Course Information
Course title
 Seminar on Asian Democratization 
Semester
 111-1 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Instructor
 MIN-HUA HUANG 
Curriculum Number
 PS5701 
Curriculum Identity Number
 322EU2370 
Class
  
Credits
 2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Tuesday 8,9(15:30~17:20) 
Remarks
 The upper limit of the number of students: 100.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 80. 
  
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This course will introduce the democratization process of East and Southeast Asian Countries. The countries are categorized by regime types into 4 groups: liberal democracy, electoral democracy, electoral autocracy, and non-democracy. Systematic comparison will be focused on the application of the modernization theory, democratic citizenship theory, critical citizenship theory, and political socialization theory.  

Course Objective
 The course aims to make students familiarize the democratization process and political development of East and Southeast Asian countries, where Asian Barometer conducted national probabilistic surveys. Students are expected to understand the trajectory of East and Southeast Asian political development and the theories that could explain the divergent trends and results. In each week, the instructor will ask students to prepare using the different theories to look at the democratization process in each country and provide their own insights and explanations. The course objectives include:

1.Understand the history of political development and the democratization process in 14 Asian and Southeast Asian Countries

2. Understand the theoretical background of the democratization studies.

3. Identify key issues and problems of democratization in each of the 14 countries.

4. Develop insight and explanations to explain those issues and problems identified. 
Course Requirement
 There are different requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. For graduate students, there are two assignments (50%) due at the week 7 (Oct 18) and week 13 (Nov 29). Each written assignment is a two-page short essay covering a topic or country analytically. The final paper (50%) should be a research paper format between 10-15 pages due at the week 17 (Dec 27). For undergraduate students, there is only one written assignment (30%) due at week 11 (Nov 15), which is also a two-page short essay as well. The content can be descriptive or analytical, but has to identify a country to address. The final paper (70%) is a 5-page format due at the week 17 (Dec 27). There is no restriction on the topic, but it has to be related to this course. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 1 hour 
Office Hours
 Note: By appointment 
Designated reading
 1. Yun-han Chu et al. (Eds.) 2010. How East Asians View Democracy. Columbia University Press.
2. Timothy C. Lim. 2014. Politics in East Asia: Explaining Change and Continuity. Lynne Rienner.
3. Richard Robison (Ed.) 2014. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics. Routledge.
4. William Case (Ed.) 2015. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization. Routledge. 
References
 See the specific reading assignment in the syllabus. (will be available in week-1 class) 
Grading
    
Adjustment methods for students
  
Teaching methods
 Assisted by video, Provide students with flexible ways of attending courses
Assignment submission methods
 Extension of the deadline for submitting assignments
Exam methods
Others
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 09/06/2022  Introduction  
Week 2
 09/13/2022  Modernization Theory  
Week 3
 09/20/2022  Japan  
Week 4
 09/27/2022  South Korea  
Week 5
 10/04/2022  Taiwan  
Week 6
 10/11/2022  Philippines  
Week 7
 10/18/2022  Thailand 
Week 8
 10/25/2022  Indonesia  
Week 9
 11/01/2022  Mongolia  
Week 10
 11/08/2022  Malaysia  
Week 11
 11/15/2022  NTU 94th Anniversary Celebration 
Week 12
 11/22/2022  Singapore  
Week 13
 11/29/2022  Hong Kong 
Week 14
 12/06/2022  Myanmar  
Week 15
 12/13/2022  Cambodia  
Week 16
 12/20/2022  China & Vietnam