Chang, Yu-tzung (張佑宗) is an Associate Professor of Political Science at National Taiwan University. His teaching areas are the Third Wave of Democratization, Positive Political Theory, Election Studies, Political and Economic Development in Latin America. He received his doctorate in Political Science at National Chengchi University. He is currently co-principal investigator and program manager of Asian Barometer at National Taiwan University. He has published articles examining democratization, traditionalism, democracy and authoritarianism values, election studies, and identity politics in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Recent co-authored papers include “Rational Choices and Irrational Results: the DPP’s Institutional Choice in Taiwan’s Electoral Reform” which appeared in Issues and Studies and “Identifying Sources of Democratic Legitimacy: A Multilevel Analysis” in Electoral Studies.