週次

Week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

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Introduction

The weekly topic is assigned with two articles (journal articles or book chapters).

For a detailed syllabus, please see the course attachment.

Discussion

Twice a semester, students must prepare a ten-minute oral presentation, based on one of the assigned articles of their choice.

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Theories of Democratization

• Christian Welzel, “Theories of Democratization,” in Christian W. Haerpfer, et al., eds, Democratization (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009),, ch. 6.


• Grzegorz Ekiert, “Three Generations of Research on Post-Communist Politics–A Sketch,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 29, No. 2 (May 2015), pp. 323-337.

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Measuring Democracy and Democratization

• Patrick Bernhagen, “Measuring Democracy and Democratization,” in Haerpfer, et al., eds, Democratization, ch. 3.


• Michael Coppedge and David Kuehn, “Introduction: Absorbing the Four Methodological Disruptions in Democratization Research?” Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2019), pp. 1-20.

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The Authoritarian Resurgence

• Martin K. Dimitrov, “Understanding Communist Collapse and Resilience,” in Martin K. Dimitrov, ed., Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), ch. 1.


• Larry Diamond, “Democratic Regression in Comparative Perspective: Scope, Methods, and Causes,” Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2021), pp. 22-42.

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Constitutional Engineering and Democratization

• Petra Stykow, “The Devil in the Details: Constitutional Regime Types in Post-Soviet Eurasia,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2019), pp. 122-139.


• Henry E. Hale, “The Informal Politics of Formal Constitutions: Rethinking the Effects of ‘Presidentialism’ and ‘Parliamentarism’ in the Cases of Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine,” in Tom Ginsburg and Alberto Simpser, eds., Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014), ch. 10.

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Political Parties and Democratization

• Rico Isaacs, “The Role of Party Interest Articulation in the Personalist-Authoritarian Regimes of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 67, Nos. 4-5 (2020), pp. 375-387.


• Kiran Rose Auerbach, “How Do Political Parties Capture New Democracies? Hungary and North Macedonia in Comparison,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 37, No. 2 (May 2023), pp. 538-562.

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Elections and Democratization

•  Victoria Leukavets, Andrey Makarychev & Giorgi Beridze, “Electoral Campaigns in Times of Lockdown: Post-Soviet Experiences,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (May 2023), pp. 545-563.


• Alanna C. Van Antwerp and Nathan J. Brown, “The Electoral Model without Elections? The Arab Uprisings of 2011 and the Color Revolutions in Comparative Perspective,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 195-226.

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Civil Society, Contentious Politics, and Democratization

• Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, “Rethinking Theoretical Approaches to Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward a Dynamic Approach,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Nov. 2022), pp. 1335-1354.  


• Elzbieta Korolczuk, “Challenging Civil Society Elites in Poland: The Dynamics and Strategies of Civil Society Actors,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 37, No. 3 (August 2023), pp. 880-902.

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Nationalism, Illiberalism and Democratization

• Ellen Carnaghan, “From Balcony to Barricade: Nationalism and Popular Mobilisation in Georgia, Ukraine, and Russia,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68, No. 9 (Nov. 2016), pp. 1579-1607.


• Petra Guasti and Lenka Bustikova, “Varieties of Illiberal Backlash in Central Europe,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 70, No. 2 (2023), pp. 130-142.

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Social Media, New Technology and Democratization

• Ion Marandici, “Collective Action, Memories of 1989, and Social Media: Novel Insights from Moldova’s Twitter Revolution,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1 (2023), pp. 82-104.


• Erica Marat & Deborah Sutton, “Technological Solutions for Complex Problems: Emerging Electronic Surveillance Regimes in Eurasian Cities,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 73, No. 1 (2021), pp. 243-267.

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Memory Politics and Democratization

• Michael Bernhard and Jan Kubik, eds., Twenty Years after Communism: The Politics of Memory and Commemoration (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014), ch. 1.


• Kristin M. Bakke, Kit Rickard, and John O’Loughlin, “Perceptions of the Past in the Post-Soviet Space,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2023), pp. 223-256.

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State Governance and Democratization 

• Diana T. Kudaibergenova and Marlene Laruelle, “Making Sense of the January 2022 Protests in Kazakhstan: Failing Legitimacy, Culture of Protests, and Elite Readjustments,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 38, No. 6 (2022), pp. 441-459.


• Stephen Hall, “The End of Adaptive Authoritarianism in Belarus?” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 75, No. 1 (January 2023), pp. 1-27.

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Economic Development and Democratization 

• Hilary Appel and Mitchell A. Orenstein, “Why Did Neoliberalism Triumph and Endure in the Post-Communist World?” Comparative Politics, Vol. 48, No. 3 (April 2016), pp. 313-331.


• Ion Marandict, “Taming the Oligarchs? Democratization and State Capture: The Case of Moldova,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Winter 2021), pp. 63-90.

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Political Elite, Personalism and Democratization

• Karrie J. Koesel, “Guardians of the Status Quo: Stopping the Diffusion of Popular Challenges to Authoritarian Rule,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 251-284.


• Erica Frantz et al., “How Personalist Politics Is Changing Democracies,” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 32, No. 3 (July 2021), pp. 94-108.

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Civil-Military Relations and Democratization

• Zoltan Barany, The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2012), ch. 1.


• Suzanne E. Scoggins, “Rethinking Authoritarian Resilience and the Coercive Apparatus,” Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jan. 2021), pp. 309-330.

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External Influence and Democratization

• Antonino Castaldo, “External Democracy Promotion in Time of Democratic Crisis: Linkage, Leverage, and Domestic Actors’ Diversionary Behaviours,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb. 2022), pp. 96-117.


• Alexander Libman and Anastassia V. Obydenkova, “Understanding Authoritarian Regionalism,” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 2018), pp. 151-165.

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Flexible Learning

No reading assignments

Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment

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Flexible Learning

No reading assignments

Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment

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