Development of Constitutional Democracy

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Development ofConstitutional Democracy

• Kuo-cheng Huang
• Assistant Professor
• Center for General Education

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About me - education

• B.A., Dept. of Political Science,
• National Taiwan University
• M.A., Graduate Institute of National
  Development,
• National Taiwan University
• Ph.D., School of Politics and International
  Relations
• The University of Nottingham, U.K.

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About me professional certificates

• CG (The City Guilds of London Institute)
• Foundation Awards in Management Principles
• Trainer
• LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
• FTBE (Further Certificate for Teachers of
  Business English)
• Marketing Level 2
• IPMA (International Project Management
  Association)
• Level D Certified Trainer
• Project Management Associate

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Course Objective

• To offer a general account of Taiwan's political
  development and democratization.

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Assessment

• Mid-term exam 35
• Presentation 40 (max. of 5 students in each
  group)
• Attendance 25
• For each absence, one point will be deducted from
  the final mark as penalty.
• 6 week of absence will lead to an immediate fail
  with a final mark of 0.

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Learning Material

• No assigned textbook. For further reading, see
• Rigger, Shelley, Politics in Taiwan voting for
  democracy (London Routledge, 1999)
• Tien, Hung-mao (ed.), Taiwan's Electoral Politics
  and Democratic Transition Riding the Third Wave
  (Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe, 1996)
• Both books are available from the KNU library.

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Course outline
Key issues to be addressed 1. The
Chinese civil war and the ROC's retreat to
Taiwan 2. The establishment of authoritarian
rule 3. Taiwan's diplomatic setbacks 4.
Democratic embryo under the authoritarian rule 5.
Dissident movements 6. Socio-economic
development and democracy 7. The "third wave
democracy" 8. Social movement, liberalization and
democratization 9. Constitutional reform and the
transition of power
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Contacting me

• Office Hours
• Monday 0900 1200,1700 1800
• Wednesday 1000 1200
• Room A672, internal ext. 6239
• Email khuang_at_mail.knu.edu.tw
• Blog http//blog.roodo.com/kch_teaching