Before the end of their fourth semester of study at Columbia, all
students qualifying for the M.Phil. degree must present a completed
research paper in an open departmental forum. The forum, which has come
to be known as "Mini-APSA," takes place at the end of each spring
semester. The 2008 Mini-APSA is scheduled for Friday, April 25.
Graduate Student Conference 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Click on the hyperlinked titles below to access the papers (or abstracts) that are available. Papers are in
Adobe Acrobat format.
Breakfast, 8:30am, Lindsay Rogers Common Room, 707 IAB
Session One: 9:00am - 11:00am
Panel One: American Politics I
LOCATION: 711 IAB
Chair: Robert Erikson
Kelly Rader
Malapportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives: the Effect of the 1990 Census on the Distribution of Federal Funds to States
Stephen Thompson
The Dedicated Few: An Analysis of Turnout in Presidential Primary Elections
Tom Ogorzalek
Filibuster Vigilantly: Private Actors, the American State, and Territorial Expansion
Discussants: Robert Erikson and David Epstein
Panel Two: International Relations I
LOCATION: 801 IAB
Chair: Michael Doyle
Reyko Huang
From War to Democratic Peace? Democratization after Civil War, 1945-1999
Corwin Priest
Democracy and Citizens' Liability for Unjust Acts of State
Jennifer Hudson
Imperialism and International Law in Hans Kelsen
Discussants: Michael Doyle and Tonya Putnam
Session Two: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Panel One: Comparative Politics I
LOCATION: 711 IAB
Chair: Andrew Nathan
Jessamyn Blau
The Effect of Structural Constraints on Female Political Participation: Private-Sector Skills and Legislature Professionalization
Li Li
To Be Privileged: Private Entrepreneurs’ Incentives to Political Participation in China
Mark Schneider
What’s Love Got to Do With It: An Analysis of Partisanship in India
Discussants: Andrew Nathan and John Huber
Panel Two: Comparative Politics II
LOCATION: 1302 IAB
Chair: Jack Snyder
Abeer Shaheen
Algeria in the Democratic Discourse
Brad Walrond
Point Source Economies and Democratic Performance
Discussants: Jack Snyder and Macartan Humphreys
Session Three: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Panel One: American Politics II
LOCATION: 711 IAB
Chair: Robert Lieberman
David O'Connell
Secret War, The Second State & The Second Wave: Overseeing the Overseers 1970-1980
Katherine Krimmel
Civil Rights, Civil Workplaces: Exploring the Connection Between Labor and Anti-Lynching Bills in the United States, 1937-1938
Jeffrey Lenowitz
Rejected by the People: Failed U.S. State Constitutional Conventions in the 1960s and 70s
Discussants: Robert Lieberman and Michael Ting
Panel Two: Political Theory
LOCATION: 901 IAB
Chair: David Johnston
Axel Domeyer
On the Relationship between Domestic and International Law
Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
Can the Enlightenment Still be Radical? The thought of radical autonomy in the works of Immanuel Kant and the Marquis de Sade
Mike Ravvin
Reason, Religion, and Politics: A Comparison of John Toland’s Christianity not Mysterious and John Locke’s The Reasonableness of Christianity
Sandipto Dasgupta
Ghandi - the Success of his Failure
Discussants: David Johnston and Anna Stilz
Panel Three: International Politics II
LOCATION: 1302 IAB
Chair: Richard Betts
Dianne Pfundstein
Selecting the Tools of Persuasion: An Examination of Coercive Instruments in US Targeting of Libya 1972-2008
Joel Wuthnow
The Concept of Soft Power in China’s Strategic Discourse
Andrej Tusicisny
Myth Busted: Identities, Values, and Mutual Trust in the European Community
Discussants: Richard Betts and Pablo Pinto
Session Four: 4:00pm -7:00pm
Panel One: Post Mini-APSA Party
LOCATION: Radio Perfecto Restaurant, Amsterdam Avenue between 118th and 119th
All are invited!
