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 2012 Mini-APSA is scheduled for Friday, April 27.
You may click the titles of highlighted papers to access them as pdf files.
Mini-APSA
Friday, April 27, 2012
Session One: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Panel One
The Politics of Law
Location: 707 IAB
Chaired by Turku
Isiksel
Commentators: Turku
Isiksel and Andy Nathan
- Chris Kaoutzanis, "Which EU States Appoint Judges to the EU Courts? A Surprising Uniformity"
- Michelle Chun, "Reconciling John Locke's Essays with his Two Treatises"
- Justine Guichard, "Legal reform or continuity? Conciliating National Security and Democracy in the Constitutional Court of Korea's Decisions from 1988 to 2005"
Panel Two
Policies and the
Distribution of Benefits
Location: 711 IAB
Chaired by Tim Frye
Commentators: Justin
Phillips and Tim Frye
- Johannes Hemker, "Regulating
the Skies: Interest Group Formation and the Development of Aircraft Legislation
in the United States"
- Florence Larocque, "The Decommodification of Water Supply
in Latin America and Western Europe: The Role of Welfare Policies, Inequality,
Partisanship and Water Resources"
Panel Three
Understanding Conflict
Location: 1302 IAB
Chaired by Jack
Snyder
Commentators: Jack
Snyder and Page Fortna
- Grant Gordon, "I Spy a
Genocide: An Experiment in Monitoring Conflict"
- Camille Strauss-Kahn, "Hunger Game: Unintended Consequences of Targeting Aid within Communities"
Lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room 707 IAB
Session Two: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel One
Attitudes and Actions in American Politics
Location: 711 IAB
Chaired by Jeff Lax
Commentators: Jeff
Lax and Greg Wawro
- Albert Fang, "Job
Loss and Individual-Level Attitudes toward Redistribution in the United
States"
- Camillia
Redding, "Conflicting Consciousness? How Race and Class Contribute to the Group Consciousnesses of African Americans"
- Michael Schwam-Baird, "The Preferences and Influence of Individual Donors to US Congressional Campaigns"
Panel Two
Domestic Interests and Foreign Policy
Location: 707 IAB
Chaired by Robert Jervis
Commentators: Robert
Jervis and Johannes Urpelainen
- Hyun Seung Cho, "Survival
of the Weakest: Evolution of Financial Cooperation in East Asia and the
Institutional Security Dilemma"
- Sung Eun Kim, "Domestic
Constraints and International Bargaining: Leverage or Handicap?"
Panel Three
Institutions and Processes
Location: 1302 IAB
Chaired by Massimo
Morelli
Commentators: Massimo
Morelli and Michael Ting
- Hadas Aron, "How Can a Small Group Become a Veto Player in a Democracy? The Story of
the Settlers in Israel"
- Matias Mednik, "Pathologies of
Confederations, Drawing from the Argentinean Case"
