An International Conference on

Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective

 

August 24-25, 2011

 

Venue: International Conference Hall (1st Basement), GIS NTU Convention Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

 

Organized by

Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University

 

Co-Organized by

International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy

 

Co-Sponsored by

Program for East Asia Democratic Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University

 

Supported by

Ministry of Interior, Republic of China

 

 

 

 

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* Papers are in draft version. Please do not cite or quote without the author's permission.

 

East Asia amid the Receding Tide of the Third Wave of Democracy

Larry Diamond  full text

The Historical Pattern of Political Development in East Asia  

Francis Fukuyama  full text

Does Democratic Satisfaction Reflect Regime Performance? East Asia in Comparative Perspective  

Pippa Norris  full text

Regime Performance and Democratic Legitimacy: East Asia in Global Perspective 

Chong-min Park and Yu-tzung Chang  full text

Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia 

Doh C. Shin  abstract

Executive Structure and Democratic Governance in East Asia  

Jih-wen Lin  full text

Political Parties, Electoral Systems and Democratic Governance

Benjamin Reilly  full text

From Developmental State to Welfare State: Taiwan, South Korea and Japan 

Joseph Wong  full text

International Dimensions of Democratic Development in East Asia: Strategic Rivalry, Regionalism and Globalization   

Tun-jen Cheng  full text

Power Rotation and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea and Taiwan 

Yun-han Chu and Hyug Baeg Im  full text

A Century of Challenged Democracy in Thailand

Thitinan Pongsudhirak  abstract

Losing Leviathan? Strong-State Democratization in Malaysia and Singapore 

Dan Slater  abstract

The Future of Autocracies in South East Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos 

Martin Gainsborough  full text

Taiwan and Mainland China’s Democratic Future 

Yun-han Chu  full text

The Political Future of the Communist Regime in China: Resiliency vs. Fragility  

Minxin Pei  full text