Preliminary Program - Research Committee Sessions (RC) RC12 RC12.202 Chair Discussant Papers RC12.203 Chair Discussant Papers BIOLOGY AND POLITICS Biology and Politics: Current Directions in Research Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11:00 to 12:55 - FEN, P 201 Somit, Albert - Southern Illinois University, United States of America, a.somit@roadrunner.com Peterson, Steven - Penn State Harrisburg, United States of America, sap12@psu.edu Digging Up the Past: The Circulation of Biovalue Across Space and Time Fletcher, Amy Lynn - University of Canterbury, New Zealand, amy.fletcher@canterbury.ac.nz Electronic Medical Records (EMRs): A Key to Better Health Care Funke, O<strong>de</strong>lia - Environmental Protection Agency, United States of America, funke.o<strong>de</strong>lia@epa.gov Evolution and Politics Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:00 to 12:55 - FEN, P 201 Wiatr, Jerzy - European School of Law and Administration, Poland, jwiatr@ewspa.edu.pl Wiatr, Jerzy - European School of Law and Administration, Poland, jwiatr@ewspa.edu.pl Biopolicy: The Evolutionary Context *Peterson, Steven - Penn State Harrisburg, United States of America, sap12@psu.edu Somit, Albert - Southern Illinois University, United States of America, a.somit@roadrunner.com Methodology, Political Philosophy, and Biopolitics Tannenbaum, Donald - Gettysburg College, United States of America, dtannenb@gettysburg.edu The Genetic Heritability of Survey Response Styles Littvay, Levente - Central European University, Hungary, littvayl@ceu.hu 126 21st World Congress of Political Science July 12-16 2009, Santiago, Chile
Preliminary Program - Research Committee Sessions (RC) RC13 RC13.214 Chair Discussant Papers RC13.239 Chair Co-Chairs Discussant Papers RC13.521 Chair Discussant Papers COMPARATIVE DEMOCRATIZATION Problems of Democratization at the Sub-National Level Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 09:00 to 10:55 - FEN, H 006 Gozetto, Andrea - Nove <strong>de</strong> Julho University, Brazil, acjoliveira@ig.com.br O'Donnell, Guillermo - University of Notre Dame/National University of San Martín, Argentina, odonnell.1@nd.edu Subnational Authoritarian Politics and Policy Choices in the Brazilian State of Bahia Souza, Celina - Fe<strong>de</strong>ral University of Bahia, Brazil, celina@ufba.br The Swan Song of Political Bosses: Social Policies, Vertical Competition and Electoral Change in the Brazilian States Borges, André - Fe<strong>de</strong>ral University of Bahia, Brazil, andreb_carvalho@yahoo.com.br Authoritarian and Democratic Regime Types at the Sub-National Level in Russia Saikkonen, Inga - University of Oxford, United Kingdom, inga.saikkonen@sant.ox.ac.uk Plebian Democracy and Tamil (Sub) Nationalism: A Story from India V, Geetha - Tara Books, India, geethv@gmail.com The Unevenness of Democracy at the Sub-National Level: Provincial Closed Games in Argentina Behrend, Jacqueline - National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, jacqui_behrend@hotmail.com Subnational Authoritarianism and Territorial Politics: Charting the Theoretical Landscape Gibson, Edward - Northwestern University, United States of America, egibson@northwestern.edu Joint Panel with RC26: From Past Injustice to Reconciliation and Democracy Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:00 to 12:55 - FEN, H 203 Mihr, Anja - European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization, Italy, anjamihr@aol.com Halmai, Gábor - Eötvös Lóránd University, Hungary, halmaigabor@gmail.com Gomez, Felipe - University of Deusto, Spain, fegomez@<strong>de</strong>r.<strong>de</strong>usto.es Gomez, Felipe - University of Deusto, Spain, fegomez@<strong>de</strong>r.<strong>de</strong>usto.es The Impact of Acts of Reconciliation on Democracies: A Comparative Case Study Mihr, Anja - European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization, Italy, anjamihr@aol.com A Natural Experiment in Transitional Justice Dimitríjevics, Anna - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, ad496@cam.ac.uk Reconciliation and Democratization: Lessons from Two Asian Countries - Nepal and Timor-Leste Adhikari, Bipin C. - Lawyer, Nepal, lawyers_inc_nepal@yahoo.com From Injustice and Abuse to Reconciliation and Democracy: Lessons from Sierra Leone Ejidike, Martin - University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, ejidike@un.org Political Institutions in Non<strong>de</strong>mocratic Regimes: State-Society Relations from Above and Below Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 15:00 to 16:55 - FEN, H 203 Albrecht, Holger - American University in Cairo, The, Egypt, albrecht@aucegypt.edu Whitehead, Laurence - University of Oxford, Nuffield College, United Kingdom, laurence.whitehead@nuffield.ox.ac.uk State-Society Relations in Kyrgyzstan: A Qualitative Study of Local Politics Satybaldieva, Elmira - University of Kent, United Kingdom, eas21@kent.ac.uk Institutional Innovations in Democratic Participation and Governance in Grassroots Urban China Og<strong>de</strong>n, Suzanne - Northeastern University, United States of America, s.og<strong>de</strong>n@neu.edu Ngeow, Chow Bing - Northeastern University, United States of America, ngeow.c@neu.edu 21st World Congress of Political Science July 12-16 2009, Santiago, Chile 127