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The course, which is composed of lecture and seminar sessions, addresses two areas highly discussed in contemporary social sciences: democratization and East Asia. It is designed to prepare students for comparative analysis of East Asian (especially Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean), and Western political systems and serve as an adequate basis for further study. Process of regime change has been one of the major topics in comparative politics for last two decades, and has received attention from students of international relations, economics, political culture, globalization, etc. Study of democratization proved to be enriching discourse, providing variety of new, though sometimes fussy concepts and hypothesis. At the same time, much debate has been dedicated to the development in Asia, namely because of its growing economic potential. East Asia is especially interesting region, combining examples of successful economic modernization and promising path of political democratization with cases of totalitarian or post-totalitarian nature. Our discussion will be centered on the maritime, democratic part of East Asia: Republic of China on Taiwan, "the first Chinese democracy," Republic of Korea, "the only Korean democracy," and Japan, which is often denoted as the first Asian democracy. This course has two basic goals: it is designed to provide basic understanding of contemporary political systems and analytical frameworks applicable to the political changes in the region. We will compare the major aspects and functions of political systems to explore general patterns of similarities and differences that exist among these states and the dynamics that are deep-seated in their political changes. We will try to catch differences in the individual national paths of political transformation and conduct a systematic comparison between mentioned nations utilizing a set of common integrated themes. Last but not least, we will illustrate possibilities of coherent measurement and comparison of the regime change phases (liberalization, transition and consolidation).
Poslední úprava: BLAHAPE (19.10.2007)
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Below are provided recommended books for your coursework, articles are not included here. Students, registered for the course, will receive updated schedule with readings at the beginning of semester. Some materials are available in reading box (RB). Let me know, when having problems to find any reading.
Alagappa, Muthiah (ed. 2001). Taiwan's Presidential Politics: Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century . Armonk: M. E. Sharpe. Anderson, Lisa (ed., 1999). Transitions to Democracy. Columbia University Press, New York. (Selected readings). Diamond, Larry et al. (eds., 1997). Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and London (selected parts in Reading Box). Dittmer, Lowell, Fukui Haruhiro, and Lee, Peter N. S. (2000). Informal Politics in East Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Goodin, Robert E., Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds. 1996). A New Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hayes, Louis D. (1995). Introduction to Japanese Politics. Paragon House, New York. Haynes, Jeff (2004). Democracy in the Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Cambridge: Polity Press. Hnízdo, Bořivoj (ed., 2001). Political changes in the Czech Republic and Taiwan: Comparison. Institute of Political Sciences, Charles University in Prague. Hnízdo, Bořivoj (ed., 2004). Globalization and Regionalism in East Central Europe and East Asia: Comparison. Institute of Political Sciences, Charles University in Prague. Hoare, James E., and Pares, Susan (2005). A Political and Economic Dictionary of East Asia: An Essential Guide to the Politics and Economics of East Asia. London and New York: Routledge. Huntington, Samuel P. (1991). The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Kim Young Rae, Lee Hochul and Mah In-Sub (eds. 2002). Redefining Korean Politics. Lost Paradigm and New Vision. Seoul: Korean Political Science Association. (selected parts in RB) Landman, Todd (2000). Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction. London: Routledge. Linz, Juan José, and Stepan, Alfred (1996). Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. (Introduction, Part I). Moon Chung-in and Mo Jongryn (eds., 1999). Democratization and Globalization in Korea: Assessments and Prospects. Yonsei University Press, Seoul. (selected parts in RB) Neary, Ian (2002). The State and Politcs in Japan. Cambridge: Polity Press. Newton, Kenneth, and Deth, Jan W. van (2005). Foundations of Comparative Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian and Hartmann, Christof (eds., 2004). Elections in Asia and the Pacific. A Data Handbook. Vol. II South East Asia, East Asia and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press. O'Donnell, Guillermo A.; Vargas Cullel, Jorge; Iazzetta, Osvaldo M. (2004). The Quality of Democracy: Theory and Applications. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. Przeworski, Adam et al. (2003). Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pye, Lucian W. (1985). Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimension of Authority. Cambridge and London: Belknap Press of Harward University Press. Reed, Steven R. (ed., 2003). Japanese Electoral Politics: Creating a New Party System. Routledge Curzon, London and New York. Richardson, Bradley (1997). Japanese Democracy: Power, Coordination, and Performance. Yale University Press, New Haven and London. Rigger, Shelley (1999). Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy. London: Routledge. Rigger, Shelley (2001). From Opposition to Power: Taiwan?s Democratic Progressive Party. London: Lynne Riener Publishers. Shin Doh C. (1999). Mass Politics and Culture in Democratizing Korea. Cambridge: Cambrdige University Press. Tien, Hung-mao (1996). Taiwan?s Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe. Tsang Steve and Tien Hung-mao (eds. 1999). Democratization in Taiwan: Implications for China. London: Macmillan Press. Wang, James C.F. (1994). Comparative Asian Politics: Power, Policy, and Change. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1-155. (RB). Yang Sung-chul (1999). The North and South Korean Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis. Seoul Press, Seoul. (RB).
Weblinks and Online Resources on East Asia: Asia Observer http://www.asiaobserver.com/ Asia-Pacific Review (available via EBSCO Host, Charles University Library) Asian Perspective http://www.asianperspective.org/ Asia Policy Point http://www.jiaponline.org/index.html Asian Survey (available via ProQuest 5000, Charles University Library) Far Eastern Economic Review (available via ProQuest 5000, Charles University Library) Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific e-journal http://japanfocus.org/ The Pacific Review (available via EBSCO Host, Charles University Library)
Republic of China (Taiwan) E-government: The Entry Point of Taiwan http://english.www.gov.tw/e-Gov/index.jsp Government Information Office http://www.gio.gov.tw/ Taiwan Yearbook http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/ Central News Agency http://www.cna.com.tw/eng/index.html
Constitution and Additional Articles http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/news/constitution.htm Taiwan Documents Project http://www.taiwandocuments.org/ Legislative Yuan http://www.ly.gov.tw/ly/en/index.jsp National Assembly http://www.na.gov.tw/en/index-en.jsp Presidential Office http://www.president.gov.tw/en/ Executive Yuan http://www.ey.gov.tw/mp?mp=11 Judicial Yuan http://www.judicial.gov.tw/en/
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) http://www.dpp.org.tw/ KMT (Kuomintang / National Party) http://www.kmt.org.tw/ NP (New Party; in Chinese)http://www.np.org.tw/ PFP (People First Party; in Chinese)http://www.pfp.org.tw/ TSU (Taiwan Solidarity Union; in Chinese)http://www.tsu.org.tw/
Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ Taiwan News online http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/index_en.php Taiwan Communiqué http://www.taiwandc.org/ Taiwan Security Research (Dept. of Political Science, National Taiwan University)http://www.taiwansecurity.org/
Republic of Korea Korea: e-government https://www.egov.go.kr/ Gateway; Korean Overseas Information Service http://korea.net/ Facts about Korea http://search.korea.net:8080/general/2007_fact_en.pdf Yonhap News Agency http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/
Constitution http://www.ccourt.go.kr/home/english/welcome/republic.jsp National Assembly of the Republic of Korea http://korea.assembly.go.kr/index.jsp Office of the President (Blue House) http://english.president.go.kr/ Office of the Prime Minister http://www.opm.go.kr/warp/webapp/home/en_home Constitutional Court of the ROK http://www.ccourt.go.kr/home/english/index.jsp
GNP (Grand National Party/Hannara Party; in Korean) http://www.hannara.or.kr/ UNDP (United New Democratic Party; in Korean) http://www.undp.kr/ DLP (Democratic Labor [Workers] Party) http://inter.kdlp.org/ [NM]DP ([New Millennium] Democratic P.; in Korean) http://minjoo.or.kr/
Chosun Ilbo http://english.chosun.com/ Korea Times http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/ Korea Herald http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ Tong-A Ilbo http://english.donga.com/
Japan Web Japan http://web-jpn.org/index.html Japan Fact Sheet http://web-jpn.org/factsheet/ Kyodo News Agency http://home.kyodo.co.jp/
Constitution and Government of Japan http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/constitution_and_government/index.html Birth of the Constitution of Japan http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/index.html House of Representatives http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm House of Councilors http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/index.htm Prime Minister of Japan http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html Cabinet Office http://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html Supreme Court of Japan http://www.courts.go.jp/english/
LDP (Liberal Democratic Party)http://www.jimin.jp/jimin/english/index.html DPJ (Democratic Party (of Japan)) http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/ NKP (New Kómei Party) http://www.komei.or.jp/en/index.html JCP (Japanese Communist Party)http://www.jcp.or.jp/english/ SDP (Social Democratic Party; in Japanese)http://www5.sdp.or.jp/
Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/english/index.html Japan Times http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ Daily Yomiury online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/ Mainichi Daily News http://mdn.mainichi.jp/ Poslední úprava: BLAHAPE (19.10.2007)
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Students participating in the course are due to prepare for discussed themes, during semester present chosen topic or deliver an essay devoted to one of the main up-mentioned themes, and pass written test. Please, choose topic for 15 minutes oral presentation, which you will finalize into ca 7 pages long essay (around 10 000 letters) to be delivered 2 weeks before final exam. Please, consult the topic personally or via e-mail by mid-October.
Grades: Students are graded on the basis of their active participation in the seminars, analysis reflected in their oral presentations, final paper, and final oral exam. Class participation, oral presentation and final test are worth 25 per cent of the final grade. The 7 pages long paper is worth 25 per cent; final oral exam 50 per cent of the final grade. Poslední úprava: BLAHAPE (19.10.2007)
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Schedule: 1. Introduction 2. Basics of East Asia; Tradition faces Modernity 3. Political History in the 20th Century East Asia; United vs. Divided Nationhood 4. Contemporary Democratization; Procedural and Substantive; Main Approaches 5. Geopolitical Dimension and Phasing 6. Liberalization, Transition, and Consolidation? Meanings and Measurement 7. Regime Change and Dimension of History 8. ?The Only Game in Town? and Institutional Design 9. Multiple Transformations and New Regime?s Legitimacy 10. Actors and Linkages, Political Parties and Elections 11. Informal Politics and Elections 12. Civil Society and Quality of Democracy?
Poslední úprava: BLAHAPE (06.04.2008)
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