1 Development of Constitutional Democracy Kuo-cheng Huang Assistant Professor Center for General...

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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

C&G (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 t

he 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 Taiwan2. The establishment of authoritarian rule3. Taiwan's diplomatic setbacks 　　 　　 4. Democratic embryo under the authoritarian rule5. Dissident movements 　　　　　6. Socio-economic development and democracy7. The "third wave democracy"8. Social movement, liberalization and democratization9. Constitutional reform and the transition of power

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Contacting me

Office Hours ： Monday 09:00 ~ 12:00， 17:00 ~18:00 Wednesday 10:00 ~ 12:00

Room A672, internal ext. 6239

Email: khuang@mail.knu.edu.tw

Blog: http://blog.roodo.com/kch_teaching