<p> How the Public Views Democracy and its Competitors in East Asia: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective (analyzing the Third Wave of the Asian Barometer Survey) A Conference of the Taiwan Democracy Program Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University Co-Sponsored by the Program for East Asia Democratic Studies, Institute for the Advanced Studies for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University</p><p>Bechtel Conference Center, Stanford University, May 25-26, 2012</p><p>March 25 09:00 - 09:30 am Breakfast and Registration 09:30 - 09:45 am Welcoming Remarks Larry Diamond, CDDRL, Stanford University Yun-han Chu, Asian Barometer Survey</p><p>09:45-11:45 Panel I. The Challenge of Consolidating Third-Wave Democracies in East Asia Moderator: Doh Chull Shin, U.C. Irvine Paper Presenters: 1. A longitudinal and comparative analysis of citizens’ orientations toward democracy and their evaluation of the overall performance of the democratic regime, based on the three waves of the Asian Barometer Survey. (Yutzung Chang, Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond) 2. A region-wide comparison of the quality of governance and its implications for democratic legitimacy (Chong-min Park) 3. Is Taiwan’s young democracy consolidated? A Taiwan case study comparing the Wave I, II and III ABS survey data. (Jack Wu, Mark Weatherall and Yutzung Chang) Discussants: Stephan Haggard, UCSD T. J. Cheng, William and Mary</p><p>12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Break</p><p>1:00-2:30 pm Panel II: East Asian Conception of Democracy: Procedural vs. Substantive Understanding Moderator: Robert Albritton, University of Mississippi Paper Presenters: 1. A comparative descriptive account of the new findings; and the psycho-cultural and socio-demographic profiles of the people adherent to different conceptions of democracy (Lu Jie) 2. The behavioral and attitudinal consequences of divergent understandings of democracy (Min-hua Huang and Yun-han Chu) Discussants: Marta Lagos, Latinobarometro TBC</p><p>2:30-2:50 pm Coffee Break</p><p>2:50-4:50 pm Panel III: Sources of Institutional Trust Moderator: Sandeep Shastri, Jain University, Bangalore Paper Presenters: 1. A comparative analysis of how corruption erodes institutional trust (Eric Chang) 2. Partisanship and institutional trust: a comparative analysis of emerging democracies in East Asia (Tse-min Lin and Feng-yu Lee) 3. Social Trust and institutional Trust in East Asia (Ken’ichi Ikeda) Discussant: Mike Bratton, Michigan State University May 26 (Saturday)</p><p>08:45-09:00am Breakfast and Registration</p><p>09:00-10:50am Panel IV. Social Divide and the Issue of Political Inclusion (A) Moderator: Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica Paper Presenters: 1. A comparative analysis of the gender divide and the issue of political inclusion (Alex Chang and Bridget Welsh) 2. A comparative analysis of the wealth divide and the issue of political inclusion (Chin-en Wu and Fengyu Lee) 3. "Preferences for Redistribution in Asia: Preliminary Results," (Stephan Haggard and Don Lee, UC San Diego) Discussants: Christian Haerpfer, University of Aberdeen T. J. Cheng, William and Mary</p><p>10:50-11:10 am Coffee Break</p><p>11:10-12:40 pm Panel V. The Social Divide and the Issue of Political Inclusion (B) Moderator: Tse-min Lin, University of Texas, Austin Paper Presenters: 1 A comparative analysis of the urban-rural divide and the issue of political inclusion in Southeast Asia (Robert Albritton and Thawilwadee Bureekul; presented by Robert Albritton) 2 A comparative analysis of the generational gap (Saiful Mujani and R. William Liddle; presented by William Liddle)</p><p>Discussant Sandeep Shastri, Jain University, Bangalore</p><p>12:40-1:45 pm Lunch Break</p><p>1:45-3:45 pm Panel VI. Sources of Regime Support: Democracy vs. Non-democratic Regimes Moderator: Larry Diamond, CDDRL, Stanford University Paper Presenters: 1. A comparative analysis of cultural sources of diffuse regime support (Doh Chull Shin) 2. Sources of Regime Support: Institution and Policy Performance (Yun-han Chu, Bridget Welsh and Alex Chang) 3. The Conundrum of Authoritarian Resiliency: Hybrid Regimes and Non-democratic Regimes in East Asia (Zheng-xu Wang and Ern-ser Tan)</p><p>Discussants Donald Emmerson, APARC, Stanford Stephan Haggard, UCSD</p><p>3:45-4:00 pm Coffee Break</p><p>4:00-5:30pm The Concluding Panel Moderator: Larry Diamond Panelists: Doh Chull Shin Yun-han Chu Stephan Haggard Mike Bratton Christian Haerpfer Marta Lagos</p>