKay ()
Papers:
"Silent Voices: Medicaid Recipients, the Uninsured and the Politics of Quiescence"
Jamila D. Celestine Michener (University of Chicago)
"Little Fish, Red Tape, and Feeling Good: Why Groups Seek “Private” Policy"
Patricia Strach (Harvard University)
""Feeling Rules": How Emotions Matter in the Field of Autistic Activism"
Michael Orsini (University of Ottawa)
Sarah Wiebe (University of Ottawa)
"Political Engagement of Nurses as an Organized Interest: 1993-2009"
Sally S. Cohen (University of New Mexico)
Julie Sochalski (University of Pennsylvania)
Ulrike Muench (Yale University)
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Public Policy Section Poster Sessions
Theme: Comparative
Discussant:
Alan Jacobs (University of British Columbia)
Posters:
“The Work-Family Tradeoff: How Some Countries Are Managing Better than Others”
Lindsay B. Flynn (University of Virginia)
"Policies for Children's Wellbeing: A Comparative Analysis"
Helena Stensöta (Linnaeus University)
“The Statist Perspective Revisited: A Study of Policy Issues and Actors in Economic Policymaking
in Korea”
Jiso Yoon (Pennsylvania State University)
“The Constrained Left and its Adverse Impact on Losers of Globalization”
Evelyne Huebscher (European University Institute)
Theme: Policy Process
Discussant:
Thomas Oliver (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Posters:
“Winners and Losers in the Swiss Legislative Process: The Indirect Effects of Direct Democracy”
Denise Traber (University of Geneva)
“The Evolution of Policy Tools and Networks in Legislatures”
Thad Hall (University of Utah)
“The Influence of Policy Networks on Policy Changes: Lessons from the Korean Stem Cell
Research Policy Changes during 1997-2008”
Myong Hwa Lee (Northern Illinois University)
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Theme: Policy Process
Discussant:
Susan Moffitt (Brown University)
Posters:
“Categorizing Risk Behavior”
Gitte Sommer Harrits (University of Aarhus)
“Evidence and Beliefs Used in Congressional Hearings to Influence Federal Child Welfare
Policymaking”
Heather R. Edwards (Howard University)
“Technology Governance in Uncertain Times: Collaborative Capacities in Internet and
Environment Cross-National Policy Arenas”
Nanette S. Levinson (American University)
Laura McGinnis (American University)
Theme: Education
Discussant:
Luciana Dar (University of California, Riverside)
Posters:
“An Ethnographic Analysis of Public Policies: Productions and Negotiations of Educational
Policies in France”
Barrault Lorenzo (University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne)
“Hard Times and Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Canada and the United States”
Vasiliki Amanda Bednar (University of Toronto)
Kelsey Norman (University of Toronto)
“Who is to Blame? A Content Analysis of Community Media Framing of High School Dropouts
and Dropout Rates”
Kenneth S. Rogerson (Duke University)
“Opposition by the States: How Negative Responses to the No Child Left Behind Act has
Impacted the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act”
Marissa Silber Grayson (University of Florida)