2004 Conference
12th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science
Conference Program
Bone Student Center
Normal , Illinois
April 8, 2005
Guidelines for Presenters, Chairs, and Discussants
Participating Universities:
Boston College, Carleton College, DePaul University, Eastern Illinois University, Elgin Community College, Ferghana Polytechnic Institute (Uzbekistan), Illinois State University, Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine), Loyola University Chicago, Merrimack College, Miami University, Michigan State University, Millikin University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, North Carolina State University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, SUNJ Rutgers, Southern Illinois University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Oregon, University of Winnipeg (Canada)
Session 1: 9:45 -11:15am
Panel A1: Judicial Processes
Chair: Elizabeth Kreider, Illinois State University
Discussant: Elizabeth Gunnell, Illinois State University
Marc Bacharach, Miami University
The Supreme Court, the Death Penalty, and Evolving Standards of Decency: A History of Interpretation
Rebecca Damery, Illinois State University
Assessing the Linkage of the Courts to Democratization: An Analysis of the Judicial Systems in the Baltic States
Brandi Figari, Illinois State University
Evidentiary Standards in the State of Illinois: The Interpretation and Implementation of Supreme Court Opinions
Hugh Williams, Southern Illinois University
The History of the Right to Free Counsel
Panel 1B: International Relations and Conflict
Chair: Sergio Mercado, Illinois State University
Discussant: Devadatta Gandhi, Illinois State University
Diana Dobrovetsky, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Economics of Civil War
Jason Heretik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Counterinsurgency Lessons for the Afghan Case
Jason Hutchison, Northwestern University
The South China Sea: Confusion in Complexity
Ajit Singh, University of Winnipeg (Canada)
The Bush Doctrine: Creating Discord in International Security
Panel 1C: Community and Economic Development
Chair: Jeri Anne Hose, Illinois State University
Discussant: Ryan Stachelski, Illinois State University
Emily IntVeld, Illinois State University
Revitalizing Rural America Through Community and Economic Development Initiatives
Nadia Negrustueva, Illinois State University
Armed Conflict and the Community Development: Case Study
Melanie Parkhurst, Illinois State University
Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice: A Feminine Approach to Community Development
Sally Peters, Illinois State University
The Art of Building Community: The Role of the Arts in Community Development
Luncheon 12:00 to 12:30pm
"Innocent on Death Row: Exonerations and Reforms in the Criminal Justice System"
Edwin Colfax
Director of the Death Penalty Education Project
Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University
SESSION 2 1:15-2:45pm
Panel 2A: Global Politics and Economics
Chair: Linda Olsen, Illinois State University
Discussant: Anthony DiMaggio, Illinois State University
Yingying Na, University of Oregon
Explaining the Transformation of the Forms of FDI in China: Economic Approach or Political and Policy Explanation?
Keith E. Noble, Miami University
What Is Globalization & What Impact Has It Had On The African Continent?
Dina Nurmukhametova, SUNJ Rutgers
Redefining the Strategy of International Development: The Limitations of Rostow's Theory of Economic Growth
Katie Robiadek, Michigan State University
An Overview of Issues Concerning International and National Approaches to Global Climate Change Management: A Look at Japan
Panel 2B: Crime and Punishment
Chair: Marc Bacharach, Miami University
Discussant: Brandi Figari, Illinois State University
Brian Page, Carleton College
Plan Colombia: An Ineffective Policy
Jonathan Reid, Illinois State University
Cook County Public Defender's Office
Mark Reynolds, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Three Strikes in California
Dana Van De Walker, Illinois State University
Black Defendant, White Jurors: The Use and Misuse of the Peremptory Challenge in the U.S. Legal System
Panel 2C: Ideas About Community
Chair: Kate James, Illinois State University
Discussant: Morag Boyd, Illinois State University
Zachary Callen, University of Chicago
Imagining the City: Urban Politics and Imagined Communities
Brian Kiger, Illinois State University
Corporate and Community: Polar Opposites?
Edward Matiasek, Illinois State University
Fasten Your Safety Belts Kids: Security from the Local to the International
Mitzi Ramos, University of Illinois at Chicago
On the Road to Political Incorporation: the Status of Hispanics in the Town of Cicero, Illinois
SESSION 3: 3:00 - 4:30pm
Panel 3A: War and Peace
Chair: Candice Thomas, Illinois State University
Discussant: Dina Nurmukhametova, SUNJ Rutgers
Vassilios Damiras, Loyola University Chicago & Oksana Koltko, Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine) \ Elgin Community College
A Political – Historical Analysis of the Greek Defense Doctrine 1974-2004: A Case of Reality or Utopia?
Thomas Ethridge, Eastern Illinois University
Small-State Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and Tuvalu
Daniel Evans, Illinois State University
Shadow Sovereignty and the Effects of Aid and the Global Economic System on Africa
Kathleen Totoonchie, Boston College
Hard and Soft Power in the Bush Doctrine: International Security and the War on Terror
Panel 3B: American Policy and Politics
Chair: Dusty Evernden, Illinois State University
Discussant: Dawn M. Peterson, Illinois State University
Tyler Clapp, Millikin University
The Battle Over Employee Rights to Unionize and Bargain Collectively in the Department of Homeland Security
Cherry Crayton, North Carolina State University
Typhoid Mary and Suck-Egg Mule: The Strange Relationship of Jesse Helms and the News Media
Jeri Anne Hose, Illinois State University
Faith Based and Community Initiative: Religion as Social Capital
Jennifer Myers, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Talking Politics: Influences on the Frequency of Political Conversation During the 2000 Presidential Election
Panel 3C: Marx, Lenin, and Machiavelli
Chair: Jon Remkus, Illinois State University
Discussant: Zachary Callen, University of Chicago
Anthony DiMaggio, Illinois State University
American Empire and the Legacy of Machiavelli
Panos Voulgaris, Merrimack College
Machiavelli: The Enduring Enigma
Vanessa Walilko, DePaul University
Revolution and the 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Panel 3D: Globalism and Development
Chair: Keith E. Noble, Miami University
Discussant: Muhammad Yusuf Farrakhan, Illinois State University
Binette, Pennsylvania State University
Compromising Emissions
Marufjon Kuchkarov, Ferghana Polytechnic Institute (Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan-On the Way of Democracy {Due to US Embassay visa policies, Mr. Kuchkarov was unable to attend}
Hannah Landis, Illinois State University
Global Imperialism or Regional Development? A New Party Line
Robert Morgan, Illinois State University
Exposing The Effects of Agent Orange on Veterans and People Involved in the Vietnam War
Kristin Leefers, Michigan State University
The Course of Political Development in Uganda and its Effect on Economic Development
Closing Address
George H. Ryan - Governor, Illinois (1999-2003)
"My Decision and Why"