IPS558: Comparative Politics

Main reference

Clark, W.R., Golder, M. and Golder, S.N., 2017. Principles of comparative politics. CQ Press. (3rd edition) library | here | resource | resource2

Week 1: Introduction

Clark Ch 1 | slide

Student assignment: Flipgrid self-introduction

Week 2: 二二八和平紀念日

Week 3: Guest lecture

Student assignment: Flipgrid reflection on the guest lecture

Week 4: 全校運動會

Student assignment: Taiwan study and comparative politics

Perkuhn and Chien. 20220419 here vs. Wang and Achen. 20220503 here

Week 5: Political science, comparative politics, and modern state

Student activity: Kahoot Quiz

Clark Ch 2-4 slide | slide 2 | slide 3

Putnam, R.D., 1992. Making democracy work: Civic traditions in modern Italy. Princeton university press. Ch 5

Student assignment: Freedom House and V-dem

Week 6-7: Democracy, non-democracy, and democratization

Student activity: Democracy measurement case study: Freedom House case report | V-dem visualization

Clark Ch 5 & 9 slide | slide 2 | slide 3

Week 8: Mid-term

Student assignment: Vanhanen on Taiwan + others

Week 9: Guest lecture

Student assignment: Flipgrid reflection on the guest lecture

Week 10

Clark Ch 6-7 slide | slide 2

Regional democracy in Northern Taiwan
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Templeman, K., 2022. How democratic is Taiwan? Evaluating twenty years of political change. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 18(2), pp.1-24. here Juliette CRESCIONE

Democratization

Huntington, S.P., 1991. "Democracy’s Third Wave". Journal of Democracy, 2(2), pp.12-34.

Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J., 2022. Non-Modernization: Power–Culture Trajectories and the Dynamics of Political Institutions. Annual Review of Political Science, 25, pp.323-339. here

Lührmann, A. and Lindberg, S.I., 2019. A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?. Democratization, 26(7), pp.1095-1113. here

Week 11

Clark Ch 14

Regional democracy in Central Taiwan
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Chiu, Shihyi A., 2023. Conflict or Rally effect: The Opposition Party's Reaction to Government Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Legislative Yuan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here Marie Guichard

Social cleavages and party systems

Amorim Neto, O., & Cox, G. W. (1997). Electoral institutions, cleavage structures, and the number of parties. American Journal of Political Science, 41(1), 149–174 here

Posner, Daniel N. 2004. The Political Salience of Cultural Differences: Why Chewas and Tumbukas Are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi. American Political Science Review 98: 529-545. here

Batto, N.F., 2019. Cleavage structure and the demise of a dominant party: The role of national identity in the fall of the KMT in Taiwan. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 4(1), pp.81-101. here

Week 12

Clark Ch 13

Regional democracy in Southern Taiwan
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Sheng, S.Y., 2023. Pandemic Legislation in a Decentralized Legislature The Case of Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here Orakoch SRIJUMNONG slide

Electoral reform and mixed-member electoral systems

Scheiner, E., 2008. Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System Lessons from Reforms of the 1990s. Annual Review of Political Science, 11, pp.161-81. here

Ferree, K.E., Powell, G.B. and Scheiner, E., 2014. Context, electoral rules, and party systems. Annual Review of Political Science, 17, pp.421-439. here

Lin, C.C. and Yang, W.Y., 2022. Electoral Rules, Nomination Strategies, and Women’s Representation in Japan and Taiwan. Social Science Japan Journal, 25(1), pp.101-124. here

Week 13

Clark Ch 12

Regional democracy in Eastern Taiwan
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Tsai, C.H., 2023. Legislative Oversight and Democratic Satisfaction at a Time of Crisis in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here Fanny

Presidentialism

Linz, J.J., 1990. The perils of presidentialism. Journal of democracy, 1(1), pp.51-69. here

Mainwaring, S., 1993. Presidentialism, multipartism, and democracy: the difficult combination. Comparative political studies, 26(2), pp.198-228. here

Chaisty, P., Cheeseman, N. and Power, T., 2014. Rethinking the ‘presidentialism debate’: conceptualizing coalitional politics in cross-regional perspective. Democratization, 21(1), pp.72-94. here

Week 14

Regional democracy in Outer Taiwan
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Lin, N., 2023. COVID-19 and Legislative Representation in Taiwan: An Examination of Plenary Interpellations in the Legislative Yuan. 《臺灣民主季刊》 20(2) here Julie BAYLE

Semi-presidentialism [1], from Special Issue, 2000: President and Assemblies—25 Years After Shugart and Carey’s Book Political Studies Review 18(1) Open access here

Elgie, R., 2020. An Intellectual History of the Concepts of Premier-Presidentialism and President-Parliamentarism. Political Studies Review, 18(1), pp.12-29.

Bucur, C., 2020. Presidents and cabinet payoffs in coalition governments. Political Studies Review, 18(1), pp.30-52.

Koss, M., 2020. Executive prerogatives in the legislative process and democratic stability: evidence from non-presidential systems. Political studies review, 18(1), pp.71-86.

Workshop 5/23

Morning on Research Design in 中文 by 宋昱嫺 in English version ISSM

Afternoon here

Making We the People Between Internal Civic Nationalism and Democratic Ethnic Nationalism: Comparative Perspective on Nationalism in Taiwan by Kyung Rok Kwon 權景祿
Higher Expectations, Greater Disappointment: Feminist Backlash after Park Geun-hye’s Impeachment in South Korea by Young-Im Lee 李英任
Dictators’ Nationalism and Authoritarian Nostalgia in Taiwan and South Korea by Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell 金相勳

Week 15

Democracy in Hong Kong and Macau
Democracy and Pandemic in Taiwan

Huang, I.S., 2023. Constituency Influence and Parliamentary Oversight Under Covid-19 Pandemic Experience from Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1), pp.73-97. here Laure VERLISIER

Semi-presidentialism [2]: presidential party** from Special Issue, 2000: President and Assemblies—25 Years After Shugart and Carey’s Book Political Studies Review 18(1) Open access here

Passarelli, G., 2020. The presidential party: A theoretical framework for comparative analysis. Political Studies Review, 18(1), pp.87-107.

Doyle, D. and Power, T.J., 2020. Presidential Power and Party Strength: The “Inverse Relationship” Reconsidered. Political Studies Review, 18(1), pp.108-124.

Spoon, J.J. and West, K.J., 2020. Small versus Statewide Parties: How Subnational Contestation and Decentralisation Influence Presidential Elections in Europe and Latin America. Political Studies Review, 18(1), pp.145-159.