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Fell, 2018 Ch 1
Brown, K. (2025) Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Kironska, K and E.R. Yang (eds) forthcoming. Contemporary Taiwan: More than a Flashpoint Routledge
Semi-presidentialism connference
Fell, 2018: Ch 4
Batto, N.F., Huang, C., Tan, T.C. and Cox, G.W., 2016. Mixed-member electoral systems in constitutional context. University of Michigan Press. pdf
Achen, C.H. and Wang, T.Y. (eds.) (2017) The Taiwan Voter. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. pdf
Copper (2019) Ch 1-3
Chu, Y.H. and Lin, J.W., 2001. Political development in 20th-century Taiwan: State-building, regime transformation and the construction of national identity. The China Quarterly, 165, pp.102-129. here
Roy, D. (2003) ‘Taiwan’s Ethnic Politics under Japanese Rule: Colonialism and Its Legacies’, Journal of Contemporary China, 12(36), pp. 433–450. doi:10.1080/1067056032000089369.
Lai, C. (2022) ‘Norm Contestation and Framing Strategies: The Home Rule Movements in Taiwan and Korea During Japan’s Colonial Era’, Japanese Journal of Political Science, 23(1), pp. 1–17. doi:10.1017/S146810992200001X. here
Wang, L., 2007. Diaspora, identity and cultural citizenship: The Hakkas in ‘Multicultural Taiwan’. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 30(5), pp.875-895.
Jacobs, J.B., 2013. Whither Taiwanization? The Colonization, Democratization and Taiwanization of Taiwan. Japanese journal of political science, 14(4), pp.567-586. here
Ho, M.S. and Li, Y.T., 2023. ‘I became a Taiwanese after I left Taiwan’: identity shift among young immigrants in the United States. Identities, 30(2), pp.237-256.
Fell, 2018 Ch 2 | Rigger, 1999 Ch 2-4
Winckler, E.A., 1984. Institutionalization and participation on Taiwan: from hard to soft authoritarianism? The China Quarterly, 99, pp.481-499.
Reed, S.R., Scheiner, E. and Thies, M.F. (2012) Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote: The Comparative Study of an Embedded Institution. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Luo, K.W., 2025. Redistributing Power: Land Reform, Rural Cooptation, and Grassroots Regime Institutions in Authoritarian Taiwan. Comparative Political Studies, 58(2), pp.227-260.
Rigger, 2011, Ch 3
Haggard, S. (1990). Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Ch 4. 斯蒂芬·哈格德著 ; 陈慧荣译 2009 走出边缘 : 新兴工业化经济体成长的政治 吉林出版集团有限责任公司, 当代西方学术文库·比较政治经济学书系
Vogel, E.F., 1991. The four little dragons: The spread of industrialization in East Asia. Harvard University Press. Ch 2. 傅高义著;陈振声译 1993 亚洲四小龙腾飞之谜 北京:中国政法大学出版社
Wu, Y.-S. (2007) ‘Taiwan’s Developmental State: After the Economic and Political Turmoil’, Asian Survey, 47(6), pp. 977–1001. doi:10.1525/as.2007.47.6.977. here
Yeung, H. W. (2016). Strategic Coupling: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy. Cornell University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt18kr4pg
He, T. (2020) ‘Towards a Theory of the Transformation of the Developmental State: Political Elites, Social Actors and State Policy Constraints in South Korea and Taiwan’, Japanese Journal of Political Science, 21(2), pp. 47–67. doi:10.1017/S1468109919000172. here
Miller, C., 2022. Chip war: the fight for the world's most critical technology. Simon and Schuster. 克里斯．米勒. 洪慧芳(譯). 2023. 晶片戰爭：矽時代的新賽局，解析地緣政治下全球最關鍵科技的創新、商業模式與台灣的未來. 天下雜誌.
Breznitz, D., 2007. Innovation and the state: Political choice and strategies for growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland. Yale University Press.
Block, F., 2008. Swimming against the current: The rise of a hidden developmental state in the United States. Politics & society, 36(2), pp.169-206.
Andrews, N. and Nwapi, C., 2018. Bringing the state back in again? The emerging developmental state in Africa’s energy sector. Energy Research & Social Science, 41, pp.48-58.
Farrell, H. and Newman, A.L., 2019. Weaponized interdependence: How global economic networks shape state coercion. International security, 44(1), pp.42-79.
Weiss, L., & Thurbon, E. (2020). Developmental State or Economic Statecraft? Where, Why and How the Difference Matters. New Political Economy, 26(3), 472–489. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2020.1766431
Block, F., Keller, M. R., & Negoita, M. (2023). Revisiting the Hidden Developmental State. Politics & Society, 52(2), 208-240.
Ruck, J., 2024. A Geoeconomic Fix? European Industrial Policy on Semiconductors Amidst Global Competition. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies.
Templeman, K., 2019. Blessings in disguise: How authoritarian legacies and the China factor have strengthened democracy in Taiwan. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 2(2), pp.230-263. here
Chiou, F.Y. and Hong, J.Y., 2021. The long-term effects of state repression on political behavior and attitudes: Evidence from Taiwan. Journal of East Asian Studies, 21(3), pp.427-448. here
Lee, M., 2023. Authoritarian successor parties, supporters, and protest: lessons from Asian democracies. Journal of East Asian Studies, 23(1), pp.95-123.
Kim‐Leffingwell, S., 2023. Personality traits, democratic support, and authoritarian nostalgia. Social Science Quarterly, 104(4), pp.619-635.
Kim-Leffingwell, S., 2024. Authoritarian Nostalgia, Group Sentiment, and Voter Behavior: Evidence from East Asia. Political Behavior, pp.1-22.
Wang, A.H.E., 2024. Political Opportunity Structure Conditions the Legacy of Political Violence. Journal of Conflict Resolution
Fell, 2018: ch3 | Rigger, 1999 Ch 5-7
Jacobs (2012) Democratizing Taiwan. Boston: Brill.
Cheng, T.J., 1989. Democratizing the quasi-Leninist regime in Taiwan. World Politics, 41(4), pp.471-499.
McAllister, Ian. 2016. "Democratic consolidation in Taiwan in comparative perspective." Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 1, no. 1: 44-61.
Hao, S. and Gao, Q., 2016. East Asian pathways toward democracy: A qualitative Comparative Analysis of “the third wave”. Journal of East Asian Studies, 16(2), pp.239-260. here
Templeman, K., 2022. How democratic is Taiwan? Evaluating twenty years of political change. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 18(2), pp.1-24.
Slater, D. and Wong, J., 2022. From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia. Princeton University Press. Ch 4
Schafferer, C., 2023. Political dynasties and democratization: A case study of Taiwan. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 8(3), pp.708-726. here
Hsieh, J.F.S., 2025. Democratization in Confucian Societies. Asian Survey, 65(1), pp.30-59.
KMT Introduction | DPP Information | TPP Platform
Fell, 2018: Ch 5,6,8
Chen, T.H.Y. and Wu, C.L., 2021. The elephant in the voting booth? assessing the effect of the 2005 Taiwanese electoral reform in reducing vote-buying and local factional politics. Asian Survey, 61(4), pp.641-662. here
Hood, S.J., 1999/2020. The Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan. Routledge.
Rigger, S. (2001) From Opposition to Power: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Fell, D. (2005) Party Politics in Taiwan: Party Change and the Democratic Evolution of Taiwan, 1991–2004. Abingdon: Routledge.
Party identification
Unification/independent issue
Other than the main issue cleavage
Other than the two parties
Chen, I.T.Y. and Liao, D.C., 2019. The Rise of the New Power Party in Taiwan’s 2016 Legislative Election: Reality and Challenges. In Taiwan's Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges (pp. 71-96). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Fell, D. (2021) Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan. London: Routledge.
Fell, D., Peng, Y.W., Wang, Y.H. and Jhang, J.R., 2025. How Do Movement Parties Learn Lessons of Defeat in Taiwan? The Case of the Green Party Taiwan. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 8: 351-377. here
Nachman, L., 2024. Small but Mighty: Third Parties in Taiwan's 2024 Election. Asia Policy, 19(2), pp.101-108.
Fell, 2018: ch11
Templeman, K., 2018. When do electoral quotas advance indigenous representation?: Evidence from the Taiwanese legislature. Ethnopolitics, 17(5), pp.461-484.
Simon, S. (2018) ‘Ontologies of Taiwan Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Anthropology’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 1(1), pp.127–150.
Marinaccio, J. (2019) ‘James Clifford’s “Indigenous Articulations” as Travelling Theory? The Search for Sustainability in Theorising Taiwan’s Indigenous and Han Populations’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 2(1), pp.103–130.
Wang, J.H. and Wang, S.Y., 2019. Indigenous social policy and social inclusion in Taiwan. Sustainability, 11(12), p.3458.
Figueira, C. (2020) ‘Indigenous Peoples as Non-State Diplomatic Actors in the Public/Cultural Diplomacy of Taiwan: A Case Study of Dispossessions’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 3(1), pp.73–100. Leiden: Brill.
Simon, S. (2020) ‘Yearning for Recognition: Indigenous Formosans and the Limits of Indigeneity’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 3(2), pp.215–240.
Huang, C.-y., Fell, D. and Davies, D. (eds.) (2021) Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples. London: Routledge.
Newland, S.A. and Liu, J.C.E., 2021. Ethnic identity and local government responsiveness in Taiwan. Governance, 34(3), pp.875-892.
Momesso, L., 2022. I Vote so I am: Marriage Migrants’ Political Participation in Taiwan. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 51(2), pp.241-264. here
Chen‑Dedman, A. (2022) ‘Tongzhi Sovereignty: Taiwan’s LGBT Rights Movement and the Misplaced Critique of Homonationalism’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 6(2), pp.261–282.
Upton, J.C. (2023) ‘Legal Indigeneities: Identity, Authenticity, and Power in Taiwan’s Indigenous Courts’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 6(1), pp.77–104.
Beswick, B. (2024) ‘(Re)constructing Indigenous Identity in Post–Martial Law Taiwan’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 8(1), pp.141–170.
Li, X. and Hu, K. (2024) ‘The Influence of Media Democracy on Attitudes towards Homosexuality in Taiwan and China: A Comparative Study’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 7(2), pp:1-27
Yun-Pu, M., 2025. A System Not of Our Making: Electoral and Institutional Constraints on Indigenous Self-determination in Taiwan. Taiwan Politics, pp.1-17.
Go, M.H. (2025) ‘The Political Roots of Gender Divergence: Democratic Consolidation and Gender Equality in Taiwan and South Korea’, Journal of East Asian Studies, 25(1), pp.98‑120 here
Preece, C. forthcoming ‘Political Representation, Policy Actors, and Indigenous Language Policy in Taiwan’, International Journal of Taiwan Studies,
Fell, 2018: ch7
Jacobs, J.B. (2008) Local Politics in Rural Taiwan under Dictatorship and Democracy. Norwalk, CT: EastBridge
Bosco, J., 1992. Taiwan factions: Guanxi, patronage, and the state in local politics. Ethnology, 31(2), pp.157-183.
Tan, Q., Yu, P.K.H. and Chen, W.C., 1996. Local politics in Taiwan: Democratic consolidation. Asian Survey, 36(5), pp.483-494.
Wu, C.L., 2003. Local factions and the Kuomintang in Taiwan's electoral politics. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 3(1), pp.89-111.
Mattlin, M., 2006. Party opportunism among local politicians after Taiwan’s power transition. East Asia, 23(1), pp.68-85.
Batto, N.F., 2018. Legacy candidates in Taiwan elections, 2001–2016: Just a bunch of bullies. Asian Survey, 58(3), pp.486-510.
Batto, N.F. and Read, B.L., 2024. Some head starts are bigger than others: dynastic legacies and variation in candidate quality in Taiwan's local elections. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 25(2), pp.102-119.
Fell, 2018: ch10
Lee, Y.-K. (2011) Militants or Partisans: Labor Unions and Democratic Politics in Korea and Taiwan. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Ho, M.S., 2015. Occupy congress in Taiwan: Political opportunity, threat, and the Sunflower Movement. Journal of East Asian Studies, 15(1), pp.69-97.
Fell, D. (ed.) (2017) Taiwan's Social Movements Under Ma Ying-Jeou: From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers. Abingdon: Routledge.
Nachman, Lev. 2025. Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation. University of Washington Press
Fell, 2018: ch9
Thornton, M., Ash, R. and Fell, D. (2021) Taiwan’s economic and diplomatic challenges and opportunities. London: Routledge.
Rigger, S. (2021) The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 任雪麗 2013. 從MIT到中國製造：臺灣如何推動中國經濟起飛 春山出版.
Fong, B.C.H., Wu, J.-m. and Nathan, A.J. (2021) China’s influence and the center-periphery tug of war in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific. London: Routledge.
Chen, D.P. (2022) US-China-Taiwan in the Age of Trump and Biden: Towards a Nationalist Strategy. London: Routledge.
Hass, R., Glaser, B. and Bush, R. (2023) U.S.–Taiwan Relations: Will China's Challenge Lead to a Crisis? Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Weiss, Jessica Chen, Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence - Why America Must Reassure, Not Just Threaten China, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2024 (with Bonnie Glaser and Thomas J. Christensen).
Brett V. Benson. 2022. Why it makes sense for the U.S. to not commit to defending Taiwan, Washington Post, May 25, 2022
Easton, I. (2017) The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia. Arlington, VA: Project 2049 Institute.
Rudd, K. (2022) The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China. New York: PublicAffairs.
Sun, T. and Weng, D.L.-C. (2024) The Myth of War in the Taiwan Strait: Elite Perspectives from Beijing, Taipei, and Washington amid the Yizhou Dilemma. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
Chan, S., 2024. Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War. Cambridge University Press.
Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency, by CNAS 2025
Glaser, B.S., Kennedy, S., Mitchell, D. and Funaiole, M.P. (2018) The New Southbound Policy: Deepening Taiwan’s Regional Integration. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield / Center for Strategic and International Studies. digital companion
Yang, Alan H. 2017. "Revisiting Taiwan's New Southbound Policy: Agenda, Networks and Challenges." Issues and Studies 56, no. 1: 123-143.
Yang, Alan H. 2018. "Unpacking Taiwan’s Presence in Southeast Asia: The International Socialization of the New Southbound Policy." Issues & Studies 54, no. 1: 1-30.
Taylor, R. (ed.) 2022. Rethinking Taiwan’s Regional Strategy. London: Routledge,
Jacobs, J. Bruce, Niki J.P. Alsford, and Sojin Lim (eds.) (2021) Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison. Leiden: Brill.
Diamond, L. and Shin, G.-W. (eds.) (2014) New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Tsai, C.-h. and Yeh, Y.-Y. (eds.) (2023) Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID‑19 Pandemic: Examining Taiwan and Its Strategic Neighbors. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic.