IPS559: Comparative Political Parties

Syllabus 24S

23S | 22S | 21S | 20S | 19F | 18S

Week 1: Course introduction

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Fell, Dafydd. (2018). Government and Politics in Taiwan (2nd ed.). Routledge. Ch 4-7

Week 3: Guest lecture

Week 5: Old and new in the literature

Eric Chang

• Stokes, Susan. 1999. Political Parties and Democracy Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 2: 243-267. here

• Alford, J.R., Funk, C.L. and Hibbing, J.R., 2005. Are political orientations genetically transmitted?. American political science review, 99(2), pp.153-167. here

• WHY HAVE TAIWAN’S MOVEMENT PARTIES GONE INTO DECLINE?

Week 6-7, 10: The Taiwan Voter

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Achen, Christopher H. and T. Y. Wang. 2017. The Taiwan Voter. University of Michigan Press.

• Johnston, R., 2006. Party Identification: Unmoved Mover or Sum of Preferences?. Annual Review of Political Science, 9. here

• Harmel, Robert and Ken Janda, (1994) "An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change," Journal of Theoretical Politics 6: 259-288. here

Week 9: Guest lecture

Week 11: Institutions and Party Politics

Batto, Nathan. F., Chi Huang, Alexander C. Tan, and Gary W. Cox. 2016. Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context : Taiwan, Japan, and Beyond. University of Michigan Press. CH 1,2,4,5,6,7

Week 12-13: Party Politics in Taiwan under President Ma

• Hicken, A. and Martínez Kuhonta, E., 2011. Shadows from the past: Party system institutionalization in Asia. Comparative Political Studies, 44(5), pp.572-597. here

• Pedersen, H., 2012. What do parties want? Policy versus office. West European Politics, 35(4), pp.896-910. here

Templeman, K., Chu, Y.H. and Diamond, L.J. eds., 2020. Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years. Lynne Rienner Publishers. Ch 2-7

劉俊宏 Ch 5 | 萬立庠 Ch 6 | 黃彥誠 Ch 7

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 14-15: Party Politics in Taiwan under President Tsai

• Kitschelt, Herbert (1989) The Internal Politics of Parties: The Law of Curvilinear Disparity, Political Studies 37(3): 400-21. here

• Cross, William P. and Lisa Young (2008) Factors Influencing the Decision of the Young Politically Engaged To Join a Political Party: An Investigation of the Canadian Case, Party Politics 14(3): 345-69. here

• Viganò, E.A., forthcoming. Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform. Legislative Studies Quarterly .

• Lü, X., Liu, M. and Li, F., 2020. Policy coalition building in an authoritarian legislature: Evidence from China’s national assemblies (1983-2007). Comparative Political Studies, 53(9), pp.1380-1416

• Lee, W.C. ed., 2019. Taiwan's Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan. ebook Ch 3-5

Taiwan’s General Elections of 2016 by Olympe COQUELIN DE LISLE

The Rise of the New Power Party in Taiwan’s 2016 Legislative Election: Reality and Challenges by Julie BAYLE

Party’s Issue Competence and Electoral Decisions in Taiwan’s 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections by Laure VERLISIER

• Dreyer, J.T. and DeLisle, J. eds., 2021. Taiwan in the era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and challenges. Routledge. Ch 3

Kuomintang agonistes: party politics in the wake of Taiwan’s 2016 and 2020 elections by Orakoch SRIJUMNONG here

• Schubert, G. and Lee, C.Y. eds., 2021. Taiwan During the First Administration of Tsai Ing-wen: Navigating in Stormy Waters. Routledge. Ch 7

The war of referenda in 2018: Analysing the interaction between social movements and political parties by Juliette CRESCIONE here

Misc

Yeh et al., 2023. Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lexington Ch 1-7, 8

Sullivan, J. and Lee, C.Y. eds., 2018. A New Era in Democratic Taiwan: Trajectories and Turning Points inPolitics and Cross-Strait Relations. Routledge. Ch 2, 4-5

Copper, J.F., 2020. Taiwan's Politics in Action: Struggling to Win at the Ballot Box. World Scientific. Ch 2-3

Fell, Dafydd. 2020. "Party Politics Revisited." Fell, D. and Hsiao, H.H.M. eds., Taiwan Studies Revisited. Routledge

Fell, Dafydd. 2020. Taiwan's Political Parties in the Aftermath of the 2016 Elections, In Sullivan, J. and Lee, C.Y. eds., 2018. A New Era in Democratic Taiwan: Trajectories and Turning Points in Politics and Cross-Strait Relations. Routledge.

Fell, Dafydd. 2005. Party Politics in Taiwan : Party Change and the Democratic Evolution of Taiwan, 1991-2004. Routledge.

Hood, S.J., 1996. The Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan. Routledge.

Rigger, S., 2010. The Democratic Progressive Party: From opposition to power, and back again. In Taiwan's Politics In The 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (pp. 41-67).

Rigger, S., 2001. From opposition to power: Taiwan's democratic progressive party. Lynne Rienner Publishers.

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. Challengers to Mainstream Parties in Taiwan’s 2020 Elections: Continuity Rather Than the Expected Change. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 17(1), pp.141-160.

Fell, D., 2021. Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan. Routledge.

Party Politics in East and South East Asia

Liang and Hofmeister

Inoguchi and Blondel

Hellmann

Hicken and Kuhonta