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What's New
Survey heads from each region involved in the "Global Barometer
Survey" meet in Taipei on 17th October 2010 to discuss cooperation between
the different regions and work on the next wave of the survey.
(updated July 20, 2010)
The Asian Barometer Survey plans to hold an international symposium at the
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica between 15th and 16th
October 2010 with the theme "How do Citizens View and Evaluate Democracy?"
(updated July 20, 2010)
Scholars from teams involved in the Asian Barometer Survey convene in
Washington DC between the 4th and 5th September 2010 to discuss writing
papers.
(updated July 20, 2010)
Progress report from the third wave of the Asian Barometer Survey:
1. Taiwan, the Philippines, and Mongolia have already completed interviews.
2. Singapore will complete interviews in August.
3. Thailand has completed training for interviewers. Survey work will
commence shortly.
4. Survey work in Vietnam will commence shortly and is expected to be
completed in December.
(updated July 20, 2010)
Asia Barometer Survey was mentioned in a Time Magazine Article on "Asia's
Dithering Democracies". The article cited ABS survey results which show that
many citizens believe recent democratic transitions have brought no
improvement to their lives, and that nostalgia for overthrown dictators and
support for authoritarian "Asian Values" is growing. Time also used evidence
from ABS to illustrate that while the majority of Asians say they support
most democratic values, their support for limits on a leader's power is much
lower than in Europe and even sub-Saharan Africa.
Read more:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1869271-2,00.html#ixzz0uC6PTbei
(updated July 20, 2010)
The second wave data for thirteen East Asian countries (the Philippines,
Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia,
Vietnam,
Malaysia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and China) is now available.
Click
here to read the conditions for access and
complete an application form.
(updated July 19, 2010)
ABS second wave data is expected to be released on July
19 for the second group of countries ( Hong Kong, Cambodia and China).
(updated July 14, 2010)
On March 2 Asia Barometer scholar Zhengxu Wang attended a panel
discussion at the British Parliament and gave a presentation on the
prospects for democracy in China. Prof. Wang used data from the Asian
Barometer Survey as the basis of his presentation.
(updated March 9, 2010)
A letter to the editor appeared in issue 89:4 (January/February 2010) of
Foreign Affairs from former Minister of Justice of Thailand, Phongthep
Thepkanjana, defending former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The letter
cites findings on Thailand's democracy from ABS. The letter can be accessed
at the link below:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65891/phongthep-thepkanjana/thaksin-on-trial
(updated January 19, 2010)
A workshop on "Regime Support in Southeast Asia" was held in
Bangkok, Thailand from Friday, January 15th to Saturday, January 16th. The
workshop were hosted by King Prajadhipok's Institute, Thailand, and
co-sponsored by Asian Barometer.
AGENDA
PHOTO INTRO
(updated January 18, 2010)
The second wave data for ten East Asian countries (the Philippines, Taiwan,
Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and
Malaysia ) is now available.
Click
here to read the conditions for access and
complete an application form.
(updated December 17, 2009)
A one-page summary of How East Asians View Democracy appeared in the
National Bureau of Asian Research's journal, Asia Policy, No. 7 (Jan 09), p.
176.
Click
here
for link.
(updated
November 23, 2009)
Prof. Yun-han Chu , Coordinator of Asian Barometer Survey, was recently
elected to the Council of American Political Science Association. He is the
first-ever Asia-based member of the Council of the APSA.
(updated
November 12, 2009)
ABS second wave data is expected to
be released in mid-December for the second group of countries ( Japan,
Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia ).
(updated
November 12, 2009)
Prof Chong-min Park from the
the Asian Barometer team in Korea was invited by the IHS to
Taiwan as a visiting scholar. He plans to spend two months in Taiwan
carrying out research.
(updated
November 12,
2009)
Damba GANBAT Ph. D. was awarded the 2009 Mongolia area "
Taiwan research visiting scholar program", and visited Taiwan from October
27-29 to carry out work and exchange of ideas on statistical methodology.
(updated
November 12,
2009)
The Asian Barometer third wave survey meeting concluded
successfully. It is expected that surveys will be conducted in Taiwan ,
Singapore , Vietnam , and the Philippines in early 2010.
(updated November 12, 2009)
An ABS working meeting were held in Taipei from September
18 to 21, 2009. Member teams discussed the results of their
surveys and finalized the questions for the third wave questionnaire.
(updated October 19, 2009)
GBS Working Meeting in
Santiago, Chile (July 12 to 16, 2009). The Eurasia Barometer has been
incorporated into GBS.
Please see the related pages
here.
(updated July 31, 2009)
The second wave data for five East
Asian countries (the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia and
Singapore ) is now available. Click
here to read the conditions for access and complete an
application form.
(updated January 19, 2009)
The Asian Barometer is featured in
The Morning Side Post,
internet publication of the Columbia School of International and Public
Affairs.
Click
here
for link.
(updated January 9, 2009)
ABS
Mongolian team has published an edited volume, titled "Asian Barometer" in
local language. The volume is based on the conference papers presented at
our June conference.
Please see the related
pages here.
(updated December 26, 2008)
Andrew
Walker, editor of
New Mandala blog, discusses Thai democracy in the light of Asian
Barometer findings here.
http://eastasiaforum.org/ 2008/09/30
/is-thai-democracy-really-so-bad/#more-1201
(updated December 11, 2008)
A series of educational and promotional events were held in New York
and Washington DC in November to discuss the findings in How East Asians
View Democracy. These presentations can be viewed
here:
http://www.cceia.org/resources/video/data/000091
and
http://www.ned.org/mm/2008.11.14_public_opinion.wmv
(updated November 24, 2008)
The Asian Barometer
is introduced in the latest website of "Economist. COM".
Please see the related
news here.
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11841531
(updated August 5, 2008)
Articles presented at The Asian Barometer International Conference on "The State of Democratic Governance in Asia"
can be found at the Publications-ABS Conference papers.
Quick link here. (updated July 7, 2008)
The Asian Barometer is to hold an international conference on "The State of Democratic Governance in Asia"
in Taipei on June 20-21, 2008. This outreach is to provide a platform between the scholars of ABS and
experts from democracy supporting agencies to exchange the sources
and policies in supporting democratic development in the region.
(updated April 30, 2008)
New article comparing citizens' attitudes across the globe (Asia, Arab World, Africa, and Latin America) is
now uploaded and can be found at Publications-Academic Output section.
(updated April 30, 2008)
The first Asian Barometer Survey is completed in Malaysia in December 2007. To read the preliminary
survey report, please go to Publications-Working Paper Series for more details. Meanwhile, the Malaysia
team also presented the survey result at the International Islamic University. Please see the related
news here
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2108323/Article/index_html
(updated December 14, 2007)
New Working papers can be found in Publications-Working Paper section. The new compiled papers include papers
presented at the 2007 ABS international conference and preliminary survey results of Indonesia and Singapore surveys.
(updated October 4, 2007)
Paper presented at the Asian Barometer International Conference on "Why Asian Support Democracy and Why Not?"
can be viewed at the Publications-ABS Conference Papers section
(updated August 17, 2007)
The Asian Barometer Survey is going to hold an international conference on August 9-10, 2007. The theme of the conference is "Why Asians Support Democracy and Why Not?". Please view
tentative agenda here (Agenda) (updated July 11, 2007)
Information about new published articles of Asian Barometer Survey
can be found at "Publications-ABS Academic Output" section. (updated May 30, 2007)
Wave-two questionnaire can be viewed and downloaded here
(download) (updated May 14, 2007)
New article written by Prof. Andrew J. Nathan "Political Culture and Regime Support in Asia"
is now available for download here.
(download) (updated April 25, 2007)
The Mongolia Team has published the comparison of 2003 and 2006 surveys on
their website. Please visit
www.academy.org.mn/
for more detail. (updated April 11, 2007)
The Chinese version of Asian Barometer website is now available at
http://eacsurvey.law.ntu.edu.tw/
Scholars of ABS jointly edit the forthcoming special issue for the Journal
of East
Asian Studies. The special issue is titled "Party Choice and Partisanship in
East Asia".
Please view the table of contents here. (updated February 7, 2007)
Preliminary survey result of the 2006 Mongolia survey can be found at
www.academy.org.mn.
In Mongolian version of the website, visitors can also find other compared
results of the Mongolia Surveys 2003 and 2006. Comparison in English will be
available soon.
The Asian Barometer Survey and
the West-East Center jointly held a seminar on ¡§The Development of Electoral Democracy in East Asia¡¨in Hawaii on July 16-17, 2006.
(view agenda here)
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