APSA panels

I’ll be attending the APSA conference in Philadelphia, arriving Friday, and leaving Sunday morning. Below the fold is a list of panels that I thought looked interesting on the basis of a quick browse through the APSA website – feel free to add others in comments.

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Reforming the European Social Model

Thursday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM

Pennsylvania Convention Center 107A

Friends, Not Foes: But What Kind of Friendship?
Maurizio Ferrera, maurizio.ferrera@unimi.it, Milan University

Bypasses to a Social Europe? Lessons From the Federal Experience
Stephan Leibfried, stlf@zes.uni-bremen.de, University of Bremen

Challenges Facing the EU: Scope for a Coherent Response
Graham Room, hssgjr@bath.ac.uk, University of Bath

Is There a Social Route to Welfare Reforms in Europe?
Bruno Palier, bruno.palier@sciences-po.fr, Sciences-Po

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Power Beyond the State: International Institutions, Transnational Activism, and Global Governance

Thursday, Aug 31, 10:15 AM

Pennsylvania Convention Center 103C

The New Transnationalism and Comparative Politics
Hans Peter Schmitz, hpschmit@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University
Mitchell A. Orenstein, maorenst@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University

Robert O. Keohane, rkeohane@Princeton.EDU, Princeton University
Kathryn Sikkink, sikkink@polisci.umn.edu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Capacity, Coercion, Consent: Comparative Politics of the Tax State

Thursday, Aug 31, 10:15 AM

Revenue Bargains, Compliance Strategies and State Building in Eastern Europe
Gerald M. Easter, easterg@bc.edu, Boston College

Contingent Consent: Export Taxation and State Building in Mauritius
Deborah A. Brautigam, dbrauti@american.edu, American University

State Finance and Political Accountability in East Africa
Clark C. Gibson, ccgibson@ucsd.edu, University of California, San Diego
Barak Hoffman, bdhoffma@ucsd.edu, University of California, San Diego

Taxation and the State in Rural China
Xiaobo Lu, Barnard College-Columbia University
Thomas P. Bernstein, tpb1@columbia.edu, Columbia University

Margaret Levi, mlevi@u.washington.edu, University of Washington, Seattle

Political Communication on the Internet

Thursday, Aug 31, 10:15 AM

Pennsylvania Convention Center

204A

Getting the Message Out: A Two-Step Model of the Role of the Internet in Campaign Communication Flows during the 2005 British General Election
Pippa Norris, Pippa_Norris@Harvard.edu, Harvard University
John Kevin Curtice, j.curtice@strath.ac.uk, University of Strathclyde

Professionalization in Online Campaigning? A Longitudinal Analysis of German Party Web Sites in the 2002 and 2005 National Elections
Eva Johanna Schweitzer, eva.schweitzer@uni-mainz.de, U of Mainz

Levelling the Electoral Communication Playing Field? The Hype and the Reality of Campaign Blogging
James Stanyer, j.stanyer@lboro.ac.uk, Loughborough University

Connecting Online and Offline Networks: Does the Internet Encourage or Discourage Deliberative Democracy?
Magdalena Elzbieta Wojcieszak, magdalena@asc.upenn.edu, University of Pennsylvania

Digital Imaginaries of Power: National Minorities, Cyberspace, and the New Politics of Reality
Robert A. Saunders, robert_a_saunders@hotmail.com, Rutgers University

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Power and Historical Institutionalism Thursday, Aug 31, 2:00 PM

Pennsylvania Convention Center 103B

Jane Mansbridge, jane_mansbridge@harvard.edu, Harvard University
Paul Pierson, pierson@berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley
Matthew A. Crenson, crenson@jhu.edu, Johns Hopkins University
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Polarization, Parties, and Power: Partisanship and the Balance of Power in American Politics

Thursday, Aug 31, 4:15 PM

Pennsylvania Convention Center
Room: 103B

John Ferejohn, ferejohn@stanford.edu, Stanford University
Morris Fiorina, mfiorina@stanford.edu, Stanford University
William A. Galston, wgalston@brookings.edu, The Brookings Institution
Thomas E. Mann, tmann@brookings.edu, Brookings Institution
David W. Brady, dbrady@stanford.edu, Stanford University
Hahrie C. Han, hhan@wellesley.edu, Wellesley College

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Can There Be Democracy Without Community in the EU?

Thursday, Aug 31, 4:15 PM

Pennsylvania Convention Center 202B

Gary Marks, marks@unc.edu, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Amitai Etzioni, etzioni@gwu.edu, George Washington University
James A. Caporaso, caporaso@u.washington.edu, University of Washington
Andrew Moravcsik, amoravcs@princeton.edu, Princeton University

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Friday, Sep 1, 8:00 AM: T-16 Theme Roundtable: Has There Really Been a Republican Revolution?

Marriott
Room: Salon E

Paul Pierson, pierson@berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley
Jacob S. Hacker, jacob.hacker@yale.edu, Yale University
Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
Thomas E. Mann, tmann@brookings.edu, Brookings Institution
Sidney M. Milkis, smm8e@s1.mail.virginia.edu, University of Virginia

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Constitutional Crisis or Constitutional Compromise in the European Union?

Friday, Sep 1, 8:00 AM

Marriott Salon A

Martin Shapiro, shapirom@law.berkeley.edu, University of California-Berkeley
Alberta M. Sbragia, sbragia@pitt.edu, University of Pittsburgh
Liesbet Hooghe, hooghe@unc.edu, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Anand Menon, a.menon@bham.ac.uk, University of Birmingham
R. Daniel Kelemen, daniel.kelemen@politics.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University
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The Social Sources of Political Power

Friday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM

Marriott Salon E

Larry M. Bartels, bartels@princeton.edu, Princeton University
Nancy Burns, nburns@umich.edu, University of Michigan
Michael C. Dawson, mc-dawson@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago
Thomas Bryne Edsall, The Washington Post
Theda Skocpol, skocpol@fas.harvard.edu, Harvard University

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The Whos and Hows of Political Blogging

Friday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM

Pennsylvania Convention Center
Room: 204B

How Conspiracies Rise, Spread and Fall: The Case of Voter Fraud, the Blogosphere and the 2004 Election
Kevin Jay Wallsten, wallsten@uclink.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley

Representation and Blogs: Advertising, Credit Claiming, and Position Taking?
Antoinette Pole, apole@brown.edu, Brown University

Blogs, the Mainstream Media, and the War in Iraq
Cari Lynn Hennessy, c-hennessy@northwestern.edu, Northwestern University
Paul S. Martin, pmartin@virginia.edu, University of Virginia

Bloggers As Political Entrepreneurs: New Venues, New Opportunties
Laura McKenna, LauraM1111@aol.com,

Campaign Blogs in 2004 and Beyond: The Care, Feeding and Harvesting of Online Communities of Supporters
Joel D. Bloom, jbloom@uoregon.edu, University of Orgeon
Matthew R. Kerbel, matthew.kerbel@villanova.edu, Villanova University

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Roundtable on Ira Katznelson’s ‘When Affirmative Action was White’

Friday, Sep 1, 2:00 PM

Marriott Salon E

Kim M. Williams, Kim_Williams@harvard.edu, Harvard University
Fredrick C. Harris, fredrick.harris@rochester.edu, University of Rochester
Jane Mansbridge, jane_mansbridge@harvard.edu, Harvard University
Richard F. Bensel, rfb2@cornell.edu, Cornell University

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The Politics of the European Constitution

Loews Commonwealth A1

Comparative Federalism and the European Constitution
Jan Erk, jan_erk@hotmail.com, Leiden University

The Art of Political Manipulation in the European Constitutional Convention
Sven-Oliver Proksch, proksch@ucla.edu, University of California, Los Angeles
George Tsebelis, tsebelis@ucla.edu, University of California, Los Angeles

Staying Behind: Threats of Negative Consequences in Case of Ratification Failure in the EU Constitutional Treaty
Hartmut Lenz, hlenz@essex.ac.uk, University of Essex

The Importance of a Unified Public in Negotiating the European Constitution
Christine Arnold, Universiteit Maastricht
Han Dorussen, hdorus@essex.ac.uk, University of Essex
Madeleine O. Hosli, hosli@fsw.leidenuniv.nl, Leiden University
Hartmut Lenz, hlenz@essex.ac.uk, University of Essex

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Power Dynamics

Friday, Sep 1, 4:15 PM

Marriott 308

Valuing Exit Options
Jenna Bednar, jbednar@umich.edu, University of Michigan

Military Competition, Types of Wealth and State Formation: An Agent-Based Model
Carles Boix, cboix@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago
Bruno Codenotti, bruno.codenotti@iit.cnr.it, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Giovanni Resta, giovanni.rest@iit.cnr.it, Instituto di Informatica e Telematica

Economic Inequality and Political Power: A Comparative Analysis of Argentina and Brazil
James K. Galbraith, Galbraith@mail.utexas.edu, University of Texas at Austin
Laura T. Spagnolo, lauraspagnolo@mail.utexas.edu, University of Texas at Austin
Sergio Moraes Pinto, slmpinto@gvmail.br, Fundacao Getulio Vargas

A Model of Policy Integration in the Face of Union Enlargement
Nikitas Konstantinidis, nkonstan@Princeton.EDU, Princeton University

Riot Politics: Explaining Violent Conflict in India, 1970-2000
Sunita A. Parikh, saparikh@artsci.wustl.edu, Washington University
Martin Battle, martin.battle@murraystate.edu, Washington University

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Electoral Institutions and Varieties of Capitalism

Saturday, Sep 2, 4:15 PM

Pennsylvania Convention Center 105B

Does Globalization Affect Electoral Systems? Three Conflicting Theories
Ronald L. Rogowski, rogowski@international.ucla.edu, University of California, Los Angeles

Distribution and Redistribution: The Shadow of the Nineteenth Century
Torben Iversen, iversen@fas.harvard.edu, Harvard University
David Soskice, soskice@duke.edu, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin

Political Parties and the Origins of Employer Organizations
Cathie Jo Martin, cjmartin@bu.edu, Boston University
Duane H. Swank, duane.swank@marquette.edu, Marquette University

Federalism, Decentralization, and the Coordination of Social Policies
Erik M. Wibbels, ewibbels@u.washington.edu, University of Washington
Eric M. Jepsen, eric.jepsen@usd.edu, University of South Dakota

Peter A. Gourevitch, pgourevitch@ucsd.edu, University of California, San Diego