課程資訊
課程名稱
東亞民主化專題
Seminar on Asian Democratization 
開課學期
110-1 
授課對象
社會科學院  政治學研究所  
授課教師
黃旻華 
課號
PS5701 
課程識別碼
322EU2370 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期二8,9(15:30~17:20) 
上課地點
社科303 
備註
本課程以英語授課。比較政治。兼通識A5*。
總人數上限:141人
外系人數限制:60人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1101PS5701_ 
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課程概述

This course will introduce the democratization process of East and Southeast Asian Countries. The countries are categorized by regime types into 4 groups: liberal democracy, electoral democracy, electoral autocracy, and non-democracy. Systematic comparison will be focused on the application of the modernization theory, democratic citizenship theory, critical citizenship theory, and political socialization theory.

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Theoretical Perspectives: Modernization Theory, Democratic Citizenship, Critical Citizenship, Political Socialization
Week 3: Liberal Democracy I: Japan
Week 4: Liberal Democracy II: Korea
Week 5: Liberal Democracy III: Taiwan
Week 6: Electoral Democracy I: Philippines
Week 7: Electoral Democracy II: Thailand
Week 8: Electoral Democracy III: Indonesia
Week 9: Electoral Democracy IV: Mongolia
Week 10: Electoral Democracy V: Malaysia
Week 11: Electoral Autocracy I: Singapore
Week 12: Electoral Autocracy II: Hong Kong
Week 13: Electoral Autocracy III: Myanmar
Week 14: Electoral Autocracy IV: Cambodia
Week 15: Non-democracy I: China
Week 16: Non-democracy II: Vietnam
 

課程目標
The course aims to make students familiarize the democratization process and political development of East and Southeast Asian countries, where Asian Barometer conducted national probabilistic surveys. Students are expected to understand the trajectory of East and Southeast Asian political development and the theories that could explain the divergent trends and results. In each week, the instructor will ask students to prepare using the different theories to look at the democratization process in each country and provide their own insights and explanations. 
課程要求
There are different requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. For graduate students, there are two assignments (50%) due at the week 7 (Nov 9) and week 13 (Dec 21). Each written assignment is a two-page short essay covering a topic or country analytically. The final paper (50%) should be a research paper format between 10-15 pages due at the end of week 17 (Jan 18). For undergraduate students, there is only one written assignment (30%) due at week 11 (Dec 7), which is also a two-page short essay as well. The content can be descriptive or analytical, but has to identify a country to address. The final paper (70%) is a 5-page format due at the end of week 17 (Jan 18). There is no restriction on the topic, but it has to be related to this course.

**********Online link for the week-16 class meeting***********

https://ntucc.webex.com/ntucc/j.php?MTID=mb7b75bc3acf146c56c241607686d30a3
January 11, 2022 on 3:30pm for two hours (UTC+08:00)Taipei
Meeting Number: 2519 039 5711
Password: MPhDmkJB773 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 備註: Please email to make an appointment during the pandemic.  
指定閱讀
Weekly assigned. Please see the syllabus. 
參考書目
Week 1: (Sep 28) Introduction
*Karl W. Deutsch. (1961). Social Mobilization and Political Development.
American Political Science Review 55(3): 493-514. (Modernization Theory)

Week 2: (Oct 5) General Theories
*Samuel Huntington. (1968). Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven:
Yale University Press.
*Pippa Norris. (1999). Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic
Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapter 1. (Critical Citizenship)
*Russel Dalton. (2014). Citizen Politics. Thousand Oaks: Sage, Part 1.
(Democratic Citizenship)
*Seymour Martin Lipset. (1960). Political Man. Garden City, New York: Anchor
Books, Chapter 1. (Political Socialization)
*Ronald Inglehart. (1997). Modernization and Postmodernization. Princeton:
Princeton University Press.

Week 3 (Oct 12) Japan (Weak Opposition)
*Ethan Scheiner. (2005). Pipelines of Pork: A Model of Local Opposition Party
Failure. Comparative Political Studies 38(7):799-823.

Week 4 (Oct 19) South Korea (Political Succession Problem)
*David I. Steinberg. (2005). “The Evolution of the Political Party System and
The Future of Party Politics in the Republic of Korea” in Alexandre Y Mansourov
(ed.), A Turning Point: Democratic Consolidation in the ROK and Strategic
Readjustment in the US-ROK Alliance (Honolulu: APCSS), Chapter 7.

Week 5 (Oct 26) Taiwan (Political Polarization)
*Min-Hua Huang. (2021). “Taiwan's Democracy at Multiple Crossings: Clashes of
Partisanship, Generations, Classes, and Social Values” in Wonbin Cho and Kuyoun
Chung (eds), New Democracy in the New Normal Asia (London: Routledge), Chapter
12.

Week 6 (Nov 2) Philippines (Clientelism and Popularism)
*Julio C. Teehankee. (2012). “Clientelism and Party Politics in the
Philippines”, in Dirk Tomsa and Andreas Ufen (eds.), Party Politics in Southeast
Asia (London: Routledge), Chapter 10.

Week 7 (Nov 9) Thailand (Political Instability with Constant Coups)
*Chris Baker. (2016). The 2014 Thai Coup and Some Roots of Authoritarianism.
Journal of Contemporary Asia 46(3): 388-404.

Week 8 (Nov 16) Indonesia (Military/Secularism vs. Opposition/Islamic)
*David M. Bourchier. (2019). Two Decades of Ideological Contestation in
Indonesia: From Democratic Cosmopolitanism to Religious Nationalism. Journal of
Contemporary Asia 49(5): 713-733.

Week 9 (Nov 23) Mongolia (Instrument Use of Political Reforms)
*Munkh-Erdene, Lhamsuren. (2010). The Transformation of Mongolia's Political
System: From Semi-parliamentary to Parliamentary? Asian Survey 50(2): 311-334.

Week 10 (Nov 30) Malaysia (Impact of the First Power Transition)
*Min-Hua Huang. (2021). “Impact of Power Transition in Malaysian Changing
Democracy”, in Yun-han Chu (ed.), Asian Barometer Commemorative Volume, Chapter
27.

Week 11 (Dec 7) Singapore (Calibrated Coercion)
*Cherian George. (2007). Consolidating Authoritarian Rule: Calibrated Coercion
in Singapore. The Pacific Review 20(2): 127-145.

Week 12 (Dec 14) Hong Kong (Failed Democratization)
*Stephan Ortmann. (2016). Political Development in Hong Kong: The Failure of
Democratization. Asian International Studies Review 17(2): 199-219.

Week 13 (Dec 21) Myanmar (Failure of Elite Bargaining)
*Bridget Welsh, Kai-ping Huang, Yun-han Chu, “Myanmar’s Failed Democratization:
Conflicting Attitudes Toward Democracy”, in Yun-han Chu (ed.), Asian Barometer
Commemorative Volume, Chapter 25.

Week 14 (Dec 28) Cambodia (Thriving Opposition and the Legal Coup)
*Min-Hua Huang, “Thriving Opposition and Political Empowerment in Cambodia
Before the 2017 Party Ban”, in Yun-han Chu (ed.), Asian Barometer Commemorative
Volume, Chapter 24.

Week 15 (Jan 4) China (One-party System without Internal Pluralism)
*Minxin Pei. (2021).China: Totalitarianism's Long Shadow. Journal of Democracy
32(2):5-21.

Week 16 (Jan 11) Vietnam (One-party System with Internal Pluralism?)
*Bui, Hai Thiem. (2014). Pluralism Unleashed: the Politics of Reforming the
Vietnamese Constitution. Journal of Vietnamese Studies 9 (4) 1-32.

 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
written assignments_graduate  
50% 
Apply to graduate students 
2. 
final report_graduate 
50% 
Apply to graduate students 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
9/28  Introduction 
第2週
10/5  General Theories 
第3週
10/12  Japan (Weak Opposition) 
第4週
10/19  South Korea (Political Succession Problem) 
第5週
10/26  Taiwan (Political Polarization) 
第6週
11/2  Philippines (Clientelism and Popularism) 
第7週
11/9  Thailand (Political Instability with Constant Coups) 
第8週
11/16  Indonesia (Military/Secularism vs. Opposition/Islamic) 
第9週
11/23  Mongolia (Instrument Use of Political Reforms) 
第10週
11/30  Malaysia (Impact of the First Power Transition) 
第11週
12/7  Singapore (Calibrated Coercion) 
第12週
12/14  Hong Kong (Failed Democratization) 
第13週
12/21  Myanmar (Failure of Elite Bargaining) 
第14週
12/28  Cambodia (Thriving Opposition and the Legal Coup) 
第15週
1/4  China (One-party System without Internal Pluralism) 
第16週
1/11  Vietnam (One-party System with Internal Pluralism?)