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19 August 2008

Network panels at the political science meetings

As many readers of this blog know, the political science meetings come to Boston the week after next. As I have mentioned before, there is an emerging interest in networks in political science. My co-conspirator in leading the "Political Networks" initiative, James Fowler, compiled a list of panels at APSA with network-related themes. I thought this might be of interest to readers of the blog. If you have additional panels/papers to suggest, please add as comments.

APSA network panels

*** Thursday, Aug 28, 8:00 AM

21-9 Neighbors, Networks, and Issues in Conflict Onset and Expansion: Uncovering the Complexity of World Politics

The ConflictSpace Project: Testing Complex Models of the Diffusion of War
Paul F. Diehl
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, pdiehl@uiuc.edu
John A. Vasquez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, vasqueja@uiuc.edu
Colin Flint
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, flint@uiuc.edu
Jürgen Scheffran
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, scheffra@uiuc.edu

*** Thursday, Aug 28, 10:15 AM

17-4 / 18-1 Civilizational Polities in Domestic and International Politics (1)

Islam Between Civilization and Civil Societies: The Pervasive If Ambiguous Role of Networks and Minorities in Rethinking the Ummah Today
Bruce Bennett Lawrence
Duke University, bruce.bbl@gmail.com

22-16 Congress: Getting There Is Half the Battle

Passing the Bucks: The Member-to-Member Contribution Network in Congress
Brendan Nyhan
Duke University, bjn3@duke.edu
Michael Tofias
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, tofias@uwm.edu

*** Thursday, Aug 28, 2:00 PM

7-12 / 15-9 City Hall, Local Investment Credits and Clientelism: Comparative Historical Analysis of Local Party Dominance in Post-War France, Italy and Japan

Explaining Varied Historical Paths to Local Party Dominance in France: Allocation Patterns of Local Investment Credits and Their Impacts on Party Networks
Yohei Nakayama
University of Tokyo, y-naka@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Farewell to the Odd Twins? The Historical Transformation of Clientelistic Political Networks in Postwar Italy and Japan
Takeshi Ito
Senshu University, tito@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp
Masako Suginohara
Sophia University, ms828@goo.jp

36-31 / 38-3 Heterogeneity in Social Networks: Genes, the Internet, Information, and Participation

Online Groups and Networks: Does the Internet Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement?
Diana C. Mutz
University of Pennsylvania, mutz@sas.upenn.edu
Magdalena Elzbieta Wojcieszak
University of Pennsylvania, magdalena@asc.upenn.edu

Availability and the Centrality of Experts in the communication of political information
Robert Huckfeldt
University of California, Davis, rhuckfeldt@ucdavis.edu
T.K. Ahn
Florida State University, tahn@fsu.edu
John Barry Ryan
University of California, Davis, jbrryan@ucdavis.edu

Social Expertise and Individual Action
Scott D. McClurg
Southern Illinois University, mcclurg@siu.edu

Do Social Networks Mediate the Influence of Genes on Political Behavior?
James H. Fowler
University of California, San Diego, jhfowler@ucsd.edu

38-17 / 40-1 Social Networking and the Future of Politics and Administration

The Effects of Social Networking Websites and Youth Voter Participation
Kimberly D. Martin
University of Florida, kmartin@polisci.ufl.edu
Hans Schmeisser
University of Florida, hans42@ufl.edu

Facebook Reception: Measuring the Effectiveness of User Generated Political Ads
Leticia Bode
University of Wisconsin, Madison, lbode@wisc.edu

What Is a Social Network Worth? Facebook and Vote Share in the 2008 Presidential Primaries
Christine B. Williams
Bentley College, cwilliams@bentley.edu

Text Me When You Get There: Examining the Rising Use of Modern Communication Technology as a Resource for Latino Political Mobilization
Corinna A. Reyes
University of California, Santa Barbara

Cyber-Dissidents and Blogging as Resistance: The Internet and Opposition to Authoritarian and Oppressive Regimes
James Stanyer
Loughborough University, j.stanyer@lboro.ac.uk

PS 2 Divisions 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31

The Influence of Social Networks in the Representation of Noncitizen Immigrants
Grace Cho
University of Michigan, chog@umich.edu

Using Airports to Develop a Framework for Accountability in Governance Networks
Russell W. Mills
Kent State University, rmills2@kent.edu

Social Reinforcement, Increasing Return, and the Evolution of Policy Networks
Cheng-Lung Wang
National University of Singapore, polwcl@nus.edu.sg

Hustle and Flow: A Social Network Analysis of the American Federal Judiciary
Daniel Martin Katz
University of Michigan, dmartink@umich.edu
Derek Stafford
University of Michigan, dstaff@umich.edu

*** Thursday, Aug 28, 4:15 PM

29-12 / 22-24 Issues in State Legislatures

Political Networks and the Impact of Term Limits
Delia Bailey
Washington University, St. Louis
Betsy Sinclair
University of Chicago, betsy@uchicago.edu

38-6 Discussion, Polarization and Civicness: The Role of Political Talk in Campaigns

Developing Discourse? Citizen Involvement, Elite Polarization and the European Public Sphere
Chiara Jasson
London School of Economics, chiaraj@lse.ac.uk

Competition and Opposition in Social Networks: Does Disagreement Discourage Voter Turnout?
Lilach Nir
Hebrew University, lnir@mscc.huji.ac.il

Gender and Political Discussion Networks
Erin Cassese
West Virginia University, erin.cassese@mail.wvu.edu

*** Friday, Aug 29, 8:00 AM

6-3 Property Rights

Networks and Property Rights: Exploring the Determinants of Profit Reinvestment
Iva Bozovic
University of Southern California, bozovic@usc.edu

22-28 / 35-16 Influencing Government

Polarizers or Consensus Builders? Interest Group Coalitions in Electoral and Legislative Networks
Matt Grossmann
Michigan State University, matthewg9@gmail.com
Casey Byrne Dominguez
University of San Diego, caseydominguez@sandiego.edu

38-18 / 40-2 The Electoral Impact of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 and the Mainstream Media: How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Popularity Drive Media Coverage
Kevin Jay Wallsten
University of California, Berkeley, wallsten@uclink.berkeley.edu

MyFaceTube Politics: Assessing the Impact of Social Networking Websites on the Political Attitudes and Knowledge of Young Adults During the Early 2008 Presidential Primary Season
Jody C Baumgartner
East Carolina University, jodyb@jodyb.net
Jonathan S. Morris
East Carolina University, morrisj@ecu.edu

39-6 The Role of Networks in Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics

The Determinants of Research Collaboration: The Impacts of Work Environment
Wan-Ling Huang
University of Illinois at Chicago, whuang24@uic.edu
Eric Welch
University of Illinois, Chicago, ewwelch@uic.edu

Ideology Versus Power as Drivers of Network Cohesion: The Case of Regional Planning
Adam Henry
Harvard University, adam_henry@ksg.harvard.edu
Mark N. Lubell
University of California, Davis, mnlubell@ucdavis.edu
Mike C. McCoy
University of California, Davis, mcmccoy@ucdavis.edu

Exploring the Role of Partnerships for Sustainable ICT Projects to Bridge the Digital Divide
Laura Hosman
University of California, Berkeley, hosman@berkeley.edu

Business Networks in Environmental Politics: The Case of China
Sangbum Shin
Yonsei University, sshin@yonsei.ac.kr

Scientific and Expert Communities in Chinese Foreign Relations
Alanna Krolikowski
University of Toronto, alanna.krolikowski@utoronto.ca

*** Friday, Aug 29, 10:15 AM

4-2 Social Context and Identity

Modeling and Measuring Network-Based Social Capital
Meredith Rolfe
University of Oxford, meredith.rolfe@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

18-5 / 21-3 Alliances

Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks: Network Structure and Alliance Pathologies
Peter M. Li
National University of Singapore, pollpm@nus.edu.sg

35-18 Parties as Social Networks

527 Committees and the Political Party Network
David A. Dulio
Oakland University, ddulio@oakland.edu
Richard M. Skinner
Allegheny College, rskinner@allegheny.edu
Seth E. Masket
University of Denver, smasket@du.edu

Party Polarization in Congress: A Social Networking Approach
Andrew Waugh
University of California, San Diego, aswaugh@ucsd.edu

Multiple Affiliation and Ideological Consistency in Post-Reform Italy
Jessica Robinson Preece
University of California, Los Angeles, jrp68@ucla.edu

*** Friday, Aug 29, 2:00 PM

12-11 Distributive Politics of Developing Countries

How Many Clients Does it Take to Win an Election? Estimating the Size and Structure of Political Networks in Argentina and Chile
Maria Victoria Murillo
Columbia University, mm2140@columbia.edu
Ernesto F. Calvo
University of Houston, ecalvo@uh.edu

16-4 / 17-1 Network Analysis for International Relations (1): Theory

Markets, Hierarchies, and Networks: An Agent-Based Organizational Ecology
Danielle Jung
University of California, San Diego
David A. Lake
University of California, San Diego, dlake@ucsd.edu

Social Network Analysis
Michael D. Ward
University of Washington, mdw@u.washington.edu
Katherine Stovel
University of Washington, stovel@u.washington.edu

Network Analysis for International Relations
Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton
Princeton University, ehafner@princeton.edu
Alexander Montgomery
Reed College, ahm@reed.edu

Network Theory and the Relational Turn
Daniel H. Nexon
Georgetown University, dhn2@georgetown.edu

22-11 Legislative Deliberation, Debate, and Deception

Deliberation and Participation: A Deliberative Field Experiment
Kevin M. Esterling
University of California, Riverside, kevin.esterling@ucr.edu
David Lazer
Harvard University, David_Lazer@harvard.edu
Michael Neblo
Ohio State University, neblo.1@osu.edu

28-8 Federalism and Contemporary Challenges: Responses and Perceptions

Emergency Management: Gauging the Quality of Public and Private Sector Networks
Kiki Caruson
University of South Florida, kcaruson@cas.usf.edu
Susan A. MacManus
University of South Florida, samacmanus@aol.com

PS 4 Divisions 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Seeking New Opportunities: Global Networks and Environmental Governance in Japan and Korea
Yooil Bae
Singapore Management University, yooilbae@smu.edu.sg

*** Friday, Aug 29, 4:15 PM

8-11 / 16-5 Network Analysis for International Relations (2): Empirics

Convergence, Divergence, and Networks in the Age of Globalization: A Social Network Analysis Approach
Xun Cao
Princeton University, caox@essex.ac.uk

International Migration Flows and its Political Sources: A Network Analysis
Christian Breunig
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Xun Cao
Princeton University, caox@essex.ac.uk
Adam Luedtke
University of Utah, adamluedtke@yahoo.com

Trade Networks and the Politics of Cooperation and Conflict
Han Dorussen
University of Essex, hdorus@essex.ac.uk
Hugh Ward
University of Essex, hugh@essex.ac.uk

Intergovernmental Organizations and Global Isomorphism: The Case of Democracy
Magnus Torfason
Colombia Business School, mtt2108@columbia.edu
Paul Ingram
Columbia University, pi17@columbia.edu

When Country Interdependence is More Than Just a Nuisance: The Longitudinal Network Analysis Approach
Mark A. Pickup
University of Oxford, mark.pickup@gmail.com
Mark S. Manger
McGill University, mark.manger@mcgill.ca
Tom Snijders
University of Oxford, Tom.Snijders@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

*** Saturday, Aug 30, 8:00 AM

12-15 Governance in Transition Countries: What Role for Private Actors?

Governing Security in Weak Postcolonial States: Private Self-Help, Partnership Policing and Shadow Networks of Public-Private Rule
Jana Hoenke
Freie Universität Berlin, hoenke@zedat.fu-berlin.de

24-7 Networking, Collaborating, and Getting Things Done

Measuring and Identifying Leadership in Public Sector Networks
Michael McGuire
Indiana University, mcguirem@indiana.edu
Chris Silvia
Indiana University, cesilvia@indiana.edu

Doing Their Best: Municipalities' Struggle to Provide Social Services in Collaboration with the Non-Profit and Business Sectors
Rona Stein
Tel-Aviv University, rona.stein@gmail.com
Gila Menahem
Tel Aviv University, gilam@post.tau.ac.il

Networking Organizations in a Fragmented Policy System: How Do Collaborative Proposals Succeed in Obtaining Governmental Support?
Alfredo Ramiro Berardo
University of Arizona, berardo@email.arizona.edu

Beware of Managers Not Bearing Gifts: How Management Capacity Augments the Impact of Managerial Networking
Kenneth J. Meier
Texas A&M University, kmeier@polisci.tamu.edu
Laurence J. O'Toole
University of Georgia, cmsotool@uga.edu

*** Saturday, Aug 30, 10:15 AM

21-11 / 39-1 International Environmental Conflict and Cooperation: Evidence from New Data

What You See is What You Want: The Evolution of Monitoring Networks for Water Quality in Europe
Thomas C. Bernauer
ETH Zurich, thbe0520@ethz.ch
Anna Kalbhenn
ETH Zurich, kalbhenn@ir.gess.ethz.ch

PS 5 Divisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 38, 41, 44, 46, and 47

Network Interdependencies and Specification of Weight Matrices: A Sptial-Network Analysis of Top Corporate Tax Rates
Xun Cao
Princeton University, caox@essex.ac.uk

Persistent Patterns of International Militarized Rivalries: A Network Approach to International Rivalries
Jinyoung Kim
University of Washington, Seattle, kjinyn@u.washington.edu

Regional Integration of Trade and Intergovernmental Administrative Networks: Comparing OLS-Regression, Spatially Lagged Models and Spatial Error Model
Paul W. Thurner
University of Mannheim, paul.thurner@mzes.uni-mannheim.de

When Social Networks Undermine Democracy: Nazi Paramilitaries and the Fall of the Weimar Republic
Vincent Boutet-Lehouillier
University of Wisconsin-Madison, boutetlehoui@wisc.edu

The Illicit Arms Trade: Network Data and Analysis
David Kinsella
Portland State University, kinsella@pdx.edu

*** Saturday, Aug 30, 2:00 PM

5-15 / 33-12 Religion and Political Psychology

Attitude Formation within Political and Religious Networks
Carrie Konold
University of Michigan, ckonold@umich.edu

44-9 Informal Mechanisms Underlying Regime Stability: Comparative Evidence from the Middle East

Resilient Authoritarianism in Syria: The Role of Informal State-Business Networks
Bassam Haddad
George Mason University, bhaddad@sju.edu

*** Saturday, Aug 30, 4:15 PM

24-14 / 40-8 Blogging, eGovernment, and Public Administration

Agency-Related Blogs as Forums for Policy Networks
Julianne Mahler
George Mason University, jmahler@gmu.edu
Priscilla M. Regan
George Mason University, pregan@gmu.edu

*** Sunday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM

12-20 Violence and the Emergence of Ethnic Identity: Cleavage Construction, Conflict and Peace in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Dismantling Ethnic Frames via Networks: Defusing Separatism via Brokerage and Network Clientalism
Sherrill Stroschein
University College, London, s.stroschein@ucl.ac.uk

24-5 / 28-1 States and Feds: Complexities of Intergovernmental Management

Interstate Cooperation: Interstate Compacts and the Influence of Networks
Kathleen M. Hale
Auburn University, halekat@auburn.edu
Ramona S. McNeal
University of Northern Iowa, mcnealr@uni.edu

Regional Governance and Intergovernmental Inequality: Impacts of Collaborative Networks on Inter-Local Inequality in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and St. Louis Regions
Joo Hun Lee
University of Pittsburgh, jules529@gmail.com

38-8 Political Communication, Globalization, and Global Media Environments

Cosmopolitanism and U.S. Cities in the Global City Network
Andrew Rojecki
University of Illinois, Chicago, arojecki@uic.edu

39-10 / 40-6 Global Multistakeholder Networked Governance for Information and Communication Technology Policy

Network Governance, Information Technology and Global Religion
Michel Laguerre
University of California, Berkeley, bcgit@berkeley.edu

Communication Technology, Repressive Hierarchies and Defiant Networks: Is the State or Civil Society Winning the Information Race?
Patrick Meier
Tufts University, patrick.meier@tufts.edu

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