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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF TAIWAN MA COURSE Syllabus 2008-2009 Thursday 3.00-5.00 Russell Square Campus: Room 273 Course Coordinator: Dr Dafydd Fell Office Hours: Wednesdays 2-3 and by appointment. Office Room: 204 Email: [email protected] Course Scope: This course aims to examine the political processes that have shaped the Republic of China on Taiwan since 1949, with particular emphasis on the last two decades. In the first part of the course Taiwan’s transition from authoritarianism to multiparty democracy is examined. This is followed by units on electoral politics, party politics, external relations, social movements and identity politics. Students will be encouraged to compare and contrast the political transformation in Taiwan with those in other developing countries and mature democracies. Course Schedule: 1. October 2: Introduction to Taiwanese Politics 2. October 9: Authoritarian Rule: The Politics of Martial Law Taiwan 3. October 16: Transition to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation 4. October 23: Electoral Politics & Voting Behaviour 5. October 30: Party Politics in Taiwan 6. November 6: Reading Week 7. November 13: Competing National identities 8. November 20: National identities, democracy and Taiwan’s external relations 9. November 27: Inner Party Democracy, and Local and Factional Politics 10. December 4: Social Welfare System & Social Movements 11. December 11: Assessing Democratic Consolidation and Changes in Ruling Parties 12. Review Class Term 3 week 1 Coursework: 1 essay (c.3,500 words) to be submitted; to count toward final assessment. Essay due by Thursday 18th January 2009; Examination: Students will be required to sit a two-hour written examination in the third term. Class Participation: Class participation is not formally assessed, but students are expected to contribute to the class regularly and meaningfully. In each class one or two students will make a short presentation on the readings. Reading Requirement: Students should expect to read the equivalent of a book a week, and more when assigned presentations. Class Format: This will vary according to the lecturer. Usually there will be about 60-70 minutes of lecture, followed by student presentations and class discussion for the rest of the session. Seminars, conferences and public lectures: In addition, to the Taiwan politics studies class we will also arrange a series of seminars and public lectures, which students are strongly encouraged to attend. Reading List for Government and Politics in Taiwan (O) Readings available online © Readings included in Politics of Modern Taiwan Collection For an introduction to Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and External Relations students should look at the following books Rigger, Shelley. 1999. Politics in Taiwan: Voting For Democracy. London: Routledge. Roy, Denny. 2003. Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Fell, Dafydd Party Politics in Taiwan (London: Routledge, 2005). Week 1 Introduction to Taiwanese Politics Rigger, Shelley. 2002. “Political Science and Taiwan’s Domestic Politics: The State of the Field.” Issues and Studies38, no 4: 49-92. Chao, Linda and Ramon Myers. The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.1-18. Roy, Denny.2003. Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapter 1 Rubinstein, Murray, ed. 2003. Taiwan: A New History. New York: ME Sharpe. Chap 16. Week 2 Authoritarian Rule: The Politics of Martial Law Taiwan Hague, Rod and Martin Harrup. 2001. Comparative Government and Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapter 3. (O)& © Yun-han, Chu and Jih-wen Lin, ‘Political Development in 20th-Century Taiwan: State-Building, Regime Transformation and the Construction of National Identity,’ China Quarterly, No. 165, 2001, pp.102-129 Rigger, Shelley.1999. Politics in Taiwan: Voting For Democracy. London: Routledge. P55-130. Tien Hung-mao. 1989. The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China. New York: ME Sharpe (skim all) Roy, Denny. 2003. Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapters 3-4 Rubinstein, Murray, ed. 2003. Taiwan: A New History. New York: ME Sharpe. Chapters 10-11. Tsang, Steve. 1993. “Chiang Kaishek and the Kuomintang’s Policy to Reconquer the Mainland1949-1958.” In In the Shadow of China: Political Developments in Taiwan Since 1949. Ed. Steve Tsang.Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. (O) ©Bruce Dickson, ‘Lessons of Defeat: The Reorganization of the Kuomintang on Taiwan, 1950-52,’ The China Quarterly, No. 133, 1993, pp.56-84. Dickson, Bruce. 1996. The Kuomintang before Democratization: Organizational Change and the Role of Elections. In Tien Hong-mao ed. Taiwan’s Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe. Week 3 Transition to Democracy and Implications of democracy Hague, Rod and Martin Harrup. 2001. Comparative Government and Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapter 2. (O) ©Tun-jen, Cheng, ‘Democratizing a Quasi-Leninist Regime in Taiwan,’ World Politics, 41, 4, 1989, pp. 471-499. © Shelley Rigger, ‘Voting for Democracy (chapter 1),’ Politics in Taiwan: Voting For Democracy, (London: Routledge, 1998), pp.1-33 & 178-193. (O) © Linda Chao and Ramon Myers, ‘How Elections Promoted Democracy in Taiwan under Martial Law,’ The China Quarterly, No. 162, Special Issue: Elections and Democracy in Greater China, 2000, pp. 387-409. © Jih-wen, Lin, ‘Democratization under One-party Dominance: Explaining Taiwan’s Paradoxical Transition,’ Issues and Studies, 35, 6, 1999, pp.1-28. (O) © John Higley, Tong-yi, Huang, and Tse-min, Lin, ‘Elite Settlements in Taiwan,’ Journal of Democracy, 9, 2, 1998, pp.148-164. © Jih-wen, Lin, ‘Transition through Transaction: Taiwan’s Constitutional Reforms in the Lee Teng-hui,’ in Wei-chin, Lee and T.Y. Wang (eds.), Sayonara to the Lee Teng-hui Era: Politics in Taiwan, 1988-2000, (Lanham: University Press of America, 2002), pp. 63-89. Religion and democracy © Murray Rubinstein, ‘The Presbyterian Church in the Formation of Taiwan’s Democratic Society, 1945-2001,’ in Tun-jen, Cheng and Deborah Brown (eds.), Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case studies from Contemporary Asia, (Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2006), pp.109-135. © André Laliberté, ‘Buddhism for the Human Realm and Taiwanese Democracy,’ in Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah Brown (eds.), Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case studies from Contemporary Asia, (Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2006), pp. 55-82. Policy implications of democratization (O) ©Shui-yan, Tang and Ching-ping, Tang, ‘Democratization and the Environment: Entrepreneurial Politics and Interest Representation in Taiwan,’ The China Quarterly, No. 158, 1999, pp.350-366. (O) © Dafydd Fell, ‘Political and media liberalization and political corruption in Taiwan,’ The China Quarterly, No.184, 2005, pp. 875-93. © Christian Goebel, ‘Beheading the Hydra: Combating Political Corruption and Organised Crime in the KMT and DPP Eras,’ in Dafydd Fell, Henning Kloeter and Bi-yu, Chang (eds.), What has changed? Taiwan Before and After the Change in Ruling Parties, (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006), pp. 61-82. Week 4 Electoral Politics & Voting Behaviour Hague, Rod and Martin Harrup. 2001. Comparative Government and Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapter 9. ©John Fuh-sheng, Hsieh, ‘Change and Continuity in Taiwan’s Electoral Politics,’ in John Hsieh and David Newman (eds.), How Asia Votes, (New York: Chatham House Publishers, 2002), pp.32-49. ©Gary Rawnsley, ‘Democratisation and election campaigning in Taiwan: professionalizing the professionals,’ in Katrin Voltmer (ed.), Mass Media and Political Communication in New democracies, (London: Routledge, 2006), pp. 133-151. Dafydd Fell, Party Politics in Taiwan: Chapter 3 Shelley Rigger. Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy. Ch 2 and 7 Tsong-jyi Lin. 2002. “Evolution of National Identity Issues in Democratizing Taiwan” In Memories of the Future. National Identity Issues and the Search for a New Taiwan. Ed Stephane Corcuff . Armonk: ME Sharpe. (O)John Hsieh Fu-sheng & Emerson Niou. “Salient Issues in Taiwan’s Electoral Politics.” http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/cgots John Hsieh. 1996. “The SNTV System and its Political Implications.” In Taiwan’s Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition, Riding the Third Wave. Ed Tien Hung-mao. Armonk, New York: ME Sharpe. Wang Yeh-lih. 1996. “The Political Consequences of the Electoral System: Single Non-Transferable Voting in Taiwan.” Issues and Studies 32, no. 8:85-104. Ho, Chin-ming. 1999. “Determinants of Voting Behaviour: An Analysis of the 1997 County Magistrate and City Mayoral Elections in Taiwan.” Issues and Studies 35, no. 2:148-64. (O)Hsieh, John, Dean Lacy and Emmerson Niou. “Retrospective and Prospective Voting in a One Party Dominant Democracy: Taiwan’s 1996 Presidential Election.” Paper available at http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/cgots Week 5 Party Politics in Taiwan Hague, Rod and Martin Harrup. 2001. Comparative Government and Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Chapter 11. Tun-jen, Cheng and Yung-ming, Hsu, ‘Issue Structure, the DPP's Factionalism and Party Realignment,’ in Hung-mao, Tien (ed.), Taiwan's Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave, (Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), pp. 137-174. (O)Ching-hsin, Yu, ‘The Evolution of Party System in Taiwan, 1995~2004,’ Journal of Asian and African Studies, 40, 1/2, 2005, pp.105-129. (O)Chiung-chu, Lin, ‘The Evolution of Party Images and Party System in Taiwan, 1992-2004,’ East Asia: An