Course Information
Course title
Seminar on Asian Democratization 
Semester
110-2 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Instructor
MIN-HUA HUANG 
Curriculum Number
PS5701 
Curriculum Identity Number
322EU2370 
Class
 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Tuesday 8,9(15:30~17:20) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 100.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 70. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1102PS5701_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

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. 

Course Objective
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.
 
Course Requirement
There are different requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. For graduate students, there are two assignments (50%) due at the week 7 (Mar 29) and week 13 (May 10). 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 (Jun 7). For undergraduate students, there is only one written assignment (30%) due at week 11 (Apr 26), 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 (Jun 7). There is no restriction on the topic, but it has to be related to this course.

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

Seminar on Asian Democratization (Week 16 Class)
https://ntucc.webex.com/ntucc/j.php?MTID=m125f458cbf4b19de1252d69f8bca698a
May 31, 2022 on 3:30pm for two hours (UTC+08:00)Taipei
Meeting Number: 2519 857 4206
Password: hHhsKF3gE33 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Appointment required. Note: Students can email to me and make an appointment to meet on weekdays. 
Designated reading
 
References
 
Grading
   
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
第1週
2/15  Introduction 
第2週
2/22  Modernization Theory 
第3週
3/01  Japan 
第4週
3/08  Korea 
第5週
3/15  Taiwan