週次
Week
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課程主題
Topic
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課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment
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教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework
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學習投入時間
Student workload expectation
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課堂講授
In-class Hours
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課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours
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1
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Introduction to the class
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2-3
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3
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2
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Knowing East Asia
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The Nature of Asian Politics: introduction
Politics in East Asia: ch1
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2-3
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3
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3
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Theory of late development
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Catch-Up Industrialization, intro, ch1, ch2
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2-3
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3
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4
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Developmental policies
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Catch-Up Industrialization, ch 6
Politics in East Asia: ch2
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2-3
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3
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5
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Developmental state
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Catch-Up Industrialization, ch 4, ch5
Politics in East Asia: ch3
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2-3
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3
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6
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Corporation governance |
Catch-Up Industrialization, ch 7
Granovetter, Mark. 2005.”Business Groups,” Pp. 429-50, in The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Ed. By Smelser, Neil J. and Richard Swedberg. New York: Russell Sage.
Hamilton, Gary, Nicole Woolsey Biggart, and Marco Orru. 1991. "Organizational Isomorphism in East Asia: broadening the New Institutionalism." The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis, Chicago, University of Chicago Press |
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2-3 |
3 |
7
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no class meeting
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Spring Break
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8
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Democratization in East Asia |
Politics in East Asia: ch5
Fleckenstein, T., & Lee, S. C. (2017). Democratization, post-industrialization, and East Asian welfare capitalism: the politics of welfare state reform in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 33(1), 36-54.
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Due date for Reaction Essay 1 |
2-3
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3
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9
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no class meeting
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Midterm
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10
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Confucius culture and democracy in East Asia
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Diamond, L. (2012). China and East Asian democracy: The coming wave. Journal of Democracy, 23(1), 5-13.
Fukuyama, F. (1995). Confucianism and democracy. Journal of Democracy, 6(2), 20-33.
*Huntington, S. P. (1997). After twenty years: the future of the third wave. Journal of democracy, 8(4), 3-12.
Hsieh, John Fuh-sheng. 2025, "Democratization in Confucian Societies." Asian Survey: 1-30. https://online.ucpress.edu/as/article/doi/10.1525/as.2024.2455423/204745
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2-3
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3
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11
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Political cleavage Labor politics and ethnic politics
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Lee, Y. (2006). Varieties of labor politics in northeast Asian democracies: political institutions and union activism in Korea and Taiwan. Asian Survey, 46(5), 721-740.
Amy Chua "Our Most Dangerous Export" The Guardian 28 Feb 2004 (summarizes argument of Chua's World on Fire)
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2-3
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3
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12
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Politics of China
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Politics in China ch1, 3
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2-3
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3
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13
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Chinese Political System |
Politics in China ch5, 6
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2-3
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3
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14
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China's Economic Miracle and Society
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Politics in China ch 4, 7, 8, 9
Jessica C. Teets. 2013. “Let Many Civil Societies Bloom: The Rise of Consultative Authoritarianism in China.” The China Quarterly 213: 19-38.
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Due date for Reaction Essay 2 |
2-3
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3
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15
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China and East Asian Political Economy
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Woetzel, J., Seong, J., Leung, N., Ngai, J., & Manyika, J. (2019). China and the world: Inside the dynamics of a changing relationship. Executive summary.
https://tinyurl.com/bdfa6ek5
The full report can be downloaded at
https://tinyurl.com/p3c6unvk
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2-3
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3
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16
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External and Internal Challenges of East Asia
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Chu, Yun-han, Liu Kang, and Min-hua Huang. (2015) "How East Asians view the rise of China." Journal of Contemporary China 24(93): 398-420.
Jones, Gavin W. (2019) "Ultra-low fertility in East Asia: policy responses and challenges." Asian Population Studies 15(2): 131-149.
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Reaction Essay 3 (Optional)
Group Presentation
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2-3
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3
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17
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no class meeting |
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18
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no class meeting
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