An International Conference on
Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective
(Preliminary Agenda)
August 24-25, 2011
Venue: International Conference Hall (1st Basement),
GIS NTU Convention Center, National Taiwan University,
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Organized by
Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University
Co-Organized by
International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy
Co-Sponsored by
Program for East Asia Democratic Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
Supported by
Ministry of Interior, Republic of China
Wednesday, August 24
08:30~09:00 | Registration |
09:00~09:25 | Opening Ceremony: Welcome Remarks and Introduction Den-yih Wu, Premier of the Republic of China Yung-mau Chao, Dean of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University; President of Chinese Association of Political Science Yi-huah Jiang, Minister of the Interior Larry Diamond, Senior Advisor to International Forum for Democratic Studies and Coeditor of Journal of Democracy, National Endowment for Democracy Yeh-lih Wang, Chair, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University ( * being invited) |
09:30~10:20 | Keynote Speech I Speaker: Larry Diamond, Senior Advisor to International Forum for Democratic Studies and Coeditor of Journal of Democracy, National Endowment for Democracy Title: East Asia amid the Receding Tide of Third-Wave Democracy Moderator: Tzong-Ho Bau, Vice President for Administrative Affairs, National Taiwan University |
10:25~11:15 | Keynote Speech II Speaker: Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Title: The Historical Pattern of Political Development in East Asia Moderator Yung-mau Chao, Dean of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University; President of Chinese Association of Political Science |
11:15~11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30~12:55 | Session I: East Asian Democracies in Global Perspective Moderator Marc Plattner, Editor of Journal of Democracy; Vice-President of Research and Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED); Director of International Forum for Democratic Studies Presenters 1. Does democratic satisfaction reflect regime performance? East Asia in Comparative Perspective Pippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer of Comparative Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2. Regime Performance and Democratic Legitimacy: East Asia in Global Perspective Chong-min Park, Professor, Public Administration, Korea University Yu-tzung Chang, Associate Professor, Political Science, National Taiwan University Discussants 1. Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor, School of International Relations & Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego 2. Benjamin Reilly, Professor of Policy and Governance, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Q&A |
13:00~14:15 | Lunch |
14:20~16:10 | Session II: Culture, Institution and Democratic Consolidation Moderator Yeh-lih Wang, Chair, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University Presenters 1. Confucianism and Democratic Conceptions in East Asia Doh C. Shin, Jack W. Peltason Scholar in Residence, Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California-Irvine 2. Executive Structure and Democratic Governance in East Asia Jih-wen Lin, Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica 3. Political Parties, Electoral Systems and Democratic Governance Benjamin Reilly, Professor of Policy and Governance, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Discussants 1. Pippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer of Comparative Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2. Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government; Director of Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College |
16:10~16:25 | Coffee Break |
16:25~17:50 | Session III: Political Economy of East Asia Democracy Moderator Chyuan-jenq Shiau, Professor, Political Science, National Taiwan University Presenters 1. From Developmental State to Welfare State in East Asia: Taiwan, South Korea and Japan Joseph Wong, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto; Director, University of Toronto’s Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs 2. International Dimensions of Democratic Development in East Asia: Strategic Rivalry, Regionalism and Globalization Tun-jen Cheng, Class of 1935 Professor, Government, The College of Williams and Mary’s Discussants: 1. Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor, School of International Relations & Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego 2. Cheng-tian Kuo, Chairperson and Professor, Political Science, National Chengchi University Q&A |
18:00 | Conference Adjourns |
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Thursday, August 25
09:00~09:30 | Registration |
09:30~10:55 | Session IV: Northeast vs. Southeast Asia Moderator Larry Diamond, Senior Advisor to International Forum for Democratic Studies and Coeditor of Journal of Democracy, National Endowment for Democracy Presenters 1. Power Rotation and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea and Taiwan Hyug Baeg Im, Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Korea University Yun-han Chu, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica; Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University 2. Democracy Challenged in Thailand Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director, Institute of Security and International Studies; Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Chulalongkorn University Discussants 1. Tun-jen Cheng, Class of 1935 Professor, Government, The College of Williams and Mary’s 2. Edward Aspinall, Senior Fellow, Department of Political & Social Change, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University Q&A |
10:55~11:10 | Coffee Break |
11:10~12:35 | Session V: Democracies vs. the Rest in East Asia Moderator Diego Abente Brun, Deputy Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy Presenters 1. Losing Leviathan? Malaysian and Singaporean Democratization in Northeast Asian Perspective Dan Slater, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago 2. The Future of Autocracies in Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos Martin Gainsborough, Reader in Development Politics, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol Discussants: 1. Bridget Welsh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Singapore Management University. 2. Edward Aspinall, Senior Fellow, Department of Political & Social Change, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University Q&A |
12:40~13:55 | Lunch |
14:00~15:25 | Session VI: Democracy in China Moderator Ming-tong Chen, Professor, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University Presenters 1. Taiwan and China’s Democratic Future Yun-han Chu, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica; Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University 2. The Political Future of the Communist Regime in China: Resiliency vs. Fragility Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government; Director of Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College Discussants: 1. Szue-chin Philip Hsu, Associate Professor, Political Science, National Taiwan University 2. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Chairperson and Professor, Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University Q&A |
15:25~15:40 | Coffee Break |
15:40~17:20 | Closing Roundtable Moderator Marc Plattner, Vice-President of Research and Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy; Director of International Forum for Democratic Studies Panelists: Yun-han Chu, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica; Professor of Political Science, National Taiwan University Larry Diamond, Senior Advisor to International Forum for Democratic Studies and Coeditor of Journal of Democracy, National Endowment for Democracy Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Doh C. Shin, Jack W. Peltason Scholar in Residence, Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California-Irvine |
17:30 | Conference Concludes |
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